List of Brasenose College, Oxford people
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A list of notable people associated with Brasenose College, Oxford. Some individuals will fall into several categories. Sorted alphabetically by surname.
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Contents
- 1 Alumni
- 1.1 Politicians and civil servants
- 1.2 Judges and lawyers
- 1.3 Clergy
- 1.4 Military personnel
- 1.5 Classicists and archaeologists
- 1.6 Historians and antiquarians
- 1.7 Language and literature academics
- 1.8 Philosophers and theologians
- 1.9 Mathematicians, medics and scientists
- 1.10 Educators
- 1.11 Artists and writers
- 1.12 Broadcasters and entertainers
- 1.13 Musicians
- 1.14 Sports people
- 1.15 Other people in public life
- 2 Fellows and Principals
- 3 Honorary Fellows
- 4 Other persons associated with Brasenose
- 5 References
Alumni
See also Former students of Brasenose College, Oxford.
Politicians and civil servants
- Donald Acheson, Chief Medical Officer of the United Kingdom (1983—1991).
- Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1804.
- Mamoun Beheiry, Former Sudanese Finance Minister and Governor of the Central Bank of Sudan
- John Brademas, American politician and educator
- John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist politician who served as Governor General of Canada
- David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- Pete Dawkins, Rhodes Scholar, U.S. Army Brigadier General, and Republican candidate for Senate.
- Stephen Dorrell, British Conservative politician
- John Gorton, Prime Minister of Australia
- Mark Harper, British politician
- Tanvir Ahmad Khan, Former Foreign Secretary of Pakistan
- Bill O'Chee, Australian politician
- John Profumo, British politician.
- Malcolm Turnbull, Prime Minister of Australia
Judges and lawyers
- George Baker, President of the Family Division (formerly of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division) of the High Court of Justice from 1971-1979
- Jack Beatson, Lord Justice of Appeal
- Thomas Egerton, 1st Viscount Brackley English Nobleman, Judge and Statesman who served as Lord Keeper and Lord Chancellor
- William Robert Grove, Welsh judge and physical scientist
- William Hulme, 17th century lawyer and landowner
- Anthony McCowan, British barrister and judge of the High Court of Justice and Court of Appeal
- Jeremy McMullen, barrister, judge, trade unionist and expert on employment law[1]
- John Mortimer, British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author.
- John Port, Judge
- Leslie Scarman, Baron Scarman, English judge and barrister
Clergy
- Richard Barnes, Bishop in the Church of England (1567—1579)
- William Webb Ellis, Anglican clergyman who is famous for allegedly being the inventor of Rugby football whilst a pupil at Rugby School.
- The Rt Revd Gordon Mursell, Bishop of Stafford
- Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1980 to 1991.
- Dom Illtyd Trethowan, English priest, philosopher and author.
- The Very Reverend Henry Wace, Principal of King's College London (1883–1897) and Dean of Canterbury (1903–1924)
Military personnel
- Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig, Field Marshal, British senior officer during World War I
- Michelle D. Johnson, The first female superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy
- Charles Herbert Little, Canadian Director of Naval Intelligence during the Second World War and an author
Classicists and archaeologists
- Arthur Evans, British archaeologist
Historians and antiquarians
- Elias Ashmole, Antiquary, politician, officer of arms, astrologer and student of alchemy.
- Rev. Wladislaw Somerville Lach-Szyrma, Historian (folklore) and Science Fiction
- Tudor Parfitt Historian, orientalist and writer
Language and literature academics
- Robert Burton, Scholar at Oxford University
Philosophers and theologians
- John Foxe, English historian and martyrologist
- Alexander Nowell, Anglican Puritan theologian and clergyman, who served as dean of St Paul's
- Thomas Traherne, English poet, clergyman, theologian, and religious writer
- Dom Illtyd Trethowan, English priest, philosopher and author.
- William Whittingham, English Biblical scholar and religious reformer, dean of Durham
- David Pearce (philosopher), Utilitarian philosopher, founder of the World Transhumanist Association
Mathematicians, medics and scientists
- Colin Clark, Economist and statistician
- Paul Frampton, Particle phenomenologist
- William Robert Grove, Welsh judge and physical scientist
- Professor Graham Richards, Head of Chemistry (1997-2006) at the University of Oxford
- Sir Michael Stratton, third director of the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute. Currently heads the Cancer Genome Project.
