Andy Orchard

Andy Orchard
21st Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon
Assumed office
2013
Preceded byMalcolm Godden
14th Provost of Trinity College, Toronto
In office
2007–2013
Preceded byMargaret MacMillan
Succeeded byMayo Moran
Personal details
Born
Andrew Philip McDowell Orchard

(1964-02-27) 27 February 1964 (age 60)
CitizenshipUnited Kingdom
Spouse
Clare Brind
(m. 1991)
Children2
EducationUniversity College School
Alma materQueens' College, Cambridge
Exeter College, Oxford

Andrew Philip McDowell Orchard, FRSC, FBA (born 27 February 1964) is a British academic of Old English, Norse and Celtic literature. He is Rawlinson and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford. He was previously Provost of Trinity College, Toronto, from 2007 to 2013. In 2021, claims of sexual harassment and assault by Orchard were publicized, which were alleged at universities where he has worked, including the University of Cambridge and the University of Toronto.[1][2]

  1. ^ Bowden, Olivia; Oved, Marco Chown (21 October 2021). "U of T received formal complaints against ex-Trinity College provost accused of sexual harassment, but he". The Toronto Star. ISSN 0319-0781. Retrieved 24 October 2021.
  2. ^ Davies, Deborah; Al Jazeera Investigative Unit. "Oxford professors abused position with sexist and drunken conduct". www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 24 October 2021.