The lives of the outstanding scholars celebrated in the volume often reveal unexpected personal and professional backgrounds. Taken together they build up a picture of the development of Britain's intellectual life.
1: by Edwin Cameron, John Gardner, Nicola Lacey, and Detlef Liebs: Tony Honoré, 1921-2019 by John A. Davis: 2. Denis Mack Smith, 1920-2017 by Jonathan Dancy: Derek Parfit, 1942-2017 3: by Boyd Hilton: Geoffrey Best, 1928-2018 Isobel Armstrong: Barbara Hardy, 1924-2016 4: by Helen Hughes-Brock: Nancy Sandars, 1914-2015 by Francis Reynolds: 5. Guenter Treitel, 1928-2019 6: by James Goudkamp: Patrick Atiyah, 1931-2018 7: by Philip Alexander and Martin Goodman: Geza Vermes, 1924-2013 8: by Christopher Pelling and Michael Winterbottom: Donald Russell, 1920-2020 9: by Carole Hillenbrand: Bernard Lewis, 1916-2018 10: by Ingrid A. R. de Smet: Ann Moss, 1938-2018 by Martin Daunton: 11. Michael Thompson, 1925-2017 12: by John Eekelaar and David Feldman: Stephen Cretney, 1936-2019 13: by Wim Blockmans: Peter Spufford, 1934-2017 14: by John Gray, Ian Diamond, and Fiona Steele: Harvey Goldstein, 1939-2020 15: by Ray Chambers, Ian Diamond, Tim Holt, Paul A. Smith, and Fiona Steele: Chris Skinner, 1953-2020 16: by Albert Weale: Tony King, 1934-2017 17: Eve V. Clark and Ruth Kempson: John Lyons, 1932-2020 18: David Crystal and P. H. Matthews: Frank Palmer, 1922-2019 19: by Anthony O'Hear: Roger Scruton, 1944-2020 20: by David Reynolds: Zara Steiner, 1928-2020
Ron Johnston FBA, University of Bristol
