Christopher frayling biography

Sir Christopher John Frayling (born 25 December 1946) is a British educationalist and writer, known for his study of popular culture.
Sir Christopher Frayling is perhaps the most wide-ranging cultural historian of our times: the author of numerous publications on subjects ranging from.
He was a governor of the British Film Institute in the 1980s.

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Frayling, Christopher 1946-

PERSONAL:

Born December 25, 1946, in Hampton, Middlesex, England; son of Arthur Frederick (a company director) and Barbara (a driver in international car rallies) Frayling; married Helen Snowdon (a painter and college lecturer), December 14, 1981. Education: Churchill College, Cambridge, B.A. (with honors), 1968, M.A., 1971, Ph.D., 1972. Politics: "Parliamentary Democrat."

ADDRESSES:

Home—Bath, Avon, England; and London, England. Office—Royal College of Art, Kensington, London SW7 2EU, England. Agent—Pat Kavanagh, PFD, Drury House, 34-43 Russell St., London WC2B 5HA, England.

CAREER:

Broadcaster, historian, and author. Exeter University, Exeter, Devon, England, lecturer in modern history, 1971-72; Imperial War Museum, Lambeth, London, England, film archivist, 1972-73; University of Bath, Bath, Avon, England, lecturer in history of ideas, 1974-79; Royal College of Art, Kensington, London, professor of cultural history, 1979—, head of school, 1979-2000, rector, 1996—. Chair of Trustees of Crafts Study Centre, 1981-2003; adviser on histor

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Christopher Frayling

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Christopher Frayling has been Professor of Cultural History and Head of the School of Humanities at London's Royal College of Art since 1979, and Pro-Rector since 1992. He is well-known as a historian, a critic and an award winning broadcaster. He is also a Trustee of the Victoria and Albert Museum, Chairman of the Film, Video and Broadcasting panel of the Arts Council of England and a member of the Arts Council itself. He is married and lives in Bath and London.

Series

Books:

Spaghetti Westerns, April 2006
Trade Size
Once Upon a Time in Italy, July 2005
Hardcover

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Christopher Frayling

British educationalist and writer (born 1946)

Sir Christopher John Frayling (born 25 December 1946) is a British educationalist and writer, known for his study of popular culture. He was awarded a knighthood for Services to Art and Design Education in the 2001 New Year Honours.

Early life and education

Christopher Frayling was born in Hampton, a suburb of London, England, in affluent circumstances.^[1] His father, Major Arthur Frederick Frayling, OBE (1910–1993),^[2] late of the Royal Army Service Corps,^[3] was chairman of the Hudson's Bay fur auction house in London and of the International Fur Trade Federation;^[4] his mother, Barbara Kathleen ("Betty") Imhof, the daughter of record and audio equipment store owner Alfred Imhof, was a driver in international car rallies, and won the RAC Rally with her brother, Godfrey Imhof, in 1952.^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8] His brother, Nicholas, was Dean of Chichester Cathedral from 2002-2014.

After attending Repton School,^[9] Chris