100 Notable alumni of
Durham University
Durham University is 174th in the world, 55th in Europe, and 13th in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from Durham University sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Charlotte Riley
- Occupations
- actorplaywrightwriterstage actorfilm actor
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Charlotte Frances Riley is an English actress. She is known for her roles as Sarah Hurst in Easy Virtue (2008) and as Catherine Earnshaw in ITV's adaptation of Wuthering Heights (2009).
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Timothy Laurence
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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Vice Admiral Sir Timothy James Hamilton Laurence, KCVO, CB, ADC is a retired Royal Navy officer and the second husband of Princess Anne, the only daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip. Laurence was equerry to the Queen from 1986 to 1989.
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Gabby Logan
- Occupations
- radio personalityrhythmic gymnasttelevision presentersports commentator
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Gabrielle Nicole Logan is a British presenter and a former international rhythmic gymnast. She hosted Final Score for BBC Sport from 2009 until 2013. She has also presented a variety of live sports events for the BBC, including a revived episode of Superstars in December 2012 and the London Marathon since 2015. Since 2013, she has co-hosted Sports Personality of the Year for the BBC and she presented the second series of The Edge in 2015.
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Graham Hancock
- Occupations
- writerjournalist
- Biography
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Graham Bruce Hancock is a British writer and journalist. He promotes pseudoscientific theories involving ancient civilizations, Earth changes, stone monuments or megaliths, altered states of consciousness, ancient myths, and astronomical or astrological data from the past.
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Justin Welby
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- Anglican priestbusinesspersonmerchantpoliticiantheologian
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Justin Portal Welby is a British bishop. He is currently the 105th Archbishop of Canterbury and the most senior bishop in the Church of England. He has served in that role since 2013. Welby was previously the vicar of Southam, Warwickshire, and then Bishop of Durham, serving for just over a year. Ex officio, he is the Primate of All England and the symbolic head primus inter pares of the worldwide Anglican Communion.
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Nasser Hussain
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- cricketerautobiographer
- Biography
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Nasser Hussain is a British cricket commentator and former cricketer who captained the England cricket team between 1999 and 2003, with his overall international career extending from 1990 to 2004. A pugnacious right-handed batsman, Hussain scored over 30,000 runs from more than 650 matches across all first-class and List-A cricket, including 62 centuries. His highest Test score of 207, scored in the first Test of the 1997 Ashes at Edgbaston, was described by Wisden as "touched by genius". He played 96 Test matches and 88 One Day International games in total. In Tests he scored 5,764 runs, and he took 67 catches, fielding predominantly in the second slip and gully.
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Sultan bin Mohamed Al-Qasimi
- Occupations
- autobiographeremir
- Biography
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Sultan bin Muhammad Al-Qasimi, also known as Sheikh Sultan III, is the sovereign ruler of the Emirate of Sharjah and a member of the Federal Supreme Council of the United Arab Emirates. He has ruled Sharjah continuously since January 1972, apart from a six-day period in June 1987, during an attempted coup led by his elder brother Sheikh Abdulaziz bin Mohammed Al-Qasimi.
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Robert Swan
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- explorer
- Biography
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Robert Charles Swan, OBE, FRGS is the first person to walk to both Poles.
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Jonathan Edwards
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- broadcasterathletics competitortelevision presenter
- Biography
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Jonathan David Edwards, is a British former triple jumper. He is an Olympic, World, European and Commonwealth champion, and has held the world record in the event since 1995.
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Jeremy Vine
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- radio personalitytelevision presenterjournalist
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Jeremy Guy Vine is an English presenter, broadcaster and journalist. He is best known as the host of his BBC Radio 2 lunchtime programme which presents news, views, interviews with live guests and popular music, taking over from long time host Sir Jimmy Young in 2003.
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Crispin Blunt
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Crispin Jeremy Rupert Blunt is a British Conservative Party politician. He has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Reigate since 1997, and from May 2010 to September 2012 he was the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Prisons and Youth Justice within the Ministry of Justice.
