52 Notable alumni of
Keele University
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Keele University is 877th in the world, 308th in Europe, and 60th in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 52 notable alumni from Keele 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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Priti Patel
- Enrolled in Keele University
- Graduated with Bachelor of Arts in economics
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Dame Priti Sushil Patel is a British politician who served as Home Secretary from 2019 to 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, she was Secretary of State for International Development from 2016 to 2017. Patel has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Witham since 2010. She is ideologically on the right wing of the Conservative Party; she considers herself to be a Thatcherite and has attracted attention for her socially conservative stances.
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Ned Naoko
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Prince Chinedu Munir Nwoko popularly known as Ned Nwoko is a Nigerian lawyer, philanthropist and politician. He was a member of the House of Representatives between 1999 and 2003 representing Aniocha/Oshimili Federal Constituency, Delta State. In January 2020, he undertook a symbolic expedition to Antarctica to flag off a Malaria Eradication Project.
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Peter Moore
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Peter Moore is a British-American business executive. He is known for his former positions as senior VP of Global Sports Marketing at Reebok, president of Sega of America, and corporate vice-president of Microsoft's Interactive Entertainment Business division, overseeing the Xbox and Xbox 360 game consoles. From 2007 to 2011, he was head of Electronic Arts' EA Sports game division. In 2012, he was appointed COO of Electronic Arts. He resigned from EA in February 2017 to become CEO of Liverpool Football Club. It was announced in July 2020 that Moore would be leaving Liverpool at the end of August that year, having completed his three-year tenure with the club.
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Kojo Annan
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Kojo Adeyemo Annan is a Ghanaian-Nigerian businessman and son of the late former UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
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Clare Short
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Clare Short is a British politician who served as Secretary of State for International Development from 1997 to 2003.
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Michael Mansfield
- Years
- 1941-.. (age 83)
- Occupations
- barrister
- Biography
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Michael Mansfield is an English barrister and head of chambers at Nexus Chambers. He was recently described as "The king of human rights work" by The Legal 500 and as a leading Silk in civil liberties and human rights (including actions against the police).
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Jem Finer
- Occupations
- songwriterguitaristbanjoistartistentertainer
- Biography
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Jeremy Max Finer is an English musician, artist and composer. He was one of the founding members of The Pogues.
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Peter Lee Ka-kit
- Occupations
- politicianjustice of the peace
- Biography
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Dr Peter Lee Ka-kit, GBS, JP, is a businessman and philanthropist from Hong Kong. He is Chairman of Henderson Land, The Hong Kong and China Gas Company Limited and Towngas Smart Energy Company Limited, as well as Vice Chairman of Henderson Investment Limited. He is currently a Member of the Standing Committee of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and Vice Chairman of the 13th Executive Committee for the All-China Federation of Industry and Commerce.
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Stephen Benn, 3rd Viscount Stansgate
- Years
- 1951-.. (age 73)
- Occupations
- scientist
- Biography
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Stephen Michael Wedgwood Benn, 3rd Viscount Stansgate, is a British hereditary peer and Labour member of the House of Lords.
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Ash Regan
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Ashten Regan is a Scottish politician. She has been the Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Edinburgh Eastern since 2016. Initially elected to parliament for the Scottish National Party (SNP), she defected to the Alba Party. Regan served under First Minister Nicola Sturgeon as the minister for community safety from 2018 until she resigned in 2022 in protest against her government's Gender Recognition Reform bill.
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Stefan Oster
- Occupations
- Catholic priesttheologianuniversity teacherCatholic bishop
- Biography
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Stefan Oster S.D.B. is a German bishop of the Catholic Church who has served as the Bishop of Passau since 2014.
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Khaled al-Obaidi
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Khaled Yassin al-Obaidi is an Iraqi politician who served as the defense minister of Iraq from 2014 to 2016.
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Alun Michael
- Enrolled in Keele University
- Studied English literature and philosophy
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Alun Edward Michael is a Welsh Labour and Co-operative politician serving as South Wales Police and Crime Commissioner since 2012. He served as Secretary of State for Wales from 1998 to 1999 and then as the first First Secretary of Wales (later known as First Minister) and Leader of Welsh Labour from 1999 to 2000.
