EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Liverpool, England

Founding Date:
1882

Motto:
Haec otia studia fovent

Enrollment:
23,000

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Clive Barker	Novelist	5-Oct-1952		Hellraiser
Charles Glover Barkla	Physicist	7-Jun-1877	23-Oct-1944	X-ray scattering
Rodney F. Chase	Business	c. 1943		Former BP executive
Carol Ann Duffy	Poet	23-Dec-1955		Mean Time
Ralph Flenley	Historian	2-Jan-1886	21-Mar-1969	Modern German History
Frederick Griffith	Biologist	c. 1877	16-Apr-1941	Discovered the transforming principle
Sanjay Jha	Business	1963		CEO of Motorola Mobility
Norton Juster	Author	2-Jun-1929		The Phantom Tollbooth
Barry J. Kemp	Archaeologist	1940		Ancient Egypt: Anatomy of a Civilisation
Frank Kermode	Critic	29-Nov-1919	17-Aug-2010	The Sense of an Ending
Ian Kershaw	Historian	29-Apr-1943		The Nazi Dictatorship
H. Gobind Khorana	Scientist	9-Jan-1922	9-Nov-2011	RNA's role in protein synthesis
Chris Lowe	Musician	4-Oct-1959		Keyboard and synth for Pet Shop Boys
Diarmaid MacCulloch	Historian	31-Oct-1951		Reformation: Europe's House Divided
Rodney R. Porter	Scientist	8-Oct-1917	6-Sep-1985	Chemical structure of antibodies
Joseph Proudman	Mathematician	30-Dec-1888	26-Jun-1975	Tidal currents
Alan Rawsthorne	Composer	2-May-1905	24-Jul-1971	Theme and Variations for Two Violins
Joseph Rotblat	Physicist	4-Nov-1908	31-Aug-2005	Nuclear physicist, anti-nuke activist
Patricia Routledge	Actor	17-Feb-1929		Hetty Wainthropp
James Stirling	Architect	22-Apr-1926	25-Jun-1992	Pritzker-winning architect
Lytton Strachey	Author	1-Mar-1880	21-Jan-1932	Eminent Victorians
Peter H. Wilson	Historian	1963		The Thirty Years War: Europe's Tragedy

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Charles Glover Barkla	Physicist	7-Jun-1877	23-Oct-1944	X-ray scattering
James Chadwick	Physicist	20-Oct-1891	24-Jul-1974	Discovered the neutron
Geoffrey Eglinton	Geologist	1-Nov-1927		Molecular organic geochemistry
Sir James Frazer	Anthropologist	1-Jan-1854	7-May-1941	The Golden Bough
Robert Kilroy-Silk	Politician	19-May-1942		Chat show host turned politician
K. A. Kitchen	Archaeologist	1932		The Third Intermediate Period in Egypt
Joseph Proudman	Mathematician	30-Dec-1888	26-Jun-1975	Tidal currents
Sir Robert Robinson	Chemist	13-Sep-1886	8-Feb-1975	Researcher of alkaloids
Ronald Ross	Scientist	13-May-1857	16-Sep-1932	Discovered malaria parasite in mosquitoes
Charles Sherrington	Doctor	27-Nov-1857	4-Mar-1952	Neurons and synapses

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