Samuel Berrick Saul CBE (30 October 1924 – 24 May 2016) was Vice-Chancellor of the University of York from 1979 to 1993.[1][2]

Saul was born 30 October 1924 in West Bromwich and educated at West Bromwich Grammar School. After National Service in the British Army he studied at the University of Birmingham, where he obtained a B.Com in 1949 and PhD in 1953.[3] His academic career began at the University of Liverpool and he was also a Rockefeller Foundation Scholar to the USA.[4] Moving to the University of Edinburgh, he rose to become Professor of Economic History and head of the department of Economics, then Vice-Principal and Acting Principal of the University.[3][5]

References

  1. ^ University of York Archived 5 March 2008 at the Wayback Machine Chancellors and Vice-Chancellors of the University
  2. ^ "Former university leader dies, aged 91". The Northern Echo. Retrieved 29 May 2016.
  3. ^ a b Who's Who in the World, 1980, vol 5
  4. ^ Rockefeller Foundation Annual Report 1959
  5. ^ Glasgow Herald 13 December 1978, page 1 "Now Edinburgh University faces cash problems"
Academic offices Preceded byMorris Carstairs Vice-Chancellor, University of York 1979–1993 Succeeded byRonald Urwick Cooke
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