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Graeme Clark
- Occupations
- physicianinventor
- Biography
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Graeme Milbourne Clark is an Australian Professor of Otolaryngology at the University of Melbourne. Worked in ENT surgery, electronics and speech science contributed towards the development of the multiple-channel cochlear implant. His invention was later marketed by Cochlear Limited.
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John Taylor, Baron Taylor of Warwick
- Occupations
- barristerpolitician
- Biography
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John David Beckett Taylor, Baron Taylor of Warwick is a member of the House of Lords in the Parliament of the United Kingdom. His full title is "The Lord Taylor of Warwick". In 1996, at the age of 44, he became one of the youngest people in the upper house.
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Marina Lewycka
- Occupations
- novelistwriterteacher
- Biography
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Marina Lewycka is a British novelist of Ukrainian origin.
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Jack Brereton
- Occupations
- council memberpolitician
- Biography
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Jack Edgar Brereton is a British politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Stoke-on-Trent South constituency since the 2017 general election. A member of the Conservative Party, he is a former councillor on Stoke-on-Trent City Council.
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Janet Fitch
- Occupations
- journalistnovelistwriteruniversity teacher
- Biography
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Janet Fitch is an American author. She wrote the novel White Oleander, which became a film in 2002. She is a graduate of Reed College.
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Gareth Snell
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Gareth Craig Snell is a British former politician who served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Stoke-on-Trent Central from 2017 to 2019. A member of the Labour and Co-operative parties, he was Leader of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council from 2012 to 2014. In July 2022, Snell was reselected as the Labour Parliamentary Prospective Candidate for Stoke-on-Trent Central.
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Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Netumbo Nandi-Ndaitwah is a Namibian politician who is the third and current vice president of Namibia since February 2024. She previously served as the deputy-prime minister of Namibia from 2015 to 2024. The current SWAPO vice president, she has retained her position, and is set to become the party's first female presidential candidate in November 2024. She has also been serving as Namibia's Minister of International Relations and Cooperation since December 2012. From March 2010 to December 2012, she was Minister of Environment and Tourism. Nandi-Ndaitwah is a member of SWAPO, Namibia's ruling party, and a long-time member of the National Assembly. In 2017, Nandi-Ndaitwah was elected vice-president of the Swapo Party at the party's 6th Congress. She is the first woman to serve in that position.
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Fiona Woolf
- Occupations
- lawyersolicitorpoliticianbusinessperson
- Biography
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Dame Catherine Fiona Woolf, DBE, DStJ, DL is a British corporate lawyer. She served as the Lord Mayor of London (2013–14), acting as global ambassador for UK-based financial and business services. She has held and still holds many other significant positions in the City of London.
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Madeleine Moon
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Madeleine Moon is a British Labour Party politician, who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bridgend from 2005 to 2019, when she lost her seat to the Welsh Conservative candidate Jamie Wallis.
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Terry Milewski
- Years
- 1949-.. (age 75)
- Occupations
- journalist
- Biography
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Terry Milewski is a Canadian journalist, who was the senior correspondent for CBC News until his retirement in 2016.
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Charles Landry
- Occupations
- opinion journalisturban planner
- Biography
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Charles Landry is an author and international adviser on the future of cities best known for popularising the Creative City concept. His book The Creative City: A Toolkit for Urban Innovators became a movement to rethink the planning, development and management of cities.
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Don Foster
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Donald Michael Ellison Foster, Baron Foster of Bath, is a British politician and life peer who served as Government Deputy Chief Whip and Comptroller of the Household from 2013 to 2015. A member of the Liberal Democrats, he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Bath from 1992 to 2015.
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Francis Beckett
- Occupations
- historiantrade unionistbiographerauthorjournalist
- Biography
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Francis Beckett is an English author, journalist, biographer, and contemporary historian. He has written biographies of Aneurin Bevan, Clement Attlee, Harold Macmillan, Gordon Brown and Tony Blair. He has also written on education for the New Statesman, The Guardian and The Independent and is the editor of Third Age Matters, the national magazine published by the University of the Third Age. Beckett has been described as "an Old Labour romantic" by Guardian associate editor Michael White.
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Tarique Ghaffur
- Occupations
- police officer
- Biography
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Tarique Ghaffur is a former Ugandan-born British police officer in London's Metropolitan Police Service. His last post was that of Assistant Commissioner–Central Operations.
