Declan McCavana (born 1963) is a French language scholar and professor from Northern Ireland.

Career

Declan McCavana was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland in 1963. He attended St. Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Belfast and then Trinity College Dublin from which he obtained a B.A. (Hons) in French.[1]

He then moved to France where he initially taught as a ‘lecteur d’anglais’ at the Sorbonne and at Ecole Normale Supérieure.[2] He then obtained a post as President of the French Debating Society (ENSAE).[3]

Awards

References

  1. ^ "Past Pupils - St Mary's 1980s". Edmund Rice Schools Trust. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  2. ^ "Professor Declan McCavana". Franco British Connections. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  3. ^ "Welcome". French Debating Association. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
  4. ^ "Order of the British Empire". The Gazette. 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
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