List of University of Birmingham academics

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This is a list of notable academics related to the University of Birmingham and its predecessors, Mason Science College and Queen's College, Birmingham. This page includes those who work or have worked as lecturers, readers, professors, fellows, and researchers at Birmingham University. Administrators are included only in exceptional cases. Those who are/were academics of the university as well as alumni are included on the list of University of Birmingham alumni.

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Nobel Prize recipients

Nobel Prize winner Sir Norman Haworth Norman Haworth.jpg
Nobel Prize winner Sir Norman Haworth

Sir Paul Nurse 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology President of the Royal Society

Nobel Prize winner Sir Peter Medawar Peter Brian Medawar.jpg
Nobel Prize winner Sir Peter Medawar
Nobel Prize winner John Robert Schrieffer John Robert Schrieffer 1972.jpg
Nobel Prize winner John Robert Schrieffer
Sir Marcus Oliphant Sir Mark Oliphant.jpg
Sir Marcus Oliphant
NameYearPrizeAffiliationReference
Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood 1937 Nobel Peace Prize University Chancellor, 1918–1944 [1]
Sir Norman Haworth 1937 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Professor, 1925–1948 [2]
Sir Peter Medawar 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine Professor of Zoology, 1947–51 [3] [4]
John Robert Schrieffer 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics NSF Fellow at Birmingham University, 1957 [5]
David J. Thouless 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics Professor of Mathematical Physics, 1965-1978 [6]
John M. Kosterlitz 2016 Nobel Prize in Physics Fellow, 1970. Professor, 1974-1982 [6]
Fraser Stoddart 2016 Nobel Prize in Chemistry Head of the School of Chemistry, 1990-1997 [7]

Science, engineering and medicine

Biology

Chemistry

Engineering and computing

Geology

Mathematics and statistics

Medicine

Physics

Humanities, management and social sciences

Sir Willim Ashley Sir Willim Ashley.jpg
Sir Willim Ashley
Sir Edward Elgar Edward Elgar.jpg
Sir Edward Elgar
Lord King Mervyn King.jpg
Lord King
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Anthony Burgess
Sir Nikolaus Pevsner Nikolaus Pevsner.jpg
Sir Nikolaus Pevsner

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