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Martin Aitken Martin Jim Aitken FRS (11 March 1922 – 13 June 2017) was a British archaeometrist. Aitken was born in Stamford, Lincolnshire, and studied physics at Wadham College, Oxford. He was a fellow of Linacre College, Oxford. He was Professor of Arch ...

, archaeometrist *

Amir Attaran Amir Attaran ( fa, امیر عطاران) is an American and Canadian professor in both the Faculty of Law and the School of Epidemiology, Public Health and Community Medicine at the University of Ottawa. Early life and education Attaran was bor ...

, epidemiologist * Charles Badham, classics scholar * Owen Barfield, philosopher, author, poet, and critic *

William Bayliss Sir William Maddock Bayliss (2 May 1860 – 27 August 1924) was an English physiologist. Life He was born in Wednesbury, Staffordshire but shortly thereafter his father, a successful merchant of ornamental ironwork, moved his family to a ...

, physiologist *

Edward Spencer Beesly Edward Spencer Beesly (; 23 January 1831 – 7 March 1915) was an English positivist, trades union activist, and historian. Life He was born on 23 January 1831 in Feckenham, Worcestershire, the eldest son of the Rev. James Beesly and his wife ...

, historian and positivist *

Henry de Beltgens Gibbins Henry de Beltgens Gibbins (1865–1907) was a popular historian of 19th century England whose books were bestsellers in the late Victorian period; his ''Industry in England'' went to ten editions over fifteen years, and was published internati ...

, economic historian *

Richard Bentley Richard Bentley FRS (; 27 January 1662 – 14 July 1742) was an English classical scholar, critic, and theologian. Considered the "founder of historical philology", Bentley is widely credited with establishing the English school of Hellen ...

, scholar and critic *

James Theodore Bent James Theodore Bent (30 March 1852 – 5 May 1897) was an English explorer, archaeologist, and author. Biography James Theodore Bent was born in Liverpool on 30 March 1852, the son of James (1807-1876) and Eleanor (née Lambert, c.1811-1873) B ...

, explorer and archaeologist *

Bernard Bergonzi Bernard Bergonzi FRSL (13 April 1929 – 20 September 2016) was a British literary scholar, critic, and poet. He was Emeritus Professor of English at the University of Warwick and an expert on T. S. Eliot. He was born in London and studied ...

, literary scholar * George Fielding Blandford, psychiatrist *

Nathan Bodington Sir Nathan Bodington (29 May 1848 – 12 May 1911) was the first Vice Chancellor of the University of Leeds having been Principal and Professor of Greek at the Yorkshire College since 1883.''Oxford Dictionary of National Biography'' accessed 25 J ...

, first Vice-Chancellor of the

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* Dietrich von Bothmer, art historian * Harvie Branscomb, Chancellor of Vanderbilt University * William Brown, Master of

Darwin College, Cambridge Darwin College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded on 28 July 1964, Darwin was Cambridge University's first graduate-only college, and also the first to admit both men and women. The college is named after one of th ...

Alan Bullock Alan Louis Charles Bullock, Baron Bullock, (13 December 1914 – 2 February 2004) was a British historian. He is best known for his book '' Hitler: A Study in Tyranny'' (1952), the first comprehensive biography of Adolf Hitler, which influence ...

, historian of Nazi Germany * Colin Campbell, geologist * Allan Chapman, historian of science * Oliver Carmichael, 3rd Chancellor of Vanderbilt University and 20th President of the University of Alabama * Anthony Cheetham, materials scientist *

Robert Caesar Childers Robert Caesar Childers (12 February 1838 – 25 July 1876) was a British Orientalist scholar, compiler of the first Pāli-English dictionary. Childers was the husband of Anna Barton of Ireland. He was the father of Irish nationalist Erskine C ...

, Pali language scholar *

Tom Clayton Thomas Clayton (1777–1854) was an American lawyer and politician. Thomas Clayton may also refer to: *Thomas Clayton (composer) (1673–1725), English musician and opera composer * Thomas Clayton (physician) (c. 1612–1693), MP for Oxford Univer ...

, literary scholar * Pamela Clemit, literary critic *

Richard Congreve Richard Congreve (4 September 1818 – 5 July 1899) was the first English philosopher to openly espouse the Religion of Humanity, the godless form of religious humanism that was introduced by Auguste Comte, as a distinct form of positivism. Cong ...

, philosopher and positivist *

Steven Connor Steven Kevin Connor, FBA (born 11 February 1955) is a British literary scholar. Since 2012, he has been the Grace 2 Professor of English in the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Peterhouse, Cambridge. He was formerly the academic direct ...

, literary scholar * Athelstan John Cornish-Bowden, biochemist * Sedley Cudmore, economist and

Chief Statistician of Canada The chief statistician of Canada (french: statisticien en chef du Canada) is the senior Civil service, public servant responsible for Statistics Canada (StatCan), an agency of the Government of Canada. The office is equivalent to that of a Deputy m ...

* Peter Day, inorganic chemist * Emma Dench, classicist * Frederick Augustus Dixey, entomologist *

Barrie Dobson Richard Barrie Dobson, (3 November 1931 – 29 March 2013) was an English historian, who was a leading authority on the legend of Robin Hood as well as a scholar of ecclesiastical and Jewish history. He served as Professor of Medieval History ...

, historian * Nakdimon S. Doniach, lexicographer and linguist *

Edward Gordon Duff Edward Gordon Duff (16 February 1863 – 28 September 1924), known as Gordon Duff, was a British bibliographer and librarian known for his works on early English printing. Career Duff was born in Liverpool on 16 February 1863. He was educated a ...

, bibliographer and librarian *

William Rickatson Dykes William Rickatson Dykes (4 November 1877 – 1 December 1925) was an English amateur botanist who became an expert in the field of iris breeding and wrote several influential books on the subject. He was also interested in tulips, amaryllis, ...

, botanist *

Marcus du Sautoy Marcus Peter Francis du Sautoy (; born 26 August 1965) is a British mathematician, Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science at the University of Oxford, Fellow of New College, Oxford and author of popular mathematics and popu ...

, mathematician * Peter Edwards, historian * Henry Emeleus, petrologist * John Eveleigh, Provost of

Oriel College, Oxford Oriel College () is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Located in Oriel Square, the college has the distinction of being the oldest royal foundation in Oxford (a title formerly claimed by University College, ...

* George Stanley Farnell, classist *

Roderick Floud Sir Roderick Castle Floud Fellow of the British Academy, FBA (born 1 April 1942) is a British Economic history, economic historian and a leader in the field of anthropometric history. He has been provost of the London Guildhall University, vice- ...

, economic historian * E.B. Ford, ecological geneticist *

Sandra Fredman Sandra Fredman FBA, KC (hon) is a professor of law in the Faculty of Law at the University of Oxford and a fellow of Pembroke College, Oxford. Early life and education Fredman was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, and received her und ...

, Professor of Law *

David B. Frohnmayer David B. "Dave" Frohnmayer (July 9, 1940 – March 10, 2015) was an American attorney, politician, and academic administrator from Oregon. He was the 15th president of the University of Oregon, serving from 1994 to 2009. His tenure as president w ...

, President of the

University of Oregon The University of Oregon (UO, U of O or Oregon) is a public research university in Eugene, Oregon. Founded in 1876, the institution is well known for its strong ties to the sports apparel and marketing firm Nike, Inc Nike, Inc. ( or ) is a ...

and politician *

Philip A. Gale Philip Alan Gale (born 1969) is a British chemist, Deputy Dean of Science and Professor of Chemistry at the Faculty of Science, University of Technology Sydney. He is notable for his work on the supramolecular chemistry of anions. Gale was bor ...

, chemist * Ian Grant, physicist * Harry George Grey, theologian and Principal of

Wycliffe Hall, Oxford Wycliffe Hall is a Church of England theological college and a permanent private hall of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is named after the Bible translator and reformer John Wycliffe, who was master of Balliol College, O ...

* Thomas Guidott, physician *

Jeffrey Hackney Jeffrey Hackney (born 5 January 1941) is a legal academic specialising in property law, law of trusts, and legal history at the University of Oxford. He attended Wadham College, University of Oxford. He retired in 2009 from his position as a Fel ...

, legal scholar * Edith Hall, classics scholar * Avraham Harman, diplomat and President of the

Hebrew University of Jerusalem The Hebrew University of Jerusalem (HUJI; he, הַאוּנִיבֶרְסִיטָה הַעִבְרִית בִּירוּשָׁלַיִם) is a public research university based in Jerusalem, Israel. Co-founded by Albert Einstein and Dr. Chaim Weiz ...

* James Harris, legal scholar, Professor of the London School of Economics and Fellow of the British Academy * James Harris, grammarian *

Robert Hooke Robert Hooke FRS (; 18 July 16353 March 1703) was an English polymath active as a scientist, natural philosopher and architect, who is credited to be one of two scientists to discover microorganisms in 1665 using a compound microscope that ...

, architect, natural philosopher, scientist, polymath, co-founder of the Royal Society * Sir Thomas Graham Jackson, architect * Ian Grant, physicist *

Ivor Grattan-Guinness Ivor Owen Grattan-Guinness (23 June 1941 – 12 December 2014) was a historian of mathematics and logic. Life Grattan-Guinness was born in Bakewell, England; his father was a mathematics teacher and educational administrator. He gained his b ...

, historian of mathematics * Jennifer Ingleheart, classicist *

Gilbert Ironside the younger Gilbert Ironside the younger (1632 – 27 August 1701) was an English churchman and academic, Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, from 1667, Bishop of Bristol and Bishop of Hereford. Life He was the third son of Gilbert Ironside the elder, bo ...

