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1917 births1977 deathsBritish academicsAlumni of Jesus College, OxfordFellows of Worcester College, OxfordBritish Army personnel of World War IIKing's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry officers ReaderUniversity of OxfordBuilthBreconshireWalesJesus College, OxfordUniversity of ParisKing's Own Yorkshire Light InfantryOxford UniversityMontaigneFellowWorcester College, OxfordReader Richard Anthony Sayce (11 January 1917 – 11 August 1977) was a British academic in the field of French literature, becoming Reader in French Literature at the University of Oxford. Life Sayce was born on 11 January 1917. After attending Builth County Grammar School in Breconshire, Wales, he studied French and German at Jesus College, Oxford, obtaining a first-class honours degree; he studied at the University of Paris from 1938 to 1939. During the Second World War, he served as a captain in the King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry, and then became a lecturer at Oxford University. His main area of intere...