Dr Richard Luckett graduated from St Catharine's in 1967. He then taught 20th century European history at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst before returning to do a PhD at Cambridge in 1969. In 1970 he became a Research Fellow of St Catharine's (Official Fellow 1972). In 1971 he published THE WHITE GENERALS: AN ACCOUNT OF THE WHITE MOVEMENT AND THE RUSSIAN CIVIL WAR (2nd edition 1988). In 1972 he received his PhD for 'The Legend of St Cecilia in English Literature' and became a University Assistant Lecturer in English, where he has been Secretary and Chairman of the Degree Committee. In 1978 he became a University Lecturer and moved to Magdalene as Fellow, Keeper of the Old Library and Director of Studies in English, also becoming Precentor in 1982. He has been active in Cambridge music since his time as an undergraduate when he produced Yvonne Minton in Gluck's Orfeo Euridice and Alberto Renedios in Strauss's Ariadne auf Naxos.
