Fortescue Scholarship Honours Program
The Beacon Society is excited to announce we have established an Annual Re-Certification Exam for those who have completed the first 3 exams.
The questions are not-overly difficult, and continue the primary purpose of the Program, which is to encourage increased familiarity with the Canon and the Sherlockian world.
To receive the Re-Certification Exam, please send me an email requesting the Exam.
Once you complete the fillable Exam, you can return to us for grading. Those who successfully complete the Exam will receive a certificate.
You can use whatever resources you have (a copy of the Canon, the internet, etc) to help in completing the Exam.
YOU MUST COMPLETE THE EXAMS IN ORDER (YOU CANNOT REQUEST THE RE-CERTIFICATION EXAM UNTIL YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE FIRST 3 EXAMS).
The questions are not-overly difficult, and continue the primary purpose of the Program, which is to encourage increased familiarity with the Canon and the Sherlockian world.
To receive the Re-Certification Exam, please send me an email requesting the Exam.
Once you complete the fillable Exam, you can return to us for grading. Those who successfully complete the Exam will receive a certificate.
You can use whatever resources you have (a copy of the Canon, the internet, etc) to help in completing the Exam.
YOU MUST COMPLETE THE EXAMS IN ORDER (YOU CANNOT REQUEST THE RE-CERTIFICATION EXAM UNTIL YOU HAVE COMPLETED THE FIRST 3 EXAMS).
The Fortescue Scholarship Honours Program was designed by the late Robert W. Hahn, BSI, and Helen Heinrich, BSI, for the edification and delight of those Sherlockians who have a scholarly interest in the Canon.
Hahn got the program’s name from “The Adventure of the Three Students,” which involves the theft of the answer for the scholarship competition.
Hahn got the program’s name from “The Adventure of the Three Students,” which involves the theft of the answer for the scholarship competition.
The program is administered by the Watsonians and the Beacon Society.
The Watsonians are a Chicago based scion of the Baker Street Irregulars, whose primary mission is to foster an increased appreciation of Dr. John H. Watson and his writings.
The Watsonians sponsor the Chicago Silver Blaze which is the oldest active annually running Sherlockian thoroughbred race in the world.
The Beacon Society is a scion society of The Baker Street Irregulars.
The Beacon Society serves as a link to other scion societies, providing teachers with local resources to bring the magic of Sherlock Holmes to life in the classroom.
The Honours Program is a three-part endeavor, beginning with the Elementary Tripos.
Successful completion of this exam earns the applicant the B.S.S. degree—Baccalaureatus Scientia in Sherlockiana.
The B.S.S. degree holder may then apply for the Advanced Tripos Exam.
Successful completion of this exam results in the A.M.S. degree—Artium Magister in Sherlockiana.
A.M.S. degree holders may either prepare a paper on any aspect of the Sacred Writings or complete a third exam.
Upon approval of the paper by the Scholarship Board or successful completion of the exam, the applicant
is granted his or her Doctorate in Sherlockiana—the Sh.D. degree.
In each instance, the successful candidate receives a handsome certificate attesting to their right to use the initials for the degree granted.
The Tripos questions are not inordinately difficult, nor is the scoring rigid or pedantic.
Each Tripos is an open-book exam.
The primary purpose of the program is to encourage increased familiarity with the Canon.
Also there is no charge to participate in the program.
We encourage you to join this elite group of approximately one hundred Sherlockian scholars (See all of our honourees at the bottom of this page).
To receive the first exam, please fill out information below (Exam Request Form) and return to us.
We will email you the the first exam.
Once you complete the fillable exam, you can return to us for grading (Exam submittal Form).
Once you pass the first exam, we will distribute the second exam to you, and so forth, until you complete all three exams. If you have completed the first 3 exams, you may request a recertification exam we will be issuing each year.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS PROGRAM IS BASED ON THE HONORS SYSTEM, JUST LIKE THE ORIGINAL FORTESCUE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IN THE CANON.
PLEASE DO NOT SHARE THIS EXAM WITH ANYONE ELSE. AND PLEASE DO YOUR OWN WORK.
If you have any questions, please send an email to:
Steve Mason
smason8080@gmail.com
GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN !!!
The Watsonians are a Chicago based scion of the Baker Street Irregulars, whose primary mission is to foster an increased appreciation of Dr. John H. Watson and his writings.
The Watsonians sponsor the Chicago Silver Blaze which is the oldest active annually running Sherlockian thoroughbred race in the world.
The Beacon Society is a scion society of The Baker Street Irregulars.
The Beacon Society serves as a link to other scion societies, providing teachers with local resources to bring the magic of Sherlock Holmes to life in the classroom.
The Honours Program is a three-part endeavor, beginning with the Elementary Tripos.
Successful completion of this exam earns the applicant the B.S.S. degree—Baccalaureatus Scientia in Sherlockiana.
The B.S.S. degree holder may then apply for the Advanced Tripos Exam.
Successful completion of this exam results in the A.M.S. degree—Artium Magister in Sherlockiana.
A.M.S. degree holders may either prepare a paper on any aspect of the Sacred Writings or complete a third exam.
