Honours and Memorials
Boult was knighted in 1937 and was created Companion of Honour (CH) in 1969. He received the Gold Medal of the Royal Philharmonic Society in 1944 and the Harvard Glee Club medal (jointly with Vaughan Williams) in 1956. He received honorary degrees and fellowships from 13 universities and conservatoires. In 1951 he was invited to be the first president of the Elgar Society. In 1959 he was made president of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music.
The Birmingham Conservatoire, a department of the Birmingham City University includes in its home building the Adrian Boult Hall. It is used for classical concerts, other musical performances, and conferences. Perhaps the greatest honour Boult received came in 1984, the year after his death, when a memorial stone in his honour was installed in the north choir aisle of Westminster Abbey.
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