Bishop of Hereford The Bishop of Hereford is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Hereford in the Province of Canterbury. The episcopal see is centred in the City of Hereford where the bishop's seat (''cathedra'') is in the Cathedral Church of Sa ...

and Warden of Wadham * James Jago, physician * Frank Jevons, Vice-Chancellor of Durham University *

Benjamin Kennicott Benjamin Kennicott (4 April 171818 September 1783) was an English churchman and Hebrew scholar. Life Kennicott was born at Totnes, Devon where he attended Totnes Grammar School. He succeeded his father as master of a charity school, but the gene ...

, Hebrew scholar * Richard S. Lambert, biographer and broadcaster * John Leslie, philosopher * David MacDonald, biologist and conservationist *

Ruth Mace Ruth Mace FBA (born 9 October 1961) is a British anthropologist, biologist, and academic. She specialises in the evolutionary ecology of human demography and life history, and phylogenetic approaches to culture and language evolution. Since 2 ...

, evolutionary anthropologist *

Sally Mapstone Dame Sally Mapstone (born 1957) is an academic and principal and vice-chancellor of the University of St Andrews. Early life and education Sally Mapstone was born in 1957 in Hillingdon, Middlesex, England, and grew up in West London. She read ...

, Principal of the University of St Andrews *

P. J. Marshall Peter James Marshall (born 1933 in Calcutta) is a British historian known for his work on the British Empire, particularly the activities of British East India Company servants in 18th-century Bengal, and also the history of British involvemen ...

, historian of the British empire in the 18th century * John Mayow, chemist, physician, and physiologist *

Alister McGrath Alister Edgar McGrath (; born 1953) is a Northern Irish theologian, Anglican priest, intellectual historian, scientist, Christian apologist, and public intellectual. He currently holds the Andreas Idreos Professorship in Science and Religion i ...

, Christian apologist and theologian *

Frank McLynn Francis James McLynn FRHistS FRGS (born 29 August 1941), known as Frank McLynn, is a British author, biographer, historian and journalist. He is noted for critically acclaimed biographies of Napoleon Bonaparte, Robert Louis Stevenson, Carl Jung, ...

, historian and biographer *

Nevil Story Maskelyne Mervyn Herbert Nevil Story Maskelyne (3 September 1823 – 20 May 1911) was an English geologist and politician. Scientific career Educated at Wadham College, Oxford, Maskelyne taught mineralogy and chemistry at Oxford from 1851, before becomin ...

, geologist and politician * Leslie Mitchell, historian * Charles Morton, educator * Peter Nailor, civil servant, intellectual and professor * William Neile, mathematician *

Farhan Nizami Farhan Nizami CBE, is a historian of South Asia. Early life and education Nizami is the youngest of five children of the late K. A. Nizami and late Razia Nizami. Nizami completed his B.A. (Hons.) and M.A. in history at Aligarh Muslim Univer ...

, scholar in Islamic studies * Tony Orchard, inorganic chemist * John Parsons, Master of Balliol College, Oxford and Bishop of Peterborough *

William Plenderleath William Charles Plenderleath (2 June 1831 – 1 April 1906) was an English Anglican clergyman, author and antiquarian, best remembered for his ''White Horses of the West of England'' (1885, 2nd edition 1892). Life Born at Clifton, Bristol, Plend ...

, antiquarian *

Josephine Crawley Quinn Josephine Crawley Quinn is a historian and archaeologist, working across Greek, Roman and Phoenician history. Quinn is a Professor of Ancient History in the Faculty of Classics and Martin Frederiksen Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History at Worce ...

, ancient historian and archaeologist * P. J. Rhodes, ancient historian *

Stuart J. Russell Stuart Jonathan Russell (born 1962) is a British computer scientist known for his contributions to artificial intelligence (AI). He is a professor of computer science at the University of California, Berkeley and was from 2008 to 2011 an adjunct ...

, computer scientist *

Phillipp Schofield Phillipp Richard Schofield is a medieval historian and a professor in Aberystwyth University's Department of History and Welsh History. Career Schofield graduated from University College London in 1986, with a BA in ancient and medieval histo ...

, historian * Henry Albert Schultens, linguist * Walter Shirley, priest and historian * Tom Solomon, neurologist * Thomas Sprat,

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and co-founder of the

Royal Society The Royal Society, formally The Royal Society of London for Improving Natural Knowledge, is a learned society and the United Kingdom's national academy of sciences. The society fulfils a number of roles: promoting science and its benefits, re ...

* Benjamin Parsons Symons, Warden of Wadham * Richard W. Tsien, electric engineer and neurobiologist * Wilson Dallam Wallis, anthropologist *

Ethelbert Dudley Warfield Ethelbert Dudley Warfield, D.D., LL.D. (March 16, 1861 – July 6, 1936) was an American professor of history and college president who served as president of Miami University, Lafayette College and Wilson College. As Miami University's younge ...

, historian and academic administrator *

Rex Warner Rex Warner (9 March 1905 – 24 June 1986) was an English classicist, writer, and translator. He is now probably best remembered for ''The Aerodrome'' (1941).Chris Hopkins, ''English Fiction in the 1930s: Language, Genre, History'' Continuum Inte ...

, classicist, writer and translator * William Whyte, historian *

Donald Wiseman Donald John Wiseman (25 October 1918 – 2 February 2010) was a biblical scholar, archaeologist and Assyriologist. He was Professor of Assyriology at the University of London from 1961 to 1982. Early life and beliefs Wiseman was born in Ems ...

, biblical scholar and Assyriologist *

Sir Christopher Wren Sir Christopher Wren PRS FRS (; – ) was one of the most highly acclaimed English architects in history, as well as an anatomist, astronomer, geometer, and mathematician-physicist. He was accorded responsibility for rebuilding 52 churche ...

, architect and co-founder of the Royal Society

Authors, artists, broadcasters and entertainers

Diran Adebayo Oludiran "Diran" Adebayo FRSL (born 30 August 1968) is a British novelist, cultural critic and academic, best known for his tales of London and the lives of African diasporans. His work has been characterised by its interest in multiple cultural ...

, novelist *

Monica Ali Monica Ali FRSL (born 20 October 1967) is a British writer of Bangladeshi and English heritage. In 2003, she was selected as one of the "Best of Young British Novelists" by ''Granta'' magazine based on her unpublished manuscript; her debut nove ...

, novelist * Hossein Amini, film director and screenplay writer *

Lindsay Anderson Lindsay Gordon Anderson (17 April 1923 – 30 August 1994) was a British feature-film, theatre and documentary director, film critic, and leading-light of the Free Cinema movement and of the British New Wave. He is most widely remembered for ...

, film director *

Timothy Bateson Timothy Dingwall Bateson (3 April 1926 – 15 September 2009) was an English actor. Life and career Born in London, the son of solicitor Dingwall Latham Bateson and the great-nephew of rugby player Harold Dingwall Bateson, he was educated at ...

, actor *

Sir Thomas Beecham Sir Thomas Beecham, 2nd Baronet, CH (29 April 18798 March 1961) was an English conductor and impresario best known for his association with the London Philharmonic and the Royal Philharmonic orchestras. He was also closely associated with th ...

, conductor *

Melvyn Bragg Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg, (born 6 October 1939), is an English broadcaster, author and parliamentarian. He is best known for his work with ITV as editor and presenter of '' The South Bank Show'' (1978–2010), and for the BBC Radio 4 documen ...

, television broadcaster and writer *

Simon Brett Simon Anthony Lee Brett OBE FRSL (born 28 October 1945 in Worcester Park, Surrey, England) is a British author of detective fiction, a playwright, and a producer-writer for television and radio. As an author, he is best known for his mystery s ...

, writer *

Jess Cartner-Morley Jess Cartner-Morley is a British journalist. She has been the fashion editor of '' The Guardian'' since 2000.Rebekah Roy"An Interview with Fashion Editor of The Guardian Jess Cartner-Morley" ''Fashion Stylist'', 26 March 2010. After attending the ...

, fashion editor of ''

The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers '' The Observer'' and '' The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the ...

'' newspaper *

Andy Cato Andrew Derek Cocup Sr. (born 7 June 1973), known professionally as Andy Cato, is an English musician, record producer and DJ who is currently one half of the electronic music band Groove Armada, the other half being Tom Findlay. He was also inv ...

, of

Groove Armada Groove Armada are an English electronic music duo, composed of Andy Cato and Tom Findlay. They achieved chart success with their singles "At the River", " I See You Baby" and " Superstylin'". The duo have released nine studio albums, four of w ...

Alan Connor Alan Connor (born 1972) is a British writer, journalist and television presenter. First seen on Channel 4's youth entertainment programme '' The Word'' in 1995, he later appeared on ''The Big Breakfast'' and BBC Radio Five Live and was a BBC ...

, journalist and television presenter * David Constantine, poet and translator * Alan Coren, comic writer *

Robert Crampton Robert Crampton (born 10 August 1964) is an English journalist. He is also the son of Peter Crampton, former Member of the European Parliament for Humberside. Early life Crampton was born in Blackpool in 1964. His family lived in Solihull fo ...

, ''Times'' journalist *

Cecil Day-Lewis Cecil Day-Lewis (or Day Lewis; 27 April 1904 – 22 May 1972), often written as C. Day-Lewis, was an Irish-born British poet and Poet Laureate from 1968 until his death in 1972. He also wrote mystery stories under the pseudonym of Nicholas Bla ...

, former Poet Laureate *

Sophie Duker Sophie Duker (born 1989/1990) is a British stand-up comedian and writer. Early life Duker was born in London to first-generation immigrants from West Africa. Her mother is from Cameroon and her father is from Ghana. She studied French and En ...

, stand-up comedian and writer * James Flint, writer *

Isabel Fonseca Isabel Fonseca (born 1961) is an American-Uruguayan writer. She is best known for her books '' Bury Me Standing: The Gypsies and Their Journey'' and ''Attachment''. She is married to novelist Martin Amis. Early life Isabel Fonseca was born in Ne ...

