A Named Lecture is an academic
lecture
A lecture (from ) is an oral presentation intended to present information or teach people about a particular subject, for example by a university or college teacher. Lectures are used to convey critical information, history, background, theo ...
associated with a name of a person of outstanding significance to the subject the lecture is concerned with. They are usually delivered at a predefined frequency at an
academic institution
An academic institution is an educational institution dedicated to education and research, which grants academic degrees. See also academy and university.
Types
* Primary schools – (from French ''école primaire'') institutions where childre ...
. Such lectures exist for a number of academic fields and they commemorate individuals who have made significant contribution to the subject.
List of Named Lectures
Engineering
Civil Engineering
* AGS
Poulos Lecture
* ASCE
Terzaghi Lecture
* BGA
Géotechnique Lecture
The Géotechnique lecture is an biennial lecture on the topic of soil mechanics, organised by the British Geotechnical Association named after its major scientific journal Géotechnique.
This should not be confused with the annual BGA Rankine ...
* BGA
Rankine Lecture
The Rankine lecture is an annual lecture organised by the British Geotechnical Association named after William John Macquorn Rankine, an early contributor to the theory of soil mechanics.
This should not be confused with the biennial BGA Géotech ...
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Coulomb Lecture
* GS
Glossop Lecture
* ICE SECED
Mallet-Milne Lecture
Mechanical Engineering
* ASME
Timoshenko Lecture
Science
Computer Science/Information Technology
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Wheeler Lecture
Physics
* The Welsh Lectures in Physics
Religion and Philosophy
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Gifford Lectures
The Gifford Lectures () are an annual series of lectures which were established in 1887 by the will of Adam Gifford, Lord Gifford at the four ancient universities of Scotland: St Andrews, Glasgow, Aberdeen and Edinburgh. Their purpose is to "pro ...
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Howison Lecture in Philosophy Howison is a surname of Scottish origin which means "the son of Hugh." Notable people with the surname include:
* Alexander Howison Murray Jr. (1903–1997), mayor of Placerville, California
* Del Howison (born 1953), American horror author
* Geor ...
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John Locke Lecture
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Lowell Lectures
Lowell may refer to:
Places United States
* Lowell, Arkansas
* Lowell, Florida
* Lowell, Idaho
* Lowell, Indiana
* Lowell, Maine
* Lowell, Massachusetts
** Lowell National Historical Park
** Lowell (MBTA station)
** Lowell Ordnance Plant
* ...
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Neal A Maxwell Lecture
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Tanner Lectures on Human Values
The Tanner Lectures on Human Values is a multi-university lecture series in the humanities, founded in 1978, at Clare Hall, Cambridge, Clare Hall, Cambridge University, by the American scholar Obert Clark Tanner. In founding the lecture, he define ...
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