Educators
- Frank Aydelotte, U.S. educator
- Keith Ingram, Former Dragon School headmaster
- Robert Lindgren, President of Randolph-Macon College
Artists and writers
Sir William Golding
- John Buchan, 1st Baron Tweedsmuir, Scottish novelist, historian and Unionist Politician who served as Governor General of Canada
- Helen DeWitt, Novelist.
- Richard Barham, English cleric of the Church of England, novelist, and humorous poet
- J. G. Farrell, Novelist
- Michael Freeman
- William Golding, English novelist, poet, playwright and Nobel Prize in Literature laureate
- Tim Harford, Economist and journalist
- David Langford, Science fiction writer
- John Marston
- Simon Mawer, English writer
- George Monbiot, English writer
- Sir John Mortimer, British barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author.
- Rev. James Noyes, Puritan scholar and author, founder of Newbury, Massachusetts
- Rolfe Arnold Scott-James, Literary critic
- William Edward Vickers (Roy Vickers), English mystery writer
- Sara Wheeler, English travel writer and biographer
- Toby Young, British journalist
Broadcasters and entertainers
William Webb Ellis, allegedly the inventor of Rugby football
- Mark Williams, Actor
- Wilton Barnhardt, Former reporter for Sports Illustrated and author
- Laura Corcoran, Musical comedy cabaret double act
- Michael Palin, Comedian, actor, writer and television presenter
Musicians
- Myles MacInnes (Mylo), Scottish electronic musician and record producer
Sports people
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Walter Woodgate, Boat Race winner, eight-time Henley Regatta champion and inventor of the coxless four
- Brian Boobbyer, Rugby union and cricketer
- John Cherry, Rower who competed at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Colin Cowdrey, Cricketer
- William Webb Ellis, Anglican clergyman who is famous for allegedly being the inventor of Rugby football whilst a pupil at Rugby School.
- Tom Cottingham Edwards-Moss, Rower who competed in the Boat Race four times and twice won the Diamond Challenge Sculls, later a Conservative politician
- Arnold Jackson, British athlete 1912 Olympic 1500m gold medallist, Army Officer (DSO with Three Bars) and barrister
- Prince Alexander Obolensky, Represented England in International Rugby Union
- Edward Shaw, Cricketer and British Army officer
- Cuthbert Ottaway, First captain of the England football team
- Walter Bradford Woodgate, Boat Race winner and multiple-time Henley Royal Regatta champion
Other people in public life
- Kate Allen, Director of Amnesty International UK (AIUK)
- Mamoun Beheiry, Economist, first commissioner of the Bank of Sudan and first president of the African Development Bank
- Denys Finch Hatton, Aristocratic big-game hunter
- Robin Janvrin, Baron Janvrin, Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II (1999—2007)
- Bruce Kent, British political activist and former Roman Catholic priest
- Andrew Lindsay, Former Olympic Gold medal-winning rower at the 2000 Summer Olympics and CEO of Telecom Plus
- Philip Moore, Baron Moore of Wolvercote, Private Secretary to the Sovereign (1977–1986)
- Paul Pester, CEO of TSB Bank[2]
- Philip Yea, British businessman and private equity investor
Fellows and Principals
See also Fellows of Brasenose College, Oxford.
- J. L. Ackrill, Emeritus Professor of the History of Philosophy
- Richard Adams, Theologian
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The Rev. Thomas Adams
- The Rev. Thomas Adams, English academic and theological writer
- John Anderson, Camden Professor of Ancient History (1927—1936)
- John Barnard, Supporter of James II of England
- Richard Barnes, Bishop in the Church of England (1567—1579)
- John Barnston, Divine
- Llewellyn John Montfort Bebb, British academic, Principal of St David's College (1898–1915)
- The Rt. Rev. James Bell, Bishop of Knaresborough
- Bryan John Birch, British mathematician
- Peter Birks, Regius Professor of Civil Law
- Vernon Bogdanor, Research Professor at the Institute for Contemporary British History at King's College London
- Robert Bolton, Clergyman and academic
- The Rt. Hon. George Bowen, British author and colonial administrator
- Gerard Baldwin Brown, Art historian
- Peter Brunt, Ancient historian at Oxford University.
