Henry Fellowship

The Charles and Julia Henry Fellowships (known as the 'Henry Fellowships') were initiated in 1930 and are one of the most competitive and prestigious scholarships in the world. The fellowship funds four full-time post-graduate students every year at Harvard University, Yale University, the University of Cambridge and the University of Oxford.[1][2][3] Two students from any British university are funded to study in the US (one at Harvard and one at Yale), and two American students from Harvard and Yale are funded to study at Cambridge and Oxford.

The Henry Fellowships are administered according to the 1927 will of Lady Julia Henry, the wife of Sir Charles Henry, an Australian-born philanthropist who became a Member of Parliament in the British House of Commons from 1906.[4] The fellowships are awarded by the Henry Fund, a registered charity which also awards the Jane Eliza Procter Fellowship for British PhD students to study at Princeton University.

For the 2019/20 Henry Fellowships, the award covers full tuition, health insurance, £2,500 travel expenses, and a $34,000 maintenance grant (considerably higher than the comparable Kennedy Scholarship maximum means-tested grant of $26,000).[5][6]

Trustees of the Henry Fund

As of September 2019, the trustees, responsible for nominating the Henry Fellows from British universities to study at Harvard and Yale, are:

Cambridge Trustees:
Professor Lord Eatwell, President of Queens' College (Chairman)
Dame Fiona Reynolds, Master of Emmanuel College
Lord Smith of Finsbury, Master of Pembroke College

Oxford Trustees:
Professor Sir David Clary, President of Magdalen College
Mr Will Hutton, Principal of Hertford College
Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, Principal of Somerville College

Harvard Trustees:
Professor Drew Gilpin Faust, President of Harvard University
Mr Marc Goodheart, Vice President and Secretary of Harvard University
Professor Rakesh Khurana, Dean of Harvard College

Yale Trustees:
Professor Peter Salovey, President of Yale University
Ms Kimberly Goff-Crews, Secretary and Vice President for Student Life
Professor Marvin Chun, Dean of Yale College

Secretariat to the Henry Fund:
Ms Jessica Barrick, Secretary

Notable Henry Fellows

• Stephen Sackur, British journalist, at Harvard University 1985-86.[7]
• M. H. Abrams, American literary critic, at the University of Cambridge.[8][9]
• David Brading, British historian, at Yale University.[10]
• Leon Brittan, former British Home Secretary and vice-president of the European Commission, at Yale University.[11]
• David Caute, British historian and playwright, at Harvard University.[12]
• Sir Derman Guy Christopherson, engineer and former Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, at Harvard University (1937–38).[13]
• Colin Eisler, American art historian, at the University of Oxford.[14]
• Norman Foster, Baron Foster of Thames Bank, British architect, at Yale University (1961–62).[15]
• Jesse M. Furman, United States District Judge for the Southern District of New York, at the University of Oxford (1994–95).[16]
• Marshall Hall, American mathematician, at the University of Cambridge.[17]
• Herbert R. Kohl, educator and founder of the Open School movement.[18]
• Sir Timothy Lankester, former President of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, at Yale University.[19]
• Lynne Lawner, American poet and translator, at the University of Cambridge.[20]
• Jack Linnett, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, at Harvard University.[21]
• Martin McLaren, former British politician, at Harvard University.[22]
• Gary Saul Morson, American literary critic and professor, at the University of Oxford.[23]
• Mark Read, CEO of WPP, at Harvard University (1998–99).[24]
• Eugene V. Rostow, American legal scholar and politician, at the University of Cambridge.[25]
• Charles Saumarez Smith, historian and CEO of the Royal Academy of Arts, at Harvard University (1976–77).[26][27]
• Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., American public intellectual, at the University of Cambridge (1938–39).[28]
• Jan Steckel, American writer and queer activist, at the University of Oxford (1983–84).[29]
• Sir Michael Tugendhat, High Court judge in England and Wales, at Yale University.[30]
• Neal S. Wolin, former US politician and businessman, at the University of Oxford.[31]

See also

• Jane Eliza Procter Fellowship
• Harkness Fellowship
• Kennedy Scholarship
• Marshall Scholarship

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