Fellow of the British Academy
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Location	London
Country	United Kingdom
Presented by	British Academy
No. of fellows	more than 1,700 (as of 2025[update])
Website	thebritishacademy.ac.uk

Fellowship of the British Academy (post-nominal lettersFBA) is anaward granted by theBritish Academy to leading academics for their distinction^[1] in the humanities and social sciences.^[2] The categories are:^[3]

1. Fellows – scholars resident in the United Kingdom
2. Corresponding Fellows – scholars resident overseas
3. Honorary Fellows – anhonorary academic title (whereby the post-nominal letters "Hon FBA" are used)
4. Deceased Fellows – Past Fellows of the British Academy

The award of fellowship is based on published work and fellows may use thepost-nominal lettersFBA. Examples of Fellows areEdward Rand;Mary Beard;Roy Porter;Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford;Michael Lobban;M. R. James;Friedrich Hayek;John Maynard Keynes;Lionel Robbins;Rowan Williams; andMargaret Boden.

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