EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Sheffield, England

Founding Date:
1897

Motto:
Rerum cognoscere causas

Enrollment:
26,000

Official Website:
http://www.shef.ac.uk/

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David Blunkett	Politician	6-Jun-1947		UK Home Secretary, 2001-04
Gavin Bryars	Composer	16-Jan-1943		Avant-garde composer
Stephen Daldry	Film Director	2-May-1961		The Hours
John T. Dickson	Business	c. 1946		CEO of Agere Systems, 2000-05
Joanne Harris	Novelist	3-Jul-1964		Chocolat
Penelope L. Hughes	Business	c. 1960		Former Coca-Cola executive
Sir Harold Kroto	Chemist	7-Oct-1939		Co-Discovered first fullerene
Caroline S. Matthews	Business	c. 1960		Blue Cross and Blue Shield of Georgia
Leon Mirsky	Mathematician	19-Dec-1918	1-Dec-1983	Transversal Theory
Richard J. Roberts	Scientist	6-Sep-1943		Eukaryotic (split) genes
Rachel Shelley	Actor	8-Aug-1969		The L Word
John R. Vane	Scientist	29-Mar-1927	19-Nov-2004	Prostaglandins

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
William Empson	Critic	27-Sep-1906	15-Apr-1984	Seven Types of Ambiguity
Howard Florey	Scientist	24-Sep-1898	21-Feb-1968	Discovered penicillin
Hans Krebs	Scientist	25-Apr-1900	22-Nov-1981	Tricarboxylic acid cycle

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