Sir Colin Renshaw Lucas (born August 25, 1940) is an historian and university administrator. From 1997 to 2004, he was the Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University. In May 2006, he was appointed Chair of the Board of the British Library for a four-year term ending 2010. Sir Colin is the godfather of Boris Johnson. Biography, Sir Colin studied at Lincoln College, Oxford. After graduation, he took a post as a Lecturer at the University of Sheffield (1965-69), and then later at the University of Manchester (1970-7...

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