18 Facts About Terence Wade

Terence Leslie Brian Wade was an English linguist who was Professor of Russian Studies at the University of Strathclyde from 1987 to 1995.

Terence Wade arrived in Glasgow in 1963, and taught and developed courses at Strathclyde, where he received a PhD in 1977.

Terence Wade had a successful stint as chairman of the university's Department of Modern Languages from 1985 to 1993.

The Times has called his works "classics in their field", and Terence Wade is considered one of Britain's pre-eminent Russianists.

Terence Wade was awarded the Russian government's prestigious Medal of Pushkin in 1996.

Terence Wade lived above a shop selling musical instruments, which his parents ran.

Terence Wade was first taught Russian intensively at the University of Cambridge by Professor Elizabeth Hill, and transferred to the Victoria Barracks, Bodmin in Cornwall.

Terence Wade taught classes on Russian grammar, literature and political thought, and helped to design the new university's Bachelor of Arts degree in Russian.

In 1968, Terence Wade graduated from the University of London with a first-class degree in Russian with Polish, and in 1977 he received a PhD from Strathclyde: his dissertation was about Russian prepositions.

Terence Wade was promoted to senior lecturer in 1969, reader in 1981, and professor in 1987.

In 1988, the University Grants Committee decided that the university's Italian and Spanish sections should be closed as they lacked the resources to provide for their students; Terence Wade successfully campaigned for their survival.

Terence Wade formally retired from his post in 1995, but remained an honorary research fellow.

Terence Wade set and marked examinations for the Scottish Examination Board, and served as an external examiner for other universities.

Terence Wade was a member of the Russian, Slavonic and East European Languages Panel of the Research Assessment Exercises from 1992 to 1996, and a member and fellow of the Scottish branch of the Institute of Linguists.

Terence Wade was the British representative on the presidium of the International Association of Teachers of Russian Language and Literature.

Terence Wade was chairman and president of the Association of Teachers of Russian, and edited its journal.

Terence Wade's articles have appeared in many journals, including the Journal of Russian Studies, of which he edited 11 issues, and the Times Educational Supplement.

Terence Wade wrote on Russian folklore, humour, pop music and animal ecology, as well as changes in the Russian language since the dissolution of the Soviet Union.