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 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