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Jules Desseignet (1886–1966), later Professor of French Language and Literature, University of Reading

James Alexander Hay Hector (1868–1940)

Art & Heritage Collections, Robert Gordon University

Jules Desseignet (1886–1966), later Professor of French Language and Literature, University of Reading

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Desseignet taught French at the University of Aberdeen from 1911–1920. In November 1920 he was appointed Professor of French at University College, Reading (then an extension college of Christchurch College, Oxford). This transformed into a full university chair of French Language and Literature when the College received its Royal Charter as the University of Reading in 1926. A biography is attached to the Art Detective discussion on this portrait.

Art & Heritage Collections, Robert Gordon University

Title

Jules Desseignet (1886–1966), later Professor of French Language and Literature, University of Reading

Date

c.1919–1920

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 30.9 x W 25.5 cm

Accession number

ABDRG2007.6

Acquisition method

donated by Miss Isobel Gordon

Work type

Painting

Inscription description

lower right: 'J. A. H. Hector'

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Art & Heritage Collections, Robert Gordon University

The Georgina Scott Sutherland Library, Garthdee Road, Aberdeen AB10 7QE Scotland

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1868–1940

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