Burgon Notes

Insitutions

University of Buckingham (40th)

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘Vice-Chancellors are not what they used to be’ by Bruce Christianson

Other

• Last edition for Chairman Andrew North
• Obit: Dame Vivienne Westwood
• Virtual Talk: Dr Peter Campbell on ‘Distinctive or Derivative: The Development of Doctoral Dress in Australia’

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘Lace on Undress Gowns for Doctors in England’ by Bruce Christianson

Other

• Virtual Talk: Dr Alex Kerr on ‘The Oxford Convocation Habit: An Endangered Species’
• ‘Richard Lovelace Portrait’ by Len Newton
• ‘Dublin Pro-Chancellor’s Robes’ by Andrew Hogg and Kenneth Crawford
• ‘Remembering Dr. William Norman Hargreaves Mawdsley’

Insitutions

‘New’ Universities at 30: London, Canterbury Christ Church, Hertfordshire, Kingston, Portsmouth and Westminster have been studied. Many more to be ‘done’.

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘London in 1861: The Hoods that never were’ by Bruce Christianson

Other

• Obit: Dr Mary Shaw (née Fogwill)
• New edition of Nicholas Groves’ The Academic Robes of Saint David’s College, Lampeter, 1822–1971
• Honorary Fellowship of Marni (Marion) Myers at University of Newcastle upon Tyne

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Nicholas Rowe

Articles

Other

• Virtual Talk: Paul Hayward on e University of Bristol AD, and Andrew-John Bethk on University of KwaZulu-Natal AD

Insitutions

University of Southampton at 70

FBS Elections

Philip Waters

Articles

Other

• Obit: Francis Jackson
• Guides published: The University of Bath by Edward Ripley, Oxford Brookes University by John Harding and the University of Wales by Nicholas Groves.

Insitutions

• University of Keele at 60
• Focus on University College at the Isle of Man

FBS Elections

Paul Hayward

Articles

• ‘Spanish University Protocol’ Jonathan Cooper

Other

• Obit: John Venables

Insitutions

• University of Sussex at 60
• University of Gibraltar, 1st graduations in 2020

FBS Elections

Articles

Other

Insitutions

FBS Elections

• Andrew-John Bethke
• Nicholas Heavens
• Simon Morris

Articles

• ‘The Year of the Mask’ by Jonathan Cooper (?: No author is listed but Cooper is the editor)
• ‘19th Century Oxford Dolls’ Paul Coxon
• ‘A Feather in his Cap, University of Kenyatta, Kenya’ Len Newton
• ‘A Poem on Academical Dress Reforms in 1930s Cambridge’ Paul Coxon

Other

• Obit: Robin Rees

Insitutions

FBS Elections

• Mitchell Nicholls

Articles

• ‘Indigenizing Regalia at the University of British Columbia’ by Eilis Courtney
• ‘A 19th Century Cambridge MA’ Nicholas Groves
• Transactions Report by Stephen Wolgast

Other

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘Francis Jackson and his influence in the sphere of Academical Dress’ Philip Lowe
• ‘Visit to Francis Jackson’ Chris Williams

Other

• Obit: Steven Peay
• Ethiopian Professor’s Cape

Insitutions

FBS Elections

• Brian Newman

Articles

• ‘University of Technology, Sydney’ David Parker
• ‘Intercollegiate Registry’ Jonathan Cooper
• ‘Using the Hood Registry Database’

Other

Insitutions

FBS Elections

• Francis Jackson
• Martin Hardcastle
• David Parker
• Scott Pilkington

Articles

• ‘Academic Dress in Early Costume Books’ Alex Kerr
• ‘Charles Franklyn’s Hoods’ Len Newton
• 50th anniversary Smith & Sheard publication
• ‘Square Hoods’ Nicholas Groves
• ‘Hull Faculty Cords’ Richard Baker

Other

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘Alan Carrington’ by Jonathan Cooper

Other

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Admitted in the Congregation 2019:

• Valentina Grub
• David Quy
• Byron Rangiwai
• Alexander Yen
• Chris Bottley

Articles

• ‘Vintage Birmingham LLD Bonnet’ Alex Kerr
• ‘Cosprop Working Party Report’ Bruce Christianson and Alex Kerr
• ‘The Sussex BA and the Grey Amess’ Bruce Christianson
• ‘Oxford DCL Portrait’ Jonathan Cooper

Other

• Obit: Myles Burnyeat

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

Other

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘ “Put on your gown, sir.” “It is on, sir” ’ by Alex Kerr

Other

• Obit: Clifford Michael Dunkley
• Obit: Douglas Ambrose Southward
• Andrew North elected as Chairman
• Chris Williams becomes archivist

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• Review: ‘The History of Lambeth Degrees: Sources and Studies’

Other

• Final edition with Colin Fleming as chairman
• Susan North steps down as archivist

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Admitted in the Congregation 2018:

• Edmund Eggleston
• Thomas Goodman
• Michael Everett
• Steven Peay

Articles

• Review: ‘Commemoration in Medieval Cambridge’
• ‘In Praise of the Academic Black Gown as Educators’ Livery’ by Les Robarts (reprint from The Educator)

