100 Notable alumni of
University of Reading
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The University of Reading is 464th in the world, 160th in Europe, and 38th in the United Kingdom by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 100 notable alumni from the University of Reading sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff.
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Penny Mordaunt
- Occupations
- international forum participantpolitician
- Biography
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Penelope Mary Mordaunt PC is a British politician who serves as Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council since 2022. A member of the Conservative Party, she has been Member of Parliament (MP) for Portsmouth North since the 2010 general election. She has run twice for the Conservative party leadership in July–September and October 2022, losing to Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak respectively.
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Frauke Petry
- Enrolled in the University of Reading
- 1995-1998 studied chemistry
- Occupations
- entrepreneurchoir directorpoliticianorganistchemist
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Frauke Petry is a German politician who chaired the Alternative for Germany (AfD) party from July 2015 to September 2017. A chemist by training and with a professional background as a businesswoman, some political scientists described Petry as a representative of the national conservative wing of that party.
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Tang Wei
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- stage actormodelfilm actoractor
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Tang Wei is a Chinese actress. She rose to prominence for her appearance in Lust, Caution (2007), for which she received a nomination for the BAFTA Rising Star Award at the 61st British Academy Film Awards. She gained further acclaim for her leading performances in Late Autumn (2010), Finding Mr. Right (2013), The Golden Era (2014), Long Day's Journey into Night (2018), and Decision to Leave (2022).
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Wilfred Owen
- Enrolled in the University of Reading
- Studied botany
- Occupations
- writerpoet
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Wilfred Edward Salter Owen MC was an English poet and soldier. He was one of the leading poets of the First World War. His war poetry on the horrors of trenches and gas warfare was much influenced by his mentor Siegfried Sassoon and stood in contrast to the public perception of war at the time and to the confidently patriotic verse written by earlier war poets such as Rupert Brooke. Among his best-known works – most of which were published posthumously – are "Dulce et Decorum est", "Insensibility", "Anthem for Doomed Youth", "Futility", "Spring Offensive" and "Strange Meeting". Owen was killed in action on 4 November 1918, a week before the war's end, at the age of 25.
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Jamie Cullum
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- guitaristpianistsinger-songwritercomposerjazz musician
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Jamie Cullum is an English jazz-pop singer, songwriter and radio presenter. Although primarily a vocalist and pianist, he also accompanies himself on other instruments, including guitar and drums. He has recorded nine studio albums, three compilation albums, one live album and twenty-four singles. Since April 2010, he has presented a weekly Tuesday evening jazz show on BBC Radio 2.
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Michael Rosen
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- authorwriterchildren's writernovelisttelevision producer
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Michael Wayne Rosen is a British children's author, poet, presenter, political columnist, broadcaster and activist who has written 140 books. He served as Children's Laureate from 25 March 2007 to 23 July 2009. He won the 2023 PEN Pinter Prize, awarded by English PEN, for his "fearless" body of work.
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Julian Barratt
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- film actorcomposerwritertelevision actorcomedian
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Julian Barratt Pettifer is an English comedian, actor and musician. As a comedian and comic actor, he is known for his use of surreal humour and black comedy. During the 2000s he was part of The Mighty Boosh comedy troupe alongside comedy partner Noel Fielding.
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Arthur Brown
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- songwritersinger
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Arthur Wilton Brown is an English singer and songwriter best known for his flamboyant and theatrical performances, eclectic (and sometimes experimental) work and his powerful, wide-ranging operatic voice, in particular his high pitched banshee screams. He is also notable for his unique stage persona, featuring extreme facepaint and a burning helmet.
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James Cracknell
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- rowerocean rower
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James Edward Cracknell, is a British athlete, rowing champion and double Olympic gold medalist. Cracknell was appointed OBE for "services to sport" in the 2005 New Year Honours List.
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Amina J. Mohammed
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- international forum participantpolitician
- Biography
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Amina Jane Mohammed is a British Nigerian diplomat and politician who is serving as the fifth Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously, she was Nigerian Minister of Environment from 2015 to 2016 and was a player in the Post-2015 Development Agenda process. She is also Chair of United Nations Sustainable Development Group.
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Ralph Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- large estate ownerfarmerpoliticianaristocratchartered surveyor
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Ralph George Algernon Percy, 12th Duke of Northumberland,, styled Lord Ralph Percy until 1995, is a British hereditary peer and rural landowner and current head of the House of Percy.
