Duns Scotus - Awards and Honors

Awards and Honors

In 2011, John Duns Scotus was honored by the University of Oxford, his alma mater, as one of its 100 most distinguished members from 10 centuries. Other honorees included William of Ockham, Erasmus of Rotterdam, Saint Thomas More, John Locke, Adam Smith, Christopher Wren, Lawrence of Arabia, Oscar Wilde, J.R.R. Tolkien and living university members Rupert Murdoch, Bill Clinton, Stephen Hawking and Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck. For the cover of the 2011 Prospectus, Oxford University named 100 streets in Oxford historical centre after these graduates. Westminster Way was renamed for John Duns Scotus.