List of people associated with Birkbeck, University of London
This article is a list of people associated with Birkbeck, University of London , including alumni, members of faculty and fellows.
Georgios Alogoskoufis , Greek Minister of Economy and Finance from March 2004 till January 2009.Anthony Bale , medievalistJulia Bell , authorJ. D. Bernal , pioneer of X-ray crystallographyDerek Barton , organic chemist and Nobel Laureate for Chemistry, 1969Antony Beevor , historianPatrick Blackett, Baron Blackett , professor and Nobel Laureate for Physics, 1948Sir Tom Blundell , crystallographer, FRS
David Bohm , quantum physicistAndrew Donald Booth , head of Numerical AutomationKathleen Booth née Britten, computer scientistC. Delisle Burns (1879-1942), atheist and secularist writer and lecturerIan Christie , professor of film and media history Steven Connor , professorIan Crawford , Professor of Planetary Science and AstrobiologyDiana Coole , social scientistCostas Douzinas , law professorT. S. Eliot , Nobel Laureate for Literature 1948, publisher, playwright, literary and social criticHilda Ellis Davidson , academic and English antiquarianMartina Evans , poetRichard J. Evans , Regius Professor of Modern History at CambridgeMartin Paul Eve , professorDame Millicent Fawcett , suffragist
Orlando Figes , professor of historyBen Fine , professorRosalind Franklin , crystallographerHugh Gaitskell , lecturerCaroline Goodson , medievalistA. C. Grayling , philosopherVittorio Grilli , Italy's economy and finances minister (Monti cabinet) from 2012 to 2013.Richard Hamblyn , lecturer in creative writingVanessa Harding , professor of London historyBasil Hiley , quantum physicist and emeritus professorPaul Hirst , professorEric Hobsbawm , professor of HistoryThomas Hodgskin , lecturer in economic theoryKenneth Holmes , crystallographerElizabeth Hounsell , carbohydrate scientistC. E. M. Joad , Reader in Philosophy, author and popular broadcasterMark Johnson , professorCharlotte Jolles , Professor, historianRussell Celyn Jones , professor of creative writingAnnette Karmiloff-Smith , professorAnthony Julius , visiting professorAaron Klug , crystallographer and Nobel Laureate for Chemistry, 1982Jon Lansman , Labour Party activistGail Lewis , academic and activistToby Litt , author, lecturerJoni Lovenduski , political scientistMark Mazower , professorLouis Mordell , researcher in mathematicsLaura Mulvey , professor of film and media studiesJeremy K. Nicholson , professor of biological chemistryRoger Penrose , theoretical physicist and Nobel Laureate for Physics, 2020Nikolaus Pevsner , professorBen Pimlott , professorLucy Riall , historianHelen Saibil , molecular biologist, FRS, FMedSciRoger Scruton , professorLynne Segal , professorColin Teevan , professor of playwritingDame Janet Thornton , structural bioinformatics, FRS , Director EBI
Li Wei , academic, linguistRalph Vaughan Williams , lecturer, composerKalpana Wilson , author, researcher, lecturerTony Wright , politician, distinguished professor at BirkbeckSlavoj Žižek , philosopher
Presidents
The following have served as President of Birkbeck:[ 1]
1823–1841: George Birkbeck FRS (founder of Birkbeck)
1841–1888: William Lloyd Birkbeck
1888–1897: The Rt Hon The Earl of Northbrook , GCSI
1903–1915: The Rt Hon Lord Alverstone , GCMG
1919–1928: The Rt Hon Viscount Haldane , KT, OM, FRS
1929–1933: The Rt Hon Viscount Burnham , GCMG, CH, LLD, DLitt
1935–1936: His Royal Highness The Duke of York (later King George VI)
1942–1944: The Most Rev and Rt Hon William Temple , PC (Archbishop of Canterbury)
1947–1950: Field-Marshal The Rt Hon Earl Wavell , GCB, GCSI, GCIE, CMG, MC, LLD
1952–1983: The Rt Hon Lord Denning , LLD, DCL, FBA
1983–1989: The Rt Hon Baroness Lockwood
1989–1993: The Rt Hon Lord Young of Dartington , HonFBA
1993–1998: The Rt Hon Lord Healey , CH, MBE
1998-2002: The Rt Hon Baroness Smith of Gilmorehill
2002-2012: Professor Eric Hobsbawm