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Adrian Tchaikovsky
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- science fiction writerwriterlegal executive
- Biography
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Adrian Czajkowski is a British fantasy and science fiction author. He is best known for his series Shadows of the Apt, and for his Hugo Award-winning Children of Time series.
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Falz
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- celebrityactorchief executive officerlawyerscreenwriter
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Folarin Falana, better known by his stage name Falz, is a Nigerian rapper, songwriter and actor who began his career while in secondary school after forming a group called The School Boys with his friend before his professional career as a music artist began in 2009. Falz became more well-known after releasing the song "Marry Me" featuring vocals from Poe and Yemi Alade.
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Stephen Baxter
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- novelistscience fiction writerwriteruniversity teacher
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Stephen Baxter is an English hard science fiction author. He has degrees in mathematics and engineering.
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Andy Mackay
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- saxophonistsongwritercomposerfilm score composersinger
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Andrew Mackay is an English musician, best known as a founding member (playing oboe and saxophone) of the art rock group Roxy Music.
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Soo Wincci
- Enrolled in the University of Reading
- Graduated with bachelor's degree in law
- Occupations
- singermodelbeauty pageant contestant
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Soo Wincci is a Malaysian singer, recording artist, actress, composer, celebrity chef, host, model and beauty pageant titleholder. She crowned Miss World Malaysia in 2008 and represented Malaysia in the Miss World 2008 beauty pageant. In 2013, she was selected by Hollywood's Independent Critics as one of the 100 most beautiful women in the world. In 2016 she was awarded the "Top 10 Most Outstanding Young Malaysian Award". In 2018 the Chinese media nicknamed her "The Most Beautiful Dr". She has four entries in the Malaysia Book of Records.
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Avi Shlaim
- Occupations
- writerhistorian
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Avi Shlaim is an Israeli and British historian of Iraqi Jewish descent. He is one of Israel's "New Historians", a group of Israeli scholars who put forward critical interpretations of the history of Zionism and Israel.
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Martin Hughes-Games
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- 1956-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- television producerpresenter
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Martin Hughes-Games is a natural history programme producer, presenter and author. He is best known for co-presenting the BBC magazine-style nature series Springwatch and its spin-offs, Winterwatch, Autumnwatch, and Springwatch Unsprung.
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Cornelia Parker
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- sculptorinstallation artistprintmaker
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Cornelia Ann Parker is an English visual artist, best known for her sculpture and installation art.
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Paul Scully
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- politician
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Paul Stuart Scully is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sutton and Cheam since 2015. A member of the Conservative Party, he served as Minister for London from February 2020 and Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Tech and the Digital Economy from October 2022. He was sacked from both roles in November 2023.
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Julian Baggini
- Occupations
- philosopherwriter
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Julian Baggini is a philosopher, journalist and the author of over 20 books about philosophy written for a general audience. He is co-founder of The Philosophers' Magazine and has written for numerous international newspapers and magazines. In addition to writing on the subject of philosophy he has also written books on atheism, secularism and the nature of national identity. He is a patron of Humanists UK.
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Rotimi Alakija
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- 20th Century
- Occupations
- record producerartistdisc jockey
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Rotimi Alakija, better known as DJ Xclusive, is a Nigerian disc jockey, record producer and recording artist.
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Vincent Connare
- Occupations
- designerphotographerengineer
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Vincent Connare is an American type designer and former Microsoft employee. Among his creations are the fonts Comic Sans and Trebuchet MS, as well as the Man in Business Suit Levitating emoji. Besides text typefaces, he finalized and hinted the font Marlett which has been used for scalable User Interface icons in Microsoft Windows since 1995 and created portions of the font Webdings that was first shipped with Internet Explorer.
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Peter Lovesey
- Enrolled in the University of Reading
- In 1958 studied English
- Occupations
- novelistwritershort story writer
- Biography
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Peter Lovesey (born 10 September 1936), also known by his pen name Peter Lear, is a British writer of historical and contemporary detective novels and short stories. His best-known series characters are Sergeant Cribb, a Victorian-era police detective based in London, and Peter Diamond, a modern-day police detective in Bath.
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Stella Kyriakides
- Enrolled in the University of Reading
- Graduated with Bachelor of Psychology in psychology
- Occupations
- clinical psychologistpolitician
- Biography
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Stella Kyriakides is a Cypriot psychologist and politician of the conservative Democratic Rally party who has been serving as European Commissioner for Health and Food Safety since 2019. She was the first Cypriot national and third woman to serve as President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.
