| Intro | South african academic |
| Was | Academic |
| From | South Africa |
| Type | Education |
| Gender | male |
| Birth | 1919 |
| Death |
2012 (aged 93 years) |
Godfrey Lemay (1919 – 2012), MA, was a tutor and Emeritus Fellow at Worcester College, University of Oxford, and a former Dean of History at Worcester College.
His focus area was modern British history. Born in South Africa, LeMay’s family travelled from England to South Africa during the Boer Wars, in which his grandfather was an officer. LeMay served as a speech writer for Winston Churchill.
He was a political advisor to Nelson Mandela. LeMay’s most famous student was Benazir Bhutto.
He was living in Oxford with his wife when he died in December 2012 at the age of 93. LeMay was teaching up until his death, holding tutorial sessions in his in-home office.