Eccles, Francis Yvon, only son of Yvon Richard Eccles, of Westminster, secretary to the Scottish Amicable Life Insurance Society, by Josephine Villeneuve, daughter of Francis Smith, of Lindfield, Sussex; b. April 4, 1871; adm. as exhibitioner June 5, 1885 (G); elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1890, matric. Oct. 10, 1890; B.A. 1894; M.A. 1906; called to the bar at the Middle Temple Jan. 26, 1897; Professor of French Literature, London Univ. 1920-34; author of A Century of French Poets (1909); d. Feb. 15, 1963.
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