Laureate later an annual "terse of Canary wine." To Pye an allowance of £27 was made instead of the wine. Tennyson drew £72 a year from the Lord Chamberlain's department, and £27 from the Lord Steward's in lieu of the "butt of sack." Laureate In English, the word laureate has come to signify eminence or association with literary awards or military glory. It is also used for winners of the Nobel Prize, Gandhi Peace Award and the Student Peace Prize. In ancient Greece, the laurel ("Laurus nobilis") was sacred to Apollo and as such sprigs of it were fashioned into a
Laureate International Universities Many global business and government leaders have given speeches at Laureate International University network institutions. Laureate International Universities Laureate International Universities are the for-profit universities and colleges owned and operated by Laureate Education, Inc. (), of Baltimore, Maryland, in the United States. In 2018, the company owns and operates more than 200 programs, both campus-based and online, in 25 countries. Total student enrollment is more than 1 million students. Laureate Education was founded as a company by Douglas L. Becker. It was originally created by Sylvan Learning Systems in 1998 as an operational division to focus on post-secondary institutions and