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Kate Silverton
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- television presenterjournalist
- Biography
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Kate Silverton is an English journalist. She formerly worked as a broadcaster and newsreader for the BBC. Generally a main presenter for the BBC, Silverton was seen regularly presenting the BBC News at One and BBC Weekend News, as well as making occasional appearances on the BBC News Channel and BBC World News. In 2018 she participated in the series 16 of BBC's Strictly Come Dancing, paired with professional dancer Aljaž Škorjanec finishing in 8th place.
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Justin Chancellor
- Occupations
- guitaristsongwriterbassist
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Justin Gunnar Walter Chancellor is an English musician best known as the bass player for progressive metal band Tool. He was also the bassist of the band Peach. After settling in the US, along with his engagement in his musical projects, he and his wife Shelee Dykman Chancellor ran a store called Lobal Orning in Topanga, California, dedicated to music and literature "that shaped and changed" both of them. The store closed in 2008. He started M.T.Void music project with Piotr "Glaca" Mohammed from Sweet Noise.
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Andrew Strauss
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- cricketerautobiographer
- Biography
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Sir Andrew John Strauss is an English cricket administrator and former player, formerly the Director of Cricket for the England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB). He played county cricket for Middlesex, and captained the England national team in all formats of the game. A fluent left-handed opening batsman, Strauss favoured scoring off the back foot, mostly playing cut and pull shots. He was also known for his fielding strength at slip or in the covers.
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George Alagiah
- Occupations
- television presenterjournalist
- Biography
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George Maxwell Alagiah is a British newsreader, journalist and television news presenter.
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David Pawson
- Enrolled in Durham University
- Studied agriculture
- Occupations
- writerchaplainChristian minister
- Biography
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John David Pawson was an evangelical minister, writer and prominent Bible teacher based in the United Kingdom.
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Graham Brady
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sir Graham Stuart Brady is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Altrincham and Sale West since 1997. A member of the Conservative Party, he has been Chairman of the 1922 Committee since 2020, previously holding the position from 2010 to 2019.
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Kim Darroch
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Nigel Kim Darroch, Baron Darroch of Kew, is a former British diplomat. He served as the British Ambassador to the United States between January 2016 and December 2019, and previously as National Security Adviser and UK Permanent Representative to the European Union.
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Tom Rosenthal
- Occupations
- singerpianistsinger-songwritercomposer
- Biography
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Tom Rosenthal is an English singer-songwriter and composer. His music has been described as "short, expertly crafted pop songs".
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Robert Buckland
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sir Robert James Buckland is a Welsh Conservative Party politician and barrister who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Swindon since 2010.
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Richard Lintern
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- film actoractorstage actortelevision actor
- Biography
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Richard Charles Lintern is an English stage, voice and screen actor.
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M. A. Wazed Miah
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- physicistauthorwriternuclear physicist
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M. A. Wazed Miah was a Bangladeshi physicist and the writer of a number of texts in physics and some political history books, a former Chairman of the Bangladesh Atomic Energy Commission and husband of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.
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Faisal bin Mishaal bin Saud bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
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- politicianwriter
- Biography
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Faisal bin Mishaal Al Saud is a Saudi Arabian politician and writer who has served as the governor of Al-Qassim Region since 29 January 2015. He is the eldest son of Prince Mishaal bin Saud Al Saud, a grandson of King Saud and a great-grandson of King Abdulaziz.
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James Holland
- Occupations
- television presenterwriter
- Biography
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James Holland is an English author and broadcaster who specializes in the history of World War II.
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Will Greenwood
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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William John Heaton Greenwood, MBE is an English former rugby union player who played for Leicester Tigers and Harlequins and was a member of England's 2003 World Cup-winning team and the 1997 British & Irish Lions. He played in the centre, mainly as an inside centre.
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Pat Barker
- Occupations
- screenwriternovelisthistorianwriter
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Patricia Mary W. Barker, CBE, FRSL is an English writer and novelist. She has won many awards for her fiction, which centres on themes of memory, trauma, survival and recovery. Her work is described as direct, blunt and plainspoken. In 2012, The Observer named the Regeneration Trilogy as one of "The 10 best historical novels".
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Emmanuel de Mérode
- Occupations
- primatologistanthropologist
- Biography
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Prince Emmanuel de Merode is a conservationist and anthropologist. He has been the director of Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since 2008.
