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University of Leeds
EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
Location:
Leeds, West Yorkshire, England
Founding Date:
1904 Motto:
Et augebitur scientia Enrollment:
33,000 Official Website:
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/ STUDENTS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Bill Bruford |
Drummer |
17-May-1949 |
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Drummer for King Crimson |
| Leslie Cheung |
Singer |
12-Sep-1956 |
1-Apr-2003 |
Cantopop singer, jumped to death |
| Paul W. Douglas |
Business |
12-Sep-1926 |
18-Sep-2011 |
CEO of Freeport Minerals, 1975-81 |
| Storm Jameson |
Novelist |
8-Jan-1891 |
1986 |
The Pot Boils |
| Mark Knopfler |
Musician |
12-Aug-1949 |
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Dire Straits |
| Otto Loewi |
Scientist |
3-Jun-1873 |
25-Dec-1961 |
Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter |
| Colin Platt |
Historian |
11-Nov-1934 |
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The English Medieval Town |
| George Porter |
Chemist |
6-Dec-1920 |
31-Aug-2002 |
Rapid chemical and biological processes |
| Corinne Bailey Rae |
Singer |
26-Feb-1979 |
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Put Your Record On |
| Harold Shipman |
Criminal |
14-Jan-1946 |
13-Jan-2004 |
Serial killer had 215 victims |
| Wole Soyinka |
Playwright |
13-Jul-1934 |
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Politically-charged Nigerian author |
| Jack Straw |
Politician |
3-Aug-1946 |
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Leader, House of Commons, 2006-07 |
TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| William Bragg |
Physicist |
2-Jul-1862 |
12-Mar-1942 |
Analyzed crystal structures |
| David Cesarani |
Historian |
13-Nov-1956 |
25-Oct-2015 |
Eichmann: His Life and Crimes |
| Thomas George Cowling |
Mathematician |
17-Jun-1906 |
16-Jun-1990 |
Cowling model |
| Lawrence Gowing |
Art Historian |
21-Apr-1918 |
5-Feb-1991 |
Biographer of Vermeer |
| J. A. S. Grenville |
Historian |
11-Jan-1928 |
7-Mar-2011 |
Lord Salisbury and Foreign Policy |
| Geoff Hoon |
Politician |
6-Dec-1953 |
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UK Minister of Defence, 1999-2005 |
| Owen Lattimore |
Author |
29-Jul-1900 |
31-May-1989 |
Scholar of Mongolia |
| Ralph Miliband |
Scholar |
7-Jan-1924 |
21-May-1994 |
Parliamentary Socialism |
| Colin Platt |
Historian |
11-Nov-1934 |
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The English Medieval Town |
| E. P. Thompson |
Historian |
3-Feb-1924 |
28-Aug-1993 |
The Making of the English Working Class |
| J. R. R. Tolkien |
Author |
3-Jan-1892 |
2-Sep-1973 |
Lord of the Rings |
ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES
| Name | Occupation | Birth | Death | Known for |
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| Melvyn Bragg |
TV Personality |
6-Oct-1939 |
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The South Bank Show |
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