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: Hugh Collins and Antony Duff: John Gardner, 1965-2019
2: Alan Bowman and Martin Goodman: Fergus Miller, 1925-2019
3: Malcolm Schofield: Myles Burnyeat, 1939-2019
4: Jeremy Lawrance: Trevor Dadson, 1947-2020
5: Charles Pattie, Peter Taylor, and Kelvyn Jones: Ron Johnston, 1941-2020
6: Anthony Harding: John Coles, 1930-2020
7: David D'Avray and John Hudson: Susan Reynolds, 1929-2021
8: Ritchie Robertson: W. Edgar Yates, 1938-2021
9: Roderick Beaton: William St Clair, 1937-2021
10: Christopher Dyer: Christopher Taylor, 1935-2021
11: Hew Strachan: Michael Howard, 1922-2019
12: Martti Koskenniemi and Gerry Simpson: James Crawford, 1948-2021
13: J. L. Lightfoot: Andrew Barker, 1943-2021
14: Dorothy V. M. Bishop: Oliver Braddick, 1944-2022
15: Richard Swinburne: John Lucas, 1929-2020
16: Stephen M. Hart: James Higgens, 1939-2021
17: Bill Burgwinkle: Simon Gaunt, 1959-2021
18: James McLaverty: Roger Londsale, 1934-2022
19: Malcolm Schofield and Francisco Hernįndez: Peter Linehan, 1943-2020
20: Edward Hughes and Ben Hutchinson: George Steiner, 1929-2020