Other

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘Scram Bag of Hoods’ Colin Fleming
• ‘FBS Hood Origins’ Philip Goff

Other

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘North America Conference Report’ Colin Fleming

Other

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University of Malta approves gown and hood for professional doctors

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘Research Reaches Global Audience’ Stephen Wolgast
• ‘The Elusive Dr. Muir’ Alex Kerr & Nicholas Groves

Other

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Admitted in the Congregation 2017:

• Nicola Hardy

• Alice Hynes
• Martin Lewis

Articles

• ‘Presidential Address’ by Professor Graham Zellick
• ‘A Remarkable Survival’ by Alex Kerr

Other

Insitutions

‘Doctoral Fellowship of the College of Teachers’ by Richard Davies

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘A Review of Cécile Biôt’s MAGNETARS’ by Garry Humphreys
• ‘Desperately Seeking Sioux City’ by Bruce Christianson

Other

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘Sterling Report’ by Colin Fleming
• ‘ “Magnetars”: A new exercise in academic dress branding?’ by Andrew Dobrzański

Other

• Susan North takes over as Curator/Archivist

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘Tabart’s DD’ by Alex Kerr
• New Hoods designed for the following: Bristol PGCE, Dublin DCounsPsych, BMus (Comp), BMus (Perf), York PgDip, PGCE

Other

• Final edition of Nick Groves as Curator/Archivist

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Congregation 2016:

• Peter Chiu
• Peter Clarke
• John Harding
• John Lancaster

Articles

• ‘Eighteenth Century female robemaker’ by Daniel Reed

Other

• Congregation 2016: Professor Zellick installed as President

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘America in Europe’ Hoods at German Universities by Kenneth Crawford
• ‘Eighteenth Century Robemaker’ by William Gibson

Other

• First edition of Notes with Jonathan Cooper as editor

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• Vintage post-card showing women in Aberdeen AD by Alex Kerr

Other

• Last edition of Notes with Kenneth Crawford as editor

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘Where did you get that hat?: Doctoral bonnets in Kenya’ by Len Newton
• ‘Old Glasgow Hoods’ by Neil Dickson
• ‘Your Slip is not showing: academic hemlines’ by Alex Kerr

Other

Insitutions

University of Gibraltar inaugurated 21 September, 2015

FBS Elections

At Congregation 2015:

• Kenneth Suit
• Sandra Wearden

Articles

• ‘New gown for Lancaster University’ by Sandra Wearden
• ‘EARLY INTERCOLLEGIATE CODE ON SHOW AT COLUMBIA!’ by Kenneth Crawford

Other

Nungalinya College graduation

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• Mentions of Cuba university AD sketches
• ‘Guided by Illumination’ creating Gibraltar Chancellor’s robe by Kenneth Crawford

Other

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

Other

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘Princely Academic Dress’ by Jonathan Cooper
• ‘Kenyatta University Hoods’ by Len Newton

Other

Insitutions

FBS Elections

• Seamus Hargrave

Articles

• ‘Keep Calm and Stitch a Hood’ by Nicholas Groves
• ‘Spot the Face Answers’ by Alex Kerr

Other

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘Spot the Face’ by Alex Kerr
• ‘Queen’s Chapel of the Savoy’ (no author)

Other

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘A Querry and a Puzzle’ by Alex Kerr

Other

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘Chancellor’s gown, University of Lancaster’ by Sandra Wearden
• ‘Gardens and Gowns in Oxford’ by Len Newton

Other

Insitutions

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Congregation 2013:

• Graham Deans
• Andrew North
• Klaus Solberg Søilen

Articles

• ‘Oxford branches out?’ by Andrew North
• ‘Academic Dress in portraits’ by Alex Kerr and Richard Baker

Other

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘St Andrews Whimsy’ by colin Fleming
• ‘Academic Dress on John Speed’s Maps’ by Alex Kerr
• ‘A Well-deserved Doctorate’ by Richard Baker
• ‘Medieaval Maces: Power and Ceremony’ (no author)

Other

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘From new York to Africa’ by Len Newton
• ‘WIKI – but media, not pedia’ by Nicholas Jackson

Other

• Spring Conference in New York City

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘Testing the Millinery Waters - and proving the worth of the test!’ by Kenneth Crawford

Other

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘Professor Hargreaves-Mawdsley: A Tribute and An Appeal’ by Oliver Kennan

Other

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘University of St Andrews visit’ by Editor
• ‘A History of the LLA (Lady Literate in Arts)’ by Editor
• ‘St Andrews Mediæval Maces’ by Editor
• ‘BS helps the Science Museum with academical dress . . . and frogs’ by Alex Kerr

Other

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘And a good time was had by all…in Manchester’ by Philip Lowe

Other

• Obit: John Birch

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘Lavender Velvet’ by Philip Lowe
• ‘Food for (Academical) thought’ by Editor
• ; TRIBUTES TO CAHF - a.k.a. “Franklyn” by Editor

Other

• Patron The Rt Revd Graeme Knowles made Commander of Royal Victorian Order

Insitutions

FBS Elections

At Congregation:

• Nicholas Hoffman,
• the Revd Oliver Keenan OP,
• Dr Alan Ross
• Kate Douglas
• Charles Tsua

Articles

• ‘MEA CULPA, MEA CULPA! …’ by Editor

Other

• At Congregation, Dr John Birch relinquished his appointment as President and Dr James Thomson was admitted to the Office in his stead

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘New Robes for the University of Malta’ by Nicholas Groves
• ‘The turbulent history of the undergraduate academical dress’ Summary of an illustrated talk by Alex Kerr, Burgon Society Study Day, 7 May 2011
• ‘Academical dress in Transylvania’ by John Harding
• ‘An Incidental Snippet from Lancaster University’
• ‘Geneva comes to Lancaster via the United States’ by Kenneth Crawford
• ‘A jaunt around Oxford monuments’ by Alex Kerr

Other

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘Burgon Society in Montreal, Canada’ by Steve Wolgast
• ‘Robes of Yesteryear in Durham’ by Giles Brightwell
• ‘Responding to Requests (Continued)’ by Kenneth Crawford

Other

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘Responding to Requests’ by Kenneth Crawford
• ‘STM for Dominicans’ by Bro. Oliver James Keenan OP

Other

Insitutions

FBS Elections

At Congregation 2010:

• New patron Rt Revd Graeme Knowles (also given FBS)
• New patron Professor Graham Zelleck (also given FBS)

• Jonathan Cooper
• Dr Les Robarts
• Professeur Yves Mausen
• Robert Armagost
• David Boven

Articles

• New York Times ‘Academical Dress’ by Stephen Wolgast
• ‘Commencement Exercises at Harvard University’ by Cynthia Rossano
• ‘The text of the presentation on academical dress in Spanish universities’ by Jerónimo Hernández de Castro
• ‘A rainbow round their shoulders’ by Garry Humphreys (from the Church Times)

Other

• First edition with Colin Fleming as chairman

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘Observing Commencement in the United States of America (continued)’ by Stephen Wolgast
• ‘New academical dress in Nigeria’ by Kenneth Crawford

Other

• Final edition with Willian Gibson as Chairman
• Charity status granted in August 2010

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘Observing Commencement in the United States of America’ by Stephen Wolgast
• ‘Academical dress on memorial brasses in Cambridge’ with map, by Alex Kerr
• ‘The Cambridge BA hood – a wartime perspective’ by Nicholas Groves & John Horton
• ‘From the Dean of Studies’ by Bruce Christianson

Other

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘Some academical dress in Japan’ by Leonard E. Newton

Other

• First edition with Kenneth Crawford as editor
• new format

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘Cambridge habits’ by Alex Kerr

Other

• Final edition with Bill Gibson as editor

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘Face to face with Charles Franklyn’ by Leonard E. Newton

Other

• John Brennan won competition to design robes for fictional Lammer University

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘An early nineteenth century Oxford DLC robe’ by Nick Groves
• ‘Academic dress featured on postage stamps’ by Leonard E. Newton
• ‘News from France’ by Yves Mausen

Other

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘Nineteenth century verse on women graduates’ by Editor
• ‘What’s in a name? Problems of colour definition’ by Nick Groves

Other

Insitutions

FBS Elections

At Congregation, FBS awarded to:

• Mary Shaw (hon.cau)
• Arthur Casey

Articles

• ‘New schemes of AD’
• ‘Oxford Vice-Chancellor’s new gown’
• ‘The origins of Lampeter miniver’
• ‘What is the relationship between the London and Cambridge hood patterns?’ by Bruce Christianson and Nick Groves

Other

• New format

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• ‘New academical dress’ by Philip Goff
• ‘Former Dean of Studies is asked to design a hood for Karg-Elert Archive’ Nick Groves

Other

Insitutions

FBS Elections

At Congregation, FBS awarded to:

• Colin Fleming
• John Brennan
• Matthew Cheung Salisbury
• David Baldwin
• Nick Shipp (hon.cau.)

Articles

Other

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

Other

• The Annual renamed Transactions of the Burgon Society

Insitutions

FBS Elections

At Congregation, FBS awarded to:

• Dr. James Thompson (jure dignitatis)
• Dr. John Lundy
• Dr. Steven Plank
• The Rev’d. Ambrose Southward
• Susan North (de jure)
• Ron Brookes (hon.cau)
• Liz Scott?

Articles

• ‘Focus on Susan North’
• ‘Loggan revisited: the BA robes of Oxford and Cambridge compared pt 2’ by Bruce Christianson, Nick Groves, and Alex Kerr
• ‘A new university shows its true colours! An introduction to the academic dress of the University of Gloucester’ by Michael L. Diamond

Other

• Editors Hon. Bruce Christianson and Philip Lowe

Insitutions

FBS Elections

Articles

• New robes designed for Christchurch University College Canterbury and The Open University
• ‘Focus on the President: Dr. John Birch’
• ‘Loggan revisited pt. 1” by Bruce Christianson and Nick Groves
• ‘Musical doctors ii’ by Bruce Christianson, Nick Groves, and Philip Lowe

Other

Editors Hon. Bruce Christianson and Philip Lowe