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Harold Evans
- Occupations
- historianjournalist
- Biography
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Sir Harold Matthew Evans was a British-American journalist and writer. In his career in his native Britain, he was editor of The Sunday Times from 1967 to 1981, and its sister title The Times for a year from 1981, before being forced out of the latter post by Rupert Murdoch. He was best known for his campaign at The Sunday Times seeking compensation for mothers who had taken the morning sickness drug thalidomide, which led to their children having severely deformed limbs.
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Steven Marshall
- Enrolled in Durham University
- Graduated with Master of Business Administration
- Occupations
- businesspersonbusiness executivepolitician
- Biography
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Steven Spence Marshall is an Australian politician who served as the 46th premier of South Australia between 2018 and 2022. He has been a member of the South Australian Division of the Liberal Party of Australia in the South Australian House of Assembly since 2010, representing the electorate of Dunstan (known as Norwood before 2014).
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Nick Compton
- Occupations
- cricketer
- Biography
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Nicholas Richard Denis Compton is a South African-born English former Test and first-class cricketer who most recently played for Middlesex County Cricket Club. The grandson of Denis Compton, he represented England in 16 Test matches.
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Maszlee Malik
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dr. Maszlee bin Malik is a Malaysian politician who served as the Minister of Education in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from May 2018 to his resignation in January 2020. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Simpang Renggam since May 2018. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH opposition coalition. He was previously an independent after leaving the Homeland Fighters' Party (PEJUANG) and after his Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) membership had been terminated.
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Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem
- Enrolled in Durham University
- Graduated with master's degree in theology
- Occupations
- Christian ministerpriest
- Biography
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Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem is the current Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem. He is styled "Patriarch of the Holy City of Jerusalem and all Palestine and Israel."
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Minette Walters
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- writernovelistjournalist
- Biography
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Minette Caroline Mary Walters DL is an English crime writer.
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Jonathan Ashworth
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jonathan Michael Graham Ashworth is a British politician serving as Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions since 2021. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, he has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Leicester South since 2011.
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Tom Harwood
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Thomas Hedley Fairfax Harwood is a British journalist and political commentator. He is the political correspondent for GB News. He previously worked for the right-wing political news website Guido Fawkes between 2018 and 2021, and was a regular contributor to The Daily Telegraph, writing online columns from 2019 to 2021.
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Ramadan Shalah
- Enrolled in Durham University
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy in economics
- Occupations
- politicianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Ramadan Abdullah Mohammed Shalah was the leader of Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) between 27 October 1995 and 2018.
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Edward Leigh
- Occupations
- barristerpolitician
- Biography
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Sir Edward Julian Egerton Leigh is a British Conservative Party politician who has served as a Member of Parliament (MP) since 1983.
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Tim Willcox
- Occupations
- essayistjournalistnews presenterwriter
- Biography
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Timothy Melton Willcox is a British journalist for BBC News. He presents news programmes on BBC World News and the BBC News Channel. He is probably most recognisable for presenting the BBC's live coverage from Chile during events surrounding the Copiapó mining accident and anchoring the BBC's live daytime coverage during the early days of the Cairo January 2011 Egyptian revolution.
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Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt
- Occupations
- military officer
- Biography
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General Francis Richard Dannatt, Baron Dannatt, GCB, CBE, MC, DL is a retired senior British Army officer and member of the House of Lords. He was Chief of the General Staff (head of the Army) from 2006 to 2009.
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Sadegh Kharazi
- Occupations
- politiciandiplomatjournalist
- Biography
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Sayyid Mohammad Sadeq Kharazi is a former Iranian diplomat and advisor to Iran's former President Khatami.
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Heidi Alexander
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Heidi Alexander is a British politician who most recently was the Deputy Mayor of London for Transport under Sadiq Khan and Deputy Chair of Transport for London, a position she held until 2022. A member of the Labour Party, she served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lewisham East from the 2010 general election, resigning in May 2018 to join the mayoral team. She was appointed Shadow Secretary of State for Health on 13 September 2015, but resigned from the shadow cabinet on 26 June 2016.
