List of people associated with Wadham College, Oxford
This is a list of Wadham College, Oxford people , including alumni, Fellows, Deans and Wardens of the College. An alphabetical list of alumni of Wadham college can be found here .
Alumni
Academics
Robert Hooke Christopher Wren
Martin Aitken , archaeometristAmir Attaran , epidemiologistCharles Badham , classics scholarOwen Barfield , philosopher, author, poet, and criticWilliam Bayliss , physiologistEdward Spencer Beesly , historian and positivistHenry de Beltgens Gibbins , economic historianRichard Bentley , scholar and criticJames Theodore Bent , explorer and archaeologistBernard Bergonzi , literary scholarGeorge Fielding Blandford , psychiatristNathan Bodington , first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds Dietrich von Bothmer , art historianHarvie Branscomb , Chancellor of Vanderbilt University William Brown , Master of Darwin College, Cambridge Alan Bullock , historian of Nazi GermanyColin Campbell , geologistAllan Chapman , historian of scienceOliver Carmichael , 3rd Chancellor of Vanderbilt University and 20th President of the University of Alabama Anthony Cheetham , materials scientistRobert Caesar Childers , Pali language scholarPamela Clemit , literary criticRichard Congreve , philosopher and positivistSteven Connor , literary scholarAthelstan John Cornish-Bowden , biochemistSedley Cudmore , economist and Chief Statistician of Canada Peter Day , inorganic chemistEmma Dench , classicistFrederick Augustus Dixey , entomologistBarrie Dobson , historianNakdimon S. Doniach , lexicographer and linguistEdward Gordon Duff , bibliographer and librarianWilliam Rickatson Dykes , botanistMarcus du Sautoy , mathematicianPeter Edwards , historianHenry Emeleus , petrologistJohn Eveleigh , Provost of Oriel College, Oxford George Stanley Farnell , classistRoderick Floud , economic historianE.B. Ford , ecological geneticistSandra Fredman , Professor of LawDavid B. Frohnmayer , President of the University of Oregon and politicianPhilip A. Gale , chemistIan Grant , physicistHarry George Grey , theologian and Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford Thomas Guidott , physicianJeffrey Hackney , legal scholarEdith Hall , classics scholarAvraham Harman , diplomat and President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem James Harris , legal scholar, Professor of the London School of Economics and Fellow of the British AcademyJames Harris , grammarianRobert Hooke , architect, natural philosopher, scientist, polymath, co-founder of the Royal SocietySir Thomas Graham Jackson , architectIan Grant , physicistIvor Grattan-Guinness , historian of mathematicsJennifer Ingleheart , classicistGilbert Ironside the younger , Bishop of Hereford and Warden of WadhamJames Jago , physicianFrank Jevons , Vice-Chancellor of Durham University Benjamin Kennicott , Hebrew scholarRichard S. Lambert , biographer and broadcasterJohn Leslie , philosopherDavid MacDonald , biologist and conservationistRuth Mace , evolutionary anthropologistSally Mapstone , Principal of the University of St Andrews P. J. Marshall , historian of the British empire in the 18th centuryJohn Mayow , chemist, physician, and physiologistAlister McGrath , Christian apologist and theologianFrank McLynn , historian and biographerNevil Story Maskelyne , geologist and politicianLeslie Mitchell , historianCharles Morton , educatorPeter Nailor , civil servant, intellectual and professorWilliam Neile , mathematicianFarhan Nizami , scholar in Islamic studiesPhoebe Okowa , Member, International Law Commission, 2023-Tony Orchard , inorganic chemistJohn Parsons , Master of Balliol College, Oxford and Bishop of Peterborough William Plenderleath , antiquarianJosephine Crawley Quinn , ancient historian and archaeologistBarnaby Raine , intellectual historian and political commentatorP. J. Rhodes , ancient historianStuart J. Russell , computer scientistPhillipp Schofield , historianHenry Albert Schultens , linguistWalter Shirley , priest and historianTom Solomon , neurologistThomas Sprat , divine and co-founder of the Royal Society Benjamin Parsons Symons , Warden of WadhamRichard W. Tsien , electric engineer and neurobiologistWilson Dallam Wallis , anthropologistEthelbert Dudley Warfield , historian and academic administratorRex Warner , classicist, writer and translatorWilliam Whyte , historianDonald Wiseman , biblical scholar and AssyriologistSir Christopher Wren , architect and co-founder of the Royal Society
