List of members of Peterhouse, Cambridge
This is a list of notable members of Peterhouse, a college of the University of Cambridge, England. It includes alumni, fellows and Masters of the college.
Alumni[]
Public servants[]
The Duke of Grafton
Prime Minister of Great Britain (1768-1770)Michael Howard
Leader of the Conservative Party (2003-2005)Christopher Meyer
British Ambassador to the United States (1997-2003)Michael Portillo
Cabinet Minister (1992-1997)John Whitgift
Archbishop of Canterbury (1583-1604)
- Elizabeth Butler-Sloss, Baroness Butler-Sloss - First female Lord Justice of Appeal, 1988–1999, President of the Family Division, High Court of Justice, 1999–2005
- The Duke of Grafton, Prime Minister of Great Britain, 1768-1770
- Elijah Mudenda, Prime Minister of Zambia, 1975-1977
- Michael Howard, Leader of the Conservative Party, 2003-2005
- Christopher Meyer, British Ambassador to the United States, 1997-2003
- Michael Portillo, Cabinet Minister, 1992-1997
- Nicholas Stern, author of the Stern Review on climate change
- Conrad Swan, Garter Principal King of Arms
- John Whitgift, Archbishop of Canterbury, 1583-1604
- David Wilson, Governor of Hong Kong, 1987-1992
Academics, artists, writers[]
Niall Ferguson
HistorianThomas Gray
PoetColin Greenwood
Bassist, RadioheadDavid Mitchell
Actor/comedian (Mitchell and Webb) and writer
Director
- Kingsley Amis, writer
- Richard Baker (broadcaster), broadcaster
- Denis Brogan, historian
- Herbert Butterfield, historian, Master of Peterhouse, 1955–1968, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, 1959–1961, and Regius Professor of Modern History, 1963-1968
- Thomas Campion, 16th century composer
- John Ashton Cannon, historian
- Alistair Cooke, Baron Lexden, official historian of the Conservative Party
- Patrick Cosgrave, journalist, author and advisor to Margaret Thatcher
- Maurice Cowling, historian
- Mike Dash, historian
- Marius De Vries, composer and producer, best known as music director of La La Land
- Roger Deakin, naturalist writer
- Robert Dudley Edwards, historian
- Ronan Fanning, historian
- John Finnemore, writer and actor
- Michael Gough, archaeologist
- Thomas Gray, poet
- Colin Greenwood, Radiohead bassist
- Luke Hughes, furniture designer
- Harold James, historian
- David Knowles, Regius Professor of Modern History, 1954–1963
- Denis Mack Smith, historian
- F.X. Martin, historian and first Catholic priest admitted to Cambridge since the Reformation
- James Mason, actor
- Sam Mendes, Academy Award-winning film director (for American Beauty) and four-time Laurence Olivier Award winner
- David Mitchell, actor, comedian and writer
- A. L. Morton, Marxist historian
- Michael Postan, histori
- William Ridgeway, classical scholar and Disney Professor of Archaeology, Cambridge University
- Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr., American political historian.
- Karl Schweizer, historian and author.
