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[[File:William Crowe Dighton.jpg|thumb|upright|[[William Crowe (poet)|William Crowe]] (1745–1829), Public Orator at the [[University of Oxford]].]]
[[File:William Crowe Dighton.jpg|thumb|upright|[[William Crowe (poet)|William Crowe]] (1745–1829), Public Orator at the [[University of Oxford]].]]
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The '''Public Orator''' is a traditional official post at universities, especially in the [[United Kingdom]]. The holder of this office acts as the voice of the university on public occasions.<ref>{{Cite web |year=1913 |title=Definition: public orator |url=http://dictionary.die.net/public%20orator |work=Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary |publisher=[http://dictionary.die.net/ die.net] |accessdate=10 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426140016/http://dictionary.die.net/public%20orator |archive-date=26 April 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
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{{hatnote|Not to be confused with [[Lecture|Lecturer]].}}
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The '''Public Orator''' is a traditional official post at universities, especially in the [[United Kingdom]]. The person in this position acts as the voice of the university during public occasions.<ref>{{Cite web |year=1913 |title=Definition: public orator |url=http://dictionary.die.net/public%20orator |work=Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary |publisher=[http://dictionary.die.net/ die.net] |accessdate=10 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110426140016/http://dictionary.die.net/public%20orator |archive-date=26 April 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref>


The position at [[Oxford University]] dates from 1564.<ref name="hibbert">{{Cite book |editor-last=Hibbert |editor-first=Christopher |editor-link=Christopher Hibbert |year=1988 |title=[[The Encyclopaedia of Oxford]] |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]] |chapter=Public Orator |page=341 |isbn=0-333-39917-X }}</ref> The Public Orator at the University presents [[honorary degree]]s, giving an [[oration]] for each person that is honoured. They may be required to compose addresses and letters as directed by the [[Hebdomadal Council]] of the University. Speeches when members of the royal family are present may also be required. The post was instituted for a visit to [[Oxford]] by [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth I]] in 1566. The Public Orator, [[Thomas Kingsmill (professor)|Thomas Kingsmill]], gave a very long historical speech. Sir [[Isaac Wake]] addressed [[King James I]] similarly in 1605.
The position at [[Oxford University]] dates from 1564.<ref name="hibbert">{{Cite book |editor-last=Hibbert |editor-first=Christopher |editor-link=Christopher Hibbert |year=1988 |title=[[The Encyclopaedia of Oxford]] |publisher=[[Macmillan Publishers|Macmillan]] |chapter=Public Orator |page=341 |isbn=0-333-39917-X }}</ref> The Public Orator at the university presents [[honorary degree]]s, giving an [[oration]] for each person that is honoured. They may be required to compose addresses and letters as directed by the [[Hebdomadal Council]] of the university. Speeches when members of the royal family are present may also be required. The post was instituted for a visit to [[Oxford]] by [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth I]] in 1566. The Public Orator, [[Thomas Kingsmill (professor)|Thomas Kingsmill]], gave a very long historical speech. Sir [[Isaac Wake]] addressed [[James VI and I|King James I]] similarly in 1605.