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John Howkins
- Years
- 1945-.. (age 79)
- Occupations
- writer
- Biography
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John Anthony Howkins is a British author and speaker on Creative Industries, particularly the development of this economic sector in China. He is visiting professor, University of Lincoln, England, and vice dean and visiting professor, Shanghai School of Creativity, Shanghai Theater Academy, China.
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Martine Dennis
- Occupations
- news presenterjournalist
- Biography
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Martine Dennis is a British news anchor. She was most recently a presenter with Al Jazeera English, and before that BBC World News.
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Innes McCartney
- Occupations
- archaeologisthistorianexplorerauthoranthropologist
- Biography
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Innes McCartney is a British nautical archaeologist and historian. He is a Visiting Fellow at Bournemouth University in the UK.
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John Duncan
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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John Stewart Duncan OBE is a British diplomat. He was Ambassador for Multilateral Arms Control and Disarmament and UK Permanent Representative to the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva, 2006–11. In June 2013, he was appointed by Queen Elizabeth II on the advice of the British government, to represent the Queen as Governor of the British Virgin Islands, and to act as the de facto head of state in the Territory. Duncan arrived at the Islands on 14 August 2014 and was sworn in the following day and his term would last until 8 August 2017 when he was succeeded by Robert A. Mathavious.
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Paul Clark
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Paul Gordon Clark is a British former Labour Party politician and who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gillingham from 1997 to 2010. During his time in government, Clark served as Parliamentary Private Secretary to Derry Irvine, Charles Falconer, John Prescott, and Ed Balls, before being promoted in 2008 to the role of Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department for Transport. At the 2010 general election Clark was defeated by the Conservative Party candidate Rehman Chishti in the newly formed constituency of Gillingham and Rainham.
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Des MacHale
- Occupations
- academicmathematicianuniversity teacherscientist
- Biography
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Desmond MacHale is Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at University College Cork, Ireland. He is an author and speaker on several subjects, including George Boole, lateral thinking puzzles, and humour. He has published over 80 books, some of which have been translated into languages including Danish, Italian, Norwegian, Spanish, German, Korean, and Japanese.
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Hso Khan Pha
- Years
- 1938-2016 (aged 78)
- Occupations
- human rights activistpolitician
- Biography
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Prince Hso Khan Pha of Yawnghwe was a prince of Yawnghwe. He was a son of Sao Shwe Thaik, the Saopha of Yawnghwe and Sao Nang Hearn Kham, the Mahadevi (consort). He was a consulting geologist based in Canada.
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Eva Nogales
- Occupations
- biophysicist
- Biography
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Eva Nogales is a Spanish-American biophysicist at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, where she served as head of the Division of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Structural Biology of the Department of Molecular and Cell Biology (2015–2020). She is a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator.
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Nick Partridge
- Years
- 20th Century
- Enrolled in Keele University
- In 1978 graduated with laurea in international relations
- Occupations
- LGBTQI+ rights activist
- Biography
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Sir Nicholas Wyndham Partridge is a British health care and HIV/AIDS care activist.
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Daphne Hampson
- Occupations
- theologian
- Biography
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Margaret Daphne Hampson is an English theologian. Educated at Oxford and at Harvard, she held a personal Chair in "Post-Christian Thought" at the University of St Andrews. Hampson's distinctive theological position has both gained her notoriety and been widely influential. Holding that Christianity is neither true nor moral (in not being gender inclusive), she believes the overcoming of patriarchal religion to be fundamental to human emancipation. As a theologian Hampson has always held to a "realist" position, in which the understanding of "that which is God" is based in human religious experience.
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Rachel Griffith
- Years
- 1963-.. (age 61)
- Occupations
- economistresearcher
- Biography
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Dame Rachel Susan Griffith is a British-American academic and educator. She is professor of economics at the University of Manchester and a research director at the Institute for Fiscal Studies.
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Paul Tangi Mhova Mkondo
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Paul Tangi Mhova Mkondo was a Zimbabwean nationalist, part of the first group of Gonakudzingwa restriction camp political prisoners, Pioneer Insurance Executive, Business magnate, Academic, philanthropist, conservationist, pioneer Indigenous businessman and entrepreneur.