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Mary Midgley
- Enrolled in Durham University
- In 1995 graduated with Doctor of Letters
- Occupations
- university teacherphilosopherauthorwriter
- Biography
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Mary Beatrice Midgley was a British philosopher. A senior lecturer in philosophy at Newcastle University, she was known for her work on science, ethics and animal rights. She wrote her first book, Beast And Man (1978), when she was in her fifties, and went on to write over 15 more, including Animals and Why They Matter (1983), Wickedness (1984), The Ethical Primate (1994), Evolution as a Religion (1985), and Science as Salvation (1992). She was awarded honorary doctorates by Durham and Newcastle universities. Her autobiography, The Owl of Minerva, was published in 2005.
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Nick Gibb
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Nicolas John Gibb is a British politician who served as Minister of State for School Standards from 2010 to 2012 and again from 2015 to 2021. He served at the Department for Education under Conservative Prime Ministers David Cameron, Theresa May and Boris Johnson. A member of the Conservative Party, Gibb has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton since 1997.
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Matthew Amroliwala
- Occupations
- news presentertelevision presenterjournalist
- Biography
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Matthew Amroliwala is a British television newsreader, who presents Global with Matthew Amroliwala on BBC World News each weekday at 1500 hrs GMT. He has also been an occasional relief presenter of the BBC News at One on BBC One. He also presented Crimewatch alongside Kirsty Young from January 2008 until March 2015.
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Nigel Phillips
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- politicianaircraft pilot
- Biography
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Air Commodore Nigel James Phillips, is a British diplomat, former Royal Air Force officer and the current Governor of the Falkland Islands and Commissioner of the South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.
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Malcolm Sargent
- Occupations
- choir directormusic pedagogueconductorpipe organ
- Biography
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Sir Harold Malcolm Watts Sargent was an English conductor, organist and composer widely regarded as Britain's leading conductor of choral works. The musical ensembles with which he was associated included the Ballets Russes, the Huddersfield Choral Society, the Royal Choral Society, the D'Oyly Carte Opera Company, and the London Philharmonic, Hallé, Liverpool Philharmonic, BBC Symphony and Royal Philharmonic orchestras. Sargent was held in high esteem by choirs and instrumental soloists, but because of his high standards and a statement that he made in a 1936 interview disputing musicians' rights to tenure, his relationship with orchestral players was often uneasy. Despite this, he was co-founder of the London Philharmonic, was the first conductor of the Liverpool Philharmonic as a full-time ensemble, and played an important part in saving the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra from disbandment in the 1960s.
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Elsie Tu
- Enrolled in Durham University
- 1933-1937 graduated with Bachelor of Arts in arts and history
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Elsie Tu, known as Elsie Elliott in her earlier life, was an English-born Hong Kong social activist, elected member of the Urban Council of Hong Kong from 1963 to 1995, and member of the Legislative Council of Hong Kong from 1988 to 1995.
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Helen Grace
- Occupations
- actor
- Biography
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Helen Grace is an English actress. She played the incestuous Georgia Simpson on the Channel 4 soap Brookside.
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Lucy Allan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lucy Elizabeth Allan is a Conservative Party British politician, who is the Member of Parliament (MP) for Telford, and a family rights campaigner. She was a member of Wandsworth London Borough Council from 2006 to 2012. She was elected at the 2015 general election as the first Conservative MP as well as the first female MP to represent the Telford constituency, and was re-elected in 2017, with a majority of 720 votes or 1.6% and again in 2019, with an increased majority of 25.5%.
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Tim Smit
- Occupations
- horticulturistprehistorianarchaeologist
- Biography
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Sir Timothy Bartel Smit KBE is a Dutch-born British businessman, famous for his work on the Lost Gardens of Heligan, the Eden Project, and the Charlestown Shipwreck & Treasure Centre, all in Cornwall, England.
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Edward Timpson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Anthony Edward Timpson is a British Conservative Party politician who was elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Eddisbury in Cheshire at the 2019 general election.
