HRH the Duke of Edinburgh, Chancellor of the 探花直播 of Cambridge, was at the 探花直播 this week to open a new building and confer Honorary Degrees.

He also took the time to visit Departments across the 探花直播 and attended the opening of an exhibition of work by the painter Edward Seago, lent by HRH to the Scott Polar Research Institute.

In one of the Chancellor鈥檚 regular visits to the 探花直播, he met staff and students at Homerton College, opened the new building at the Faculty of Education, viewed the exhibition at the Scott Polar Research Institute, toured the Gurdon Institute for Developmental Biology and the Hutchison Cancer Research Institute, and presided at the annual Honorary Degree Ceremony.

During the 1956-57 Antarctic summer, HRH 探花直播Duke of Edinburgh made a tour of the Falkland Islands and Dependencies aboard the Royal Yacht Britannia. 探花直播Royal party was accompanied by invited guests, including the artist Edward Seago. In 1957, Seago presented the canvasses he had realised during the voyage. 探花直播exhibition at the Scott Polar Research Institute is the first since then to bring together, on public display, the Antarctic paintings.

探花直播Honorands this year are:

  • 探花直播Rt. Hon. BRENDA MARJORIE, Baroness HALE OF RICHMOND, D.B.E., P.C., M.A., a Lord of Appeal in Ordinary, Visitor of Girton College.
  • Sir BRIAN EDWARD URQUHART, K.C.M.G., M.B.E., formerly Under-Secretary-General of the United Nations Organisation.
  • CARL DJERASSI, Professor Emeritus of Chemistry in Stanford 探花直播, Honorary Member of Christ鈥檚 College, scientist, and author.
  • LOUIS CHA, O.B.E., Honorary Fellow of Robinson College, novelist, editor, and publisher.
  • DAVID CRYSTAL, O.B.E., F.B.A., Honorary Professorial Fellow, 探花直播 of Wales, Bangor, formerly Professor of Linguistics in the 探花直播 of Reading, author, editor, and broadcaster.
  • Sir DAVID HARE, M.A., F.R.S.L., Honorary Fellow of Jesus College, playwright.

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