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Fellows of the College

Honorary Fellowships are awarded to individuals who:

  • have attained distinction in the arts, literature, science or public life
  • have rendered exceptional service, which may include philanthropic support, to Birkbeck
  • have or have had a close association with Birkbeck

Fellowships are awarded at our annual graduation ceremonies, where the College Orator presents them to the Birkbeck community with a formal oration. (Find out more about our current College Orator, Professor Steve Connor.)

FellowRelated information
Mr Richard Agutter
Professor Francis Ames-Lewis, BSc, MA, PhD
Professor Isobel Armstrong, BA, PhD, FRSA
Professor Paul Barnes
The Rt Hon Lord Barnett, PC, JP
James Berry, OBE

Professor Michel Blanc

The Rt Hon Baroness Blackstone, BSc(Soc), PhD, HonDLitt, HonDUniv, HonLLD
Professor Sir Tom Blundell, BA, DPhil, FRS
Professor Donald Bradley, BSc, PhD, DSc, FRS, CChem, FRSC
Professor Avtar Brah
Brian T Buckle, BA
Sir Ian Byatt
Dr Michael Byrne
His Honour Judge Callman, BSc(Econ)

Sir Neil Chalmers, BA, PhD

Alison Chitty OBE

Sir Anthony Cleaver, MA, HonLLD, HonDSc

Professor Sir David Cox, MA, PhD, FRS, HonDSc

B H Chibnall, BSc

Professor Peter R Crane, BSc, PhD, FRS

Edward Davey, BA, MSc, MP

His Honour Judge Thomas Dewar, BPharm, BSc, PhD

Frank Dobson MP

Dame Vivien Duffield, DBE, MA, HonDLitt, HonDPhil, HonRCM

Professor John Enderby, CBE, BSc, PhD, FRS

Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll, BA, ALA, HonDArt

Professor Richard J Evans, MA, DPhil, LittD, FRHistS, FBA

Professor Sir Roderick Floud, MA, DPhil, FRHistS

Professor Roy Foster, PhD, FRSL, FRHistS, FBA

Professor Julia Goodfellow, CBE, PhD, FMedSci, FIBiol

Professor D W Hamlyn, MA

Laurence Harbottle, MA

Professor Barbara Hardy, MA, DUniv, FRSL

Dr Brian Harwood

The Rt Hon Lord Healey of Riddlesden, CH, MBE, MA, HonDLitt, HonLLD

The Rt Hon Lord Hayhoe, PC

Sir Terence Heiser, KCB

Sir Graham Hills, PhD, DSc, FRSE, CChem, FRSC

Professor E J E Hobsbawm, CH, MA, PhD, HonPhilDr, HonDHL, HonLittD, HonDLitt, HonPhD, FBA

Professor Glyn Humphreys

Professor Barry Ife, CBE, PhD

Jack Jacobs

Ron James, BSc, PhD

Lady Mary-Lou Jennings, BA, MA, PhD

Dr Roger Johnson

Emeritus Professor Peter King

Sir Aaron Klug, OM, FRS

Sir Peter Lampl, OBE, MA

The Baroness Lockwood of Dewsbury, HonDLitt, HonDSc

Professor James Lovelock

Christine Mabey, OBE, BA, PhD

Lord Marshall of Knightsbridge

Dame Mavis Macdonald

Neil MacGregor, DUniv, HonDLitt, HonFBA

Professor Alan MacKay, BSc, MA, PhD, DSc, FRS

Denis MacShane, PhD, MP

Professor William Marslen-Wilson, BA, PhD, FBA

 

Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas, DBE, LLM

Sir Kit McMahon, Chevalier de l’Ordre de la Légion d’Honneur

Professor Peter Mortimore, OBE, BSc, MSc, PhD

Lord Moser, KCB

Professor David Moss, BSc, PhD

Sir Timothy M M O’Shea, BSc, PhD

Professor W G Overend, PhD, DSc, CChem, FRSC, DUniv

Mr Trevor Pears CMG

Sir Roger Penrose, OM, FRS

Professor David Rhind, CBE, FRS, FBA

Rev'd Brian Roberts, BA, BTh, FRSA

Baroness Sharp of Guilford, MA

Dame Stephanie Shirley, DBE, BSc, FBCS, CBIM, CEng

Professor Michael Slater, MA, DPhil

Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill, MA

H L Snaith, MA

Phyllis Somers

J R Stewart, CBE, MA, LLD

Lord Sutherland of Houndwood, MA, HonLLD, HonDLitt, FBA, FRSE

R E Swainson, MA

Professor Laurie Taylor, BA

Professor Janet Thornton, CBE, PhD, FRS

Emeritus Professor William Vaughan

Sir Robin Wales

Steve Walker, BSc (Brist), PhD (Lond)

Katherine Webb, MA, MPhil

Professor Michael Wise, CBE, MC, PhD, HonDSc, DUniv, FRGS, HonFLI

Emeritus Professor Sami Zubaida