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British Academy

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The British Academy is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences. [1]

64 relations: Adam Roberts (scholar), Adolphus William Ward, Anglo-Saxon charters, Anthony Kenny, Arthur Balfour, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, Burkitt Medal, Burlington House, C. S. Lewis, Carlton House Terrace, Charles Webster (historian), Corpus vasorum antiquorum, David Cannadine, Denys Page, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills, Derek Allen, Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources, Donald Mackay, 11th Lord Reay, Edward Maunde Thompson, Frederic G. Kenyon, Garry Runciman, 3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford, George Norman Clark, H. A. L. Fisher, Henry Moore, Humanities, Idris Bell, Isaiah Berlin, Israel Gollancz, J. P. Carswell, James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, John Clapham (economic historian), John Maynard Keynes, John Nash (architect), John William Mackail, Keith Thomas (historian), Kenneth Dover, Kenneth Wheare, Kenyon Medal, Leverhulme Medal (British Academy), Lionel Robbins, Maurice Bowra, Mortimer Wheeler, N. J. Williams, National academy, Nayef Al-Rodhan, Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford, Onora O'Neill, Owen Chadwick, P. W. H. Brown, Prime minister, ..., Proceedings of the British Academy, Randolph Quirk, Royal Academy of Arts, Royal charter, Royal Society, Samuel Butcher (classicist), Social science, Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum, Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles, Tony Wrigley, United Kingdom, W. D. Ross, William Ewart Gladstone, 6 Burlington Gardens. Expand index (14 more) »

Adam Roberts (scholar)

Sir Adam Roberts (born 29 August 1940) is Emeritus Professor of International Relations at Oxford University, a senior research fellow in Oxford University's Department of Politics and International Relations, and an emeritus fellow of Balliol College, Oxford.

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Adolphus William Ward

Sir Adolphus William Ward, FBA (2 December 1837 in Hampstead, London19 June 1924) was an English historian and man of letters.

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Anglo-Saxon charters

Anglo-Saxon charters are documents from the early medieval period in England, which typically made a grant of land, or recorded a privilege.

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Anthony Kenny

Sir Anthony John Patrick Kenny (born 16 March 1931) is an English philosopher whose interests lie in the philosophy of mind, ancient and scholastic philosophy, the philosophy of Wittgenstein and the philosophy of religion.

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Arthur Balfour

Arthur James Balfour, 1st Earl of Balfour, (25 July 184819 March 1930) was a British statesman of the Conservative Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1902 to 1905.

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British Academy of Film and Television Arts

The British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) is an independent charity that supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image – film, television and game in the United Kingdom.

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Burkitt Medal

The Burkitt Medal is awarded annually by the British Academy "in recognition of special service to Biblical Studies".

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Burlington House

Burlington House is a building on Piccadilly in Mayfair, London.

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C. S. Lewis

Clive Staples Lewis (29 November 1898 – 22 November 1963) was a British novelist, poet, academic, medievalist, literary critic, essayist, lay theologian, broadcaster, lecturer, and Christian apologist.

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Carlton House Terrace

Carlton House Terrace is a street in the St James's district of the City of Westminster in London.

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Charles Webster (historian)

Sir Charles Kingsley Webster (25 July 1886 – August 1961) was a Cambridge-trained historian and British diplomat.

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Corpus vasorum antiquorum

Corpus Vasorum Antiquorum ("corpus of ancient vases"; abbreviated CVA) is an international research project for ceramic documentation of the classical area.

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David Cannadine

Sir David Cannadine (born 7 September 1950) is a British author and historian, who specialises in modern history and the history of business and philanthropy.

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Denys Page

Sir Denys Lionel Page, FBA (11 May 1908, Reading, Berkshire – 6 July 1978, Tarset) was a British classical scholar at Oxford and Cambridge universities.

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Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) was a ministerial department of the United Kingdom Government created on 5 June 2009 by the merger of the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) and the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR).