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Alan Walker
- Occupations
- professormusic historianmusicologistbiographer
- Biography
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Alan Walker, FRSC is an English-Canadian musicologist and university professor best known as a biographer and scholar of composer Franz Liszt. Other topics Walker has engaged in are writings on composers Robert Schumann and Frédéric Chopin, as well as conductor Hans von Bülow. He has held posts at a variety of institutions, including the Guildhall School of Music, the University of London, McMaster University and City, University of London.
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Michelle Simmons
- Enrolled in Durham University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Science in chemistry and physics
- Occupations
- quantum physicistcomputer scientist
- Biography
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Michelle Yvonne Simmons, is a Scientia Professor of Quantum Physics in the Faculty of Science at the University of New South Wales and has twice been an Australian Research Council Federation Fellow and is an Australian Research Council Laureate Fellow. She is the Director of the Australian Research Council Centre of Excellence for Quantum Computation & Communication Technology and is recognised internationally as the creator of the field of atomic electronics. She was the inaugural editor-in-chief of npj Quantum Information, an academic journal publishing articles in the emerging field of quantum information science. On 25 January 2018, Simmons was named as the 2018 Australian of the Year for her work and dedication to quantum information science. On 10 June 2019, Simmons was appointed an Officer of the Order of Australia (AO) in the 2019 Queen's Birthday Honours in recognition of her "distinguished service to science education as a leader in quantum and atomic electronics and as a role model."
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Frank Tyson
- Occupations
- journalistteachersports commentatorcricketercoach
- Biography
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Frank Holmes Tyson was an England international cricketer of the 1950s, who also worked as a schoolmaster, journalist, cricket coach and cricket commentator after emigrating to Australia in 1960. Nicknamed "Typhoon Tyson" by the press, he was regarded by many commentators as one of the fastest bowlers ever seen in cricket and took 76 wickets (18.56) in 17 Test matches. Tyson has the seventh-lowest bowling average in Test cricket for bowlers who have taken 75 wickets, and no bowler since Tyson has taken more than 20 wickets at a lower average. In 2007 a panel of judges declared him Wisden Leading Cricketer in the World for 1955 due to his outstanding tour of Australia in 1954–55 where his 28 wickets (20.82) was instrumental in retaining the Ashes. Tyson coached Victoria to two Sheffield Shield victories and later coached the Sri Lankan national cricket team. He was a cricket commentator for 26 years on ABC and Channel Nine.
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Michael Knighton
- Occupations
- association football managerassociation football player
- Biography
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Michael Knighton is an English businessman, best known for his involvement in Manchester United and Carlisle United football clubs. Knighton first came to prominence in 1989 for his aborted £20 million bid to buy Manchester United, which resulted in him taking a seat on the club's board.
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Jackie Doyle-Price
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jacqueline Doyle-Price is a British Conservative Party politician and former civil servant. She was first elected as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Thurrock in the 2010 general election.
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Emma Lewell-Buck
- Occupations
- politiciansocial worker
- Biography
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Emma Louise Lewell-Buck is a Labour Party politician, who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for South Shields since winning a by-election in 2013. She is South Shields’s first female MP.
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John B
- Occupations
- record producerdisc jockey
- Biography
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John Bryn Williams, known as John B, is an English disc jockey and electronic music producer. He is widely recognised for his eccentric clothing and wild hair and his production of several cutting edge drum and bass tracks.
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Charlie Hodgson
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Charles Christopher Hodgson is a retired English rugby union player, having previously been a player for Sale Sharks and Saracens. His position was fly-half and he is the leading Premiership points scorer of all time. Hodgson also played for England, until announcing his international retirement in 2012. Hodgson made 18 consecutive starts at fly half for England between 2004 and 2006.
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Alastair Fothergill
- Occupations
- television producerfilm producerfilm director
- Biography
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Alastair David William Fothergill is a British producer of nature documentaries for television and cinema. He is the series producer of the series The Blue Planet (2001), Planet Earth (2006) and the co-director of the associated feature films Deep Blue and Earth.
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Giles Ji Ungpakorn
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 70)
- Occupations
- historian
- Biography
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Giles Ji Ungpakorn is a Thai-British academic and Marxist political activist. He formerly worked as an associate professor on the Faculty of Political Science, Chulalongkorn University, before he fled to the United Kingdom in 2009 after facing a lèse majesté charge in Thailand.