Melvyn Bragg John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester
Diran Adebayo , novelistMonica Ali , novelistHossein Amini , film director and screenplay writerLindsay Anderson , film directorTimothy Bateson , actorSir Thomas Beecham , conductorMelvyn Bragg , television broadcaster and writerSimon Brett , writerJess Cartner-Morley , fashion editor of The Guardian Alan Connor , journalist and television presenterDavid Constantine , poet and translatorAlan Coren , comic writerRobert Crampton , Times journalistCecil Day-Lewis , former Poet LaureateSophie Duker , stand-up comedian and writerJames Flint , writerIsabel Fonseca , writerNeil Forrester , artist and cast member of The Real World Tim Franks , journalistJonathan Freedland , journalistPeter Gammond , music criticAmelia Gentleman , journalistNordahl Grieg , Norwegian poet and playwrightJohn Gross , author and literary criticTom Gross , journalist and political commentatorFrancis Wrigley Hirst , journalistMontague Haltrecht , writer and literary criticTom Holt , author of humorous and military fantasies, and of historical fictionFelicity Jones , actressReginald Victor Jones , physicist , scientific military intelligence expert and writerMichael Kenyon , novelistHari Kunzru , novelistTim McInnerny , actor and comedianPatrick Marber , comedian and playwrightSharon Mascall , journalist, broadcaster and writerJodhi May , actressAnne McElvoy , journalist and broadcasterRobert McGill , writer and literary criticHilary Menos , poetRoger Mosey , BBC executive, Director of London 2012 Olympic Games coverageNeil Nightingale , director the BBC Natural History Unit from 2003 to 2009David Patrikarakos , author and journalistIain Pears , novelistLaurie Penny , author and social activistRosamund Pike , actressWilliam Rayner , novelistTony Richardson , English theatre and Academy Award -winning film director and producerStevan Riley , film directorJude Rogers , judgeMichael Rosen , poet and broadcasterJoshua Rozenberg , legal commentator and journalistCarr Scrope , versifierPeter Sculthorpe , composerSir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet , wit, dramatist and politicianFatemeh Shams , Award-winning poet and professor of Persian literature at University of Pennsylvania Mary Ann Sieghart , former assistant editor of The Times Leonard Strong , novelist, critic, historian and poetPaul Vaughan , journalistWilliam Walsh , poet and criticIrving Wardle , theatre criticJohn Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester , libertine poet and protégé of King Charles II Humbert Wolfe , poet
Clergy
Samuel Barnett Rowan Williams
Peter Allan , monk and Principal of College of the Resurrection Francis Bampfield , non-conformist ministerSamuel Barnett , social reformer and Canon of Westminster Abbey Edward Bidwell , Bishop of Ontario Henry Bowlby , Bishop of Coventry Cornelius Burges , ministerRichard William Church , churchman and writerJohn Erskine Clarke , clergymanThomas Crofts , clergymanCecil de Carteret , Bishop of Jamaica Robert Deakin , clergymanJoseph Diggle , clergyman, politician and public servantEdward Eddrup , clergyman and principal of Salisbury Theological CollegeEdward Feild , clergymanGiles Fraser , Canon Chancellor of St Paul's CathedralCampbell Hone , Bishop of Wakefield Walsham How , clergyman and botanistWilliam Henry Jackson , priest, missionary and inventor of Burmese Braille Francis Jayne , clergymanHewlett Johnson , clergyman, "Red Dean of Canterbury"Francis Kilvert , clergyman and diaristAlexander Mackonochie , mission priestThomas Manton , clergymanEdward Garrard Marsh , poet and clergymanJohn Medley , first Bishop of FrederictonWilfrid Oldaker , schoolmaster and Precentor of Christ Church, OxfordReginald Owen , Primate of New Zealand Samuel Parker , clergymanCharles Ranken , clergyman and chess masterWilliam Jenkins Rees , clergyman and antiquary William Skinner , bishop of Aberdeen Edward Stone , clergyman and natural philosopherRowan Williams , former Archbishop of CanterburyRichard Willis , BishopRichard Woodward , Bishop Cloyne Foster Barham Zincke , clergyman, traveller, and antiquary