At the [[University of Cambridge]], the title for the position changed from "Public Orator" to "Orator" in 1926.<ref>{{cite web |title=Orator/Public Orator |url=http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/Documents/acad/lists/Orato.html |publisher=[[University of Cambridge]] |accessdate=11 August 2012}}</ref> [[Trinity College Dublin]] in [[Ireland]] also has a Public Orator.<ref>{{cite web |title=John Victor Luce, Public Orator 1972–2005 |url=http://www.tcd.ie/Classics/jvl/ |publisher=[[Trinity College Dublin]] |location=[[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland]] |accessdate=10 August 2012 }}</ref> There is no equivalent position in [[United States|American]] universities.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schilling |first=Bernard N. |date=June 1959 |title=The Public Orator and Gradum Honoris Causa |journal=[[AAUP Bulletin]] |volume=45 |number=2 |pages=260–271 |publisher=[[American Association of University Professors]] |jstor=40222429 }}</ref>
At the [[University of Cambridge]], the title for the position changed from "Public Orator" to "Orator" in 1926.<ref>{{cite web |title=Orator/Public Orator |url=http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/Documents/acad/lists/Orato.html |publisher=[[University of Cambridge]] |accessdate=11 August 2012}}</ref> [[Trinity College Dublin]] in [[Ireland]] also has a Public Orator.<ref>{{cite web |title=John Victor Luce, Public Orator 1972–2005 |url=http://www.tcd.ie/Classics/jvl/ |publisher=[[Trinity College Dublin]] |location=[[Dublin]], [[Republic of Ireland]] |accessdate=10 August 2012 }}</ref> There is no equivalent position in [[United States|American]] universities.<ref>{{cite news |last=Schilling |first=Bernard N. |date=June 1959 |title=The Public Orator and Gradum Honoris Causa |journal=[[AAUP Bulletin]] |volume=45 |number=2 |pages=260–271 |publisher=[[American Association of University Professors]] |jstor=40222429 }}</ref>


==List of Public Orators==
==List of Public Orators==
{{expand list|date=August 2012}}
{{incomplete list|date=August 2012}}


===England===
===England===
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{{div col}}
* [[Thomas Kingsmill (professor)|Thomas Kingsmill]]
* [[Edmund Campion]]<ref>Waugh E 1935</ref>
* [[Edmund Campion]]<ref>Waugh E 1935</ref>
* [[William Crowe (poet)|William Crowe]]
* [[William Strode (poet)|William Strode]] (lived 1602–1644)
* [[William Strode (poet)|William Strode]] (lived 1602–1644)
* [[Henry Hammond]] (1645–1648)<ref>{{acad|id=HMNT626H|name=Hammond, Henry}}</ref>
* [[Henry Hammond]] (1645–1648)<ref>{{acad|id=HMNT626H|name=Hammond, Henry}}</ref>
* [[Ralph Button]] (1648–1660)<ref>{{acad|id=BTN634R|name=Button, Ralph}}</ref>
* [[Ralph Button]] (1648–1660)<ref>{{acad|id=BTN634R|name=Button, Ralph}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Kingsmill (professor)|Thomas Kingsmill]]
* [[William Crowe (poet)|William Crowe]]
* [[Isaac Wake]]
* [[Isaac Wake]]
* [[William Walter Merry]] (1880–1910)
* [[William Walter Merry]] (1880–1910)
* [[A.D. Godley]] (1910–1920)
* [[A.D. Godley]] (1910–1920)
* [[Arthur Blackburne Poynton]] (1925–1932)
* [[Arthur Blackburne Poynton]] (1925–1932)
* {{ill|Cyril Bailey|de}} (1932–1939)
* [[Cyril Bailey]] (1932–1939)
* [[Thomas Farrant Higham]] (1939–1958)<ref>A selection of his speeches is available in Higham, Thomas Farrant. 1960. ''Orationes Oxonienses Selectae: Short Lat. Speeches on Distinguished Contemporaries''. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
* Thomas Higham (1939–1958)
</ref>
* A.N. Bryan-Brown (1958–1967)
* A.N. Bryan-Brown (1958–1967)
* [[Colin Hardie]] (1967–1973)
* [[Colin Hardie]] (1967–1973)
* John G. Griffith (1973–1980)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Diggle |first1=James |title=Sic Oxoniae Loquuntur |journal=The Classical Review, New Series |date=1987 |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=92–95}}</ref>
* John G. Griffith (1973–1980)<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Diggle |first1=James |title=Sic Oxoniae Loquuntur |journal=The Classical Review |series=New Series |date=1987 |volume=37 |issue=1 |pages=92–95|doi=10.1017/S0009840X00100496 |s2cid=162873572 }}. Some orations are printed in Griffith, John G. 1985. ''Oratiunculae Oxonienses selectae: being the Latin texts and English paraphrases of sixty-four speeches delivered in the Sheldonian Theatre when presenting recipients of Honorary Degrees, together with some additional but not unrelated matter''. Oxford: Oxbow Books.
</ref>
* Godfrey Bond (1980–1992)<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Godfrey Bond |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-godfrey-bond-1278360.html |accessdate=15 February 2020 |work=The Independent |date=13 February 1997 |language=en}}</ref>
* Godfrey Bond (1980–1992)<ref>{{cite news |title=Obituary: Godfrey Bond |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/people/obituary-godfrey-bond-1278360.html |accessdate=15 February 2020 |work=The Independent |date=13 February 1997 |language=en}}</ref>
* [[Jasper Griffin]] (1992–2004)
* [[Jasper Griffin]] (1992–2004)
* Richard Jenkyns (2004–2016)
* Prof. [[Richard Henry Austen Jenkyns]] (2004–2016)
* Jonathan Katz (2016 to present)
* [[Jonathan Katz (classicist)|Jonathan Katz]] (2016 to present)
{{div col end}}
{{div col end}}


