The Messenger Lectures are a series of talks given by scholars and public figures at Cornell University.
[1] Archeologist James Henry Breasted delivered the first series of Messenger Lectures in 1925.
[3][page needed] Dr. Hiram John Messenger Jr (July 6, 1855 - Dec. 15, 1913; B.
[5] He was himself the youngest son of Hiram J. Messenger, a mercantile businessman and owner of banks.
[10] There have been over 80 talks given since 1924, the most famous of which is probably Richard Feynman's 7 lecture series in 1964, The Character of Physical Law, the videos of which were bought and made available to the public by Bill Gates in 2009.