Upon approval of the paper by the Scholarship Board or successful completion of the exam, the applicant
is granted his or her Doctorate in Sherlockiana—the Sh.D. degree.
In each instance, the successful candidate receives a handsome certificate attesting to their right to use the initials for the degree granted.
The Tripos questions are not inordinately difficult, nor is the scoring rigid or pedantic.
Each Tripos is an open-book exam.
The primary purpose of the program is to encourage increased familiarity with the Canon.
Also there is no charge to participate in the program.
We encourage you to join this elite group of approximately one hundred Sherlockian scholars (See all of our honourees at the bottom of this page).
To receive the first exam, please fill out information below (Exam Request Form) and return to us.
We will email you the the first exam.
Once you complete the fillable exam, you can return to us for grading (Exam submittal Form).
Once you pass the first exam, we will distribute the second exam to you, and so forth, until you complete all three exams. If you have completed the first 3 exams, you may request a recertification exam we will be issuing each year.
PLEASE NOTE: THIS PROGRAM IS BASED ON THE HONORS SYSTEM, JUST LIKE THE ORIGINAL FORTESCUE SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM IN THE CANON.
PLEASE DO NOT SHARE THIS EXAM WITH ANYONE ELSE. AND PLEASE DO YOUR OWN WORK.
If you have any questions, please send an email to:
Steve Mason
smason8080@gmail.com
GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN !!!
Papers Written for the Fortescue Scholarship Exam
Freemasonry and Sherlock Holmes by Michael Moran
Sherlock Holmes's Violin by Samuel Hardman
Sherlock Holmes Walk in Convent Garden & Charing Cross by MC Black
Freemasonry and Sherlock Holmes by Michael Moran
Sherlock Holmes's Violin by Samuel Hardman
Sherlock Holmes Walk in Convent Garden & Charing Cross by MC Black
Fortescue Scholarship Program Sh.D Degree Holders
Honorary Sh.D.
Donald B. Izban, BSI
Nancy Wrobel
Sh.D. Sucessfully Complted
Bruce D. Aikin, MBt
Nancy S. Albright
Marino Alvarez, BSI
Phil Angelo
John M. Austen
Bill Barnes, BSI
Ann F. Bell
John Bergquist, BSI
Marshall Blankenship
Jeffry Alan Bradway, ASH, BSI
Alexander Braum
Cynthia Brown
Robert Byrne
Nick Cardillo
Shannon Carlisle, BSI, ASH
Elisabeth Chaghafi
John W. Comstock
Linda C. Culala
Philip J. Cunningham, BSI
Donald E. Curtis, BSI
Teresa Thurston Curtis
Thomas Cynkin, BSI
D. R. Dansby
Tony Derlien
Allan T. Devitt, ASH, BSI
Susan Z. Diamond, ASH, BSI
Denny Dobry, BSI
William S. Dorn, BSI
Mark Doyle
Mike Duke
Geoffrey Dye
Michael Ellis
Mary Erickson
Dennis France
Virginia Frank
Josephine Friedman
Ted Friedman, BSI
Mirah Gaines
John J. Genova, BSI
Ernest F. Giarelli
Paul Gillings
Meredith L. Granger
Mary E. Green
Al Gregory, ASH, BSI
John Hall
Bruce Harris
Ruth A. Hartig
Joshua Harvey
Karen Haynes
Tim Healey
Carl L. Heifetz
Kathleen L. Hinck
Don Hobbs, ASH, BSI
Carl Hoskisson
Brenda Hutchison
Andrew Joffe, ASH, BSI
Roger F. Kellogg
Ross O. Kinnee
Olivia Kirkendall
Francine Kitts, ASH, BSI
Richard J. Kitts, ASH, BSI
Leslie S. Klinger, BSI
Sandy Kozinn, ASH
Jonathan Krull
Rich Krisciunas
Laura Kuhn
Maryjane Kunnath
Alfred Levin, BSI
Ronald E. Lies
Sandra Little
E.A. (Bud) Livingston
Joe Marino
Stephen Mason, ASH
Michael McClure
Marilynne McKay, ASH, BSI
Julie McKuras, ASH, BSI
James Andrew McSherry
Charles A. Meyer, BSI
W. Scott Monty II, BSI
Michael Moran
Les Moskowitz
Dennis P. Murphy
Richard M. Olken, BSI
Karen Olson
Joe Page
Delores A. Patton
Robert Perret
Donald A. Petkus
Walter Pieper
Brian W. Pugh
Gayle Lange Puhl, ASH
James Raglin
Warren Randall, ASH, BSI, MBt
Brenda Rossini
Greg Ruby, ASH, BSI
Franklin Saksena
Gayle Simnick
Paul B. Smedegaard, BSI
Edward S. Smith, Jr.
Richard J. Stacpoole-Ryding
John E. Stephenson
Regina S. Stinson, ASH, BSI
Richard J. Sveum, MD, BSI
Dr. Cody Sweet
Edwin Van der Flaes, MBt, BSI, ASH
Douglas Vaughan
Rev. Scott Watts
Richard A. Wein, ASH, BSI
Janice Weiner, ASH