John Matthew Mitchell

John Matthew Mitchell CBE (born 22 March 1925) was Assistant Director-General (1981-1984) and Senior Research Fellow (1984-1985) of the British Council.[1]

Education: Ilford County High School, Worcester College, Oxford, Queens' College, Cambridge (MA), Vienna (PhD 1949).

Mitchell served in the Royal Navy in World War II, 1944-6. He worked for the British Council from 1949 until his retirement in 1985, by which time he was Assistant Director-General[2].

Appointments and Honours

  • Visiting Fellow, Wolfson College, Cambridge, 1972-3.
  • He was awarded the CBE in 1976.
  • Fellow, Institute of Linguists (Chairman of Council, 1996–99; President, 2004).

Publications

  • International Cultural Relations, 1986 [3]
  • Verse and short stories, including Selected Poems, 2009 [2]
  • Translations from German and French

In his self-published book of poems[2], the author acknowledges that the selection includes items previously published in the New Statesman, The Listener, The London Magazine, Country Life, and elsewhere, often under the name Matthew Mitchell.

References
  1. Bulmer-Thomas, V.; Affairs, Royal Institute of International (25 August 1989). Britain and Latin America: a changing relationship. Cambridge University Press. pp. 39, 51. ISBN 978-0-521-37205-3. Retrieved 10 March 2011.
  2. John Matthew Mitchell (2009). Selected Poems. blurb.com.
  3. John Matthew Mitchell (1986). International Cultural Relations. Allen & Unwin (republished 2016 by Routledge). ISBN 978-1-138-94101-4.


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