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Derek Allen

Derek Fortrose Allen (29 May 1910 – 13 June 1975) was Secretary of the British Academy from 1969 to 1973 and Treasurer of that organisation from 1973 until his death.

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Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources

The Dictionary of Medieval Latin from British Sources ("DMLBS") is a lexicon of Medieval Latin published by the British Academy.

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Donald Mackay, 11th Lord Reay

Donald James Mackay, 11th Lord Reay (22 December 1839 – 1 August 1921) (in the Netherlands: Donald Jacob, Baron Mackay, Lord of Ophemert and Zennewijnen) was a Dutch-born British administrator and Liberal politician.

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Edward Maunde Thompson

Sir Edward Maunde Thompson, GCB, FBA (1840 – 14 September 1929) was a British palaeographer and Principal Librarian and first Director of the British Museum.

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Frederic G. Kenyon

Sir Frederic George Kenyon (15 January 1863 – 23 August 1952) was a British palaeographer and biblical and classical scholar.

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Garry Runciman, 3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford

Walter Garrison Runciman, 3rd Viscount Runciman of Doxford, CBE, FBA (born 10 November 1934), usually known informally as Garry Runciman, is a leading British historical sociologist.

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George Norman Clark

Sir George Norman Clark, FBA (27 February 1890 – 6 February 1979) was an English historian, academic and British Army officer.

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H. A. L. Fisher

Herbert Albert Laurens Fisher H.A.L. Fisher: A History of Europe, Volume II: From the Beginning of the Eighteenth Century to 1935, Glasgow: Fontana/Collins, 1984, p. i. (21 March 1865 – 18 April 1940) was an English historian, educator, and Liberal politician.

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Henry Moore

Henry Spencer Moore (30 July 1898 – 31 August 1986) was an English artist.

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Humanities

Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture.

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Idris Bell

Sir Harold Idris Bell (2 October 1879 – 22 January 1967) was a British papyrologist (specialising in Roman Egypt) and scholar of Welsh literature.

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Isaiah Berlin

Sir Isaiah Berlin (6 June 1909 – 5 November 1997) was a Russian-British social and political theorist, philosopher and historian of ideas.

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Israel Gollancz

Sir Israel Gollancz, FBA (13 July 1863 – 23 June 1930) was a scholar of early English literature and of Shakespeare.

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J. P. Carswell

John Patrick Carswell CB FRSL (30 May 1918 – 12 November 1997) was an English civil servant and author who served as Secretary of the British Academy from 1978 to 1983.

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James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce

James Bryce, 1st Viscount Bryce, (10 May 1838 – 22 January 1922) was a British academic, jurist, historian and Liberal politician.

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John Clapham (economic historian)

Professor Sir John Harold Clapham, CBE, LittD, FBA (13 September 1873 – 29 March 1946) was a British economic historian.

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John Maynard Keynes

John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes (5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946), was a British economist whose ideas fundamentally changed the theory and practice of macroeconomics and the economic policies of governments.

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John Nash (architect)

John Nash (18 January 1752 – 13 May 1835) was an English architect responsible for much of the layout of Regency London under the patronage of the Prince Regent, and during his reign as George IV.

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John William Mackail

John William Mackail (26 August 1859 – 13 December 1945) was a Scottish man of letters and socialist, now best remembered as a Virgil scholar.

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Keith Thomas (historian)

Sir Keith Vivian Thomas, (born 2 January 1933) is a British historian of the early modern world based at Oxford University.

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Kenneth Dover

Sir Kenneth James Dover, (11 March 1920 – 7 March 2010) was a distinguished British Classical scholar and academic.

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Kenneth Wheare

Sir Kenneth Clinton Wheare, CMG (26 March 1907 – 7 September 1979) was an Australian academic, who spent most of his career at Oxford University in England.

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Kenyon Medal

The Kenyon Medal is awarded every two years by the British Academy 'in recognition of work in the field of classical studies and archaeology'.