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Phil de Glanville
- Occupations
- rugby union playerphysician
- Biography
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Philip Ranulph de Glanville is a former English rugby union player who played at centre for Bath and England.
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Thomas Woodcock
- Occupations
- politicianarchaeologistgenealogist
- Biography
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Sir Thomas Woodcock, former Garter Principal King of Arms, is a former member of the Royal Household and the senior herald and genealogist at the College of Arms in London.
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Ben Howlett
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Benjamin John Howlett is an English Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bath between the 2015 and 2017 general elections.
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Matt Warman
- Occupations
- politicianjournalist
- Biography
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Matthew Robert Warman is a British Conservative Party politician and former journalist. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Boston and Skegness since May 2015 and was appointed an Assistant Government Whip on 23 April 2019.
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Martyn Percy
- Years
- 1962-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- clergyman
- Biography
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Martyn William Percy is a British Anglican priest and theologian. He served as Dean of Christ Church, Oxford, from 2014 to 2022; and as the principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford, from 2004 to 2014.
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Peter Watson
- Occupations
- authorart historianjournalisthistorianwriter
- Biography
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Peter Frank Patrick Watson is a British intellectual historian and former journalist, now perhaps best known for his work in the history of ideas. His journalistic work includes detailed investigations of auction houses and the international market in stolen antiquities.
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Tim Radford
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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General Sir Timothy Buchan Radford, KCB, DSO, OBE is a British Army officer who has served as Commander Allied Rapid Reaction Corps and as Deputy Commander Resolute Support Mission. He is currently Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe as of April 2020.
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Anwar Choudhury
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Anwar Bakht Choudhury is a British diplomat of Bangladeshi origin, who is currently Director for Consular Strategy. He was Governor of the Cayman Islands until he was recalled in June 2018 after less than three months in post. Prior to that, he was British Ambassador to Peru, Director of International Institutions at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office and High Commissioner to Bangladesh.
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Rod Clements
- Occupations
- songwritermandolinist
- Biography
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Roderick Parry Clements is a British guitarist, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He formed the folk-rock band Lindisfarne with Alan Hull in 1970, and wrote "Meet Me on the Corner", a UK Top 5 hit in March 1972, which won Clements an Ivor Novello Award. Lindisfarne broke up in 1973 and Clements became a founding member of Jack the Lad, also working with Ralph McTell and Bert Jansch. Lindisfarne reformed in 1977 and Clements continued to be part of the line-up until 2003. Rod rejoined Lindisfarne in 2015 and is currently touring and performing with the band.
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Chris Terrill
- Occupations
- writertelevision producerwar correspondentfilm directorfilm producer
- Biography
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Chris Terrill is a British anthropologist, adventurer, broadcaster, author and filmmaker.
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John Hall
- Occupations
- Anglican priestparson
- Biography
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John Robert Hall is a retired English priest of the Church of England. He was the Dean of Westminster and a chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II.
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Ben Witherington III
- Occupations
- theologianuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Ben Witherington III is an American Wesleyan-Arminian New Testament scholar. Witherington is Professor of New Testament Interpretation at Asbury Theological Seminary a seminary in Wilmore, Kentucky, and an ordained pastor in the United Methodist Church.
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David Sproxton
- Enrolled in Durham University
- Studied in 1976
- Occupations
- animatorfilm producercinematographerfilm director
- Biography
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David Sproxton, is one of the co-founders, with Peter Lord, of the Aardman Animations studio. Sproxton was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE) on 17 June 2006.
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James Foster
- Occupations
- cricketer
- Biography
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James Savin Foster is an English cricket coach and former cricketer. A wicket-keeper who played seven Tests and 11 One Day Internationals in 2001–02 and 2002–03.
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Ulorin Vex
- Occupations
- modelillustrator
- Biography
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Ulorin Vex is the stage name of Christiane Shillito, an alternative model and artist from Newcastle upon Tyne, England. She lives in Los Angeles, California. Her extensive list of credits include dozens of magazine features and covers, ad campaigns, billboards, and spans all genres from fashion to fetish and art nudes. She's also known for her dynamic and exaggerated posing
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David Steel
- Years
- 1961-.. (age 62)
- Occupations
- naval officer
- Biography
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Vice Admiral Sir David George Steel, KBE, DL is a retired senior Royal Navy officer who served as Second Sea Lord between 2012 and 2015. He assumed the office of Governor of Gibraltar on 11 June 2020.