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* Sir [[John Cheke]] (1544)<ref>{{acad|id=RDMN525J|name=Cheke, John}}</ref>
* Sir [[John Cheke]] (1544)<ref>{{acad|id=RDMN525J|name=Cheke, John}}</ref>
* [[Roger Ascham]] (1546–1554)<ref>{{acad|id=ASCN533R|name=Ascham, Roger}}</ref>
* [[Roger Ascham]] (1546–1554)<ref>{{acad|id=ASCN533R|name=Ascham, Roger}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Gardiner (MP)|Thomas Gardiner]] (1554–1557)<ref>{{acad|id=GRDR542T|name=Gardiner, Thomas}}</ref>
* [[Thomas Gardiner (MP for Mitchell)|Thomas Gardiner]] (1554–1557)<ref>{{acad|id=GRDR542T|name=Gardiner, Thomas}}</ref>
* John Stokes (1557–1559)<ref>{{acad|id=STKS544J|name=Stokes, John}}</ref>
* John Stokes (1557–1559)<ref>{{acad|id=STKS544J|name=Stokes, John}}</ref>
* George Ackworth (1559–1560)<ref>{{acad|id=ACWT548G|name=Acworth, George}}</ref>
* George Ackworth (1559–1560)<ref>{{acad|id=ACWT548G|name=Acworth, George}}</ref>
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* Frank Henry Stubbings (1974–1982)<ref name="Cam_list"/>
* Frank Henry Stubbings (1974–1982)<ref name="Cam_list"/>
* [[James Diggle]] (1982–1993)<ref name="Cam_list"/>
* [[James Diggle]] (1982–1993)<ref name="Cam_list"/>
* Anthony Bowen (1993<ref name="Cam_list"/>–2007)
* Anthony Bowen (1993<ref name="Cam_list"/>–2007)<ref>Cf. Bowen, Anthony. 2009. ''Cambridge Orations, 1993–2007: A Selection''. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511609626.
</ref>
* Rupert Thompson (2008<ref>http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2016-17/special/04/section2.shtml</ref> to present)
* Rupert Thompson (2008<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/reporter/2016-17/special/04/section2.shtml|title=PRINCIPAL OFFICERS OF THE UNIVERSITY - Cambridge University Reporter Special No 4 (2016-17)}}</ref> to present)
{{div col end}}
{{div col end}}


====Liverpool University====
====Liverpool University====
* [[John Pinsent]], (1983 to 1987)
* [[John Pinsent]] (1983 to 1987)


====Durham University====
====Durham University====
* [[Ian Richmond|Sir Ian Richmond]], (1949 to 1951)
* [[Ian Richmond|Sir Ian Richmond]] (1949 to 1951)