2012-present: The Rt Hon Baroness Bakewell
Masters and Vice Chancellors
Alumni
Mukhlesur Rahman Chowdhury , politician, editor, Minister and former Adviser to the President of BangladeshChris Abani , writerKemi Badenoch , politician and Member of Parliament, candidate for Leader of the Conservative Party and Prime Minister of the United KingdomMarian Bell , economist; former member of the Monetary Policy CommitteeLuciana Berger , politician and Member of ParliamentAnnie Besant , theosophistSimon Bird , actor and comedianOliver Chris , actorAlex Corbisiero , England and British Lions rugby playerBeth Cordingly , actressDavid Cox , statisticianBernard Crick , political theoristJuliet Davenport , businesswomanAlan Davey , civil servant; current Chief executive of British Arts Council Edward Davey , politician and Member of ParliamentDido , singerJennifer Donnelly , writerSamir El-Youssef , writerTracey Emin , artistNissim Ezekiel , professor, poetRachel Glennerster , economist, Chief Economist at the Department for International DevelopmentTomás González Estrada , Colombian politician, former minister of energyMarcus Garvey , founder Universal Negro Improvement Association and African Communities League Eliane Glaser , writer, broadcasterJulia Goldsworthy , politician; former Liberal Democrat MP for Falmouth and Camborne Bear Grylls , adventurer, author and television presenterJohn Joseph Haldane , philosopherFrank Hartley , vice-chancellor of the universityZhu Hua , applied linguistVernon Ingram , Fellow of the Royal SocietyPaul Johnson , economist, Director of Institute of Fiscal Studies William Joyce , deputy Leader of the British Union of Fascists , Nazi wartime broadcaster and convicted traitor[ 3] Oliver Kamm , journalistJames Lovelock , developer of the Gaia Hypothesis Ramsay MacDonald , politician; first Labour Prime Minister of the United KingdomJohn McDonnell , politicianDenis MacShane , politicianLeonard Mandel , nuclear physicistEhsan Masood , science writer and editor of Research Fortnight Ram Charan Mehrotra , organometallic chemist, Shanti Swarup Bhatnagar laureateErnest Millington , politicianSeumas Milne , journalist and political aideLisa Nandy , politician and Member of ParliamentJesse Norman , politician and Member of ParliamentNerina Pallot , singerNick Palmer , politician and former Member of ParliamentArthur Wing Pinero , actor, stage director and dramatistDaisy Ridley , actressJ. Philippe Rushton , psychologistJohn Rowan (psychologist) , psychologistJenny Rowe , Chief Executive, UK Supreme CourtRichard Sambrook , broadcaster, formerly director of the BBC WorldFrank Sando , former International Cross-Country ChampionAndy Saull , rugby playerHelen Sharman , chemist and cosmonautJoost Smiers , academicNick Smith , politicianVaughan Smith , soldier, journalist, cameraman, and social entrepreneurLaura Solomon , writerNicola Spence , Chief Plant Health Officer, Defra William Stanley , inventor, engineer and philanthropistKim Thomson , stage, film and television actressMark P. Taylor , economist, Dean of Olin Business School at Washington University in St. LouisLaurie Taylor , sociologistTracey Thorn , pop star, singer with Everything but the Girl Ronald Tress , economistKitty Ussher , British economist and former Labour Party politicianAlfred Russel Wallace , naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist, and biologist. He is best known for independently conceiving the theory of evolution through natural selectionRob Williams , rower, silver medallist in the 2012 OlympicsSidney James Webb, 1st Baron Passfield , founder of the London School of Economics Jah Wobble , musician/writerWai Hnin Pwint Thon , Burmese Muslim political activist Sidin Vadukut , columnist, writer and bloggerClaudia Webbe , Labour MP[ 4] Omeima Mudawi-Rowlings MBE British-Sudanese textile artist based in Brighton[ 5]
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