Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom and October 1892, there was a break of four years as a mark of respect; Tennyson's laureate poems "Ode on the Death of the Duke of Wellington" and "The Charge of the Light Brigade" were particularly cherished by the Victorian public. Five poets, Thomas Gray, Samuel Rogers, Walter Scott, Philip Larkin and Seamus Heaney, turned down the laureateship. The holder of the position as of 2018 is Carol Ann Duffy, who was appointed in May 2009 on a fixed ten-year term. The origins of the poet laureateship date back to 1616 when James I of England granted a pension to
Laureate International Universities of the biggest names in finance, including Henry Kravis, George Soros, Steve Cohen and Paul Allen". Laureate’s annual revenue is approximately $4 billion. The company holds $3.5 billion to $4.7 billion in debt. Moody's rated Laureate's corporate bonds as high-risk and characterized Laureate as highly leveraged. Laureate spends in excess of $200 million per year on advertising, including television commercials, online campaigns and billboards. There have been claims that "Laureate boosts revenue at struggling colleges by turbocharging enrollment, often without a parallel increase in academic investment." The Sylvan/Laureate Foundation was created in 1997 as a non-profit foundation to provide education,