List of members of Peterhouse, Cambridge
A list of notable members of Peterhouse, a college of the University of Cambridge, England. Includes alumni, fellows and Masters of the college.
Alumni
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The Duke of Grafton
Prime Minister of Great Britain (1768-1770) -
Michael Howard
Leader of the Conservative Party (2003-2005) -
Michael Portillo
Cabinet Minister (1992-1997) -
John Whitgift
Archbishop of Canterbury (1583-1604) -
Charles Babbage
Inventor of the difference engine, "Father of the computer"[1] -
James Clerk Maxwell
Formulator of classical electromagnetic theory -
Sir Frank Whittle
Inventor of the jet engine
- ^ Halacy, Daniel Stephen (1970). Charles Babbage, Father of the Computer. Crowell-Collier Press. ISBN 0-02-741370-5.
Name | Birth | Death | Career |
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Tom Askwith | 1911 | 2001 | Permanent Secretary, Blue and Olympic oarsman |
Richard Baker | 1925 | 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 & 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 | |
Rurik Jutting | Banker charged with two counts of murder | ||
Hugh Latimer | 1485 | 1555 | Religious reformer & 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 & 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 | Journalist |
Fellows
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Niall Ferguson, Historian
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Thomas Gray, Poet
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Henry Cavendish, Scientist, discoverer of hydrogen
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Sir James Dewar, Chemist, physicist, inventor of the Dewar flask
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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 | 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.