‘2026 Prestonian Lecture’

    

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Other big news from earlier this year, during my dereliction from blogging: the announcement of next year’s Prestonian Lecturer! At the Quarterly Communication of the United Grand Lodge of England in June, the Board of General Purposes said Bro. Daniel Johnson will present “Solomon’s Temple in Myth and Ritual.”

To my knowledge, he is not related to the Bro. Johnson in the post below. 

Bro. Johnson was made a Mason in 2004 at Apollo University Lodge 357. (That’s Oxford University.) Next month, at the Quarterly Communication of Grand Lodge, he will become the first Deputy Grand Treasurer of the UGLE. Huzzah!

Every year, one scholar is chosen for the distinction. The job is to travel about the jurisdiction, delivering the lecture in lodges, and raising funds for a charity. I see Bro. Johnson will appear at QC2076 next September. There’s nothing stopping them from traveling abroad, of course, and I have a history of hosting these outstanding workmen here in the New York City area. Maybe something can be arranged for 2026 too.