Glynnis Marjory Cropp (born 23 March 1938) is a New Zealand scholar of French, and was a full professor at Massey University, specialising in medieval French manuscripts. In 2012, she was appointed an Officier of the

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, for lifetime achievement in French education. She was appointed an Officer of the

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in 2013, for services to research in the humanities.

Academic career

Cropp attended Christchurch Girl's High School, and then completed a Bachelor of Arts at the

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in 1959, which she followed with a Master of Arts with First Class Honours in French in 1960. Cropp received a postgraduate scholarship to study at the

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Sorbonne, where she earned a Licence es Lettres. Cropp then joined the faculty of Massey University in 1963, and was promoted to associate professor in 1970. In the meantime, she completed a

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at the University of Paris. Cropp was promoted to full professor at Massey in 1985, when she was also appointed head of the department of modern languages. She was Dean of the Faculty of Humanities of Massey University from 1987 to 1997. In 2013, Cropp celebrated fifty years of teaching at Massey. Although she officially retired in 2001, she continued teaching until 2010, and to research after that. Her colleagues published a volume of essays, ''L'Offrande du Coeur: Medieval and early modern studies in honour of Glynnis Cropp'', to mark her retirement.

Honours and awards

In 2012, Cropp was appointed Officier of the

for "lifetime achievement in French education". In the

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, she was appointed an

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, for services to research in the humanities.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Cropp, Glynnis 1938 births Living people New Zealand academics New Zealand women academics People educated at Christchurch Girls' High School University of Canterbury alumni University of Paris alumni Academic staff of Massey University Officiers of the Ordre des Palmes Académiques Officers of the New Zealand Order of Merit Medievalists Scholars of French literature