- Arthur Chandler, Bishop of Bloemfontein, Chaplin
- Ralph Churton, Churchman
- Richard Cooper, Professor of French at the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, University of Oxford
- Jonathan Culler, Professor of English at Cornell University
- George Edmundson, Clergyman and academic historian
- Sos Eltis, Fellow and Tutor in English of Brasenose College, author
- Russell G. Foster, Professor of Circadian Neuroscience
- John Foxe, English historian and martyrologist
- John Freeman, Retired British politician, diplomat and broadcaster
- James Garbett, Archdeacon of Chichester
- Reginald Halse, Archbishop of Brisbane
- Francis J. Haverfield, British historian and archaeologist
- Douglas Higgs, Researcher at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine at the University of Oxford
- Jonathan A. Jones, University lecturer in atomic and laser physics at Oxford University
- Kurt Josten, Curator of the Museum of the History of Science, Oxford
- Harry Judge, Senior Research Fellow at the Department of Education
Sir Otto Kahn-Freund
- Otto Kahn-Freund, Professor of comparative law, University of Oxford
- Nicholas Kurti, Physicist
- Falconer Madan, Librarian of the Bodleian Library
- Fergus Millar, British historian and Camden Professor of Ancient History
- Reginald Owen, Archbishop of New Zealand (1952—1960)
- Simon Palfrey, English Scholar at Oxford University
- Walter Pater, English essayist, critic of art and literature, and writer of fiction
- Henry Francis Pelham, English scholar and historian
- William Petty, English economist, scientist and philosopher.
- Edward Hayes Plumptre, English divine and scholar
- Leighton Durham Reynolds, British classicist and Emeritus Professor of Classical Languages and Literature
- Samuel Harvey Reynolds, divine
- Graham Richards, Head of Chemistry (1997-2006) at the University of Oxford
- Gareth Roberts, Welsh physicist
- Arthur William Rucker, Physicist
- Simon Schama, British historian and art historian
- Robert Shackleton, English French language philologist and librarian.
- Peter J. N. Sinclair, Professor in Economics at the University of Birmingham
- Richard V. Southwell, British mathematician
- Ronald Syme, Historian and classicist
- D. R. Thorpe, Biographer of three British Prime Ministers
- John Wain, Former Professor of Poetry, Oxford
- Thomas Humphry Ward, English author and journalist
- Geoffrey Warnock, philosopher and Vice-Chancellor
- Lawrence Washington, English rector
- Francis Willis, Physician and clergyman
- The Rt. Rev. John Wordsworth, English prelate.
Principals
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Samuel Radcliffe served as Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford for a time.
- Thomas Barker
- Thomas Blanchard
- Alan Bowman, Camden Professor of Ancient History and Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford. (2011-)
- Roger Cashmore, Chair of the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority (2002–2011)
- William Cleaver, Churchman and academic, Principal (1785–1809)
- Ashurst Gilbert, (1822–1842)
- Daniel Greenwood, (1648–1660)
- Noel Frederick Hall, (1960-1973)
- Richard Harris (1573/4–1595)
- Herbert Hart, (1973–1978)
- Charles Buller Heberden, (1889–1920)
- David Hennessy, 3rd Baron Windlesham, (1989–2002)
- Frodsham Hodson, (1809–1822)
- Hugh Last, (1948-1956)
- Hugh Macilwain
- John Meare, (1681–1710)
- Barry Nicholas, British Professor of Law, Principal (1978-1989)
- Alexander Nowell, Anglican Puritan theologian and clergyman (1595–1596)
- Maurice Platnauer
- Samuel Radcliffe
- Charles Henry Sampson
- Robert Shippen, (1710–1745)
- Thomas Singleton
- Matthew Smyth, first Principal of Brasenose [3]
- William Stallybrass, (1936–1948)
- Albert Watson
- Thomas Yate
Honorary Fellows
- Donald Acheson, Chief Medical Officer of the United Kingdom (1983—1991).
- Kate Allen, Director of Amnesty International UK (AIUK)
- George Baker, President of the Family Division (formerly of the Probate, Divorce and Admiralty Division) of the High Court of Justice
- John Brademas, Greek American politician and educator
- The Rt. Hon. David Cameron, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
- The Rt. Hon. John Gorton, Prime Minister of Australia
- Erwin Hahn, American physicist, Wolf Prize in Physics (1983/4)
- Robin Janvrin, Baron Janvrin, Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth II (February 1999 to September 2007)
- Michelle D. Johnson, Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force and Superintendent of the United States Air Force Academy.
- John Mortimer, English barrister, dramatist, screenwriter and author
- Michael Palin, Comedian, actor, writer and television presenter
- Leslie Scarman, Baron Scarman
- Francis James Wylie, first Warden of Rhodes House
Other persons associated with Brasenose
References
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- ↑ Encyclopaedia Britannica:William Smyth, 1911 ed., accessed 29 August 2007