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Adrian Bradshaw
- Years
- 1958-.. (age 66)
- Occupations
- military personnel
- Biography
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General Sir Adrian John Bradshaw, KCB, OBE is a former British Army officer who served as Deputy Supreme Allied Commander Europe. He also served as Director Special Forces from 2006 to 2009 and Commander Land Forces in 2013.
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Sophie Walker
- Occupations
- politicianjournalist
- Biography
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Sophie Walker is a British political activist who was the founding leader of the Women's Equality Party (WE) in the United Kingdom.
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John Lytton, 5th Earl of Lytton
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- 1950-.. (age 74)
- Occupations
- politicianaristocratchartered surveyor
- Biography
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John Peter Michael Scawen Lytton, 5th Earl of Lytton, 18th Baron Wentworth, DL, FRICS, styled Viscount Knebworth from 1951 to 1985, is an aristocratic British chartered surveyor, hereditary peer and member of the House of Lords.
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Dimeji Bankole
- Occupations
- polo playerbusinesspersoneconomist
- Biography
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Sabur Oladimeji "Dimeji" Bankole // is a Nigerian politician who served as the 11th Speaker of the House of Representatives of Nigeria. Elected at the age of 37, he is the youngest Speaker in the history of Nigeria. He was the Action Democratic Party candidate in the 2019 Ogun State gubernatorial election.
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Mike Penning
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- politician
- Biography
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Sir Michael Alan Penning is a British Conservative Party politician, who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hemel Hempstead since 2005.
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Fuziah Salleh
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- politician
- Biography
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Fuziah binti Salleh is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Costs of Living in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Ministers Salahuddin Ayub and Armizan Mohd Ali as well as Senator since December 2022. She served as the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of religious affairs in the PH administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and former Minister Mujahid Yusof Rawa from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kuantan from March 2008 to November 2022. She is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH coalition. She also served as the Women Chief of PKR from July 2020 to July 2022 and Vice President of PKR from November 2010 to August 2014 as well as the State Chairperson of PH of Pahang from March 2019 to September 2022.
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Rachel Treweek
- Enrolled in the University of Reading
- In 1984 graduated with Bachelor of Arts
- Occupations
- Anglican priest
- Biography
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Rachel Treweek is an English Anglican bishop who sits in the House of Lords as a Lord Spiritual.
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Alex Gregory
- Occupations
- rower
- Biography
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Alexander John Gregory, is an English former representative rower. He is a six-time world champion and a two-time Olympic gold medallist at 2012 and 2016 in the Coxless four.
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Elisa Ferreira
- Enrolled in the University of Reading
- In 1985 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- economistpolitician
- Biography
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Elisa Maria da Costa Guimarães Ferreira, GCC is a Portuguese politician and economist who has been serving as European Commissioner for Cohesion and Reforms in the administration of President Ursula von der Leyen since 2019. She previously served as vice-governor of the Bank of Portugal from 2016 until 2019. She was as Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the Socialist Party; part of the Party of European Socialists between 2004 and 2016. In 2019, she was selected by Portugal to serve as a European Commissioner. Previously, he was in charge of the Ministries of Environment (1995-1999) and Public Works (1999-2001) during the governments of António Guterres.
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Edmund Rubbra
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- musicologistpianistcomposer
- Biography
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Edmund Rubbra was a British composer. He composed both instrumental and vocal works for soloists, chamber groups and full choruses and orchestras. He was greatly esteemed by fellow musicians and was at the peak of his fame in the mid-20th century. The best known of his pieces are his eleven symphonies. Although he was active at a time when many people wrote twelve-tone music, he decided not to write in this idiom; instead, he devised his own distinctive style. His later works were not as popular with the concert-going public as his previous ones had been, although he never lost the respect of his colleagues. Therefore, his output as a whole is less celebrated today than would have been expected from its early popularity. He was the brother of the engineer Arthur Rubbra.
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Jan Kavan
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- journalistessayistpoliticiandiplomat
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Jan Kavan is a former Czech politician and diplomat.
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Bunny Guinness
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 69)
- Occupations
- journalistlandscape architecthorticulturisttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Peta "Bunny" Guinness is a British chartered landscape architect, journalist and radio personality who is a regular panellist on the long-running BBC Radio 4 programme, Gardener's Question Time. She also writes a weekly column in the Sunday Telegraph. She presented The Great Garden Challenge on Channel 4 in 2005.
