List of Fellows of the British Academy elected in the 1900s

Last updated October 03, 2019

The Fellowship of the British Academy consists of world-leading scholars and researchers in the humanities and social sciences. Fellows are elected each year in July at the Academy's annual general meeting.^[1]

Fellow of the British Academy award granted by the British Academy to leading academics for their distinction in the humanities and social sciences

Fellowship of the British Academy (FBA) is an award granted by the British Academy to leading academics for their distinction in the humanities and social sciences. There are three kinds of fellowship:

Fellows, for scholars resident in the United Kingdom
Corresponding Fellows, for scholars not resident in the UK
Honorary Fellows, an honorary academic title

Humanities are academic disciplines that study aspects of human society and culture. In the Renaissance, the term contrasted with divinity and referred to what is now called classics, the main area of secular study in universities at the time. Today, the humanities are more frequently contrasted with natural, and sometimes social sciences, as well as professional training.

First fellows

The following fellows were appointed in the Charter of the Incorporation of the British Academy on 8 August 1902:^[2]

The Right Honourable The Earl of Rosebery, KG, KT
The Right Honourable The Viscount Dillon, President of the Society of Antiquaries
The Right Honourable The Lord Reay, GCSI, GCIE, President of the Royal Asiatic Society
The Right Honourable Arthur James Balfour, MP
The Right Honourable John Morley, MP
The Right Honourable James Bryce, MP
The Right Honourable William Edward Hartpole Lecky, MP
Sir William Reynell Anson, Baronet, MP, Warden of All Souls College, Oxford
Sir Frederick Pollock, Baronet, Corpus Professor of Jurisprudence in the University of Oxford
Sir Edward Maunde Thompson, KCB., Director and Principal Librarian, British Museum
Sir Henry Churchill Maxwell-Lyte, KCB, Deputy-Keeper of the Public Records
Sir Courtenay Peregrine Ilbert, KCSI, CIE
Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb, MP, Regius Professor of Greek in the University of Cambridge
David Binning Monro, Provost of Oriel College and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford
Adolphus William Ward, Master of Peterhouse and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge
Edward Caird, Master of Balliol College, Oxford
Henry Francis Pelham, President of Trinity College and Camden Professor of Ancient History in the University of Oxford
John Rhys, Principal of Jesus College and Professor of Celtic in the University of Oxford
The Reverend George Salmon, DD, Provost of Trinity College, Dublin
John Bagnell Bury, Regius Professor of Greek in the University of Dublin
Samuel Henry Butcher, Professor of Greek in the University of Edinburgh
Ingram Bywater, Regius Professor of Greek in the University of Oxford
Edward Byles Cowell, Professor of Sanskrit in the University of Cambridge
The Reverend William Cunningham, DD
Thomas William Rhys Davids, Professor of Pali in University College, London
Albert Venn Dicey, KC, Vinerian Professor of English Law in the University of Oxford
The Reverend Canon Samuel Rolles Driver, DD, Regius Professor of Hebrew in the University of Oxford
Robinson Ellis, Corpus Professor of Latin in the University of Oxford
Arthur John Evans, Keeper of the Ashmolean Museum, Oxford
The Reverend Andrew Martin Fairbairn, DD, Principal of Mansfield College, Oxford
The Reverend Robert Flint, DD, Professor of Divinity in the University of Edinburgh
James George Frazer
Israel Gollancz, University Lecturer in English in the University of Cambridge
Thomas Hodgkin
Shadworth Hollway Hodgson
Thomas Erskine Holland, KC, Professor of International Law and Diplomacy in the University of Oxford
Frederick William Maitland, Downing Professor of English Law in the University of Cambridge
Alfred Marshall, Professor of Political Economy in the University of Cambridge
The Reverend John Eyton Bickersteth Mayor, Professor of Latin in the University of Cambridge
James Augustus Henry Murray
William Mitchell Ramsay, Professor of Humanity in the University of Aberdeen
The Reverend Canon William Sanday, DD, Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity in the University of Oxford
The Reverend Walter William Skeat, Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon in the University of Cambridge
Leslie Stephen
Whitley Stokes CSI, CIE
Rev Henry Barclay Swete, DD, Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge
Rev. Henry Fanshawe Tozer
Robert Yelverton Tyrrell, Professor of Ancient History in the University of Dublin
James Ward, Professor of Mental Philosophy in the University of Cambridge

Archibald Philip Primrose, 5th Earl of Rosebery, 1st Earl of Midlothian,, was a British Liberal politician who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from March 1894 to June 1895. Between the death of his father, in 1851, and the death of his grandfather, the 4th Earl of Rosebery, in 1868 he was known by the courtesy title of Lord Dalmeny.

Harold Dillon, 17th Viscount Dillon British antiquarian

Harold Arthur Lee-Dillon, 17th Viscount Dillon CH FBA was an English antiquary and a leading authority on the history of arms and armour and medieval costume.

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1903

The following were elected fellows in March 1903:^[3]

Bernard Bosanquet (philosopher) English philosopher

Bernard Bosanquet was an English philosopher and political theorist, and an influential figure on matters of political and social policy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. His work influenced but was later subject to criticism by many thinkers, notably Bertrand Russell, John Dewey and William James. Bernard was the husband of Charity Organisation Society leader Helen Bosanquet.

Edward Granville Browne, FBA was a British orientalist. He published numerous articles and books, mainly in the areas of history and literature.

Arthur Cohen, was an English barrister and Liberal Party politician.

1904

The following were elected fellows in June 1904:^[4]

1905

1906

1907

1908

Marquess Curzon of Keddleston, KG

1909

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References

Unless stated otherwise, the names are from the list of fellows, alive and dead, in Proceedings of the British Academy, vol. xviii (1932), pp. vii–x.

Citations

↑ "About the British Academy". British Academy. Retrieved 27 July 2016.
↑ "Charter of the British Academy", British Academy. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
↑ "List of Fellows, 1904" and "Deceased Fellows", Proceedings of the British Academy, vol. 1 (1904).
↑ "List of Fellows, 1904" and "Deceased Fellows", Proceedings of the British Academy, vol. 1 (1904).

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[1] "About the British Academy". British Academy. Retrieved 27 July 2016.

[2] "Charter of the British Academy", British Academy. Retrieved 8 February 2017.

[3] "List of Fellows, 1904" and "Deceased Fellows", Proceedings of the British Academy, vol. 1 (1904).

[4] "List of Fellows, 1904" and "Deceased Fellows", Proceedings of the British Academy, vol. 1 (1904).