This list of Honorary Doctors of the University of Canterbury shows recipients of an honorary doctorate bestowed by the University of Canterbury since 1962, for those bestowed prior to the dissolution of University of New Zealand see List of Honorary Doctors of the University of New Zealand. [1]
Doctor is an academic title that originates from the Latin word of the same spelling and meaning. The word is originally an agentive noun of the Latin verb docēre[dɔˈkeːrɛ] 'to teach'. It has been used as an academic title in Europe since the 13th century, when the first doctorates were awarded at the University of Bologna and the University of Paris.
The University of Canterbury (UC) is a public research university based in Christchurch, New Zealand. It was founded in 1873 as Canterbury College, the first constituent college of the University of New Zealand. It is New Zealand's second-oldest university, after the University of Otago, itself founded four years earlier in 1869.
The Victoria University of Wellington is a public university in Wellington, New Zealand. It was established in 1897 by Act of Parliament, and was a constituent college of the University of New Zealand.
An honorary degree is an academic degree for which a university has waived all of the usual requirements. It is also known by the Latin phrases honoris causa or ad honorem . The degree is typically a doctorate or, less commonly, a master's degree, and may be awarded to someone who has no prior connection with the academic institution or no previous postsecondary education. An example of identifying a recipient of this award is as follows: Doctorate in Business Administration (Hon. Causa).
Sir Paul Maxime Nurse is an English geneticist, former President of the Royal Society and Chief Executive and Director of the Francis Crick Institute. He was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine along with Leland Hartwell and Tim Hunt for their discoveries of protein molecules that control the division of cells in the cell cycle.
Dame Julie Katharine Maxton is a British barrister, legal scholar, and academic administrator. Since 2011, she has been executive director of the Royal Society.
Sir Roy Allan McKenzie was a New Zealand horse breeder and racer, and was well known for his philanthropy.
Eleanor Catton is a New Zealand novelist and screenwriter. Born in Canada, Catton moved to New Zealand as a child and grew up in Christchurch. She completed a master's degree in creative writing at the International Institute of Modern Letters. Her award-winning debut novel, The Rehearsal, written as her Master's thesis, was published in 2008, and has been adapted into a 2016 film of the same name. Her second novel, The Luminaries, won the 2013 Booker Prize, making Catton the youngest author ever to win the prize and only the second New Zealander. It was subsequently adapted into a television miniseries, with Catton as screenwriter.
Richard Anthony Nunns was a Māori traditional instrumentalist of Pākehā heritage. He was particularly known for playing taonga pūoro and his collaboration with fellow Māori instrumentalist Hirini Melbourne. After Melbourne's death, he was regarded as the world's foremost authority on Māori instruments.
Sir Malcolm McRae Burns was a New Zealand agricultural scientist, university lecturer and administrator.
Sir Charles Moihi Te Arawaka Bennett was a New Zealand broadcaster, military leader, public servant, and high commissioner to the Federation of Malaya (1959–1963). Of Māori descent, he identified with the Ngati Pikiao and Ngati Whakaue iwi.
Antony Thomas Gough is a New Zealand businessman and property developer based in Christchurch. The grandson of Tracy Thomas Gough, who founded Gough, Gough and Hamer, Gough is considered to be one of the city's most influential businessmen. He is the developer of The Terrace, a major commercial development in Christchurch's retail district and part of the city's reconstruction programme following the 2011 earthquake.
Jonathan Ngarimu Mane-Wheoki was a New Zealand art historian, academic, and curator. Of Ngāpuhi, Te Aupōuri, Ngāti Kurī and English descent, he was a pioneer in the study of contemporary Māori and Pacific art history.
Jenny Gwynndd Harper is a New Zealand academic and museum professional. She was most recently the director of Christchurch Art Gallery.
Barry Vickerman Cleavin is a New Zealand fine art printmaker.
Elric James Hooper is a New Zealand director and actor. He was the artistic director of the Court Theatre in Christchurch from 1979 to 2000.
Alan Tutton Johns was a New Zealand scientist, science administrator and university council member.