Politicians and civil servants
Robert Blake Michael Foot Kamisese Mara F. E. Smith, 1st Ear of Birkenhead John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon
Tom Allen , US Representative from MaineWilliam Shepherd Allen , UK and New Zealand politicianMichael Alison , politicianAnita Anand , Canadian politician and Minister of Public Services and Procurement Edward Ashe , English politician and Father of the House Michael Bates, Baron Bates , politicianThomas Charles Baring , politicianRichard Barnett , politicianRichard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury , former Lord ChancellorMarco Biagi , Scottish National Party politicianRobert Blake , Cromwell's admiralDavid Blatherwick , diplomatJohn Bluett , politicianJohn Bramston the Younger , politicianNorman Brook, 1st Baron Normanbrook , civil servant, Cabinet Secretary 1947-1962William Burge , Attorney General of Jamaica and anti-abolitionistEdward Cakobau , Deputy Prime Minister of FijiHugh Childers , statesmanCharles Delacourt-Smith, Baron Delacourt-Smith , politicianH. R. P. Dickson , colonial political officer and authorJoseph Diggle , clergyman and politicianJohn Dyson, Lord Dyson , judge and Master of the Rolls Derek Enright , politicianVincent Evans , Judge on the European Court of Human Rights Charles Fane, 1st Viscount Fane , politicianSteven Fisher , diplomatBernard Floud , politicianPeter Floud , civil servantMichael Foot , politicianWilliam Fox , premier of New ZealandSydney Giffard , diplomatPenaia Ganilau , former Governor General and President of FijiBadlishah of Kedah , Sultan of Kedah Eileen E. Gillese , judgeNeil Gerrard , politicianTuanku Abdul Halim , Sultan of Kedah , The King of Malaysia Robert Hannigan , cryptographer and civil servantJohn Hanson , diplomatJoseph Hardcastle , politicianJohn Hardres , politicianAvraham Harman , Israeli diplomatEvan Harris , former Liberal Democrat MP for Oxford West and Abingdon George Harrison , politicianCharles Hodson, Baron Hodson , judgeMarc Holland , Administrator of Ascension Island Sir Edmund Isham, 6th Baronet , politicianWyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham , politicianThomas Lewis , politicianRichard Lloyd , royalistMark Logan , MP for Bolton North East John Lovelace, 3rd Baron Lovelace , Whig politicianEric Macfadyen , politicianKenneth Maddocks , former Governor and Commander-in-Chief of FijiKamisese Mara , former Prime Minister and President of FijiKeir Mather , current 'Baby of the House' and Labour MP for Selby and Ainsty Duncan Menzies, Lord Menzies , judge of the Supreme Courts of ScotlandPeter Milliken , Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada T. E. Moir , civil servantJames Morris , Conservative MP for Halesowen and Rowley Regis Robert Moses , city plannerJames Munby , judgeJames Murray , politicianMichael Nolan, Baron Nolan , judge, first chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life (1994–1997), Chancellor of the University of Essex (1997–2002)Feroz Khan Noon , Prime Minister of Pakistan Arthur Onslow , former Speaker of the House of CommonsWilliam Palmes , politicianGopalaswami Parthasarathy , Indian diplomat and journalistEdward Phelips , politicianCarew Raleigh , politicianEmma Reynolds , MP for Wolverhampton North East Colin Thornton-Kemsley , National Liberal politicianSir Thomas Rich, 1st Baronet , politicianDenys Roberts , Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong Adair Roche, Baron Roche , law lord Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Wytley , politicianPhilip Rycroft , civil servantWasim Sajjad , two-time interim President of Pakistan and former Chairman Senate John C. Sherburne , Vermont politicianJohn Simon, 1st Viscount Simon , former Lord ChancellorF. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead , former Lord ChancellorSimon Smith , diplomat Thomas Strangways , Father of the House Lala Sukuna , Fijian chiefRandolph Vigne , South African anti-apartheid activistK. N. Wanchoo , Chief Justice of India Eugene Wason , Scottish politicianGeoffrey Whiskard , diplomatDaryl Williams , Attorney-General for Australia Henry Penruddocke Wyndham , politician, topographer and authorHugh Wyndham , judgeThomas Wyndham (of Witham Friary) , politicianThomas Wyndham, 1st Baron Wyndham , Irish lawyer and politician, former Lord Chancellor of IrelandSir Wadham Wyndham , judgeSir Peter William Youens , former Deputy Chief Secretary of Nyasaland (today Malawi) and secretary to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet of Malawi
Other
C. B. Fry
Noel Agazarian , World War II fighter aceSimon Anholt , political scientist, policy advisorE. W. Bastard , cricketerArthur Berry , footballerAlan Blackshaw , mountaineer, skier and civil servantWilliam Bromet , rugby playerBrian Burnett , Royal Air Force and Commander-in-Chief of British Far East Command Sir Michael Checkland , former Director-General of the BBC John Cooke , prosecutor of Charles IWarren East , businessman, chief executive of ARM Holdings plcWilliam Freke , mysticC. B. Fry , sportsmanGeorge Hogg , adventurerGeorge Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon , noblemanRichard Koch , management consultantDavid Levin , entrepreneurEmily Ludolf , amateur chef, finalist on BBC 2 's Masterchef John MacBain , businessmanPaul McMahon , cricketerAlgernon Methuen , publisherHerbert Page , cricketerNathaniel Rothschild, 5th Baron Rothschild , British financier and only son of Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild Edward Saatchi , entrepreneurChris Saunders , cricketer and headmasterSteven Skala , bankerDr Richard Stone OBE , social campaigner, philanthropist, anti-racism and interfaith activist
Fellows and honorary Fellows
Alfred Ayer , logical positivistMichael R. Ayers , philosopherJohn Bamborough , scholar of English literature and founding Principal of Linacre College, Oxford John Bell , Professor of Law and Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge T.J. Binyon , Russian literature scholar and crime writerIan Brownlie , barrister and academic in international lawPhilip Bullock , Professor of Russian Literature and Music[ 1] Peter Carter , legal scholarAllan Chapman , historian of scienceRichard Congreve , philosopherCharles Coulson , applied mathematician, theoretical chemist and religious authorPeter Derow , historian of ancient Greece and RomeFrederick Augustus Dixey , former President of the Royal Entomological Society of London Terry Eagleton , Marxist literary theoristEprime Eshag , Keynesian economistJeffrey Hackney , legal scholarAndrew Hodges , mathematician, author and Dean of Wadham CollegeHumphrey Hody , clergyman and theologianThomas Graham Jackson , architectFrederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell , Churchill's scientific adviser during the Second World WarNicholas Lloyd , cleric and lexicographerDavid Mabberley , botanist, educator and writerEdward Arthur Milne , astrophysicist and mathematicianTed Nelson , American sociologist, philosopher, and pioneer of information technologyBernard O'Donoghue , Irish poetRoger Penrose , mathematical physicist and philosopherBenjamin Bickley Rogers , classical scholarRichard Sharpe , historian of medieval England, Ireland, Scotland and WalesMarcus du Sautoy , mathematician, writer, television presenterEdward Stone , Rector who discovered the active ingredient of AspirinJohn Swinton , writer, academic, Church of England clergyman and orientalistJoseph Trapp , clergyman, academic, poet and pamphleteerTheodore Wade-Gery , classical scholar, historian and epigrapher Joseph White , orientalist and theologianJohn Williams , Welsh lawyer and writerR. J. P. (Bob) Williams , inorganic chemistRobert J.C. Young , post-colonial theorist, cultural critic, and historian