, writer *

Neil Forrester Neil A. Forrester (born 3 January 1971, in Keynsham, England) is a British research assistant in the field of developmental disorders and language acquisition at the University of London and former reality television personality. He is best kno ...

, artist and cast member of '' The Real World'' TV show (London series) *

Tim Franks Timothy Henry Franks (born 14 May 1968) is a British journalist and radio presenter who presents ''Newshour'', the flagship news and current affairs programme on BBC World Service radio. He also, from time to time, presents ''Hardtalk'' on BBC ...

, journalist *

Jonathan Freedland Jonathan Saul Freedland (born 25 February 1967) is a British journalist who writes a weekly column for ''The Guardian''. He presents BBC Radio 4's contemporary history series ''The Long View''. Freedland also writes thrillers, mainly under the ...

, journalist *

Peter Gammond Peter Gammond (30 September 1925 – 6 May 2019) was a British music critic, writer, journalist, musician, poet, and artist. Peter Gammond was born in Winnington, Northwich, Cheshire. The son of John Thomas Gammond (1892–1970), a clerk, a ...

, music critic *

Amelia Gentleman Amelia Sophie Gentleman, (born 1972) is a British journalist. She is a reporter for '' The Guardian'', and won the Paul Foot Award for reporting the Windrush scandal. Early life and education Born in London in 1972, Gentleman is the daughter ...

, journalist * Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian poet and playwright *

John Gross John Gross FRSL (12 March 1935 – 10 January 2011) was an eminent English man of letters. A leading intellectual, writer, anthologist, and critic, '' The Guardian'' (in a tribute titled "My Hero") and ''The Spectator'' were among several pu ...

, author and literary critic * Tom Gross, journalist and political commentator *

Francis Wrigley Hirst Francis Wrigley Hirst (10 June 1873 – 22 February 1953) was a British journalist, writer and editor of '' The Economist'' magazine. He was a Liberal in party terms and a classical liberal in ideology. Early life Hirst was born at Dalton Lodg ...

, journalist * Montague Haltrecht, writer and literary critic *

Tom Holt Thomas Charles Louis Holt (born 13 September 1961) is a British novelist. In addition to fiction published under his own name, he writes fantasy under the pseudonym K. J. Parker. Biography Holt was born in London, the son of novelist Hazel H ...

, author of humorous and military fantasies, and of historical fiction * Felicity Jones, actress *

Reginald Victor Jones Reginald Victor Jones , FRSE, LLD (29 September 1911 – 17 December 1997) was a British physicist and scientific military intelligence expert who played an important role in the defence of Britain in by solving scientific and technical p ...

physicist A physicist is a scientist who specializes in the field of physics, which encompasses the interactions of matter and energy at all length and time scales in the physical universe. Physicists generally are interested in the root or ultimate cau ...

scientific Science is a systematic endeavor that builds and organizes knowledge in the form of testable explanations and predictions about the universe. Science may be as old as the human species, and some of the earliest archeological evidence for ...

military intelligence Military intelligence is a military discipline that uses information collection and analysis approaches to provide guidance and direction to assist commanders in their decisions. This aim is achieved by providing an assessment of data from a ...

expert and writer * Michael Kenyon, novelist *

Hari Kunzru Hari Mohan Nath Kunzru (born 1969) is a British novelist and journalist. He is the author of the novels ''The Impressionist'', ''Transmission'', ''My Revolutions'', '' Gods Without Men'', ''White Tears''David Robinson"Interview: Hari Kunzru, au ...

, novelist *

Tim McInnerny Tim McInnerny ( ; born 18 September 1956) is an English actor. He is known for his many roles on stage and television, including as Lord Percy Percy and Captain Darling in the 1980s British sitcom ''Blackadder''. Early life McInnerny was bor ...

, actor and comedian *

Patrick Marber Patrick Albert Crispin Marber (born 19 September 1964) is an English comedian, playwright, director, actor, and screenwriter. Early life Marber was born and raised in a middle-class Jewish family in Wimbledon, London, the son of Angela (Benj ...

, comedian and playwright * Sharon Mascall, journalist, broadcaster and writer *

Jodhi May Jodhi Tania May (''née'' Hakim-Edwards; 8 May 1975) is a British actress. She remains the youngest recipient of the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival, for ''A World Apart'' (1988). Her other film appearances include ''The Last ...

, actress * Anne McElvoy, journalist and broadcaster * Robert McGill, writer and literary critic * Hilary Menos, poet *

Roger Mosey Roger Mosey (born 4 January 1958)"Rose ...

, BBC executive, Director of London 2012 Olympic Games coverage * Neil Nightingale, director the

BBC Natural History Unit The BBC Studios Natural History Unit (NHU) is a department of BBC Studios that produces television, radio and online content with a natural history or wildlife theme. It is best known for its highly regarded nature documentaries, including '' ...

from 2003 to 2009 * David Patrikarakos, author and journalist * Iain Pears, novelist *

Laurie Penny Laurie Penny (born Laura Barnett, 28 September 1986) is a British journalist and writer. Penny has written articles for publications including ''The Guardian,'' ''The New York Times'' and ''Salon''. Penny is a contributing editor at the ''New ...

, author and social activist *

Rosamund Pike Rosamund Mary Ellen Pike (born 1979) is a British actress. She began her acting career by appearing in stage productions such as ''Romeo and Juliet'' and ''Gas Light''. After her screen debut in the television film ''A Rather English Marriage'' ...

, actress * William Rayner, novelist *

Tony Richardson Cecil Antonio "Tony" Richardson (5 June 1928 – 14 November 1991) was an English theatre and film director and producer whose career spanned five decades. In 1964, he won the Academy Award for Best Director for the film ''Tom Jones''. Early ...

, English theatre and

Academy Award The Academy Awards, better known as the Oscars, are awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international film industry. The awards are regarded by many as the most prestigious, significant awards in the entertainment ind ...

-winning film director and producer *

Stevan Riley Stevan Riley (born November 1975) is a British film director, producer, editor and writer. He was educated at the University of Oxford, where he studied Modern History. His films include '' Blue Blood'' (2006); ''Fire in Babylon'' (2010); ''Ever ...

, film director *

Jude Rogers Jude Rogers (born 1978) is a Welsh journalist, lecturer, arts critic and broadcaster. She is a music critic for '' The Guardian'' and also regularly writes features and articles for '' The Observer'', '' New Statesman'' and women's magazines such ...

, judge *

Michael Rosen Michael Wayne Rosen (born 7 May 1946) is a British children's author, poet, presenter, political columnist, broadcaster and activist who has written 140 books. He served as Children's Laureate from 2007 to 2009. Early life Michael Wayne Ro ...

, poet and broadcaster *

Joshua Rozenberg Joshua Rufus Rozenberg KC (hon) (born 30 May 1950) is a British solicitor, legal commentator, and journalist. Early life and career He was educated at Latymer Upper School in Hammersmith and Wadham College, University of Oxford, where he took a ...

, legal commentator and journalist * Carr Scrope, versifier * Peter Sculthorpe, composer *

Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet (March 1639 – 20 August 1701), was an English noble, dramatist and politician. He was principally remembered for his wit and profligacy.. Life He was the son of Sir John Sedley, 2nd Baronet, of Aylesford in K ...

, wit, dramatist and politician * Fatemeh Shams, Award-winning poet and professor of Persian literature at

University of Pennsylvania The University of Pennsylvania (also known as Penn or UPenn) is a Private university, private research university in Philadelphia. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States and is ranked among the highest- ...

Mary Ann Sieghart Mary Ann Corinna Howard Sieghart (born 6 August 1961) is an English author, journalist, radio presenter and former assistant editor of ''The Times'', where she wrote columns about politics, social affairs and life in general. She has also writte ...

, former assistant editor of ''

The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper '' The Sunday Times'' ( ...

'' *

Leonard Strong Leonard Alfred George Strong (8 March 1896 – 17 August 1958) was a popular English novelist, critic, historian, and poet, and published under the name L. A. G. Strong. He served as a director of the publishers Methuen Ltd. from 1938 to 1958. ...

, novelist, critic, historian and poet *

Paul Vaughan Paul William Vaughan (24 October 1925 – 14 November 2014) was a British journalist, radio presenter (of art and science programmes) throughout the 1970s and 1990s, semi-professional jazz and classical musician and a narrator of many BBC Telev ...

, journalist * William Walsh, poet and critic * Irving Wardle, theatre critic *

John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester (1 April 1647 – 26 July 1680) was an English poet and courtier of King Charles II's Restoration court. The Restoration reacted against the "spiritual authoritarianism" of the Puritan era. Rochester embodie ...

, libertine poet and protégé of King Charles II *

Humbert Wolfe Humbert Wolfe CB CBE (5 January 1885 – 5 January 1940) was an Italian-born British poet, man of letters and civil servant. Biography Humbert Wolfe was born in Milan, Italy, and came from a Jewish family background,"Wolfe, Humbert" in Stanley ...

, poet

Clergy

Samuel Augustus Barnett by George Frederic Watts

* Peter Allan, monk and Principal of

College of the Resurrection The College of the Resurrection, popularly known as Mirfield, is an Anglo-Catholic theological college of the Church of England in Mirfield, West Yorkshire, England. The college was founded in 1902 and describes itself as "A Theological Coll ...

Francis Bampfield Francis Bampfield (circa 1615 - 16 February 1684) was an English Nonconformist (Protestantism), Nonconformist preacher, and supporter of Saturday Sabbatarianism. Born into a family of Devon gentry, he began as a conservative supporter of the C ...

, non-conformist minister * Samuel Barnett, social reformer and Canon of

Westminster Abbey Westminster Abbey, formally titled the Collegiate Church of Saint Peter at Westminster, is an historic, mainly Gothic church in the City of Westminster, London, England, just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is one of the United ...

