• The University of Oxford introduced Titles of Distinction for senior academics in the 1990s. These are not established chairs, which are posts funded...
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    Alexei Tsvelik (category Fellows of the American Physical Society)
    Bibcode:1984ZPhyB..54..201T. doi:10.1007/BF01319184. "Titles of distinction awarded by the University of Oxford". Wikipedia. 21 March 2024. Tsvelik, Alexei M...
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  • be the two highest of different types. The types and the order in which they are given are: Distinctions conferred directly by the Crown University degrees...
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    The University of Oxford is a collegiate research university in Oxford, England. There is evidence of teaching as early as 1096, making it the oldest university...
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    rating above 2000. Like the title of Master, Candidate Master titles are awarded for life. The title of chess expert is not awarded for life. Every time a...
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    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...
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  • In the universities of Oxford, Cambridge, and Dublin, Bachelors of Arts are promoted to the degree of Master of Arts or Master in Arts (MA) on application...
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    academic title in Europe since the 13th century, when the first doctorates were awarded at the University of Bologna and the University of Paris. Having...
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    A Master of Arts (Latin: Magister Artium or Artium Magister; abbreviated MA or AM) is the holder of a master's degree awarded by universities in many countries...
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    awards titular professorships in the form of Titles of Distinction: these are not listed here. The Regius Professorships are royal chairs created by a...
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  • Religious Studies. The BPhil's earliest form was as a University of Oxford graduate degree, first awarded in 1682. Originally, Oxford named its pre-doctoral...
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    Marcus du Sautoy (category Alumni of Wadham College, Oxford)
    fellow, and a Royal Society University Research Fellow. In 1996, he was awarded the title of distinction of Professor of Mathematics.[citation needed]...
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    numerous titles, decorations, and honorary appointments, as a member of the British royal family, as heir apparent to Elizabeth II, and as King of the United...
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    roles within a university were undertaken by professors. During the 1990s, however, the University of Oxford introduced Titles of Distinction, enabling their...
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  • Dawid Kielak (category Alumni of St Peter's College, Oxford)
    2023. "Frontiers of Science Awards". icbs.cn. Retrieved 19 November 2023. "Recognition of Distinction" (PDF). University of Oxford Gazette. 154 (5397):...
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  • David Macdonald (biologist) (category Fellows of Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford)
    with the Title of Distinction of Professor of Wildlife Conservation. He has been an active wildlife conservationist since graduating from Oxford.[when...
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  • Master". Awarded to 8th dan and above. Meijin (名人): awarded by a special board of examiners. Oyakata (親方【おやかた】), master, especially a sumo coach. The literal...
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  • Royal Designers for Industry (category Awards established in 1936)
    the distinction RDI. New RDIs are awarded Diplomas each year at the annual RDI Dinner. Every two years a new Master of the Faculty is elected by the past...
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    Patrician (ancient Rome) (category Ancient Roman titles)
    The patricians (from Latin: patricius) were originally a group of ruling class families in ancient Rome. The distinction was highly significant in the...
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  • established orders for giving these, e.g. from the Ministry of Justice, Debrett's, and A & C Black's Titles and Forms of Address, which are generally in close...
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  • branches of learning." Between 1923 and 2016, Oxford awarded 219 D.Litt. degrees, of which 196 were awarded to men and 23 to women. Among the six higher...
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  • PEE-aych-DEE). The abbreviation DPhil, for "Doctor of Philosophy", is used by the University of Oxford. Additionally, it was formerly used by the University of York...
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  • Miami University (informally Miami of Ohio or simply Miami) is a public research university in Oxford, Ohio, United States. The university was founded...
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  • qualification awarded to a student upon successful completion of a course of study in higher education, usually at a college or university. These institutions...
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    England. Founded in 1546 by King Henry VIII, the college is uniquely a joint foundation of the university and the cathedral of the Oxford diocese, Christ Church...
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    the practice of Oxford and Cambridge by awarding BAs in all subjects, but have since changed to awarding BSc degrees in science subjects. At Oxford,...
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    College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford in England, was founded in 1879 as Somerville Hall, one of its first two women's colleges....
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  • in the United Kingdom (from Latin magister) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges in most cases upon completion of a course of study...
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    organized . . . on the plans of the English colleges which constitute the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. Graduates of Harvard and Yale carried these...
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    place, and the old distinction between office and dignity having vanished. These were the highest titles, usually limited to members of the imperial family...
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