====Birkbeck, University of London====
====Birkbeck, University of London====
* [[Steven Connor]], (2001 to 2012)
* [[Steven Connor]] (2001 to 2012)
* [[Joanna Bourke]], (2012 to present)
* [[Joanna Bourke]] (2012 to present)


===Ireland===
===Ireland===
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====Trinity College, Dublin====
====Trinity College, Dublin====
{{div col}}
{{div col}}
* [[Caesar Williamson]] (1660)
* Thomas Ebenezer Webb (1879 to 1887)<ref name="DNBWebb">{{Cite DNB12|wstitle=Webb, Thomas Ebenezer}}</ref>
* Thomas Ebenezer Webb (1879 to 1887)<ref name="DNBWebb">{{Cite DNB12|wstitle=Webb, Thomas Ebenezer}}</ref>
* [[Arthur Palmer (scholar)|Arthur Palmer]] (1888{{snd}}no later than 1897)<ref name="DNBPalmer">{{cite DNBSupp|wstitle=Palmer, Arthur (1841-1897)|volume=3}}</ref>
* [[Arthur Palmer (scholar)|Arthur Palmer]] (1888{{snd}}no later than 1897)<ref name="DNBPalmer">{{cite DNBSupp|wstitle=Palmer, Arthur (1841-1897)|volume=3}}</ref>
* [[Sir Robert Tate]], (1914 to 1952)
* [[Robert Yelverton Tyrrell]] (1899)
* [[Louis Claude Purser]] (1904)
* [[Sir Robert Tate]], (1914 to 1952)<ref>A selection of his speeches is published in Tate, Robert William. 1941. ''Orationes et epistolae Dublinenses: (1914 - 40)''. Dublin: Hodges, Figgis.
</ref>
* [[John V. Luce]], (1972 to 2005)
* [[John V. Luce]], (1972 to 2005)
* [[Brian McGing]], (2005 to 2008)
* [[Brian McGing]], (2005 to 2008)
* [[Anna Chahoud]], (2008 to present)
* [[Anna Chahoud]], (2008 to present)
{{div col end}}
{{div col end}}

===Russia===

====[[Moscow State University|Lomonosov Moscow State University]]====
* [[:ru:Алексей Солопов|Alexei Solopov]]


==See also==
==See also==
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Not to be confused with Lecturer.
William Crowe (1745–1829), Public Orator at the University of Oxford.

The Public Orator is a traditional official post at universities, especially in the United Kingdom. The holder of this office acts as the voice of the university on public occasions.[1]

The position at Oxford University dates from 1564.[2] The Public Orator at the university presents honorary degrees, giving an oration for each person that is honoured. They may be required to compose addresses and letters as directed by the Hebdomadal Council of the university. Speeches when members of the royal family are present may also be required. The post was instituted for a visit to Oxford by Queen Elizabeth I in 1566. The Public Orator, Thomas Kingsmill, gave a very long historical speech. Sir Isaac Wake addressed King James I similarly in 1605.

At the University of Cambridge, the title for the position changed from "Public Orator" to "Orator" in 1926.[3] Trinity College Dublin in Ireland also has a Public Orator.[4] There is no equivalent position in American universities.[5]

List of Public Orators

England

Oxford University

See also Category:Public Orators of the University of Oxford.

Cambridge University

See also Category:Cambridge University Orators.

Liverpool University

Durham University

Birkbeck, University of London

Ireland

Trinity College, Dublin

Russia

Lomonosov Moscow State University

See also

References

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  3. ^ "Orator/Public Orator". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 11 August 2012.
  4. ^ "John Victor Luce, Public Orator 1972–2005". Dublin, Republic of Ireland: Trinity College Dublin. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  5. ^ Schilling, Bernard N. (June 1959). "The Public Orator and Gradum Honoris Causa". AAUP Bulletin. Vol. 45, no. 2. American Association of University Professors. pp. 260–271. JSTOR 40222429.
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