Adrian Benjamin The Reverend Adrian Victor Benjamin (born 1942) is a prebendary emeritus of St Paul's Cathedral (appointed in October 2007) and a former actor who has appeared with Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor. He is a graduate of Wadham College, Oxford ...

, clergyman and former actor * Edward Bidwell, Bishop of Ontario * Henry Bowlby,

Bishop of Coventry The Bishop of Coventry is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Coventry in the Province of Canterbury. In the Middle Ages, the Bishop of Coventry was a title used by the bishops known today as the Bishop of Lichfield. The presen ...

Cornelius Burges Cornelius Burges or Burgess, DD (1589? – 1665), was an English minister. He was active in religious controversy prior to and around the time of the Commonwealth of England and The Protectorate, following the English Civil War. In the years f ...

, minister *

Richard William Church Richard William Church (25 April 1815 – 6 December 1890) was an English churchman and writer, known latterly as Dean Church. He was a close friend of John Henry Newman and allied with the Tractarian movement. Later he moved from Oxford academi ...

, churchman and writer * John Erskine Clarke, clergyman *

Thomas Crofts The Reverend and Learned Thomas Crofts FRS FSA (1722 – 8 November 1781) was a British bibliophile, Anglican priest, Fellow of the Royal Society and European traveller. Early life Crofts was born in Monmouth, Wales and was the son of John Cro ...

, clergyman * Cecil de Carteret,

Bishop of Jamaica The Anglican Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands is a diocese of the Church in the Province of the West Indies. It was originally formed as the Diocese of Jamaica, within the Church of England, in 1824. At that time the diocese included the ...

* Robert Deakin, clergyman *

Joseph Diggle The Reverend Joseph Robert Diggle JP (12 May 1849 – 16 June 1917) was a British Anglican clergyman, politician and public servant. He is notable for his campaign to change the law to allow clergymen to take seats in the House of Commons (alth ...

, clergyman, politician and public servant * Edward Eddrup, clergyman and principal of Salisbury Theological College *

Edward Feild Edward Feild (7 June 1801 at Worcester, England – 8 June 1876 at Hamilton, Bermuda) was a university tutor, university examiner, Anglican clergyman, inspector of schools and second Bishop of Newfoundland. Early years Born in Worcester, E ...

, clergyman *

Giles Fraser Giles Anthony Fraser (born 27 November 1964)Campbell Hone, Bishop of Wakefield *

Walsham How William Walsham How (13 December 182310 August 1897) was an English Anglican bishop. Known as Walsham How, he was the son of a Shrewsbury solicitor; How was educated at Shrewsbury School, Wadham College, Oxford and University College, Durham. ...

, clergyman and botanist *

William Henry Jackson William Henry Jackson (April 4, 1843 – June 30, 1942) was an American photographer, Civil War veteran, painter, and an explorer famous for his images of the American West. He was a great-great nephew of Samuel Wilson, the progenitor of Am ...

, priest, missionary and inventor of

Burmese Braille Burmese Braille is the braille alphabet of languages of Burma written in the Burmese script, including Burmese and Karen. Letters that may not seem at first glance to correspond to international norms are more recognizable when traditional roma ...

Francis Jayne Francis John Jayne (1 January 1845 – 23 August 1921) was a British bishop and academic. Born in Pant-y-beiliau, Gilwern, Llanelli, Jayne was the eldest son of John Jayne, a colliery owner and his second wife, Elisabeth Haines. He was edu ...

, clergyman *

Hewlett Johnson Hewlett Johnson (25 January 1874 – 22 October 1966) was an English priest of the Church of England, Marxist Theorist and Stalinist. He was Dean of Manchester and later Dean of Canterbury, where he acquired his nickname "The Red Dean of Ca ...

, clergyman, "Red Dean of Canterbury" * Francis Kilvert, clergyman and diarist *

Alexander Mackonochie Alexander Heriot Mackonochie (11 August 1825 – 15 December 1887) was a Church of England mission priest known as "the martyr of St Alban's" on account of his prosecution and forced resignation for ritualist practices. Early life Mackonoch ...

, mission priest *

Thomas Manton Thomas Manton (1620–1677) was an English Puritan clergyman. He was a clerk to the Westminster Assembly and a chaplain to Oliver Cromwell. Early life Thomas Manton was baptised 31 March 1620 at Lydeard St Lawrence, Somerset, a remote sou ...

, clergyman * Edward Garrard Marsh, poet and clergyman *

John Medley John Medley, (19 December 1804 – 9 September 1892), was a Church of England clergyman who became the first bishop of Fredericton in 1845. In 1879 he succeeded Ashton Oxenden as Metropolitan of Canada. Education and family John Medley was b ...

, first Bishop of Fredericton *

Wilfrid Oldaker Wilfrid Horace Oldaker (13 June 1901 – 28 September 1978) was a clergyman of the Church of England, classical scholar, author, schoolmaster, Chaplain at Clifton College, Precentor of Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford, headmaster of Christ Church ...

, schoolmaster and Precentor of Christ Church, Oxford *

Reginald Owen John Reginald Owen (5 August 1887 – 5 November 1972) was a British actor. He was known for his many roles in British and American films and television programs. Career The son of Joseph and Frances Owen, Reginald Owen studied at Sir Herbert ...

, Primate of New Zealand * Samuel Parker, clergyman * Charles Ranken, clergyman and chess master *

William Jenkins Rees William Jenkins Rees (10 January 1772 – 18 January 1855) was a Welsh cleric and antiquary.Dictionary of ...

, clergyman and antiquary * William Skinner,

bishop of Aberdeen The Bishop of Aberdeen (originally Bishop of Mortlach, in Latin Murthlacum) was the ecclesiastical head of the Diocese of Aberdeen, one of Scotland's 13 medieval bishoprics, whose first recorded bishop is an early 12th-century cleric named Nec ...

* Edward Stone, clergyman and natural philosopher *

Rowan Williams Rowan Douglas Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth, (born 14 June 1950) is a Welsh Anglican bishop, theologian and poet. He was the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, a position he held from December 2002 to December 2012. Previously the Bish ...

, former Archbishop of Canterbury * Richard Willis, Bishop * Richard Woodward, Bishop Cloyne *

Foster Barham Zincke Foster Barham Zincke (5 January 1817 – 23 August 1893) was a clergyman, a traveller, and an antiquary, . Zincke was born on 5 January 1817 at Eardley, a sugar estate in Jamaica. He was the third son of Frederick Burt Zincke, of Jamaica, by ...

, clergyman, traveller, and antiquary

Politicians and civil servants

upright=0.75, F. E. Smith, 1st Ear of Birkenhead Viscount Simon

* Tom Allen, US Representative from Maine *

William Shepherd Allen William Shepherd Allen (22 June 1831 – 15 January 1915) was an English Liberal politician. He also worked as a farmer and served as an MP in New Zealand. Biography Allen was born at Manchester, the son of William Allen and his wife Maria Sh ...

, UK and New Zealand politician * Michael Alison, politician *

Anita Anand Anita Anand (born May 20, 1967) is a Canadian lawyer and politician who serves as the minister of national defence since 2021. She has represented the riding of Oakville in the House of Commons since the 2019 federal election, sitting as ...

, Canadian politician and

Minister of Public Services and Procurement The minister of public services and procurement (french: ministre des services publics et de l’approvisionnement) is the minister of the Crown in the Canadian Cabinet who is responsible for overseeing the Government of Canada's "common service ...

* Edward Ashe, English politician and

Father of the House Father of the House is a title that has been traditionally bestowed, unofficially, on certain members of some legislatures, most notably the House of Commons in the United Kingdom. In some legislatures the title refers to the longest continuously ...

* Michael Bates, Baron Bates, politician * Thomas Baring, politician * Richard Barnett, politician * Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury, former Lord Chancellor * Marco Biagi,

Scottish National Party The Scottish National Party (SNP; sco, Scots National Pairty, gd, Pàrtaidh Nàiseanta na h-Alba ) is a Scottish nationalist and social democratic political party in Scotland. The SNP supports and campaigns for Scottish independence from th ...

politician * Robert Blake, Cromwell's admiral * David Blatherwick, diplomat *

John Bluett John Bluett (1603 – 28 November 1634) of Holcombe Court, lord of the manor of Holcombe Rogus in Devon, was MP for Tiverton from 1628 to 1629 when King Charles I embarked on his Personal Rule without parliament for eleven years. Origins ...

, politician *

John Bramston the Younger Sir John Bramston, the younger (September 1611 – 4 February 1700), was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1660 to 1679. The son of Sir John Bramston, the elder and his first wife Bridget Moundeford, daughter ...

, politician * Norman Brook, 1st Baron Normanbrook, civil servant, Cabinet Secretary 1947-1962 * William Burge,

Attorney General of Jamaica Attorney General of Jamaica is the chief law officer in Jamaica. Section 79(1) of the Constitution of Jamaica states that "there shall be an Attorney General who shall be the principal legal adviser to the Government of Jamaica" and pursuant to t ...

and anti-abolitionist *

Edward Cakobau Ratu Sir Edward Tuivanuavou Tugi Cakobau (21 December 1908 – 25 June 1973) was a Fijian chief, soldier, politician and cricketer. He was a member of the Fijian legislature from 1944 until his death, also serving as Minister for Commerce, Ind ...

, Deputy Prime Minister of Fiji *

Hugh Childers Hugh Culling Eardley Childers (25 June 1827 – 29 January 1896) was a British Liberal statesman of the nineteenth century. He is perhaps best known for his reform efforts at the Admiralty and the War Office. Later in his career, as Chancello ...

, statesman *

Charles Delacourt-Smith, Baron Delacourt-Smith Charles George Percy Delacourt-Smith, Baron Delacourt-Smith (25 April 1917 – 2 August 1972) was a British trade unionist and Labour Party politician. Background and education Born in Windsor and named after his father, he was the only son of ...

