What Does Laureate Professor Mean?

(1) The title of Laureate Professor is awarded to the University's most distinguished academics in recognition of their achievements and outstanding contribution to their field of scholarship and the University of Newcastle. ... Distinguished Laureate Professors will not be included in this allocation.

What does laureate mean?

: the recipient of honor or recognition for achievement in an art or science a Nobel laureate specifically : poet laureate. laureate.

Is laureate a title?

The title of the office stems from a tradition, dating to the earliest Greek and Roman times, of honouring achievement with a crown of laurel, a tree sacred to Apollo, patron of poets. ... (For poets who have held the title, see Poets Laureate of Britain and Poets Laureate of the United States.)