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Universities should hold up for admiration the intellectual life. For the most precious gift they have to offer is to live and work among books or in… - Noel Annan, Baron Annan
" "Universities should hold up for admiration the intellectual life. For the most precious gift they have to offer is to live and work among books or in laboratories.
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About Noel Annan, Baron Annan
Noel Gilroy Annan, Baron Annan OBE (25 December 1916 – 21 February 2000) was a British military intelligence officer, author, and academic. During his military career, he rose to the rank of colonel and was appointed to the Order of the British Empire as an Officer (OBE). He was provost of King's College, Cambridge, 1956–66, provost of University College London, 1966–78, vice-chancellor of the University of London, and a member of the House of Lords.
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