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Mary Beard

44 replies

viques · 14/05/2021 09:52

I know this isn’t the right board for posting this, but I am posting it anyway because I know she is a bit of a hero here and deservedly so.

Dame, Dr, Professor (so many hard earned titles it’s hard to choose!) Mary Beard is retiring soon, and as a farewell retirement gift to herself she has gifted £80000 to fund a couple of students from deprived backgrounds to support their studies.

Always knew she was a star and an inspiration, now turns out she is kind , generous and practical as well.

Flowers for her.

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ArcheryAnnie · 14/05/2021 10:07

That's fantastic! And will make a massive, massive difference to the student who will benefit from it.

I presume the "retirement" is from formal academia, and she will continue to do whatever the hell she likes, which I fervently hope includes talking and writing about the Roman world, but only when it pleases her to do so!

Happy retirement, Mary. Flowers

GreyhoundG1rl · 14/05/2021 10:09

Fabulous, fabulous woman.

persistentwoman · 14/05/2021 10:13

What a wonderful thing to do. Fantastic woman.

ArabellaScott · 14/05/2021 10:13

That's brilliant. Flowers

HecatesCatsInFancyHats · 14/05/2021 10:16

Adore her Thanks

MedusasBadHairDay · 14/05/2021 10:19

She's wonderful Flowers

LostToucan · 14/05/2021 10:28

Cambridge academics have to retire at age 67, but they can take up other roles, for instance Jane Clarkeis now President of Wolfson College, Cambridge.

ErrolTheDragon · 14/05/2021 10:32

Good for her!
Cambridge academics a defined retirement age - they voted for it, to allow younger people to take up posts. They often carry on working in other ways but liberate their Cambridge professorships, I believe. (I didn't quite realise this till listening to Jane Clarke on The Life Scientific, which if you've not heard I recommend)

SunsetBeetch · 14/05/2021 10:53

Ah, brilliant woman!

ArcheryAnnie · 14/05/2021 10:55

Oh, and you are right about the "practical", too. Practicality is so underrated, but it's the thing that makes a difference, in the end!

PoTheDog · 14/05/2021 10:55

My ultimate woman crush. I absolutely love her!

unwashedanddazed · 14/05/2021 11:02

She's great isn't she? Lovely woman.

SpongeBobJudgeyPants · 14/05/2021 11:05

I luffs her. Restores your faith, doesn't it.

Aroundtheworldin80moves · 14/05/2021 11:05

I love she's named the awards after a woman that inspired her, not herself.

I hope the two chosen students do well in their careers.

LizJamIsFab · 14/05/2021 11:05

What a good thing to do.

Gothichouse40 · 14/05/2021 11:06

Thats just lovely. What a really kind and generous gesture.

Clymene · 14/05/2021 11:14

What an excellent retirement present. And totally agree that practical is a much underrated virtue

EsmesRedPetticoat · 14/05/2021 11:18

I saw this earlier and shared it on faceache. What a fantastic gift. She is a real inspiration to me.

Gasp0deTheW0nderD0g · 14/05/2021 11:35

Wonderful gesture, marvellous woman.

TedImgoingmad · 14/05/2021 11:48

DMB is so wonderful, that she is not even naming her scholarship after herself, but after one of her classics tutors, Joyce Reynolds. She said her former tutor at Cambridge, now aged 102, had been a "fantastic fighter for the rights of women in what was then a very male subject".

SingingSands · 14/05/2021 11:49

Good on her!

teawamutu · 14/05/2021 12:24

I didn't need another reason to love her... But here is one.

Jux · 15/05/2021 01:13

Oh my word, what a wonder that woman is!

BrandineDelRoy · 15/05/2021 01:58

Wonderful!

Grimacingfrog · 15/05/2021 02:29

She's amazing. So inspirational.

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