Honorary Fellows
Abdul Halim of Kedah , Sultan of Kedah Sir Franklin Berman , barrister, judge and arbitratorMelvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg , television broadcasterSir Brian Burnett , Air Chief MarshalSir Neil Chalmers , zoologist and former Warden of WadhamSir Michael Checkland , former Director-General of the BBC Peter Day , inorganic chemistJohn Dyson, Lord Dyson , Master of the RollsSir Roderick Floud , economic historianSandra Fredman , academic lawyerSir Sydney Giffard , diplomat and authorAllan Gotlieb , Canadian public servant and authorRobert Hannigan , former director of GCHQ Allen Hill , bioinorganic chemistJeremy R. Knowles , former professor of chemistry at Harvard UniversityLee Shau-kee , businessmanDavid Malcolm , lawyerSally Mapstone , principal of the University of St Andrews P. J. Marshall , historian of the British EmpireNevil Story Maskelyne , geologist and politicianPeter Milliken , lawyer and politicianClaus Moser, Baron Moser , statistician and public servantSir James Munby , judgeMichael Nolan, Baron Nolan , judge, first chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life (1994–1997), Chancellor of the University of Essex (1997–2002)Ashraf Pahlavi , Princess of IranSir Denys Roberts , former British colonial official and judgeSir Christopher Rose , former judgeWasim Sajjad , Pakistani lawyer and legal educatorSir David Smith , botanistKathleen Sullivan , lawyerRowan Williams , former Archbishop of CanterburyRobert J. C. Young , philosopher and historian
Wardens
The Warden is the college's principal, responsible for its academic leadership, chairing its governing body, and representing it in the outside world. Below is a list of the Wardens of Wadham college in chronological order. Their time in office is given in parentheses.
Robert Wright (20 April-20 July 1613), Bishop of Bristol and Bishop of Lichfield John Fleming (1613–1617)William Smyth (1617–1635)Daniel Estcot (1635–1644)John Pitt (1644–1648)John Wilkins (1648–1659), Bishop, scholar and co-founder of the Royal Society Walter Blandford (1659–1665), Bishop of Oxford , 1665, Bishop of Worcester , 1671Gilbert Ironside the younger (1665–1689), Bishop of Bristol , 1689, Bishop of Hereford , 1691Thomas Dunster (1689–1719)William Baker (1719–1724), Bishop of Bangor, 1724, Bishop of Norwich , 1727Robert Thistlethwayte (1724–1739), clergyman, fled to France in 1737 after a homosexual scandalSamuel Lisle (1739–1744), Bishop of St. Asaph, 1744, Bishop of Norwich, 1748George Wyndham (1744–1777)James Gerard (1777–1783)John Wills (1783–1806), administrator, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University (1792–1796)William Tournay (1806–1831)Benjamin Parsons Symons (1831–1871), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University (1844–1848)John Griffiths (1871–1881), Keeper of the Archives (1857–1885)George E. Thorley (1881–1903)Patrick A. Wright-Henderson (1903–1913)Joseph Wells (1913–1927), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University (1923–1926)John F. Stenning (1927–1938)Maurice Bowra (1938–1970), classical scholar and academic, known for his witStuart Hampshire (1970–1984), philosopher and literary criticClaus Moser, Baron Moser (1984–1993), statistician and civil servantJohn Flemming (1993–2004), economist, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, Fellow of the British Academy Neil Chalmers (2004–2012), former Director of the Natural History Museum Ken Macdonald , Baron Macdonald of River Glaven (2012–2021), former Director of Public Prosecutions of England and Wales (2003–2008)Robert Hannigan (2021–present)
Deans
Responsible for various aspects of the day-to-day student life of the College, the Dean has authority in matters of discipline concerning the behaviour of individuals or groups. Below is a list of the Deans of Wadham college in chronological order, together with their time in office.
