Dr Hubert Stanthwaite

Convened, in 1969, the only Society meeting ever to be held in Latin. The meeting was attended by seven Fellows; conducted in Latin throughout; and produced one motion, of three Latin words: Punctuatio est virtus (punctuation is a virtue). Carried, 7–0. The Society has since regarded the motion as standing. Stanthwaite’s personal Latin motto, embroidered on his Society gown and inscribed on his desk, was Sine puncto, sine fine (without the full stop, without an end).