Declan McCavana

Declan McCavana (born 1963) is a French language scholar and professor from Northern Ireland.

Career[edit]

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[edit]

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

References[edit]

^ "Past Pupils - St Mary's 1980s". Edmund Rice Schools Trust. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
^ "Professor Declan McCavana". Franco British Connections. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
^ "Welcome". French Debating Association. Retrieved 24 March 2022.
^ "Order of the British Empire". The Gazette. 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2022.

[1] "Past Pupils - St Mary's 1980s". Edmund Rice Schools Trust. Retrieved 24 March 2022.

[2] "Professor Declan McCavana". Franco British Connections. Retrieved 24 March 2022.

[3] "Welcome". French Debating Association. Retrieved 24 March 2022.

[4] "Order of the British Empire". The Gazette. 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2022.

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