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Jill Black
- Years
- 1954-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- judge
- Biography
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Jill Margaret Black, Lady Black of Derwent, DBE, PC is a former Justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom.
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Malcolm Guite
- Occupations
- poetsinger-songwritersongwriterAnglican priest
- Biography
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Ayodeji Malcolm Guite is an English poet, singer-songwriter, Anglican priest, and academic. Born in Nigeria to British expatriate parents, Guite earned degrees from Cambridge and Durham universities. His research interests include the intersection of religion and the arts, and the examination of the works of J. R. R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, and British poets such as Samuel Taylor Coleridge. He was a Bye-Fellow and chaplain of Girton College, Cambridge and associate chaplain of St Edward King and Martyr in Cambridge. On several occasions, he has taught as visiting faculty at several colleges and universities in England and North America.
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Ed Mitchell
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 70)
- Occupations
- television presenterjournalist
- Biography
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Edward Frederick Mitchell is a British former television presenter, business journalist and newsreader, best known for his work with ITN. Mitchell was educated at Worthing High School for Boys and Durham University. He also worked for Reuters, BBC News, Channel 4 News, European Business Channel, Asia Business News, European Business News and CNBC Europe in the 1990s until he was made redundant from CNBC in 2000.
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Aryo Djojohadikusumo
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Aryo Puspito Setyaki Djojohadikusumo is an Indonesian politician of Gerindra party who is a member of the People's Representative Council.
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Francis Jackson
- Occupations
- organistcomposer
- Biography
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Francis Alan Jackson was a British organist and composer who served as Director of Music at York Minster for 36 years, from 1946 to 1982.
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John Pugh
- Occupations
- politicianteacher
- Biography
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John David Pugh is a Liberal Democrat politician in the United Kingdom. He was the Member of Parliament for Southport from 2001 to 2017. He stood down at the 2017 snap election. In November 2017, he was elected to Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council as a councillor for Duke's Ward.
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Richard Nugee
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Lieutenant General Richard Edward Nugee, CB, CVO, CBE is a retired senior British Army officer. He served in several senior roles including Defence Services Secretary (2015–2016) and Chief of Defence People (2016–2020), before ending his career leading a review into climate change policy in the Ministry of Defence between March 2020 and May 2021.
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Earl Pomeroy
- Enrolled in Durham University
- Studied in 1975-1976
- Occupations
- lobbyistlawyerpolitician
- Biography
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Earl Ralph Pomeroy III is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. representative for North Dakota's at-large congressional district from 1993 to 2011. He is a member of the North Dakota Democratic-NPL Party. He currently serves as Senior Counsel for the Washington, D.C. branch of Alston & Bird.
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Desra Percaya
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Dr Desra Percaya, is an Indonesian diplomat who, since 2020, serves as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Indonesia to the United Kingdom, accredited to Ireland and the International Maritime Organization.
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David Anderson
- Occupations
- politiciantrade unionist
- Biography
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David Anderson is a British politician who served as Shadow Secretary of State for Northern Ireland and Shadow Secretary of State for Scotland from 2016 to 2017. A member of the Labour Party, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Blaydon from 2005 to 2017.
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Paul Madden
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Paul Damian Madden is a retired British diplomat, who was High Commissioner to Singapore and to Australia, and Ambassador to Japan between 2017 and 2021.
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George Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle
- Occupations
- illustratoraristocratpainterpolitician
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George James Howard, 9th Earl of Carlisle, known as George Howard until 1889, was an English aristocrat, peer, politician, and painter. He was the last Earl of Carlisle to own Castle Howard.
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Herbert Laming, Baron Laming
- Occupations
- politiciansocial worker
- Biography
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William Herbert Laming, Baron Laming, CBE, PC is a British social worker and member of the House of Lords. He served as Convenor of the Crossbench Peers from 2011 to 2015 and as Chairman of Committees from 2015 to 2016.