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John Marshall
- Occupations
- jazz musicianpercussionist
- Biography
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John Stanley Marshall was an English drummer and founding member of the jazz rock band Nucleus. From 1972 to 1978, he was the drummer for Soft Machine, replacing Phil Howard when he joined.
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Jonathan Foyle
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- 20th Century
- Occupations
- architect
- Biography
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Jonathan Foyle is an architectural historian, broadcaster and advocate for heritage sites. He is also an artist.
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Bob and Roberta Smith
- Occupations
- painterphotographer
- Biography
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Patrick Brill, better known by his pseudonym Bob and Roberta Smith, is a British contemporary artist, writer, author, musician, art education advocate, and keynote speaker. He is known for his "slogan" art, is an associate professor at the School of Art, Architecture and Design at London Metropolitan University and has curated public art projects such as Art U Need. He was curator for the 2006 Peace Camp and created the 2013 Art Party to promote contemporary art and advocacy. His works have been exhibited and are in collections in Europe and the United States. Brill co-founded The Ken Ardley Playboys and hosts the Make Your Own Damn Music radio show.
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Andrew Nien-dzu Yang
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- politician
- Biography
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Andrew Nien-dzu Yang was the 29th Minister of National Defense of the Republic of China, having served 1–6 August 2013. Before this, he was the Deputy Minister of National Defense from 2009 to 2013.
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Peter Aldous
- Occupations
- politicianchartered surveyor
- Biography
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Peter James Guy Aldous is a British Conservative Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for the Waveney constituency in Suffolk since the 2010 general election.
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Jill Purce
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- family therapistvoice teacher
- Biography
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Jill Purce is a British voice teacher, Family Constellations therapist, and author. In the 1970s, Purce developed a new way of working with the voice, introducing the teaching of group overtone chanting, producing a single note whilst amplifying vocal harmonics. She is a former fellow of King's College London, Biophysics Department. She produced over 30 books as general editor of the Thames and Hudson Art and Imagination series. Between 1971 and 1974, she worked in Germany with the composer Karlheinz Stockhausen. Since the early 1970s, she has taught diverse forms of contemplative chant, especially overtone chanting. For over 15 years, she has been leading Family Constellations combined with chant.
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Joan Smith
- Occupations
- novelistjournalistwriter
- Biography
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Joan Alison Smith is an English journalist, novelist, and human rights activist, who is a former chair of the Writers in Prison committee in the English section of International PEN and was the Executive Director of Hacked Off.
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Rob Wilson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Robert Owen Biggs Wilson is an English politician and political author. He was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for the Reading East parliamentary constituency in the 2005 general election, being re-elected in the elections of 2010 and 2015, before being defeated in 2017. He became Minister for Civil Society in the Cabinet Office on 27 September 2014.
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Hugh Robertson
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Sir Hugh Michael Robertson, is the Chairman of the British Olympic Association and Chairman of Camelot, the operator of The National Lottery. He was formerly a British Conservative Party politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Faversham and Mid Kent from 2001 to 2015. He was the Minister of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs until July 2014, having previously been the Minister for Sport and for the Olympics.
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Mark Prisk
- Occupations
- politicianchartered surveyor
- Biography
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Michael Mark Prisk is a British politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Hertford and Stortford from 2001 until 2019. A member of the Conservative Party, he was Minister of State for Business and Enterprise from 2010 to 2012 and Minister of State for Housing and Local Government from 2012 to 2013.
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Mark Pawsey
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Mark Julian Francis Pawsey is a British politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rugby since the 2010 general election. He is a member of the Conservative Party.
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Eve Balfour
- Occupations
- environmentalistcrime fiction writerfarmeragronomist
- Biography
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Lady Evelyn Barbara Balfour, was a British farmer, educator, organic farming pioneer, and a founding figure in the organic movement. She was one of the first women to study agriculture at an English university, graduating from the institution now known as the University of Reading.
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Simon Gass
- Years
- 1956-.. (age 68)
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Sir Simon Lawrance Gass is a British civil servant. He chaired the Joint Intelligence Committee from 2019 to 2023 and served as the British Prime Minister's representative on Afghanistan from 2021 to 2022 concurrently. Between 2018 and 2019, he was the Commandant of the Royal College of Defence Studies. During his diplomatic career, he served as British ambassador to Greece and to Iran. In May 2023, it was announced he was stepping down as Chairman of the Joint Intelligence Committee and succeeded by Madeleine Alessandri.
