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{{Short description|British historian}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2021}}

{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix =[[Sir]]
| name        = Colin Lucas
| honorific-suffix ={{Post-nominals|country=GBR|FRHistS|size=100%|sep=,}}
| image       =
| title       = [[List of Vice-Chancellors of the University of Oxford|Vice-Chancellor]] of the [[University of Oxford]]
| term_start  = 11 January 1997
| term_end    = 5 October 2004
| 1blankname      = [[List of Chancellors of the University of Oxford|Chancellor]]
| 1namedata       = [[Roy Jenkins]]<br/>[[Chris Patten]]
| predecessor = [[Peter North (legal scholar)|Sir Peter North]]
| successor   = [[John Hood (university administrator)|Sir John Hood]]
| title2      = [[List of Masters of Balliol College, Oxford|Master]] of [[Balliol College, Oxford]]
| term_start2 = 20 August 1994
| term_end2   = 16 March 2001
| predecessor2= [[Baruch Samuel Blumberg]]
| successor2  = [[Andrew Graham (academic)|Andrew Graham]]
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1940|8|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Egypt]]
| alma_mater  = [[Lincoln College, Oxford]]
| profession  = Historian
}}

'''Sir Colin Renshaw Lucas''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|FRHistS|size=100%|sep=,}} (born 25 August 1940) is a British [[historian]] and [[academic administration|university administrator]]. From 1997 to 2004, he was the [[Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/vc/position/previousvice-chancellors/|title=Previous Vice-Chancellors | publisher=[[University of Oxford]], UK|accessdate=15 July 2011}}</ref> In May 2006, he was appointed Chair of the Board of the [[British Library]] for a four-year term ending 2010.

==Early life and education==
Lucas was born in Egypt, the son of Frank Renshaw Lucas {{post-nominals|country=GBR|RA}} and Janine Charpentier.<ref name="burke">{{cite book |title= [[Burke's Peerage|Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood]]|publisher=Burke's Peerage & Gentry |editor= Mosley, Charles |editor-link=Charles Mosley (genealogist) |edition=107 |year= 2003 |page= 2425 |ref=Burke |isbn=0-9711966-2-1}}</ref> He was educated at [[Sherborne School|Sherborne]] and at [[Lincoln College, Oxford]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://oldshirburnian.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/The-Sherborne-Register-Fourth-Edition-1550-1950-word-resized.pdf|title=''The Sherborne Register 1550-1950''|publisher=Old Shirburnian Society|accessdate=16 February 2019}}</ref><ref name="debretts">{{cite web |url=http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/l/19136/Colin+LUCAS.aspx | title=Sir Colin Lucas | publisher=[[Debrett's]] | work=People of Today Online | accessdate=15 July 2011}}</ref>

==Academic career==
After graduation, he took a post as a lecturer at the [[University of Sheffield]] (1965–69), and then later at the [[University of Manchester]] (1970–73). He became a Fellow and Tutor in Modern History at [[Balliol College, Oxford|Balliol College]] in 1973. In 1990, he took a post at the [[University of Chicago]] as Professor of History, where he became chair of the History Department in 1992 and Dean of the Division of [[Social Sciences]] in 1993. He returned to Oxford in 1994 to become Master of Balliol College (1994–2000).

Lucas was the first Oxford Vice-Chancellor to serve for seven years (1997–2004), during which time he implemented many changes in the University governance structure, such as the adoption of external members to the University's Council, a radical restructuring of the committee system, division of academic departments, the establishment of a University Committee on Access and the adoption of new resource allocation and financial management systems.<ref>[http://www.oir.org.uk/team/team_show.htm?doc_id=433682&profileAttrib_id=15223&yearAttrib_id=15231 Oxford International Review: Our Team: Sir Colin Lucas]  {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914082152/http://www.oir.org.uk/team/team_show.htm?doc_id=433682&profileAttrib_id=15223&yearAttrib_id=15231 |date=14 September 2008 }}</ref>

On his retirement as Vice-Chancellor, Lucas was appointed Warden of [[Rhodes House]], Oxford, responsible for the running of the [[Rhodes Scholarships]] (2004–2009). He had previously served as a Trustee of the [[Rhodes Trust]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/rhodes-trust/the-warden |title=The Warden of Rhodes House - the Rhodes Scholarships |accessdate=2016-03-16 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316102640/http://www.rhodeshouse.ox.ac.uk/rhodes-trust/the-warden |archivedate=16 March 2016}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Lucas is the godfather of the politician [[Boris Johnson]].<ref name=bbcmediascrapes>{{cite web|url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/politics/6901161.stm|title=Boris Johnson's media scrapes|date=17 July 2007|access-date=8 October 2017|website=News.bbc.co.uk}}</ref> Lucas is married to Marie-Louise, Lady Lucas.

==Honours==
In 2002, he was appointed [[Knight Bachelor]] for his services to [[higher education]].<ref name="debretts" /> He has been a [[Fellow of the Royal Historical Society]] (FRHistS) since 1973. He was awarded an Officier de [[l'Ordre des Arts et des Lettres]] ([[France]]) in 1990, Chevalier [[Ordre du Mérite]] in 1994, and [[Légion d'Honneur]] in 1998 (Officier in 2005). He was elected to the [[American Philosophical Society]] in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|title=APS Member History|url=https://search.amphilsoc.org/memhist/search?creator=Colin+Lucas&title=&subject=&subdiv=&mem=&year=&year-max=&dead=&keyword=&smode=advanced|access-date=2021-06-14|website=search.amphilsoc.org}}</ref> In 2013, he was awarded a [[Doctor honoris causa]] by [[Heidelberg University]]. In 2014, he was awarded a [[Bronze Bauhinia Star]] by [[Government of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region]].

Portraits of Sir Colin Lucas hang at [[Balliol College]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://artuk.org/discover/artworks/sir-colin-lucas-b-1940-fellow-and-tutor-19731990-master-19942001-vice-chancellor-19972004-221629|title=Sir Colin Lucas (b.1940), Fellow and Tutor (1973–1990), Master (1994–2001), Vice-Chancellor (1997–2004) - Art UK|website=[[Art UK]]|accessdate=8 October 2017}}</ref> and at [[Rhodes House]], Oxford (the latter by [[Bob Tulloch]]).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bobtulloch.co.uk/gallery|title=Gallery - Bob Tulloch|website=Bobtulloch.co.uk|accessdate=8 October 2017}}</ref>

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