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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.)

Fellows (listed alphabetically by surname)

College orations
Professor Francis Ames-Lewis, BSc, MA, PhD College oration for Professor Francis Ames-Lewis word format
Professor Isobel Armstrong, BA, PhD, FRSA College oration for Professor Isobel Armstrong word format
Professor Paul Barnes College oration for Professor Paul Barnes word format
The Rt Hon Lord Barnett, PC, JP  
James Berry, OBE College oration for James Berry word format
Professor Michel Blanc College oration for Professor Michel Blanc word format
Professor Andrew Booth College oration for Professor Andrew Booth word format
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  
Brian T Buckle, BA  
Sir Ian Byatt College oration for Sir Ian Byatt word format
Dr Michael Byrne  
His Honour Judge Callman, BSc(Econ) College oration for His Honour Judge Callman word format
Sir Neil Chalmers, BA, PhD College oration for Sir Neil Chalmers word format
B H Chibnall, BSc  
Sir Anthony Cleaver, MA, HonLLD, HonDSc  
Emeritus Professor Barry Coward  
Professor Sir David Cox, MA, PhD, FRS, HonDSc  
Professor Peter R Crane, BSc, PhD, FRS College oration for Professor Peter Crane word format
Professor Sir Bernard Crick, BSc(Econ), PhD, FRSA, HonDSc, HonDLitt  
Edward Davey, BA, MSc, MP College oration for Edward Davey word format
His Honour Judge Thomas Dewar, BPharm, BSc, PhD  
Dame Vivien Duffield, DBE, MA, HonDLitt, HonDPhil, HonRCM  
Dame Elizabeth Esteve-Coll, BA, ALA, HonDArt  
Professor John Enderby, CBE, BSc, PhD, FRS  
Professor Richard J Evans, MA, DPhil, LittD, FRHistS, FBA  
Professor Sir Roderick Floud, MA, DPhil, FRHistS  
Professor Roy Foster, PhD, FRSL, FRHistS, FBA College oration for Professor Roy Foster word format
Professor Julia Goodfellow, CBE, PhD, FMedSci, FIBiol College oration for Professor Julia Goodfellow word format
Professor D W Hamlyn, MA  
Laurence Harbottle, MA College oration for Laurence Harbottle word format
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
R E Swainson, MA		  
Sir Graham Hills, PhD, DSc, FRSE, CChem, FRSC  
Professor E J E Hobsbawm, CH, MA, PhD, HonPhilDr, HonDHL, HonLittD, HonDLitt, HonPhD, FBA  
Professor Barry Ife, CBE, PhD College oration for Professor Barry Ife word format
Professor Cecil Terence Ingold, CMG, DSc, DLitt, DCL  
Jack Jacobs College oration for Jack Jacobs word format 
Ron James, BSc, PhD  
Emeritus Professor Peter King  
Sir Aaron Klug, OM, FRS  
Sir Peter Lampl, OBE, MA College oration for Sir Peter Lampl word format 
Lady Mary-Lou Jennings, BA, MA, PhD College oration for Lady Mary-Lou Jennings word format
The Baroness Lockwood of Dewsbury, HonDLitt, HonDSc  
Christine Mabey, OBE, BA, PhD  
Dame Mavis McDonald  
Neil MacGregor, DUniv, HonDLitt, HonFBA College oration for Neil MacGregor word format
Professor Alan MacKay, BSc, MA, PhD, DSc, FRS College oration for Professor Alan Mackay word format
Denis MacShane, PhD, MP College oration for Denis MacShane word format
Professor William Marslen-Wilson, BA, PhD, FBA  
Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas, DBE, LLM College oration for Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas word format
Dame Mavis Macdonald  
Professor Baroness McFarlane of Llandaff, MA  
Sir Kit McMahon, Chevalier de l’Ordre de la Légion d’Honneur College oration for Sir Kit McMahon word format
Professor Peter Mortimore, OBE, BSc, MSc, PhD  
Lord Moser, KCB  
Professor David Moss, BSc, PhD College oration for Professor David Moss word format
Professor Timothy M M O’Shea, BSc, PhD College oration for Professor  Timothy O'Shea word format
Professor W G Overend, PhD, DSc, CChem, FRSC, DUniv  
Sir Roger Penrose, OM, FRS  
Professor David Rhind, BSc, PhD, FRICS  
Rev'd Brian Roberts, BA, BTh, FRSA College oration for the Reverend Brian Roberts word format
Baroness Sharp of Guilford, MA College oration for Baroness Sharp word format
Dame Stephanie Shirley, DBE, BSc, FBCS, CBIM, CEng College oration for Dame Stephanie Shirley word format
Professor Michael Slater, MA, DPhil College oration for Professor Michael Slater word format
Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill, MA College oration for Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill word format
H L Snaith, MA  
Phyllis Somers  
J R Stewart, CBE, MA, LLD  
Lord Sutherland of Houndwood, MA, HonLLD, HonDLitt, FBA, FRSE College oration for Lord Sutherland of Houndwood word format
Professor Laurie Taylor, BA  
Professor Janet Thornton, CBE, PhD, FRS College oration for Professor Janet Thornton word format
Steve Walker, BSc (Brist), PhD (Lond) College oration for Steve Walker word format
Katherine Webb, MA, MPhil College oration for Katherine Webb word format
Professor Michael Wise, CBE, MC, PhD, HonDSc, DUniv, FRGS, HonFLI  
Lord Wolfson of Marylebone, Hon FRCP, Hon FRCS, Hon FBA, Hon DCL, Hon LLD College oration for Lord Wolfson of Marylebone word format
Last modified: 26 February 2010