John Pitt 1613, 1616–17[ 2]
John Goodridge 1613, 1618[ 2]
Matthew Osborne 1614, 1619[ 2]
Daniel Estcot 1615, Warden 1635–1644[ 2] Ralph Flexney 1620[ 2]
Alexander Huish 1621[ 2]
Ignatius Jordan 1622[ 2]
Amias Hext 1622–23[ 2]
William Boswell 1624, 1626[ 2]
Francis Strode 1625[ 2]
Gilbert Drake 1627–28[ 2]
William Turner 1629–31[ 2]
John Warren 1632–33[ 2]
Tristram Sugge 1635, 1636[ 2]
Leonard Simons 1637, 1644–1645, 1647[ 2]
Robert Chapline 1638–39[ 2]
Richard Goodridge 1641[ 2]
George Ashwell 1642–43[ 2]
Richard Knightbridge 1646, resigned 1647 and replaced by Leonard Simons[ 2]
Anthony Nourse 1647[ 2]
Samuel Lee 1653[ 2]
John Ball 1659, died 1660 and replaced by William Turges[ 2]
Walter Pope 1660[ 2] Daniel Estcott 1661[ 2]
Thomas Jeamson 1662, 1667[ 2]
John Chase 1663, 1671[ 2]
Brian Cave 1665, 1668[ 2]
Nathaniel Salter 1669[ 2]
William Thornton 1670[ 2]
George Fletcher 1672, 1676, died 1676 and replaced by William Shortgrave[ 2]
John Ludwell 1673–1674[ 2]
Thomas Lessey 1675[ 2]
Robert Pitt 1677[ 2] Robert Balch 1678[ 2]
William Latton 1679[ 2]
William Gould 1681[ 2]
George Harding 1683, replaced by Thomas Lyndesay[ 2]
Thomas Pigott 1684[ 2]
Alexander Crooke 1685[ 2]
Thomas Lidgould 1686[ 2]
Thomas Dunster 1687[ 2]
Humphrey Hody 1688[ 2]
Robert Doyley 1689[ 2]
William Hunt 1719[ 2]
John Leaves 1720, 1725, 1727[ 2]
Robert Nash 1721[ 2]
George Bowditch 1722, 1726[ 2]
Philip Speke 1723–24[ 2]
Edwyn Sandys 1728[ 2]
Stopford Jacks c.1925
John Frederick Stenning, Warden 1927–1938
Maurice Bowra c.1922–1938, Warden 1938–70A. J. Ayer 1945, philosopherJohn Bamborough 1947–54, founding Principal of Linacre College, Oxford T.J. Binyon ?–1976 & 1980s, literary scholar and writerDavid Mabberley 1976–82 and 1991–96, botanist and writerJames Morwood 2000–2006, Grocyn Lecturer in ClassicsAndrew Hodges 2011–2014, mathematician and writerMartin Bureau, 2014–2016, Lindemann Fellow and Tutor in Physics, astrophysicist
Claudia Pazos Alonso, 2016–2019, Fellow and Tutor in Portuguese
Andrew D Farmery 2019–2022, Sir Samuel Scott of Yews Fellow and Tutor in Medicine; Professor of Anaesthetics
Sarah J. Cullinan Herring 2022-present, Hody Fellow and Tutor in Classics.
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