Cambridge Orations 19821993 A Selection [Paperback]

A selection of fifty of the Latin speeches which James Diggle delivered in praise of a variety of distinguished people on the occasion of their receiving Honorary Degrees.James Diggle was the official Orator of the University of Cambridge from 1982 to 1993. This book presents a selection of fifty of the Latin speeches which he delivered during those years in praise of a variety of distinguished people on the occasion of their receiving Honorary Degrees.James Diggle was the official Orator of the University of Cambridge from 1982 to 1993. This book presents a selection of fifty of the Latin speeches which he delivered during those years in praise of a variety of distinguished people on the occasion of their receiving Honorary Degrees.James Diggle was the official Orator of the University of Cambridge from 1982 to 1993. This book presents a selection of fifty of the Latin speeches which he delivered during those years in praise of a variety of distinguished people on the occasion of their receiving Honorary Degrees. The graduands range from writers (Borges, Gordimer, Ted Hughes, Iris Murdoch) to scientists (Stephen Hawking, James Watson) to musicians (Janet Baker, Jessye Norman) to sculptors (Anthony Caro, Elisabeth Frink) to actors (Alec Guinness) and royalty (the King of Spain), to philosophers (Jacques Derrida) and many others. The speeches themselves, models of wit and verbal dexterity, demonstrating the adaptability of Latin to the expression of modern ideas, are accompanied by English versions of complementary skill. The volume opens with an essay on the history and nature of the office of Orator in Cambridge.1. Sir Michael Francis Atiyah; 2. David Frederick Attenborough; 3. Jorge Luis Borges; 4. Sir Ronald Syme; 5. Dame Janet Abbott Baker; 6. Hans Kung; 7. Kenneth Joseph Arrow; 8. Anthony Alfred Caro; 9. George Albert Clarke; 10. Dame Cicely Saunders; 11. Walter Heinrich Munk; 12. Edward James Hughes; 14. Gregory Vlastos; 15. Mary Douglas Leakey; 16. William Owl“›