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Zion Lights
- Occupations
- poetclimate activistblogger
- Biography
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Zion Lights is a British author and activist known for her environmental work and science communication.
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Charlotte Scott
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Charlotte Harland Scott is a British-born Zambian economic and social development specialist who served as the First Lady of Zambia from October 2014 to January 2015 during the tenure of her husband, interim President Guy Scott. She had previously served as the Chief of Social Policy and Economic Analysis, Planning Monitoring and Evaluation for UNICEF Zambia from 2007 until 2012. In 2016, Scott contested the Lusaka Central seat in the National Assembly during the general election.
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Michael Cox
- Occupations
- university teacherwriterprofessorpolitical scientistexpert
- Biography
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Michael E. Cox is a British academic and international relations scholar. He is currently Emeritus Professor of International Relations at the London School of Economics (LSE) and Director of LSE IDEAS. He also teaches for the TRIUM Global Executive MBA Program, an alliance of NYU Stern and the London School of Economics and HEC School of Management.
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Pippa Greenwood
- Occupations
- radio personalityphytopathologisttelevision presenterhorticulturisttechnical writer
- Biography
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Pippa Greenwood is an English plant pathologist. She appears frequently on the BBC's long-running Gardeners' World television programme and has been a regular panellist on Gardeners' Question Time on BBC Radio 4 since 1994. She also was the gardening consultant on the ITV series Rosemary and Thyme in 2003–2006.
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Nina Allan
- Occupations
- science fiction writerwritercolumnist
- Biography
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Nina Allan is a British writer of speculative fiction. She has published four collections of short stories, a novella and three novels. Her stories have appeared in the magazines Interzone, Black Static and Crimewave and have been nominated for or won a number of awards, including the Grand Prix de l'Imaginaire and the British Science Fiction Association Award.
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Mark Gasson
- Born in
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United Kingdom - Occupations
- computer scientist
- Biography
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Mark N. Gasson is a British scientist and visiting research fellow at the Cybernetics Research Group, University of Reading, UK. He pioneered developments in direct neural interfaces between computer systems and the human nervous system, has developed brain–computer interfaces and is active in the research fields of human microchip implants, medical devices and digital identity. He is known for his experiments transmitting a computer virus into a human implant, and is credited with being the first human infected with a computer virus.
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Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor
- Occupations
- writerauthor
- Biography
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Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor is a Kenyan writer who is the author of novels, short stories and essays. She won the 2003 Caine Prize for African Writing for her story "Weight of Whispers".
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Princess Dina Mired of Jordan
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 59)
- Biography
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Princess Dina Mired is a Jordanian humanitarian and health activist. She is a leading global advocate for cancer control and non-communicable diseases (NCDs). She was the President of the Union for International Cancer Control (UICC) from 2018 to 2020 and was the first Arab Muslim elected to lead in such a prestigious global post. Princess Dina is the former Director-General of the King Hussein Cancer Foundation. Princess Dina Mired was also recognized as one of the 100 Influential Women in Oncology by OncoDaily.
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Nick Thorpe
- Occupations
- journalistdocumentarianforeign correspondenttelevision presenter
- Biography
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Nick Thorpe is a British journalist and documentary filmmaker who is the Central Europe Correspondent for BBC News, the main newsgathering department of the BBC, and its 24-hour television news channels BBC World News and BBC News Channel, as well as the BBC's domestic television and radio channels and the BBC World Service. He is based in Budapest and has over 30 years' experience of reporting for the BBC and United Kingdom newspapers, becoming BBC Budapest Correspondent in 1986. He became BBC Central Europe Correspondent in 1996.
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Sarah Darwin
- Occupations
- botanist
- Biography
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Sarah Catherine Darwin FLS is a British botanist.
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James Wainaina Macharia
- Years
- 1959-.. (age 65)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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James Wainaina Macharia is a Kenyan accountant who was nominated by President Uhuru Kenyatta as Cabinet Secretary for transport in November 2015.He replaced in acting capacity Michael kamau who was suspended in March 2015. Before that he was the cabinet secretary for health..
