Declan McCavana explained

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

• 2015: MBE For services to the promotion of the English language in France^[4]

Notes and References

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