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Leverhulme Medal (British Academy)

The Leverhulme Medal and Prize is awarded by the British Academy every three years 'for a significant contribution to knowledge and understanding in a field within the humanities and social sciences'.

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Lionel Robbins

Lionel Charles Robbins, Baron Robbins, (22 November 1898 – 15 May 1984) was a British economist, and prominent member of the economics department at the London School of Economics.

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Maurice Bowra

Sir Cecil Maurice Bowra CH, FBA (8 April 1898 – 4 July 1971) was an English classical scholar, literary critic and academic, known for his wit.

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Mortimer Wheeler

Sir Robert Eric Mortimer Wheeler (10 September 1890 – 22 July 1976) was a British archaeologist and officer in the British Army.

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N. J. Williams

Neville John Williams (31 August 1924 - 29 January 1977) was Secretary of the British Academy from 1973 until his death.

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National academy

A national academy is an organizational body, usually operating with state financial support and approval, that co-ordinates scholarly research activities and standards for academic disciplines, most frequently in the sciences but also the humanities.

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Nayef Al-Rodhan

Nayef R. F. Al-Rodhan (نايف الروضان; born 1959) is a Saudi philosopher, neuroscientist, geostrategist, and author.

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Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford

Nicholas Herbert Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford, (born 22 April 1946) is a British economist and academic.

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Onora O'Neill

Onora Sylvia O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve (born 23 August 1941) is a philosopher and a crossbench member of the House of Lords.

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Owen Chadwick

William Owen Chadwick (20 May 1916 – 17 July 2015) was a British Anglican priest, academic, writer and prominent historian of Christianity.

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P. W. H. Brown

Peter Wilfred Henry Brown CBE (born 4 June 1941) was Secretary to the British Academy, 1983–2006.

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Prime minister

A prime minister is the head of a cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system.

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Proceedings of the British Academy

The Proceedings of the British Academy is a series of academic volumes on subjects in the humanities and social sciences.

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Randolph Quirk

Charles Randolph Quirk, Baron Quirk, CBE, FBA (12 July 1920 – 20 December 2017) was a British linguist and life peer.

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Royal Academy of Arts

The Royal Academy of Arts (RA) is an art institution based in Burlington House on Piccadilly in London.

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Royal charter

A royal charter is a formal document issued by a monarch as letters patent, granting a right or power to an individual or a body corporate.

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Royal Society

The President, Council and Fellows of the Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, commonly known as the Royal Society, is a learned society.

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Samuel Butcher (classicist)

Samuel Henry Butcher DCL LLD (16 April 1850 – 29 December 1910) was an Anglo-Irish classical scholar and politician.

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Social science

Social science is a major category of academic disciplines, concerned with society and the relationships among individuals within a society.

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Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum

Sylloge Nummorum Graecorum (SNG) is a project to publish ancient Greek coinage, founded in Great Britain by the British Academy in 1930.

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Sylloge of Coins of the British Isles

The Sylloge of the Coins of the British Isles (SCBI) is an ongoing project to publish all major museum collections and certain important private collections of British coins.

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Tony Wrigley

Sir Edward Anthony Wrigley, FBA (born 17 August 1931), commonly known as Tony Wrigley, is a historical demographer.

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United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain,Usage is mixed with some organisations, including the and preferring to use Britain as shorthand for Great Britain is a sovereign country in western Europe.

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W. D. Ross

Sir William David Ross KBE FBA (15 April 1877 – 5 May 1971), known as David Ross but usually cited as W. D. Ross, was a Scottish philosopher who is known for his work in ethics.

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William Ewart Gladstone

William Ewart Gladstone, (29 December 1809 – 19 May 1898) was a British statesman of the Liberal Party.

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6 Burlington Gardens

6 Burlington Gardens is a Grade II*-listed building in Mayfair, London.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_Academy

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