, politician * H. R. P. Dickson, colonial political officer and author *

, clergyman and politician * John Dyson, Lord Dyson, judge and

Master of the Rolls The Keeper or Master of the Rolls and Records of the Chancery of England, known as the Master of the Rolls, is the President of the Civil Division of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and Head of Civil Justice. As a judge, the Master of ...

Derek Enright Derek Anthony Enright (2 August 1935 – 31 October 1995) was a Labour Party politician in the United Kingdom. Early life Born in Thornaby-on-Tees, North Riding of Yorkshire, he attended St. Michael's College on St John's Road, Leeds (whi ...

, politician * Vincent Evans, Judge on the

European Court of Human Rights The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR or ECtHR), also known as the Strasbourg Court, is an international court of the Council of Europe which interprets the European Convention on Human Rights. The court hears applications alleging that ...

Charles Fane, 1st Viscount Fane Charles Fane, 1st Viscount Fane PC (Ire) (January 1676 – 4 July 1744) was an Anglo-Irish courtier, politician and a landowner in both England and Ireland. Fane was baptised at Basildon in Berkshire on 30 January 1676, he was the second so ...

, politician * Steven Fisher, diplomat * Bernard Floud, politician *

Peter Floud Peter Castle Floud CBE, (1 June 1911 – 22 January 1960) was a British civil servant and official of the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration, administering missions in Egypt, Iran, and Albania. He was also an authority on Willi ...

, civil servant *

Michael Foot Michael Mackintosh Foot (23 July 19133 March 2010) was a British Labour Party politician who served as Labour Leader from 1980 to 1983. Foot began his career as a journalist on ''Tribune'' and the ''Evening Standard''. He co-wrote the 1940 p ...

, politician * William Fox, premier of New Zealand * Sydney Giffard, diplomat *

Penaia Ganilau Ratu Sir Penaia Kanatabatu Ganilau (28 July 1918 – 15 December 1993) was the first President of Fiji, serving from 8 December 1987 until his death in 1993. He had previously served as Governor-General of Fiji, representing Elizabeth II, ...

, former Governor General and President of Fiji * Eileen E. Gillese, judge * Neil Gerrard, politician * Tuanku Abdul Halim,

Sultan of Kedah The Kedah Sultanate (كسلطانن قدح) is a Muslim dynasty located in the Malay Peninsula. It was originally an independent state, but became a British protectorate in 1909. Its monarchy was abolished after it was added to the Malayan Un ...

, The

King of Malaysia The Yang di-Pertuan Agong (, Jawi: ), also known as the Supreme Head of the Federation, the Paramount Ruler or simply as the Agong, and unofficially as the King of Malaysia, is the constitutional monarch and head of state of Malaysia. The of ...

(1970–1975 and 2011-2017) * Robert Hannigan, cryptographer and civil servant *

John Hanson John Hanson ( – November 15, 1783) was an American Founding Father, merchant, and politician from Maryland during the Revolutionary Era. In 1779, Hanson was elected as a delegate to the Continental Congress after serving in a variety of ...

, diplomat * Joseph Hardcastle, politician *

John Hardres John Hardres (2 October 1675 – 14 January 1758) of St Georges, Canterbury was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons of England and then the House of Commons of Great Britain in two periods between 1705 and 1722. Hardres was th ...

, politician * Avraham Harman, Israeli diplomat *

Evan Harris Evan Leslie Harris (born 21 October 1965) is a British Liberal Democrat politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Oxford West and Abingdon from 1997 to 2010, losing his seat in the 2010 general election by 176 votes to Conservati ...

, former Liberal Democrat MP for

Oxford West and Abingdon Oxford West and Abingdon is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since 2017 by Layla Moran, a Liberal Democrat. History Creation The seat was created in 1983 as part of the reconfiguration of those in the co ...

George Harrison George Harrison (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English musician and singer-songwriter who achieved international fame as the lead guitarist of the Beatles. Sometimes called "the quiet Beatle", Harrison embraced Indian c ...

, politician *

Charles Hodson, Baron Hodson Francis Lord Charlton Hodson, Baron Hodson, (17 September 1895 – 11 March 1984), also known as Charles Hodson, was a British judge who served as Lord of Appeal in Ordinary from 1960 to 1971. Biography Charles, as he was always known, was ...

, judge * Marc Holland, Administrator of

Ascension Island Ascension Island is an isolated volcanic island, 7°56′ south of the Equator in the South Atlantic Ocean. It is about from the coast of Africa and from the coast of South America. It is governed as part of the British Overseas Territory of ...

Sir Edmund Isham, 6th Baronet Sir Edmund Isham (18 December 1690 – 15 December 1772), 6th Baronet of Lamport, Northamptonshire was a Member of Parliament for several successive terms during the reigns of Kings George II and George III of Great Britain. Biography Edm ...

, politician * Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham, politician * Thomas Lewis, politician * Richard Lloyd, royalist * Mark Logan, MP for Bolton North East *

John Lovelace, 3rd Baron Lovelace John Lovelace, 3rd Baron Lovelace (1641 – 27 September 1693) was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1661 to 1670 when he inherited the title Baron Lovelace. He was notorious for his drunken and extravagant way of life ...

, Whig politician *

Eric Macfadyen Sir Eric Macfadyen (9 February 1879 – 13 July 1966) was an English colonial administrator, rubber planter, businessman and developer of tropical agriculture. He was also Liberal Member of Parliament for Devizes in Wiltshire from 1923–1924. ...

, politician *

Kenneth Maddocks Sir Kenneth Maddocks, (8 February 1907 – 28 August 2001) was a British colonial official who served as Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Fiji from 1958 until 1963. Kenneth Phipson Maddocks was the son of a civil engineer from Coventry. H ...

, former Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Fiji *

Kamisese Mara Ratu Sir Kamisese Mara, (6 May 1920 – 18 April 2004) was a Fijian politician, who served as Chief Minister from 1967 to 1970, when Fiji gained its independence from the United Kingdom, and, apart from one brief interruption in 1987, the f ...

, former Prime Minister and President of Fiji * Duncan Menzies, Lord Menzies, judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland *

Peter Milliken Peter Andrew Stewart Milliken (born November 12, 1946) is a Canadian lawyer and politician. He was a member of the House of Commons of Canada from 1988 until his retirement in 2011 and served as Speaker of the House for 10 years beginning in 20 ...

, Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada * T. E. Moir, civil servant * James Morris, Conservative MP for Halesowen and Rowley Regis *

Robert Moses Robert Moses (December 18, 1888 – July 29, 1981) was an American urban planner and public official who worked in the New York metropolitan area during the early to mid 20th century. Despite never being elected to any office, Moses is regarded ...

, city planner * James Munby, judge * James Murray, politician *

Michael Nolan, Baron Nolan Michael Patrick Nolan, Baron Nolan, (10 September 1928 – 22 January 2007) was a judge in the United Kingdom, and from 1994 until 1997 was the first chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life. In the words of his obituary in ''The ...

, judge, first chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life (1994–1997), Chancellor of the

University of Essex The University of Essex is a public research university in Essex, England. Established by royal charter in 1965, Essex is one of the original plate glass universities. Essex's shield consists of the ancient arms attributed to the Kingdom of Es ...

(1997–2002) *

Feroz Khan Noon Sir Malik Feroz Khan Noon, ( ur, ملک فیروز خان نون; 7 May 18939 December 1970), best known as Feroze Khan, was a Pakistani politician who served as the seventh prime minister of Pakistan from 1957 until being removed wh ...

Prime Minister of Pakistan The prime minister of Pakistan ( ur, , romanized: Wazīr ē Aʿẓam , ) is the head of government of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan. Executive authority is vested in the prime minister and his chosen cabinet, despite the president of Pak ...

Arthur Onslow Arthur Onslow (1 October 169117 February 1768) was an English politician. He set a record for length of service when repeatedly elected to serve as Speaker of the House of Commons, where he was known for his integrity. Early life and educat ...

, former Speaker of the House of Commons *

William Palmes William Palmes (c. 1638–1718), of Lindley, North Yorkshire and Ashwell, Rutland was an English landowner and Whig politician who sat in the English and British House of Commons between 1668 and 1713. Early life and family Palmes was the ...

, politician *

Gopalaswami Parthasarathy Captain Gopalaswami Parthasarathy, popularly known as G. Parthasarathy (born 13 May 1940) is a former commissioned officer in the Indian Army (1963-1968) and a diplomat and author. He has served as the High Commissioner of India, Cyprus (19 ...

, Indian diplomat and journalist *

Edward Phelips Edward Phelips may refer to: * Sir Edward Phelips (speaker) (c. 1555/60–1614), English lawyer and politician, Speaker of the English House of Common and subsequently Master of the Rolls * Sir Edward Phelips Jr. (1638–1699), English landowner a ...

, politician *

Carew Raleigh :''This article concerns Sir Walter Raleigh's brother. For his namesake and nephew, Sir Walter's son, see Carew Raleigh (1605–1666)'' Sir Carew Raleigh or Ralegh (ca. 1550ca. 1625) was an English naval commander and politician who sat in the ...

, politician *

Emma Reynolds Emma Elizabeth Reynolds (born 2 November 1977) is a British Labour politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wolverhampton North East from 2010 to 2019, and the Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government ...

, MP for

Wolverhampton North East Wolverhampton North East is a borough constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post system of election. It is currently represented by ...

Colin Thornton-Kemsley Sir Colin Norman Thornton-Kemsley, (2 September 1903 – 17 July 1977) was a Conservative and National Liberal politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kincardine and Western Aberdeenshire from 1939 to 1950, ...

, National Liberal politician *

Sir Thomas Rich, 1st Baronet Sir Thomas Rich, 1st Baronet (c. 1601 – 15 October 1667) was an English merchant and politician who sat in House of Commons in 1660. He established Sir Thomas Rich's School, a grammar school.Denys Roberts,

Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong The chief justice of Hong Kong was, until 1997, the chief judge (, later 首席大法官) of the Court of Appeal of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong and the most senior judge in the court system. Supreme Court of Hong Kong The Supreme Court of Hong ...

