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Which university awarded Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky an honorary doctorate in 1893?
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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, St. Petersburg, Russia, 1887.
In June 1893, the University of Cambridge awarded the Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky an honorary doctorate, a recognition that helped confirm his international stature during the final year of his life.1