EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1876 as University College, Bristol, and amalgamated in 1909 with Bristol Medical School (founded 1833) and several other institutions.

Location:
Bristol, England

Founding Date:
1876

Enrollment:
11,000

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
David Bohm	Physicist	20-Dec-1917	29-Oct-1992	Particle physicist
Sarah Brown	First Lady	1963		Wife of Gordon Brown
Geoffrey Burbidge	Astronomer	24-Sep-1925	26-Jan-2010	Quasi-steady state cosmology
Angela Carter	Author	7-May-1940	16-Feb-1992	Infernal Desire Machines of Doctor Hoffman
J. M. G. Le Clézio	Novelist	13-Apr-1940		Nomadic novelist
Linda Colley	Historian	13-Sep-1949		Britons: Forging the Nation
Alex Cox	Film Director	15-Dec-1954		Repo Man
Max Delbrück	Scientist	4-Sep-1906	10-Mar-1981	Molecular structure of viral genes (phages)
Paul Dirac	Physicist	8-Aug-1902	20-Oct-1984	The Principles of Quantum Mechanics
Peter Fowler	Physicist	27-Feb-1923	8-Nov-1996	Cosmic radiation
Klaus Fuchs	Spy	29-Dec-1911	28-Jan-1988	Manhattan Project scientist, spy for USSR
Richard Gregory	Psychologist	24-Jul-1923	17-May-2010	Optical illusions and "hands-on" science
Anastasia Griffith	Actor	23-Mar-1978		Katie Connor on Damages
Gerhard Herzberg	Physicist	25-Dec-1904	3-Mar-1999	Molecular spectroscopy
David Hunt	Politician	21-May-1942		Former MP, The Wirral
Jason Isaacs	Actor	6-Jun-1963		Black Hawk Down
Mick Jackson	Film Director	4-Oct-1943		The Bodyguard
Chris Langham	Actor	14-Apr-1949		The Thick of It
Bernard Lovell	Astronomer	31-Aug-1913	6-Aug-2012	Radio astronomer at Jodrell Bank
Matt Lucas	Actor	5-Mar-1974		Little Britain
Chris Morris	Comic	5-Sep-1965		Brass Eye
Simon Conway Morris	Paleontologist	6-Nov-1951		Evolutionary paleobiologist
Simon Pegg	Actor	14-Feb-1970		Shaun of the Dead
Tim Pigott-Smith	Actor	13-May-1946		The Jewel in the Crown
George H. Poste	Biologist	c. 1944		Health Technology Networks
David Walliams	Comic	20-Aug-1971		Little Britain
Emily Watson	Actor	14-Jan-1967		Angela's Ashes
Robert E. White	Diplomat	21-Sep-1926	13-Jan-2015	US Ambassador to El Salvador, 1980-81
Michael Winterbottom	Film Director	29-Mar-1961		24 Hour Party People

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Barry Cunliffe	Archaeologist	10-Dec-1939		Iron Age Communities in Britain
Richard Dalitz	Physicist	28-Feb-1925	13-Jan-2006	Dalitz pairs and Dalitz plots
Geoffrey Eglinton	Geologist	1-Nov-1927		Molecular organic geochemistry
Paul K. Feyerabend	Philosopher	13-Jan-1924	11-Feb-1994	Against Method
Peter Fowler	Physicist	27-Feb-1923	8-Nov-1996	Cosmic radiation
Richard Gregory	Psychologist	24-Jul-1923	17-May-2010	Optical illusions and "hands-on" science
Diarmaid MacCulloch	Historian	31-Oct-1951		Reformation: Europe's House Divided
Keith Moffatt	Mathematician	12-Apr-1935		Fluid dynamics
Nevill F. Mott	Physicist	30-Sep-1905	8-Aug-1996	Properties of semiconductors
Cecil Powell	Physicist	5-Dec-1903	9-Aug-1969	Discovered the pi-meson
Sir William Ramsay	Chemist	2-Oct-1852	23-Jul-1916	Discovered noble gases

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Winston Churchill	Head of State	30-Nov-1874	24-Jan-1965	WWII Prime Minister of England
Richard Burdon Haldane	Government	30-Jul-1856	19-Aug-1928	Lord Chancellor, 1912-15 and 1924
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin	Chemist	12-May-1910	29-Jul-1994	Determined structure of Vitamin B12
Cecil Powell	Physicist	5-Dec-1903	9-Aug-1969	Discovered the pi-meson
Sir William Ramsay	Chemist	2-Oct-1852	23-Jul-1916	Discovered noble gases

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