* Alexander Roche, Baron Roche,

law lord Lords of Appeal in Ordinary, commonly known as Law Lords, were judges appointed under the Appellate Jurisdiction Act 1876 to the British House of Lords, as a committee of the House, effectively to exercise the judicial functions of the House ...

Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Wytley Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Wytley (ca. 1602 – 30 November 1669), was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1625. He was an officer in the Royalist army during the English Civil War and, as Governor of Worcester, he ...

, politician * Philip Rycroft, civil servant * Wasim Sajjad, two time interim President of

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

and former Chairman Senate * John C. Sherburne, Vermont politician *

John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon John Allsebrook Simon, 1st Viscount Simon, (28 February 1873 – 11 January 1954), was a British politician who held senior Cabinet posts from the beginning of the First World War to the end of the Second World War. He is one of only three peop ...

, former Lord Chancellor * F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, former Lord Chancellor * Simon Smith, diplomat * Thomas Strangways,

Lala Sukuna Ratu Sir Josefa Lalabalavu Vanayaliyali Sukuna (22 April 1888 – 30 May 1958) was a Fijian chief, scholar, soldier, and statesman. He is regarded as the forerunner of the post-independence leadership of Fiji. He did more than anybody to la ...

, Fijian chief * Randolph Vigne, South African anti-apartheid activist * K. N. Wanchoo,

Chief Justice of India The chief justice of India ( IAST: ) is the chief judge of the Supreme Court of India as well as the highest-ranking officer of the Indian Judiciary. The Constitution of India grants power to the president of India to appoint, in consultation ...

* Eugene Wason, Scottish politician *

Geoffrey Whiskard Sir Geoffrey Granville Whiskard (19 August 1886 – 19 May 1957) was a British civil servant and diplomat. Early life and education Whiskard was born at 3 Hartington Villas, Penge Road, Beckenham, Kent, to Ernest Whiskard, a local bank manage ...

, diplomat * Daryl Williams,

Attorney-General for Australia The Attorney-GeneralThe title is officially "Attorney-General". For the purposes of distinguishing the office from other attorneys-general, and in accordance with usual practice in the United Kingdom and other common law jurisdictions, the Aust ...

Henry Penruddocke Wyndham Henry Penruddocke Wyndham (1736–1819) MP JP FSA FRS, was a British Whig Member of Parliament, topographer and author. Background Wyndham was born on 4 June 1736, the eldest surviving son of Henry Wyndham of St Edmund's College, Sal ...

, politician, topographer and author *

Hugh Wyndham Sir Hugh Wyndham SL (1602 – 24 December 1684), of Silton, near Gillingham, Dorset, was an English Judge of the Common Pleas and a Baron of the Exchequer. Origins He was born at Orchard Wyndham, Somerset, the eighth son of Sir John Wynd ...

, judge * Thomas Wyndham (of Witham Friary), politician *

Thomas Wyndham, 1st Baron Wyndham Thomas Wyndham, 1st Baron Wyndham PC (27 December 1681 – 24 November 1745), was an Irish lawyer and politician. He served as Lord Chancellor of Ireland from 1726 to 1739. Background Wyndham was born in Wiltshire, the son of Colonel John Wyndh ...

, Irish lawyer and politician, former Lord Chancellor of Ireland * Sir Wadham Wyndham, judge * Sir Peter William Youens, former Deputy Chief Secretary of Nyasaland (today Malawi) and secretary to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet of Malawi

Other

Noel Agazarian Noël le Chevalier Agazarian (26 December 1916 – 16 May 1941) was a British World War II fighter ace with seven victories. He was the brother of Special Operations Executive agent Jack Agazarian, who was executed by the Germans in 1945, and ...

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

fighter ace *

Simon Anholt Simon Anholt is an independent policy advisor who has worked to help develop and implement strategies for enhanced economic, political and cultural engagement with other countries. He is the founder of the Good Country Index. Anholt has been ...

, political scientist, policy advisor * E. W. Bastard, cricketer * Arthur Berry, footballer * Alan Blackshaw, mountaineer, skier and civil servant *

William Bromet William Ernest Bromet (17 May 1868 – 23 January 1949) was an English rugby union forward who played club rugby for Oxford University and Tadcaster and county rugby for Yorkshire. Bromet and was a member of the first official British Isles tou ...

, rugby player *

Brian Burnett Air Chief Marshal Sir Brian Kenyon Burnett, (10 March 1913 – 16 September 2011) was a senior Royal Air Force officer who became Air Secretary and served as the last Commander-in-Chief of Far East Command. Early life The grandson of Ernest ...

Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force (RAF) is the United Kingdom's air and space force. It was formed towards the end of the First World War on 1 April 1918, becoming the first independent air force in the world, by regrouping the Royal Flying Corps (RFC) an ...

and Commander-in-Chief of

British Far East Command The Far East Command was a British military command which had 2 distinct periods. These were firstly, 18 November 1940 – 7 January 1942 succeeded by the American-British-Dutch-Australian Command (ABDACOM), and secondly, 1963–1971 succeeded b ...

* Sir Michael Checkland, former Director General of the BBC * John Cooke, prosecutor of Charles I *

Warren East (David) Warren Arthur East (born 27 October 1961) is the former chief executive officer (CEO) of Rolls-Royce Holdings, a leading UK-based engine manufacturer. He previously held senior positions at ARM Holdings and Texas Instruments. Educatio ...

, businessman, Chief executive of

ARM Holdings Arm is a British semiconductor and software design company based in Cambridge, England. Its primary business is in the design of ARM processors (CPUs). It also designs other chips, provides software development tools under the DS-5, RealView ...

plc *

William Freke William Freke (1662–1744) was an English mystical writer, of Wadham College, Oxford and barrister of the Temple. Freke first comes to attention as a Socinian Unitarian who suffered at the hands of Parliament in 1694 for his anti-Trinitarian be ...

, mystic *

C. B. Fry Charles Burgess Fry (25 April 1872 – 7 September 1956) was an English sportsman, teacher, writer, editor and publisher, who is best remembered for his career as a cricketer. John Arlott described him with the words: "Charles Fry could b ...

, sportsman * George Hogg, adventurer *

George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon (22 March 1677 – 22 February 1705) was the son of Theophilus Hastings, 7th Earl of Huntingdon and his first wife Elizabeth Lewis; he succeeded his father in 1701. He served briefly in the War of the Spa ...

, nobleman * Richard Koch, management consultant * David Levin, entrepreneur * Emily Ludolf, amateur chef, finalist on

BBC 2 BBC Two is a British free-to-air public broadcast television network owned and operated by the BBC. It covers a wide range of subject matter, with a remit "to broadcast programmes of depth and substance" in contrast to the more mainstream ...

's ''

Masterchef ''MasterChef'' is a competitive cooking show television format created by Franc Roddam, which originated with the UK version in July 1990. The format was revived and updated for the BBC in February 2005 by executive producers Roddam and John ...

'', 2008 *

John MacBain John H. McCall MacBain (born ) is a Canadian billionaire businessman and philanthropist who is the founder of the McCall MacBain Foundation and Pamoja Capital SA, its investment arm. Prior to establishing the McCall MacBain Foundation, in the l ...

, businessman * Paul McMahon, cricketer *

Algernon Methuen Sir Algernon Marshall Stedman Methuen, Baronet (23 February 1856 – 20 September 1924) was an English publisher and a teacher of Classics and French. He is best known for founding the publishing company Methuen & Co. Background and education ...

, publisher * Herbert Page, cricketeer *

Nathaniel Philip Rothschild , nickname = {{Plainlist, * Nat * Nate , footnotes = Nathaniel is an English variant of the biblical Greek name Nathanael. People with the name Nathaniel * Nathaniel Archibald (1952–2018), American basketball player * Nate ...

, British financier and only son of

Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild, (born 29 April 1936) is a British peer, investment banker and a member of the Rothschild banking family. Now mostly retired, he has held many important roles in business, finance ...

Edward Saatchi Edward Saatchi (born 19 February 1985) is a British businessman and filmmaker. He is the chief executive officer (CEO) of artificial intelligence-powered virtual being company Fable. He was formerly a producer at Oculus Story Studio and the CEO ...

, entrepreneur * Chris Saunders, cricketer and headmaster *

Steven Skala Steven Michael Skala (born 6 October 1955 in Brisbane, Queensland) is an Australian investment banker, company director, lawyer and philanthropist. Biography Mr Skala has a distinguished career of service including on the boards of private, no ...

, banker * Dr Richard Stone OBE, social campaigner, philanthropist, anti-racism and interfaith activist

Fellows and honorary Fellows

Alfred Ayer Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer (; 29 October 1910 – 27 June 1989), usually cited as A. J. Ayer, was an English philosopher known for his promotion of logical positivism, particularly in his books ''Language, Truth, and Logic'' (1936) a ...

, logical positivist *

Michael R. Ayers Michael Richard Ayers, (born 1935) is a British philosopher and professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Oxford. He studied at St. John's College of the University of Cambridge, and was a member of Wadham College, Oxford from 1965 u ...

, philosopher *

John Bamborough John Bernard Bamborough (3 January 1921 – 13 February 2009) was a British scholar of English literature and founding Principal of Linacre College, Oxford. Bamborough was educated at The Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in Elstree, H ...

, scholar of English literature and founding Principal of Linacre College, Oxford * John Bell, Professor of Law and Fellow of

Pembroke College, Cambridge Pembroke College (officially "The Master, Fellows and Scholars of the College or Hall of Valence-Mary") is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college is the third-oldest college of the university and has over 700 ...

