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He read history at Churchill College, Cambridge and gained a PhD in the study of Jean-Jacques Rousseau . He taught history at the University Of Bath and in 1979 was appointed Professor of Cultural History at London's post-graduate art and design school, the Royal College Of Art . Since 1996 he has been Rector in charge of the College. He is the Chairman of Arts Council England , Chairman of the Design Council , Chairman of the Royal Mint Advisory Committee, and a Trustee of the Victoria And Albert Museum . Christopher Frayling was awarded a Knighthood in 2001 for "Services to Art and Design Education". He has had a wide output as a writer and critic on subjects ranging from vampires to westerns. He has written and presented television series such as ''The Art of Persuasion'' on Advertising and ''Strange Landscape'' on the Middle Ages . He has conducted a series of radio and television interviews with figures from the world of film, including Audrey Hepburn , Deborah Kerr , Ken Adam , Francis Ford Coppola and Clint Eastwood . He has also written and presented several television series, including ''The Face of Tutankhamun'' and ''Nightmare: Birth of Horror''. He is especially known for his study of Spaghetti Western s and specifically director Sergio Leone . He has written a very popular biography of Leone, ''Something To Do With Death'' (2000); helped run the Los Angeles-based Gene Autry Museum's exhibit on Leone in the summer of 2005; and has appeared in numerous documentaries about Leone and his films, particularly the DVD documentaries of '' Once Upon A Time In The West '' (1968). SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY Literature
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