Rede Lectureships
Preserved but no longer current.
Meaning · English
Sir Robert Rede (d. 1519) Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, founded three public lectureships at Cam- bridge.
Era: ca. 1898 (Victorian)
Sources & notes
Reproduced from Brewer’s Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (1898 edition, public domain; archive.org, retrieved 2026-07-31; OCR text, minor errors possible). Reflects the scholarship and attitudes of its era.
Common questions
What does “Rede Lectureships” mean?
Sir Robert Rede (d. 1519) Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas, founded three public lectureships at Cam- bridge.
Is “Rede Lectureships” formal or informal?
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