Alison Fettes Richard

Richard was an undergraduate at Newnham College, Cambridge , before gaining a PhD at the University Of London , and went on to have an academic career in Physical Anthropology with a specialisation in the Lemurs of Madagascar .

From 1994 until 2002 she was Provost of Yale University , and was offered the post of Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge in 2003 following the end of Professor Alec Broers' seven year term.

Note

# Alison Richard gained her Professorship at Yale, not Cambridge, and University statutes indicate that she is not strictly entitled to use the title in office. However this technicality is ignored and she is referred to and uses the title Professor.

SEE ALSO

List Of Vice-Chancellors Of The University Of Cambridge

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Vice-Chancellor's Office, University of Cambridge

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