* T.J. Binyon, Russian literature scholar and crime writer * Ian Brownlie, barrister and academic in international law * Philip Bullock, Professor of Russian Literature and Music * Peter Carter, legal scholar * Allan Chapman, historian of science *

, philosopher *

Charles Coulson Charles Alfred Coulson (13 December 1910 – 7 January 1974) was a British applied mathematician and theoretical chemist. Coulson's major scientific work was as a pioneer of the application of the quantum theory of valency to problems of m ...

, applied mathematician, theoretical chemist and religious author *

Peter Derow Peter Sidney Derow (11 April 1944 – 9 December 2006) was Hody Fellow and Tutor in Ancient History at Wadham College, Oxford and University Lecturer in Ancient History from 1977 to 2006. As a scholar he was most noted for his work on Hellenis ...

, historian of ancient Greece and Rome * Frederick Augustus Dixey, former President of the Royal Entomological Society of London *

Terry Eagleton Terence Francis Eagleton (born 22 February 1943) is an English literary theorist, critic, and public intellectual. He is currently Distinguished Professor of English Literature at Lancaster University. Eagleton has published over forty books, ...

, Marxist literary theorist *

Eprime Eshag Eprime Eshag ( fa, اپريم اسحاق , born Urmia, Iran, 6 November 1918 – died Oxford, England, 24 November 1998) was an Assyrian-Iranian-born Keynesian socialist economist.Golestan, Ebrahim and Andrew Roth (1998) Keynes's Iranian pup ...

Keynesian Keynesian economics ( ; sometimes Keynesianism, named after British economist John Maynard Keynes) are the various macroeconomic theories and models of how aggregate demand (total spending in the economy) strongly influences economic output an ...

economist *

, legal scholar *

Andrew Hodges Andrew Philip Hodges (; born 1949) is a British mathematician, author and emeritus senior research fellow at Wadham College, Oxford. Education Hodges was born in London in 1949 and educated at Birkbeck, University of London where he was awarded ...

, mathematician, author and Dean of Wadham College *

Humphrey Hody Humphrey Hody (1659 – 20 January 1707) was an English scholar and theologian. Life He was born at Odcombe in Somerset in 1659. In 1676 he entered Wadham College, Oxford, of which he became a fellow in 1685. In 1692 he became chaplain to ...

, clergyman and theologian *

Thomas Graham Jackson Sir Thomas Graham Jackson, 1st Baronet (21 December 1835 – 7 November 1924) was one of the most distinguished British architects of his generation. He is best remembered for his work at Oxford, including the Oxford Military College at Cowl ...

, architect *

Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell Frederick Alexander Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell, ( ; 5 April 18863 July 1957) was a British physicist who was prime scientific adviser to Winston Churchill in World War II. Lindemann was a brilliant intellectual, who cut through burea ...

, Churchill's scientific adviser during the Second World War *

Nicholas Lloyd Sir Nicholas Markley Lloyd (born 9 June 1942) is a former British newspaper editor and broadcaster. Early life Nicholas Markley Lloyd was born on 9 June 1942 in Luton, Bedfordshire, the son of Walter and Sybil Lloyd. He was educated at Bed ...

, cleric and lexicographer * David Mabberley, botanist, educator and writer *

Edward Arthur Milne Edward Arthur Milne FRS (; 14 February 1896 – 21 September 1950) was a British astrophysicist and mathematician. Biography Milne was born in Hull, Yorkshire, England. He attended Hymers College and from there he won an open scholarship ...

, astrophysicist and mathematician *

Ted Nelson Theodor Holm Nelson (born June 17, 1937) is an American pioneer of information technology, philosopher, and sociologist. He coined the terms ''hypertext'' and '' hypermedia'' in 1963 and published them in 1965. Nelson coined the terms '' trans ...

, American sociologist, philosopher, and pioneer of information technology *

Bernard O'Donoghue Bernard O'Donoghue FRSL (born 1945) is a contemporary Irish poet and academic. Early life and education Bernard O'Donoghue was born on 14 December 1945 in Cullen, County Cork, Ireland, where he lived on a farm. “My father was a terrible and r ...

, Irish poet *

Roger Penrose Sir Roger Penrose (born 8 August 1931) is an English mathematician, mathematical physicist, philosopher of science and Nobel Laureate in Physics. He is Emeritus Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics in the University of Oxford, an emeritus f ...

, mathematical physicist and philosopher *

Benjamin Bickley Rogers Benjamin Bickley Rogers (11 December 1828 – 22 September 1919) was an English classical scholar. Rogers was born in Shepton Montague, Somerset in 1828. He was educated at Highgate School and Wadham College, Oxford, where he became President of ...

, classical scholar * Richard Sharpe, historian of medieval England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales *

, mathematician, writer, television presenter * Edward Stone, Rector who discovered the active ingredient of Aspirin * John Swinton, writer, academic, Church of England clergyman and orientalist *

Joseph Trapp Joseph Trapp (1679–1747) was an English clergyman, academic, poet and pamphleteer. His production as a younger man of occasional verse (some anonymous, or in Latin) and dramas led to his appointment as the first Oxford Professor of Poetry in 1 ...

, clergyman, academic, poet and pamphleteer *

Theodore Wade-Gery Theodore may refer to: Places * Theodore, Alabama, United States * Theodore, Australian Capital Territory * Theodore, Queensland, a town in the Shire of Banana, Australia * Theodore, Saskatchewan, Canada * Theodore Reservoir, a lake in Saskatche ...

, classical scholar, historian and

epigrapher Epigraphy () is the study of inscriptions, or epigraphs, as writing; it is the science of identifying graphemes, clarifying their meanings, classifying their uses according to dates and cultural contexts, and drawing conclusions about the wr ...

* Joseph White, orientalist and theologian *

John Williams John Towner Williams (born February 8, 1932)Nylund, Rob (15 November 2022)Classic Connection review ''WBOI'' ("For the second time this year, the Fort Wayne Philharmonic honored American composer, conductor, and arranger John Williams, who wa ...

, Welsh lawyer and writer * R. J. P. (Bob) Williams, inorganic chemist *

Robert J.C. Young Robert J. C. Young FBA (born 1950) is a British postcolonial theorist, cultural critic, and historian. Life He was educated at Repton School and Exeter College, Oxford, where he read for a B.A. and D.Phil., taught at the University of Southa ...

, post-colonial theorist, cultural critic, and historian

Honorary Fellows

Abdul Halim of Kedah Abdul (also transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; ar, عبد ال, ) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word '' Abd'' (, meaning "Servant") and the definite prefix '' al / el'' (, mea ...

* Sir Franklin Berman, barrister, judge and arbitrator *

Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg, (born 6 October 1939), is an English broadcaster, author and parliamentarian. He is best known for his work with ITV as editor and presenter of ''The South Bank Show'' (1978–2010), and for the BBC Radio 4 document ...

, television broadcaster * Sir Brian Burnett, Air Chief Marshal * Sir Neil Chalmers, zoologist and former Warden of Wadham * Sir Michael Checkland, former Director General of the BBC * Peter Day, inorganic chemist * John Dyson, Lord Dyson, Master of the Rolls *

Sir Roderick Floud ''Sir'' is a formal honorific address in English language, English for men, derived from Sire in the High Middle Ages. Both are derived from the old French "Sieur" (Lord), brought to England by the French-speaking Normans, and which now exist i ...

, economic historian *

, academic lawyer * Sir Sydney Giffard, diplomat and author *

Allan Gotlieb Allan Ezra Gotlieb, (February 28, 1928 – April 18, 2020) was a Canadian public servant and author who served as the Canadian Ambassador to the United States from 1981 to 1989. Life and career Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Gotlieb studied at ...

, Canadian public servant and author * Robert Hannigan, former director of

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Allen Hill Allen Hill may refer to: * Allen Hill (cricketer) Allen Hill (14 November 1845, Kirkheaton, Huddersfield, Yorkshire – 28 August 1910, Leyland, Lancashire) played in the first-ever cricket Test, taking the first wicket. Hill also went on to um ...

, bioinorganic chemist * Jeremy R. Knowles, former professor of chemistry at Harvard University *

Lee Shau-kee Lee Shau-kee GBM (; born 7 March 1928 in Shunde, Guangdong, China) is a Hong Kong business magnate, investor, and philanthropist. He is a real estate tycoon and majority owner of Henderson Land Development, a property conglomerate with inter ...

, businessman *

David Malcolm David Kingsley Malcolm, AC, QC (6 May 1938 – 20 October 2014) was the Chief Justice of Western Australia from May 1988 until his retirement from the bench in February 2006. He was also an expatriate justice of the Supreme Court of Fiji. B ...

, lawyer *

, principal of the

University of St Andrews (Aien aristeuein) , motto_lang = grc , mottoeng = Ever to ExcelorEver to be the Best , established = , type = Public research university Ancient university , endowment ...

, historian of the British Empire *

, geologist and politician *

, lawyer and politician *

Claus Moser, Baron Moser Claus Adolf Moser, Baron Moser, (24 November 1922 – 4 September 2015) was a British statistician who made major contributions in both academia and the Civil Service. He prided himself rather on being a non-mathematical statistician, and said t ...

, statistician and public servant * Sir James Munby, judge *

, judge, first chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life (1994–1997), Chancellor of the

(1997–2002) *

Ashraf Pahlavi Ashraf ol-Molouk Pahlavi ( fa, اشرف‌الملوک پهلوی, , 26 October 1919 – 7 January 2016) was the twin sister of Mohammad Reza Pahlavi, the last Shah of Iran (Persia), and a member of the Pahlavi dynasty. She was considered the "pow ...

, Princess of Iran * Sir Denys Roberts, former British colonial official and judge *

Sir Christopher Rose Sir Christopher Dudley Roger Rose (born 10 February 1937) is a former judge of the Court of Appeal of England and Wales and a member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom. Education Christopher Rose was educated at Morecambe Grammar Sch ...

