List of members of Peterhouse, Cambridge

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This is a list of notable members of Peterhouse , a college of the University of Cambridge, England. It includes alumni, fellows and Masters of the college.

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Alumni

Public servants

Academics, artists, writers

Scientists and inventors

NameBirthDeathCareer
Tom Askwith 19112001Permanent Secretary, Blue and Olympic oarsman
Richard Baker 19252019Newsreader
Charles Babbage 17911871Inventor; his analytical engine anticipated the modern computer
Augustus Theodore Bartholomew 18821933Cambridge librarian
William Brewster 15661644Colonial leader and preacher
G. B. Caird 19171984Biblical scholar and churchman
Thomas Campion 15671620Composer and poet
Steph Cook 1972Gold medal Olympian in pentathlon
Richard Crashaw 16131649Poet
Richard Eyre 1943Film and theatre director
Robert Foley 1949Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies at the University of Cambridge
Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton 17351811British Prime Minister
Colin Charles Greenwood 1969Bass player of Radiohead
Syed Mohammed Hadi 18991971Olympic athlete
Erich Heller 19111990British essayist
Sir Christopher Heydon 15611623English soldier and writer on astrology
Michael Howard 1941Former leader of the Conservative Party
Hugh Latimer 14851555Religious reformer and Protestant martyr
Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough 17501818Lord Chief Justice
James Mason 19091984Actor
James Clerk Maxwell 18311879Physicist
Dan Mazer 1971Comic writer
Damian McBride 1974Former Special Adviser to Gordon Brown
Chris Mead 19402003Ornithologist
Sam Mendes 1965Film and stage director/producer
Christopher Meyer 1944Former British ambassador to the US
David Mitchell 1974Comedian
John Penry 15591593Religious writer and Protestant martyr
Michael Portillo 1953Former Conservative MP
Ed Smith 1977Cricketer and author
Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford 1946Author, Stern Review on climate change
Anthony St Leger 17321786Soldier, politician, Governor of Saint Lucia, founder of the St. Leger Stakes
Rory Sweetman 1991New Zealand historian
Vincent Watts 1940Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia (1997–2002)
Frank Whittle 19071996Developed jet propulsion
Peregrine Worsthorne 19232020Journalist

Fellows

NameBirthDeathCareer
Kingsley Amis 19221995Novelist
Herbert Butterfield 19001979Historian
Henry Cavendish 17311810Scientist
Christopher Cockerell 19101999Inventor of the hovercraft
Maurice Cowling 19262005Historian
Richard Crashaw 16131649Poet
James Dewar 18421923Scientist
Niall Ferguson 1964Historian
Thomas Gray 17161771Poet and Regius Professor of Modern History
Thomas Heywood 1570?1641Playwright and actor
George Joye 14951553Protestant Bible translator
Lord Kelvin 18241907Physicist
Aaron Klug 1926Nobel Prize Winner
Patrick Lynch 19172001Economist
Archer Martin 19102002Nobel Prize for developing partition chromatography
Fynes Moryson 15661630Travel author
Edward Norman 1938Theologian
Andrew Perne 15191589Dean of Ely
Max Perutz 19142002Nobel Prize for chemistry
Roger Scruton 19442020Philosopher
Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton 19142003Historian
Shallet Turner 1762Regius Professor of Modern History
John Whitgift 15301604Archbishop

Masters

For a list see Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge.

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References

  1. ↑ Halacy, Daniel Stephen (1970). Charles Babbage, Father of the Computer . Crowell-Collier Press. ISBN   0-02-741370-5.
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