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David Marks
- Years
- 1945-.. (age 79)
- Enrolled in the University of Reading
- 1963-1966 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- psychologistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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David Francis Marks is a psychologist, author and editor of numerous articles and books largely concerned with five areas of psychological research – judgement, health psychology, consciousness, parapsychology and intelligence. Marks is also the originator of the General Theory of Behaviour, and has curated exhibitions and books about artists and their works.
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Anton Apriantono
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Anton Apriantono is an Indonesian academician who was Indonesia's Minister of Agriculture between October 2004 and October 2009. He studied at the University of Reading and currently is a faculty in Department of Food Science and Technology at Bogor Agricultural University.
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Nicholas Kay
- Occupations
- diplomat
- Biography
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Sir Nicholas Peter Kay is a British diplomat. He has served as the British ambassador to Afghanistan, Sudan and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. From 2013 to 2016 he was the United Nations Special Representative for Somalia.
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Tan Yee Kew
- Enrolled in the University of Reading
- Graduated with postgraduate diploma in development studies and rural sociology
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Datin Paduka Dr. Tan Yee Kew is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wangsa Maju from May 2018 to November 2022, for Klang from April 1995 to March 2008 and Parliamentary Secretary of International Trade and Industry from March 2004 to March 2008. She is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalition and was a member of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a component party of the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. She was also the Treasurer of PKR before 2018, Deputy Women Chief of MCA from 1996 to 2005, State Women Chief of MCA of Selangor and Member of the Central Committee of MCA.
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Sharon Bowles
- Occupations
- politicianlawyer
- Biography
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Sharon Margaret Bowles, Baroness Bowles of Berkhamsted is a Liberal Democrat politician. She was a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the South East England region of the United Kingdom from 2005 to 2014. She sat in the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe grouping. She was educated at the independent Our Lady's Abingdon, the University of Reading and Lady Margaret Hall, Oxford.
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Bolu Babalola
- Occupations
- journalistwriterscreenwriter
- Biography
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Bolu Babalola is a British author, screenwriter, and journalist. Her debut anthology Love in Colour was published in 2020 and became a Sunday Times Bestseller. She appeared on the 2021 Forbes 30 under 30 list for Media and Marketing in Europe.
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Vince Dizon
- Occupations
- civil servant
- Biography
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Vivencio "Vince" Bringas Dizon is a Filipino economist, consultant and political aide who previously served as president and CEO of the Bases Conversion and Development Authority. He also served as President Rodrigo Duterte's Adviser on Flagship Programs and Projects and as Deputy Chief Implementer of the National Action Plan Against COVID-19.
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Robert Gillmor
- Occupations
- ornithologistillustrator
- Biography
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Robert Allen Fitzwilliam Gillmor MBE was a British ornithologist, artist, illustrator, author, and editor. He was a co-founder of the Society of Wildlife Artists (SWLA) and was its secretary, chairman and president. He contributed to over 100 books, and received numerous awards.
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Gordon Hillman
- Occupations
- archaeologistanthropologist
- Biography
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Gordon Hillman was a British archaeobotanist and academic at the UCL Institute of Archaeology. He has been described as "a pivotal figure in the development of archaeobotany at the Institute of Archaeology at University College London, through his research, publications and teaching had a major influence on the field worldwide."
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Joseph Belmont
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Joseph Belmont was a Seychellois politician who was the Vice President of the Seychelles from 14 July 2004 until his retirement on 30 June 2010. He took office after President France-Albert René stepped down and the previous Vice-President, James Michel, replaced René as President. Belmont was one of the leading members of the Seychelles People’s Progressive Front (SPPF).
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Noel Stockdale
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Sir Arthur Noel Stockdale was an English businessman who co-founded the British supermarket chain Asda, alongside Peter and Fred Asquith.
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Wendy Barclay
- Years
- 20th Century
- Enrolled in the University of Reading
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- virologistinternational forum participant
- Biography
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Wendy Sue Fox is a British virologist. She is currently head of Department of Infectious Disease and chair in Influenza Virology at Imperial College London. She leads a team of scientists studying the influenza virus and its physiology and morphology to discover novel vaccines. In particular, they are trying to understand more about influenza virus mutations, and how they can allow scientists to create new vaccines against possible flu pandemics.
