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University of Birmingham
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Location:
Birmingham, England
Founding Date:
1900 Motto:
Per Ardua Ad Alta Enrollment:
24,900 Official Website:
http://bham.ac.uk/ STUDENTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Francis W. Aston |
Chemist |
1-Sep-1877 |
20-Nov-1945 |
Invented the mass spectograph |
| John Stewart Bell |
Physicist |
28-Jun-1928 |
1-Oct-1990 |
Bell's theorem of quantum physics |
| Bob Blizzard |
Politician |
31-May-1951 |
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British MP, Waveney |
| Simon Le Bon |
Musician |
27-Oct-1958 |
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Frontman of Duran Duran |
| James Clavell |
Novelist |
10-Oct-1924 |
7-Sep-1994 |
Shogun and The Great Escape |
| Alan Cottrell |
Scientist |
17-Jul-1919 |
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Metallurgist at Cambridge |
| Matthew Goode |
Actor |
3-Apr-1978 |
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Chasing Liberty |
| George Isaak |
Astronomer |
7-Mar-1933 |
5-Jun-2005 |
Resonant scattering spectroscopy |
| David Lodge |
Novelist |
28-Jan-1935 |
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How Far Can You Go? |
| Karen McCarthy |
Politician |
18-Mar-1947 |
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Congresswoman from Missouri, 1995-2005 |
| C. D. Mote, Jr. |
Educator |
c. 1937 |
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President, University of Maryland |
| Paul Nurse |
Scientist |
25-Jan-1949 |
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Regulators of cell cycle |
| Alice Paul |
Activist |
11-Jan-1885 |
9-Jul-1977 |
Suffragette |
| Sheila A. Penrose |
Business |
c. 1946 |
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Former Northern Trust executive |
| John C. Plant |
Business |
c. 1954 |
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CEO of TRW Automotive |
| Jane E. Shaw |
Business |
c. 1939 |
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CEO of Aerogen, 1998-2005 |
| Timothy Smart |
Business |
1957 |
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President of BT Global Services |
| John R. Vane |
Scientist |
29-Mar-1927 |
19-Nov-2004 |
Prostaglandins |
TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Alan Cottrell |
Scientist |
17-Jul-1919 |
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Metallurgist at Cambridge |
| Richard Dalitz |
Physicist |
28-Feb-1925 |
13-Jan-2006 |
Dalitz pairs and Dalitz plots |
| Peter P. Edwards |
Chemist |
1949 |
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Metal-non-metal transition |
| Norman Haworth |
Chemist |
19-Mar-1883 |
19-Mar-1950 |
The Constitution of Sugars |
| George Isaak |
Astronomer |
7-Mar-1933 |
5-Jun-2005 |
Resonant scattering spectroscopy |
| David Lodge |
Novelist |
28-Jan-1935 |
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How Far Can You Go? |
| Louis MacNeice |
Poet |
12-Sep-1907 |
3-Sep-1963 |
Autumn Journal |
| Peter Medawar |
Zoologist |
28-Feb-1915 |
2-Oct-1987 |
Acquired immunological tolerance |
| Philip Moon |
Physicist |
17-May-1907 |
9-Oct-1994 |
Gamma ray fluorescence |
| Mark Oliphant |
Physicist |
8-Oct-1901 |
14-Jul-2000 |
Deuterium reactions |
| Rudolf Peierls |
Physicist |
5-Jun-1907 |
19-Sep-1995 |
Frisch-Peierls Memorandum |
ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Robert Cecil |
Politician |
14-Sep-1864 |
24-Nov-1958 |
Diplomat, Nobel Prize recipient |
| Joseph Chamberlain |
Politician |
8-Jul-1836 |
3-Jul-1914 |
British pol revered in Birmingham |
| Norman Haworth |
Chemist |
19-Mar-1883 |
19-Mar-1950 |
The Constitution of Sugars |
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