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Keith Dowding
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 64)
- Occupations
- writerphilosopherpolitical scientist
- Biography
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Keith Martin Dowding is Distinguished Professor of Political Science and Political Philosophy, School of Politics and International Relations, Research School of Social Sciences at the Australian National University, Canberra, Australia. He was in the Government Department at the London School of Economics, UK in 2006, and has published widely in the fields of public choice, public administration, public policy, British politics, comparative politics, urban political economy, positive political theory and normative political philosophy. His work is informed by social and rational choice theories. He edited the SAGE Publishing Journal of Theoretical Politics from 1996 to 2012.
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Robin Grimes
- Enrolled in Keele University
- In 1988 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- international forum participantscientist
- Biography
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Sir Robin William Grimes is chief scientific adviser in the Ministry of Defense for nuclear science and technology and professor of materials physics at Imperial College London. From February 2013 to August 2018 he served as chief scientific adviser to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO). Since November 2021 he has been Foreign Secretary of The Royal Society
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Maggie Atkinson
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Margaret Elizabeth Atkinson is an English educator and the former Children's Commissioner for England. After a career in teaching, she moved into public service administration, initially in education, but later in Children Services. Her appointment and tenure as Children's Commissioner was notable for a series of controversies.
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Jayne Bryant
- Born in
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United Kingdom - Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Jayne Bryant is a Welsh Labour Party politician. Since May 2016 she has represented Newport West in the Senedd.
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Ian Norman
- Occupations
- nursepsychologist
- Biography
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Ian James Norman is a British nursing researcher and author, based in Surrey, UK. His research and writing is focused primarily in the fields of psychiatric and mental health nursing, and psychological treatments for people with mental health difficulties. Norman is Emeritus Professor of Mental Health in the Faculty of Nursing, Midwifery & Palliative Care at King's College London. He is a former Executive Dean of Faculty and Assistant Principal at King's. He is the Editor-in-Chief of the International Journal of Nursing Studies and a practising cognitive behavioural psychotherapist.
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Phillida Bunkle
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Phillida Bunkle is a former New Zealand politician. She represented the Alliance in Parliament from 1996 to 2002, when she retired. Bunkle was for many years a lecturer at Victoria University.
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Kath Pinnock
- Occupations
- council memberpolitician
- Biography
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Kathryn Mary Pinnock, Baroness Pinnock is a British Liberal Democrat politician, life peer, and former school teacher. Since 1987, she has been a member of Kirklees Metropolitan Borough Council. She was leader of the council's Lib Dem group from 1991 to 2014, and leader of the council from 2000 to 2006. She was created a life peer in 2014 and now sits in the House of Lords.
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Robert Cooling
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 67)
- Occupations
- naval officer
- Biography
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Vice Admiral Robert George Cooling is a former Royal Navy officer who served as Assistant Chief of the Naval Staff.
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Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau GSS, psc, ndc, fwc is a retired Nigerian army general and politician who served as Chief of Army Staff from 2008 to 2010 and in President Muhammadu Buhari's Cabinet as Minister of the Interior from 2015 to 2019.
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Joan Stringer
- Years
- 1948-.. (age 76)
- Occupations
- political scientist
- Biography
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Professor Dame Joan Kathleen Stringer, DBE, FRSE, FRSA is a British political scientist and former Principal and Vice-Chancellor of Edinburgh Napier University and Queen Margaret University, Edinburgh.
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Iain R. Edgar
- Years
- 1948-2021 (aged 73)
- Occupations
- anthropologist
- Biography
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Iain Edgar was a social anthropologist at Durham University. He was an expert in the field of dreams and dreaming, and a specialist in altered states of consciousness and mental health. Starting his career in social work, Edgar received a PhD from the University of Keele, where he studied under Ronnie Frankenberg. His thesis Dreamwork, Anthropology and the Caring Professions: A Cultural Approach to Dreamwork discusses a wide range of psychodynamic possibilities and develops a method to work with dreams within a professional care environment.
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Joanna Killian
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 59)
- Biography
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Joanna Elizabeth Killian is a local government official, who has been Chief Executive of Surrey County Council since March 2018.
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Sean Corbett
- Years
- 1964-.. (age 60)
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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Air Vice-Marshal Anthony Sean Corbett, is a retired senior Royal Air Force officer.
