British Academy

The British Academy [full name: British Academy for the Promotion of Historical, Philosophical and Philological Studies] (Eng. British Academy ) is a British learned society for science care with over 800 elected members. It serves as the National Academy of Sciences of the United Kingdom for the Humanities. It was founded with headquarters in Carlton House Terrace, London in 1902 by royal privilege ( Royal Charter ).

Fellowship

The members of the Academy are designated as Fellows and may lead to their names the initials FBA.

Sections

The British Academy is divided into 18 sections:

• African and Oriental Studies
• Archaeology
• Classical Antiquity
• Early Modern History to C1800
• Early Modern Languages ​​and Literature
• Economics and Economic History
• History of Art and Music
• Law
• Linguistics and Philology
• Medieval Studies: History and Literature
• Modern History from C1800
• Modern Languages ​​, Literatures, and Other Media
• Philosophy
• Political Studies: Political Theory, Government and International Relations
• Psychology
• Social Anthropology and Geography
• Sociology, Demography and Social Statistics
• Theology and Religious Studies

Awards

The British Academy award the following prizes:

• Burkitt Medal ( by Francis Crawford Burkitt )
• Derek Allen Prize
• Grahame Clark Medal
• John Coles Medal
• Kenyon Medal for Classical Studies
• Leverhulme Medal
• Peter Townsend Policy Press Prize
• President's Medal
• Rose Mary Crawshay Prize
• Serena Medal
• Sir Israel Gollancz Prize
• Wiley Prize in Economics
• Wiley Prize in Psychology

President

• The Lord Reay 1902-1907
• Sir Edward Maunde Thompson 1907-1909
• Samuel Butcher 1909-1910
• Sir Adolphus Ward 1911-1913
• The Viscount Bryce 1913-1917
• Sir Frederic Kenyon 1917-1921
• The Earl of Balfour 1921-1928
• H. A. L. Fisher 1928-1932
• John William Mackail 1932-1936
• Sir David Ross 1936-1940
• J. H. Clapham 1940-1946
• Sir Idris Bell 1946-1950
• Sir Charles Kingsley Webster 1950-1954
• Sir George Norman Clark 1954-1958
• Sir Maurice Bowra 1958-1962
• The Lord Robbins 1962-1967
• Sir Kenneth Clinton Wheare 1967-1971
• Sir Denys Lionel Page 1971-1974
• Sir Isaiah Berlin 1974-1978
• Sir Kenneth James Dover 1978-1981
• The Revd Owen Chadwick 1981-1985
• Sir Randolph Quirk 1985-1989
• Sir Anthony Kenny 1989-1993
• Sir Keith Thomas 1993-1997
• Sir Tony Wrigley 1997-2001
• The Viscount Runciman of Doxford 2001-2004
• The Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve 2005 -

Members of the British Academy

• See Category: Member of the British Academy