Fellowship of the British Academy (
post-nominal letters
Post-nominal letters, also called post-nominal initials, post-nominal titles, designatory letters, or simply post-nominals, are letters placed after a person's name to indicate that the individual holds a position, an academic degree, accreditation ...
FBA) is an
award
An award, sometimes called a distinction, is given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field. When the token is a medal, ribbon or other item designed for wearing, it is known as a decoration.
An award may be d ...
granted by the
British Academy
The British Academy for the Promotion of Historical, Philosophical and Philological Studies is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences.
It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the sa ...
to leading academics for their distinction in the humanities and social sciences. The categories are:
#
Fellow
A fellow is a title and form of address for distinguished, learned, or skilled individuals in academia, medicine, research, and industry. The exact meaning of the term differs in each field. In learned society, learned or professional society, p ...
s – scholars resident in the United Kingdom
# Corresponding Fellows – scholars resident overseas
# Honorary Fellows – an
honorary academic title (whereby the post-nominal letters "Hon FBA" are used)
# Deceased Fellows – Past Fellows of the British Academy
The award of fellowship is based on published work and fellows may use the
post-nominal letters
Post-nominal letters, also called post-nominal initials, post-nominal titles, designatory letters, or simply post-nominals, are letters placed after a person's name to indicate that the individual holds a position, an academic degree, accreditation ...
''FBA''. Examples of Fellows are
Edward Rand;
Mary Beard;
Roy Porter
Roy Sydney Porter (31 December 1946 – 3 March 2002) was a British historian known for his work on the history of medicine. He retired in 2001 as the director of the Wellcome Institute for the History of Medicine at University College London ...
;
Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford;
Michael Lobban;
M. R. James;
Friedrich Hayek;
John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes, 1st Baron Keynes ( ; 5 June 1883 – 21 April 1946), was an English economist and philosopher whose ideas fundamentally changed the theory and practice of macroeconomics and the economic policies of governments. Originall ...
;
Lionel Robbins; and
Rowan Williams.
See also
*
List of fellows of the British Academy
References
British Academy
The British Academy for the Promotion of Historical, Philosophical and Philological Studies is the United Kingdom's national academy for the humanities and the social sciences.
It was established in 1902 and received its royal charter in the sa ...
British Academy
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