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Thomas Horrocks Openshaw
- Occupations
- military physician
- Biography
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Thomas Horrocks Openshaw was an English Victorian and Edwardian era surgeon perhaps best known for his brief involvement in the notorious Jack the Ripper murders of 1888.
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Iain Murray
- Occupations
- pastorwriter
- Biography
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Iain Hamish Murray is a British pastor and author who co-founded the Reformed publishing house, the Banner of Truth Trust.
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Frederic Austin
- Occupations
- singerteacheropera singercomposer
- Biography
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Frederic William Austin was an English baritone singer, a musical teacher and composer in the period 1905–30. He is best remembered for his restoration and production of The Beggar's Opera by John Gay and Johann Christoph Pepusch, and its sequel, Polly, in 1920–23. Austin was the older brother of the composer Ernest Austin (1874–1947).
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Sally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Huyton
- Years
- 1959-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sally Morgan, Baroness Morgan of Huyton, is a British Labour Party politician, and Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge. She is the former Chair of Ofsted.
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Steven Croft
- Occupations
- Anglican priestcleric
- Biography
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Steven John Lindsey Croft is a Church of England bishop and theologian specialising in mission. He is the Bishop of Oxford since the confirmation of his election on 6 July 2016. He was the Bishop of Sheffield from 2008 until 2016; previously he was Archbishops’ Missioner and Team Leader of Fresh Expressions, a joint Church of England and Methodist initiative. He falls within the open evangelical tradition of Anglicanism.
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Monica Grady
- Enrolled in Durham University
- 1976-1979 graduated with Bachelor of Science in geology and chemistry
- Occupations
- space scientistuniversity teacherresearcherearth scientist
- Biography
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Monica Mary Grady, CBE, is a leading British space scientist, primarily known for her work on meteorites. She is currently Professor of Planetary and Space Science at the Open University and is also the Chancellor of Liverpool Hope University.
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John Joubert
- Occupations
- composer
- Biography
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John Pierre Herman Joubert was a British composer of South African birth, particularly of choral works. He lived in Moseley, a suburb of Birmingham, England, for over 50 years. A music academic in the universities of Hull and Birmingham for 36 years, Joubert took early retirement in 1986 to concentrate on composing and remained active into his eighties. Though perhaps best known for his choral music, particularly the carols Torches and There is No Rose of Such Virtue and the anthem O Lorde, the Maker of Al Thing, Joubert composed over 160 works including three symphonies, four concertos and seven operas.
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Dianne Hayter, Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dianne Hayter, Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town is a British politician serving as a Member of the House of Lords since 2010. A member of the Labour and Co-operative Party, she was Shadow Deputy Leader of the House of Lords from 2017 to 2021.
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Oliver Eden, 8th Baron Henley
- Years
- 1953-.. (age 70)
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Oliver Michael Robert Eden, 8th Baron Henley, 6th Baron Northington PC, is a British hereditary peer and politician, who is a Conservative member of the House of Lords. He has served in a number of ministerial positions in the governments of Margaret Thatcher, John Major, David Cameron and Theresa May, most recently as Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
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Rebecca Smethurst
- Years
- 1990-.. (age 33)
- Enrolled in Durham University
- 2008-2012 graduated with Master of Physics
- Occupations
- YouTuberastrophysicist
- Biography
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Rebecca Smethurst is a British astrophysicist, author, and YouTuber who is a Junior Research Fellow at the University of Oxford. She was the recipient of the 2020 Caroline Herschel Prize Lectureship awarded by the Royal Astronomical Society as well as the 2020 Mary Somerville Medal and Prize awarded by the Institute of Physics. In 2022, she won the Royal Astronomical Society's Winton Award "for research by a post-doctoral fellow in Astronomy whose career has shown the most promising development". As a researcher, Smethurst studies the role that supermassive black holes play in inhibiting different types of galaxies from forming stars. She is a member of the Galaxy Zoo collaboration run by her doctoral advisor Chris Lintott. Smethurst hosts her own YouTube channel called Dr. Becky where she posts science communication videos related to astronomy research and amateur astronomy. She has also written a popular science book titled Space: 10 Things You Should Know.
