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Jim Samson

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Thomas James Samson, FBA (born 6 July 1946), commonly known as Jim Samson, is a musicologist and retired academic.[1] Described as "a leading authority on the music of Chopin", his research extends to Romantic music, early 20th-century classical music and the music of east Central Europe in general.[1]

Life and career

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Thomas James Samson was born on 6 July 1946 in Carnlough in Northern Ireland. Educated at Queen's University Belfast (BMus) and studied with Arnold Whittall at the University College, Cardiff (MMus, PhD).[1]

Samson was appointed to a research fellowship at the University of Leicester in 1972. He moved to the University of Exeter in 1973 as a lecturer; promotions followed, to reader in 1987 and Professor of Musicology in 1992. In 1994, he was appointed Stanley Hugh Badock Professor of Music at the University of Bristol, and was then Professor of Music at Royal Holloway, University of London, between 2002 and 2011.[2][3]

Honours and awards

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Samson was awarded the Order of Merit by the Polish government in 1990[2][4] and was elected a Fellow of the British Academy, the United Kingdom's national academy, in 2000. In 2018, he received the IRC Harrison Medal from the Society for Musicology in Ireland.[5]

Selected publications

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References

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  1. ^ a b c Williamson, Rosemary (2001). "Samson, (Thomas) Jim". Grove Music Online. Oxford: Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/gmo/9781561592630.article.47094. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  2. ^ a b "Samson, Prof. Thomas James (Jim)", Who's Who (online edition, University of Oxford, December 2018). Retrieved 18 November 2018.
  3. ^ "Professor Jim Samson", Royal Holloway, University of London. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Professor Jim Samson", British Academy. Retrieved 18 December 2018.
  5. ^ "Irish Research Council - Harrison Medal | Society for Musicology in Ireland". musicologyireland.com. Retrieved 14 April 2020.[permanent dead link]
Academic offices
Preceded by Stanley Hugh Badock Professor of Music,
University of Bristol

1994–2002
Succeeded by