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Edison James
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Edison Chenfil James is a Dominican politician who was the prime minister of Dominica from June 14, 1995, to February 3, 2000, as well as the member of parliament for the Marigot constituency from 1990. He graduated from the Dominica Grammar School. He has a BSc degree in botany from the University of East London, a MSc degree in biochemistry from the University of Reading and a post graduate diploma in crop protection technology from Imperial College. He worked in a number of local and regional institutions including the Caribbean Development Bank, but it was as manager of the Dominica Banana Marketing Company that he rose to prominence on the island. He was instrumental in resuscitating the island's critical banana industry which had been decimated by Hurricane David. James has been active in regional cricket as an administrator and was the manager of the Windward Islands cricket team and the Combined Islands cricket team. He is a member of the Rotary Club.
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Klajda Gjosha
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Klajda Gjosha is an Albanian politician, who served as Minister of European Integration from 15 September 2013 to 11 september 2017 in the Edi Rama first government.
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Lynne Brindley
- Years
- 1950-.. (age 74)
- Occupations
- librarian
- Biography
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Dame Lynne Janie Brindley, DBE, FRSA, HonFBA is the former Master of Pembroke College, Oxford, a post she held until June 2020. Prior to this appointment she was a professional librarian, and served as the first female chief executive of the British Library, the United Kingdom's national library, from July 2000 to July 2012 and was founding chair of the Digital Preservation Coalition. She is also a member of the Ofcom board.
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Gill Valentine
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 59)
- Enrolled in the University of Reading
- Graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- geographer
- Biography
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Gill Valentine is a British geographer, currently Professor of Geography and Deputy Vice-Chancellor at the University of Sheffield. She is a member of the university's executive board and has chaired the Equality, Diversity & Inclusion Committee.
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Nadia Al-Sakkaf
- Occupations
- journalistpoliticianinternational forum participant
- Biography
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Nadia Abdulaziz Al-Sakkaf is a former Yemeni Minister and politician. She was the editor in chief of the Yemen Times from 2005 until 2014, before becoming Yemen's first female Minister of Information. She fled Yemen in 2015 after the coup and is currently an independent researcher in politics, media, development and gender studies based in the United Kingdom. In 2011, Al-Sakkaf gave a popular TED talk called "See Yemen through my eyes" which had over 3 million views.
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Paul Barnes
- Occupations
- graphic designertype designer
- Biography
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Paul Barnes is a graphic designer and typographer.
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Jürgen Handke
- Occupations
- linguistuniversity teacher
- Biography
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Jürgen Handke is a German professor of English linguistics.
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Joan Solà Cortassa
- Occupations
- writerphilologistuniversity teacherlinguistromanist
- Biography
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Joan Solà Cortassa was a Spanish linguist and philologist. He was professor of Catalan language and literature at the University of Barcelona from 1984 onwards, and vice president of the Institut d'Estudis Catalans (IEC) from 2009.
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Marilyn Singer
- Years
- 1948-.. (age 76)
- Occupations
- children's writerwriter
- Biography
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Marilyn Singer is an author of children's books in a wide variety of genres, including fiction and non-fiction picture books, juvenile novels and mysteries, young adult fantasies, and poetry.
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Chibamba Kanyama
- Years
- 1965-.. (age 59)
- Occupations
- businessperson
- Biography
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Chibamba Kanyama is a Zambian business leader and writer, specialising in communication strategy and economics.
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Melanie Smith
- Occupations
- visual artistphotographer
- Biography
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Melanie Smith is a British artist based in Mexico City.
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Shukuru Kawambwa
- Years
- 1957-.. (age 67)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Shukuru Jumanne Kawambwa is a Tanzanian CCM politician and Member of Parliament for Bagamoyo constituency from 2005 to 2020. He is the former Minister of Education and Vocational Training. He has also served as the Minister of Infrastructure Development
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Lynne Neagle
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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Lynne Neagle MS is a Welsh Labour & Co-operative politician. Born in Merthyr Tydfil, Glamorgan, Wales, Neagle has been the Member of the Senedd (MS) for the constituency of Torfaen since the Senedd was established in 1999.
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David Karoly
- Years
- 1955-.. (age 69)
- Enrolled in the University of Reading
- 1977-1980 graduated with Doctor of Philosophy
- Occupations
- researchermeteorologistclimatologist
- Biography
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David John Karoly is an Australian atmospheric scientist, currently based at CSIRO.
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David Gann
- Years
- 1960-.. (age 64)
- Enrolled in the University of Reading
- In 1983 graduated with Bachelor of Science
- Occupations
- civil engineerengineer
- Biography
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David Michael Gann CBE is a British academic administrator and civil engineer. He is Vice-President (Innovation) at Imperial College London and a member of the College's Executive Board. His academic research spans strategy, management science and systems engineering.
