Rick Rylance

{{short description|British literary scholar and academic}}

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Rick Rylance (born 1954){{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Rick Rylance: appointments|url=https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/officers/xxVavY7JBESqZK7jHZwmf7GYqjY/appointments|access-date=27 January 2022|website=Companies House}} is a British literary scholar and academic who specialises in 19th-century and 20th-century literature.{{Cite web|date=April 2017|title=Institute of English Studies director Rick Rylance appointed as the next Dean of the School of Advanced Study|url=https://london.ac.uk/news-opinion/institute-english-studies-director-rick-rylance-appointed-next-dean-school-advanced|access-date=2022-01-27|website=University of London|language=en}}

He was the chief executive of the Arts and Humanities Research Council from 2009 to 2015.{{cite web|date=|title=Professor Rick Rylance (2009-2013, 2013-2017) - Arts and Humanities Research Council|url=http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/about/visionstrategygovernance/governancestructure/ahrccouncil/rickrylance/|website=Ahrc.ac.uk|accessdate=2016-03-05}} From 2016 to 2017, he was the Director of the Institute of English Studies, University of London.{{cite web|title=Rick Rylance appointed director of the Institute of English Studies|url=http://www.sas.ac.uk/about-us/news/rick-rylance-appointed-director-institute-english-studies|website=School of Advanced Study|publisher=University of London|access-date=3 June 2016|date=20 May 2015}}{{cite web|title=Professor Rylance to leave AHRC after six years as CEO|url=http://www.ahrc.ac.uk/newsevents/news/rylancetoleaveahrc/|website=Arts and Humanities Research Council|access-date=3 June 2016|date=20 May 2015}} His final position was Dean and Chief Executive of that university's School of Advanced Study and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research), until his retirement in September 2020.{{Cite web|date=April 2017|title=Institute of English Studies director Rick Rylance appointed as the next Dean of the School of Advanced Study|url=https://london.ac.uk/news-opinion/institute-english-studies-director-rick-rylance-appointed-next-dean-school-advanced|access-date=2022-01-27|website=University of London|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2020-11-11|title=Historian Professor Jo Fox appointed as the next dean of University of London's School of Advanced Study|url=https://www.sas.ac.uk/about-us/news/historian-professor-jo-fox-appointed-next-dean-university-london%E2%80%99s-school-advanced|access-date=2022-01-27|website=School of Advanced Study|language=en}}