Scientists and inventors[]
Charles Babbage
Inventor of the difference engine, "father of the computer"[1]Henry Cavendish
Scientist, discoverer of hydrogenSir James Dewar
Chemist, physicist, inventor of the Dewar flaskLord Kelvin
Inventor and pioneer in thermodynamics, electricity and telegraphyJames Clerk Maxwell
Formulator of classical electromagnetic theorySir Frank Whittle
Inventor of the jet engine
- Nick Barton, evolutionary biologist
- Christopher Cockerell, inventor of the hovercraft
- Peter Guthrie Tait, mathematician
- William Hopkins, mathematician
- Joseph E. Pesce, astrophysicist
- Edward John Routh, mathematician
- Klaus Roth, mathematician and winner of the Fields Medal
Name | Birth | Death | Career |
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Tom Askwith | 1911 | 2001 | Permanent Secretary, Blue and Olympic oarsman |
Richard Baker | 1925 | 2019 | Newsreader |
Charles Babbage | 1791 | 1871 | Inventor; his analytical engine anticipated the modern computer |
Augustus Theodore Bartholomew | 1882 | 1933 | Cambridge librarian |
William Brewster | 1566 | 1644 | Colonial leader and preacher |
G. B. Caird | 1917 | 1984 | Biblical scholar and churchman |
Thomas Campion | 1567 | 1620 | Composer and poet |
Steph Cook | 1972 | Gold medal Olympian in pentathlon | |
Richard Crashaw | 1613 | 1649 | Poet |
Richard Eyre | 1943 | Film and theatre director | |
Robert Foley | 1949 | Director of the Leverhulme Centre for Human Evolutionary Studies at the University of Cambridge | |
Augustus Henry Fitzroy, 3rd Duke of Grafton | 1735 | 1811 | British Prime Minister |
Colin Charles Greenwood | 1969 | Bass player of Radiohead | |
Syed Mohammed Hadi | 1899 | 1971 | Olympic athlete |
Erich Heller | 1911 | 1990 | British essayist |
Sir Christopher Heydon | 1561 | 1623 | English soldier and writer on astrology |
Michael Howard | 1941 | Former leader of the Conservative Party | |
Hugh Latimer | 1485 | 1555 | Religious reformer and Protestant martyr |
Edward Law, 1st Baron Ellenborough | 1750 | 1818 | Lord Chief Justice |
James Mason | 1909 | 1984 | Actor |
James Clerk Maxwell | 1831 | 1879 | Physicist |
Dan Mazer | 1971 | Comic writer | |
Damian McBride | 1974 | Former Special Adviser to Gordon Brown | |
Chris Mead | 1940 | 2003 | Ornithologist |
Sam Mendes | 1965 | Film and stage director/producer | |
Christopher Meyer | 1944 | Former British ambassador to the US | |
David Mitchell | 1974 | Comedian | |
John Penry | 1559 | 1593 | Religious writer and Protestant martyr |
Michael Portillo | 1953 | Former Conservative MP | |
Ed Smith | 1977 | Cricketer and author | |
Nicholas Stern, Baron Stern of Brentford | 1946 | Author, Stern Review on climate change | |
Anthony St Leger | 1732 | 1786 | Soldier, politician, Governor of Saint Lucia, founder of the St. Leger Stakes |
Rory Sweetman | 1991 | New Zealand historian | |
Vincent Watts | 1940 | Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia (1997–2002) | |
Frank Whittle | 1907 | 1996 | Developed jet propulsion |
Peregrine Worsthorne | 1923 | 2020 | Journalist |
Fellows[]
Niall Ferguson, historian
Thomas Gray, poet
Henry Cavendish, scientist, discoverer of hydrogen
Sir James Dewar, chemist, physicist, inventor of the Dewar flask
Lord Kelvin, inventor and pioneer in thermodynamics, electricity and telegraphy
Name | Birth | Death | Career |
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Kingsley Amis | 1922 | 1995 | Novelist |
Herbert Butterfield | 1900 | 1979 | Historian |
Henry Cavendish | 1731 | 1810 | Scientist |
Christopher Cockerell | 1910 | 1999 | Inventor of the hovercraft |
Maurice Cowling | 1926 | 2005 | Historian |
Richard Crashaw | 1613 | 1649 | Poet |
James Dewar | 1842 | 1923 | Scientist |
Niall Ferguson | 1964 | Historian | |
Thomas Gray | 1716 | 1771 | Poet and Regius Professor of Modern History |
Thomas Heywood | 1570? | 1641 | Playwright and actor |
George Joye | 1495 | 1553 | Protestant Bible translator |
Lord Kelvin | 1824 | 1907 | Physicist |
Aaron Klug | 1926 | Nobel Prize Winner | |
Patrick Lynch | 1917 | 2001 | Economist |
Archer Martin | 1910 | 2002 | Nobel Prize for developing partition chromatography |
Fynes Moryson | 1566 | 1630 | Travel author |
Edward Norman | 1938 | Theologian | |
Andrew Perne | 1519 | 1589 | Dean of Ely |
Max Perutz | 1914 | 2002 | Nobel Prize for chemistry |
Roger Scruton | 1944 | 2020 | Philosopher |
Hugh Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton | 1914 | 2003 | Historian |
Shallet Turner | 1762 | Regius Professor of Modern History | |
John Whitgift | 1530 | 1604 | Archbishop |
Masters[]
For a list see Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge.
References[]
- ^ Halacy, Daniel Stephen (1970). Charles Babbage, Father of the Computer. Crowell-Collier Press. ISBN 0-02-741370-5.
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