, former judge * Wasim Sajjad, Pakistani lawyer and legal educator * Sir David Smith, botanist *

Kathleen Sullivan Kathleen Sullivan may refer to: * Kathleen Sullivan (lawyer) (born 1955), American lawyer and former dean of Stanford Law School * Kathleen Sullivan (journalist) (born 1953), American television journalist * Kathleen Sullivan Alioto Kathleen Sul ...

, lawyer *

, former Archbishop of Canterbury * Robert J. C. Young, philosopher and historian

Wardens

The Warden is the college's principal, responsible for its academic leadership, chairing its governing body, and representing it in the outside world. Below is a list of the Wardens of Wadham college in chronological order. Their time in office is given in parentheses. * Robert Wright (20 April-20 July 1613),

Bishop of Bristol A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

and

Bishop of Lichfield The Bishop of Lichfield is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Lichfield in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers 4,516 km2 (1,744 sq. mi.) of the counties of Powys, Staffordshire, Shropshire, Warwickshire and West Mi ...

* John Fleming (1613–1617) *

William Smyth William Smyth (or Smith) ( – 2 January 1514) was Bishop of Coventry and Lichfield from 1493 to 1496 and then Bishop of Lincoln until his death. He held political offices, the most important being Lord President of the Council of Wales and ...

(1617–1635) *

Daniel Estcot Daniel is a masculine given name and a surname of Hebrew origin. It means "God is my judge"Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 68. (cf. Gabriel—"God is my strength"), ...

(1635–1644) * John Pitt (1644–1648) *

John Wilkins John Wilkins, (14 February 1614 – 19 November 1672) was an Anglican clergyman, natural philosopher, and author, and was one of the founders of the Royal Society. He was Bishop of Chester from 1668 until his death. Wilkins is one of the fe ...

(1648–1659), Bishop, scholar and co-founder of the

Walter Blandford Walter Blandford (1616 in Melbury Abbas, Dorset, England – 1675) was an English academic and bishop. Life A Fellow of Wadham College, Oxford at the time of the Parliamentary visitation of 1648, he compromised sufficiently to retain his p ...

(1659–1665),

Bishop of Oxford The Bishop of Oxford is the diocesan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Oxford in the Province of Canterbury; his seat is at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. The current bishop is Steven Croft, following the confirmation of his elect ...

, 1665,

Bishop of Worcester A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

, 1671 *

(1665–1689),

, 1689,

, 1691 *

Thomas Dunster Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ...

(1689–1719) * William Baker (1719–1724), Bishop of Bangor, 1724,

Bishop of Norwich The Bishop of Norwich is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Norwich in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese covers most of the county of Norfolk and part of Suffolk. The bishop of Norwich is Graham Usher. The see is in the ...

, 1727 *

Robert Thistlethwayte Robert Thistlethwayte (baptized 16 December 1690 – c. January, 1744) was the third son of Francis Thistlethwayte (b. 1658) of Winterslow, Wiltshire. He was a Warden of Wadham College, Oxford and a clergyman in the Church of England. In 17 ...

(1724–1739), clergyman, fled to France in 1737 after a homosexual scandal *

Samuel Lisle Samuel Lisle (1683 – 3 October 1749) was an English academic and bishop. Life Lisle was born in Blandford, Dorset. He graduated M.A. at Wadham College, Oxford, in 1706, and was ordained in 1707.''Concise Dictionary of National Biography'' ...

(1739–1744), Bishop of St. Asaph, 1744, Bishop of Norwich, 1748 *

George Wyndham George Wyndham, PC (29 August 1863 – 8 June 1913) was a British Conservative politician, statesman, man of letters, and one of The Souls. Background and education Wyndham was the elder son of the Honourable Percy Wyndham, third son of Ge ...

(1744–1777) * James Gerard (1777–1783) * John Wills (1783–1806), administrator, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University (1792–1796) *

William Tournay William is a male given name of Germanic origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conquest of Engl ...

(1806–1831) * Benjamin Parsons Symons (1831–1871), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University (1844–1848) * John Griffiths (1871–1881),

Keeper of the Archives The position of Keeper of the Archives at the University of Oxford in England dates from 1634, when it was established by new statutes for the university brought in by William Laud ( Archbishop of Canterbury and Chancellor of the University) ...

(1857–1885) * George E. Thorley (1881–1903) * Patrick A. Wright-Henderson (1903–1913) * Joseph Wells (1913–1927), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University (1923–1926) * John F. Stenning (1927–1938) *

Maurice Bowra Sir Cecil Maurice Bowra, (; 8 April 1898 – 4 July 1971) was an English classical scholar, literary critic and academic, known for his wit. He was Warden of Wadham College, Oxford, from 1938 to 1970, and served as Vice-Chancellor of the Univers ...

(1938–1970), classical scholar and academic, known for his wit * Stuart Hampshire (1970–1984), philosopher and literary critic *

(1984–1993), statistician and civil servant * John Flemming (1993–2004), economist, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University,

Fellow of the British Academy Fellowship of the British Academy (FBA) is an award granted by the British Academy to leading academics for their distinction in the humanities and social sciences. The categories are: # Fellows – scholars resident in the United Kingdom # C ...

Neil Chalmers Sir Neil Robert Chalmers (born 19 June 1942) is a British zoologist and academic. He is a former Director of the Natural History Museum, London, Natural History Museum in London, and former Warden of Wadham College, warden of Wadham College, Oxfor ...

(2004–2012), former Director of the

Natural History Museum A natural history museum or museum of natural history is a scientific institution with natural history collections that include current and historical records of animals, plants, fungi, ecosystems, geology, paleontology, climatology, and more. ...

Ken Macdonald Kenneth Donald John Macdonald, Baron Macdonald of River Glaven, (born 4 January 1953) is a British lawyer and politician who served as Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) of England and Wales from 2003 to 2008. In that office he was head of ...

, Baron Macdonald of River Glaven (2012–2021), former

Director of Public Prosecutions The Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) is the office or official charged with the prosecution of criminal offences in several criminal jurisdictions around the world. The title is used mainly in jurisdictions that are or have been members o ...

of England and Wales (2003–2008) * Robert Hannigan (2021–present)

Deans

Responsible for various aspects of the day-to-day student life of the College, the Dean has authority in matters of discipline concerning the behaviour of individuals or groups. Below is a list of the Deans of Wadham college in chronological order, together with their time in office. * John Pitt 1613, 1616–17 * John Goodridge 1613, 1618 * Matthew Osborne 1614, 1619 *

1615, Warden 1635–1644 * Ralph Flexney 1620 * Alexander Huish 1621 * Ignatius Jordan 1622 * Amias Hext 1622–23 * William Boswell 1624, 1626 * Francis Strode 1625 * Gilbert Drake 1627–28 * William Turner 1629–31 * John Warren 1632–33 * Tristram Sugge 1635, 1636 * Leonard Simons 1637, 1644–1645, 1647 * Robert Chapline 1638–39 * Richard Goodridge 1641 * George Ashwell 1642–43 * Richard Knightbridge 1646, resigned 1647 and replaced by Leonard Simons * Anthony Nourse 1647 * Samuel Lee 1653 * John Ball 1659, died 1660 and replaced by William Turges *

Walter Pope Walter Pope (''c.'' 1627 – 1714) was an English astronomer and poet. He was the son of Francis Pope and Jane Dod, daughter of the Puritan minister John Dod. He was born in Northamptonshire and was the half brother of John Wilkins, who would b ...

1660 * Daniel Estcott 1661 * Thomas Jeamson 1662, 1667 * John Chase 1663, 1671 * Brian Cave 1665, 1668 * Nathaniel Salter 1669 * William Thornton 1670 * George Fletcher 1672, 1676, died 1676 and replaced by William Shortgrave * John Ludwell 1673–1674 * Thomas Lessey 1675 *

Robert Pitt Robert Pitt (1680 – 21 May 1727) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1705 to 1727. He was the father and grandfather of two prime ministers, William Pitt the elder and William Pitt the younger. Early life Pitt was th ...

1677 * Robert Balch 1678 * William Latton 1679 * William Gould 1681 * George Harding 1683, replaced by Thomas Lyndesay * Thomas Pigott 1684 * Alexander Crooke 1685 * Thomas Lidgould 1686 * Thomas Dunster 1687 * Humphrey Hody 1688 * Robert Doyley 1689 * William Hunt 1719 * John Leaves 1720, 1725, 1727 * Robert Nash 1721 * George Bowditch 1722, 1726 * Philip Speke 1723–24 * Edwyn Sandys 1728 * Stopford Jacks c.1925 * John Frederick Stenning, Warden 1927–1938 *

c.1922–1938, Warden 1938–70 *

A.J. Ayer Sir Alfred Jules "Freddie" Ayer (; 29 October 1910 – 27 June 1989), usually cited as A. J. Ayer, was an English philosopher known for his promotion of logical positivism, particularly in his books '' Language, Truth, and Logic'' (1936) a ...

1945, philosopher *

1947–54, founding Principal of Linacre College, Oxford * T.J. Binyon ?–1976 & 1980s, literary scholar and writer * David Mabberley 1976–82 and 1991–96, botanist and writer *

James Morwood James Henry Weldon Morwood (25 November 1943 – 10 September 2017) was an English classicist and author. He taught at Harrow School, where he was Head of Classics,Harrow School Register 2002 8th edition edited by S W Bellringer & published by T ...

2000–2006, Grocyn Lecturer in Classics *

2011–2014, mathematician and writer * Martin Bureau, 2014–2016, Lindemann Fellow and Tutor in Physics, astrophysicist * Claudia Pazos Alonso, 2016–2019, Fellow and Tutor in Portuguese * Andrew D Farmery 2019–2022, Sir Samuel Scott of Yews Fellow and Tutor in Medicine; Professor of Anaesthetics * Sarah J. Cullinan Herring 2022-present, Hody Fellow and Tutor in Classics.

References

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