Senior Associate at Lucy Cavendish College elected for research into the Coronation Rite and work on ecclesiastical buildings.
In a ballot that closed on May 23rd, Canon Adrian Daffern was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (FSA) in recognition of his original research that led to much of the revised Coronation Rite, as well as his current work in cathedral and church buildings.
The Society's history dates back to the reign of James I, formally founded in 1707 for the encouragement, advancement and furtherance of the study and knowledge of antiquities and history in this and other countries.
Since 1874, the Society's home has been Burlington House in London. Fellows are elected by the existing Fellowship. Several of the Fellows who proposed Canon Adrian Daffern are current scholars of the University of Cambridge.
The Society of Antiquaries recognises distinction in understanding the human past through election to its Fellowship. These members of the Society are known as Fellows of the Society of Antiquaries (FSA). Today, book, architectural and art historians, archaeologists, textile culture experts and literary scholars all fall within the sphere of the antiquarian project, unified by their curiosity about the human journey through time.
More information about the Society can be found at https://www.sal.org.uk/