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Every year ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº awards honorary degrees to people who have a record of outstanding achievement in scholarship or in public life and who have made contributions of unusual importance.Ìý

The recipients of the degrees are:

• Professor Lorna Ann Casselton, Doctor of Science honoris causa (DSc): Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society and Emeritus Professor of Fungal Genetics in the Department of Plant Sciences at the University of Oxford
• Professor Peter Ware Higgs, Doctor of Science honoris causa (DSc): British theoretical physicist
• Professor Jonathan Irvine Israel, Doctor of Literature honoris causa (DLit): Writer on Dutch history, the Age of Enlightenment and European Jewry.
• Professor Charles K. Kao, Doctor of Science honoris causa (DSc): the 2009 Nobel Laureate in Physics
• Professor Timothy Killeen, Doctor of Science honoris causa (DSc): Assistant Director for the Geosciences at the US National Science Foundation
• Neil MacGregor, Doctor of Literature honoris causa (DLit): Director of the British Museum
• The Rt. Hon. Lord Neuberger of Abbotsbury, Doctor of Laws honoris causa (LLD): Master of the Rolls
• The Baroness Professor Onora O'Neill of Bengarve, Doctor of Literature honoris causa (DLit): Philosopher and crossbench member of the House of Lords

A dinner was held at ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº on 6 September 2010 in honour of this year's recipients.

To view a gallery of the honorary graduates, click on the slideshow below.

To find out more about each graduate, select 'Show info' at the top right-hand of the screen.

To view the awards ceremony in full, click on the player below.

To find out more about the wide variety of eminent ¹û¶³Ó°Ôº alumni and affiliates, follow the link at the top of this item.