Claus Adolf Moser,Baron Moser,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 that the thing that frightened him most in his life was when Maurice Kendall asked him to teach a course on analysis of variance at the LSE.
Sir Alastair Muir Russell is a Scottish retired civil servant and former Principal and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Glasgow,and Chairman of the Judicial Appointments Board for Scotland.
Sir Timothy Michael Martin O'Shea is a British computer scientist and academic. He was the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Edinburgh from 2002 to 2018.
Sir Robert Lewis Fullarton Boyd was a pioneer of British space science and founding director of the Mullard Space Science Laboratory.
Sir Martyn Poliakoff is a British chemist,working on gaining insights into fundamental chemistry,and on developing environmentally acceptable processes and materials. The core themes of his work are supercritical fluids,infrared spectroscopy and lasers. He is a research professor in chemistry at the University of Nottingham. His group comprises several members of staff,postdoctoral research fellows,postgraduate students and overseas visitors. As well as carrying out research at the University of Nottingham,he is a lecturer,teaching a number of modules including green chemistry.
Professor Anthony Cohen,CBE,FRSE is a British social anthropologist and served as Principal of Edinburgh’s Queen Margaret University.
Sir Edmund Langley Hirst CBE FRS FRSE,was a British chemist.
Sir Leslie Colin Ebdon CBE DL is the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Bedfordshire and Director of Fair Access to Higher Education.
Sir Vito Antonio Muscatelli is the Principal of the University of Glasgow and one of the United Kingdom's top economists.
John Stuart Archer was Vice-Chancellor and Principal of Heriot-Watt University from 1997 to 2006.
Sir Alistair George James MacFarlane was a Scottish electrical engineer and leading academic who served as Principal and Vice Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University,Edinburgh,and Rector,University of the Highlands and Islands.
Prof Charles Kemball CBE PRSE FRS FRSC FRIC was a Scottish chemist who served as President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh (1988–91) and as President of the Royal Institute of Chemistry (1974-6). He pioneered the use of mass spectrometry. and was a leading expert in heterogeneous catalysis.
Lesley Jane Yellowlees,is a British inorganic chemist conducting research in Spectroelectrochemistry,Electron transfer reactions and Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) Spectroscopy. Yellowlees was also elected as the president of the Royal Society of Chemistry 2012–14 and was the first woman to hold that role.
Dr Robert Allan Smith CBE FRS PRSE was a Scottish mathematician and physicist.
Evelyn Algernon Valentine Ebsworth,was a British chemist and academic. He was the Crum Brown Professor of Chemistry at the University of Edinburgh from 1967 to 1990,and Vice-Chancellor and Warden of Durham University from 1990 to 1998.
Prof George Murray Burnett FRSE FRSA FRIC LLD (1921–1980) was a Scottish mathematician and chemist. He served as both Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Heriot-Watt University from 1974 until 1980. He is largely remembered for his work on polymer reactions.
Prof Neil Campbell FRSE FRSC OBE was a Scottish chemist and amateur athlete. He served as Vice President of the Royal Society of Edinburgh from 1972 to 1975. He was associated with the University of Edinburgh for 74 years of his life.
Sir Harry Work Melville,was a British chemist,academic,and academic administrator,who specialised in polymer research. He spent his early career in academia as a lecturer and researcher,before moving into administration as a civil servant and university college head.
Prof Hugh Bryan Nisbet FRIC FRSE CBE DLit (1902–1969) was a Scottish chemist who served as the first Principal of Heriot-Watt University. He had a specialist knowledge of petroleum.
John Douglas Perkins is a retired academic,engineering scientist and government adviser. He held professorships at Imperial College London and the University of Sydney,served as President of the Institution of Chemical Engineers and was Chief Scientific Adviser to the Department for Business,Innovation and Skills.
