Since its earliest years, the British Academy has published extended obituaries (memoirs) of deceased Fellows of the British Academy. Collectively the biographical memoirs of the British Academy make up a chapter in the intellectual history of Britain, and are used as a source by biographers and historians.
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy are posted online as PDF files, building into an open access resource (ISSN 2753-6777). Biographical Memoirs are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.
Alphabetical listing of Biographical Memoirs
Latest volume:
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy, 21 (memoirs posted during 2023-24)
Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the British Academy are authored by invitation only.