James Fitzgerald Duff
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Sir James Fitzgerald Duff (1 February 1898 - 1970) was the Son of James Duff (or Dunlop) Duff. Educated Winchester and Trinity College, Cambridge.
His posts included the following: professor of education, University of Manchester 1932-1937; warden of the Durham Colleges in the University of Durham and alternating vice-chancellor and pro-vice-chancellor of the University of Durham 1937-1960; member of several commissions and enquiries, including the Asquith Commission on Higher Education in the Colonies 1943-1945, the Elliot Commission on Higher Education in West Africa 1943-1945, the Government of India's Universities Commission 1948-1949 and a commission on university government in Canada 1964-1965 sponsored by the Canadian Association of University Teachers and the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada. He was also a governor of the BBC 1959-1965, vice-chairman of the BBC 1960-1965 and temporary chairman of the BBC 1964; mayor of Durham City 1959-1960; and lord lieutenant of County Durham 1964-1970. He was knighted in 1949.