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William Bradshaw, Baron Bradshaw
- Years
- 1936-.. (age 88)
- Occupations
- politician
- Biography
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William Peter Bradshaw, Baron Bradshaw, commonly known as Bill Bradshaw, is a British academic and politician. A Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords, he was formerly also a County Councillor in Oxfordshire from 1993 until his resignation in January 2008.
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Dragan Marušič
- Occupations
- editormathematician
- Biography
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Dragan Marušič is a Slovene mathematician. Marušič obtained his BSc in technical mathematics from the University of Ljubljana in 1976, and his PhD from the University of Reading in 1981 under the supervision of Crispin Nash-Williams.
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Yadvinder Malhi
- Occupations
- international forum participantresearcher
- Biography
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Yadvinder Singh Malhi is professor of Ecosystem Science at the University of Oxford and a Jackson Senior Research Fellow at Oriel College, Oxford.
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Abdullah Al Nuaimi
- Occupations
- engineer
- Biography
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Abdullah Al Nuaimi is an Emirati engineer and politician. He was the minister of infrastructure development from 2013 to 2020 and the minister of climate change and environment for one year between 2020 and 2021.
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Spiros Kouvelis
- Enrolled in the University of Reading
- Graduated with postgraduate education in environmentalist and natural resource
- Occupations
- diplomatpoliticianenvironmentalist
- Biography
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Spyros Kouvelis is a Greek economist and politician who served as Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Greece.
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Rob Varley
- Occupations
- meteorologist
- Biography
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Rob Varley was appointed chief executive of the Met Office in 2014. He stepped down in 2018. Rob was First Vice President of the World Meteorological Organization until 24 April 2018.
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Vincent Gaffney
- Years
- 20th Century
- Occupations
- archaeologist
- Biography
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Vincent Gaffney is a British archaeologist and the Anniversary Chair in Landscape Archaeology at the University of Bradford.
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Stephen Blackmore
- Years
- 1952-.. (age 72)
- Occupations
- botanist
- Biography
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Stephen Blackmore CBE FRSE Royal Society of Biology FLS is a British botanist, who was educated at St. George's School, Hong Kong and the University of Reading where he completed his PhD in 1976 on the "Palynology and Systematics of the Cichorieae". He was elected a fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1976. He then worked at the Royal Society of London’s Research Station on Aldabra Atoll in the Indian Ocean before being appointed Lecturer in Biology and Head of the National Herbarium and Botanic Garden at the University of Malawi. In 1980, he was appointed Head of Palynology at Natural History Museum in London and from 1990 to 1999 served there as Keeper of Botany. In 1985 he organized, together with Keith Ferguson, the Linnean Society symposium "Pollen and Spores: Form and Function" and in 1990, together with Susan Barnes, "Pollen and Spores: Patterns of Diversification". He was the 15th Regius Keeper of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh from 1999 until 20 December 2013, and was appointed His Majesty's Botanist in Scotland in 2010.
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Kate Westbrook
- Occupations
- horn playerpainterlibrettistsingerjazz musician
- Biography
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Kate Westbrook is an English painter and musician. Her musical work centres on her career as a vocalist, predominantly with the bands of her husband, British composer and bandleader Mike Westbrook. She also works extensively as librettist and doubles as instrumentalist (tenor horn and piccolo).
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Cath Bishop
- Occupations
- rower
- Biography
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Catherine Bishop is a former British rower. In partnership with Katherine Grainger she was World Champion in the coxless pair in 2003, and in 2004 they won a silver medal at the Olympic Games. Following a career as a diplomat she is now a leadership speaker, writer and consultant.
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Adi Stern
- Years
- 1966-.. (age 58)
- Enrolled in the University of Reading
- Studied in 2003
- Occupations
- graphic artistdesignergraphic designertype designer
- Biography
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Adi Stern is an Israeli graphic designer, type designer, and the President of the Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design in Jerusalem.
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Neil Cochrane
- Occupations
- rugby union player
- Biography
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Neil Cochrane is a retired Scottish rugby union player. Cochrane played for Edinburgh Rugby from 2014 until his retirement at the end of the 2018 season having spent the early parts of his career in England. A former captain of the Scotland under 21s, he was known as a hard-hitting forward with plenty of pace and power.
