A Named Lecture is an academic lecture associated with a name of a person of outstanding significance to the subject the lecture is concerned with. They are usually delivered at a predefined frequency at an academic institution. Such lectures exist for a number of academic fields and they commemorate individuals who have made significant contribution to the subject.
List of named lectures
Engineering
Civil Engineering
AGS Poulos LecturePoulos Lecture ASCE Terzaghi LectureTerzaghi Lecture BGA Géotechnique Lecture
BGA Rankine LectureRankine Lecture Coulomb Lecture GS Glossop LectureGlossop Lecture ICE SECED Mallet-Milne LectureMallet-Milne Lecture
Mechanical engineering ASME Timoshenko Lecture
Science
Computer science/information technology Wheeler LectureWheeler Lecture
Physics The Welsh Lectures in Physics
Religion and philosophy
Gifford Lectures Howison Lecture in Philosophy John Locke Lecture Lowell Lectures Neal A Maxwell Lecture Tanner Lectures on Human Values
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