This is a list of notable former pupils and staff of Emanuel School, London, England.
Notable Old Emanuels edit
Armed forces edit
- Colonel William Bailey OBE
- Sholto Douglas, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtleside GCB, MC, DFC – Marshal of the Royal Air Force, at Emanuel 1904–1905
- Major Edward Thomas MC – noted for his part in the Battle of Hellfire Pass
Arts and entertainment edit
- Naveen Andrews – actor, star of Lost, and The English Patient
- John Banting – artist
- Alan Caddy – guitarist with The Tornados
- Derek Davis – ceramic artist[1]
- Rupert Degas – actor
- Hero Fiennes-Tiffin
- Jack Hedley – actor
- Leslie Henson – actor
- Douglas Hickox – film director
- Chris Hughes – record producer, and Adam and the Ants drummer, aka Merrick
- William Lovelock – composer and pedagogue
- Richard Marquand – film director, director of Return of the Jedi
- Ben Moore – artist and curator
- Gordon Murray – puppeteer (Camberwick Green, Chigley, Trumpton)
- Joseph Quinn – actor (Stranger Things, Catherine the Great)
- Mick Rock – rock photographer
Clergy edit
- Barney Hopkinson – formerly Rector of Wimborne Minster 1981–1986; Archdeacon of Sarum 1986–1998; and Archdeacon of Wilts 1998–2004
- J. B. Phillips – theologian and clergyman
Industry edit
- Neil Carson OBE – formerly CEO Johnson Matthey PLC
Law edit
Laurie Shaffi OBE
Literature edit
- Vernon Richards – anarchist writer and photographer[2]
- N. F. Simpson – dramatist[3]
- Michael Vince – poet and author
- Clive Wilmer – poet and Fellow of Fitzwilliam College and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge[4]
Media edit
- Michael Aldred – co-presenter of Ready Steady Go!
- Michael Aspel OBE – broadcaster
- Clive Barnes – theatre critic[5]
- Simon Barnes – chief sports correspondent for The Times
- Bill Boorne – Theatre Critic & Journalist
- Andi Peters – television presenter and producer
- Paul Rambali – Music journalist & author
Other professions edit
- Charles Walter Clark FRIBA – main architect for the Metropolitan Line on the London Underground
- Michel Roux Jr – Two-starred Michelin chef and restaurateur and presenter of Masterchef[6]
- Tomasz Starzewski – designer
Politics, public administration, and diplomacy edit
- The Rt Hon Richard Adams MP – politician, formerly Lord Commissioner of the Treasury
- Sir Alfred Butt MP – politician, theatre manager, race horse owner and breeder[7]
- Ernest Crutchley CB, CMG, CBE – Minister (Political)/Deputy High Commissioner Australia
- Sir Arthur Galsworthy KCMG – British Ambassador to Ireland and formerly British High Commissioner to New Zealand
- Sir John Galsworthy KCVO, CMG – British Ambassador to Mexico
- Baron Hain of Neath, PC – formerly Secretary of State for Wales; previously Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland; Leader of the House of Commons and Lord Privy Seal
- The Rt Hon Geoffrey Robinson MP – formerly Paymaster General
- Mark MacGregor – politician, formerly Conservative Party chief executive
- Matthew Taylor – chief executive of the Royal Society of Arts
- Charles Wilfrid Scott-Giles OBE, FSA – Fitzalan Pursuivant of Arms Extraordinary
- Sir Sebastian Wood KCMG – British Ambassador to Germany; formerly British Ambassador to China, and Principal Private Secretary to the Cabinet
Professors and distinguished thinkers edit
- Professor Sir Tim Berners-Lee OM, KBE, FRS, FRSA, FREng, DFBCS – inventor of the World Wide Web, recipient of the Millennium Technology Prize and professor at MIT
- Edward Bowell – astronomer, Lowell Observatory
- Professor Tony Brooker – Emeritus Professor of Computer Science, University of Essex
- Professor J Duncan M Derrett – Emeritus Professor of Oriental Laws, University of London[8]
- Professor Derek Fray FRS, FREng – Professor of Materials Chemistry, and Fellow, Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge; formerly Assistant Professor of Metallurgy at MIT
- Professor Robert Gibson – Emeritus Professor of Engineering Science, King's College, London[9]
- A. C. Gimson – phonetician and head of the department of phonetics and linguistics, UCL[10]
- Professor Peter Goddard CBE, FRS – mathematical physicist, director of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton; formerly Master of St John's College, Cambridge; Honorary Fellow Isaac Newton Institute
- Professor Ivor James – professor of cello, Royal College of Music[11]
- Professor Tony Judt FBA – historian, and Erich Maria Remarque Professor in European Studies, New York University. Nominated for the 2006 Pulitzer Prize for General Non-Fiction.[12]
- Tom Kemp – Marxist economic historian and political theorist; formerly Reader in Economic History at the University of Hull
- William Lovelock – composer
- George Lyward OBE – educationalist, teacher, (Emanuel School, Glenalmond College, and The Perse School under W. H. D. Rouse), and founder of Finchden Manor progressive community for young people[13]
- Professor David Marquand FBA, FRSA, FRHistS – academic, visiting fellow and formerly principal of Mansfield College, Oxford; ex-Labour Party MP and SDP co-founder
- Professor Mark Miodownik MBE – materials scientist, University College London
- Professor Denis Noble CBE, FRS, FRCP (Hon), Emeritus Professor and co-Director of Computational Physiology, Balliol College, Oxford; formerly Burdon Sanderson Professor of Cardiovascular Physiology
- Professor John Paynter OBE, FRSA – composer and Emeritus Professor of Music University of York[14]
- Edward P.F. Rose – paleontologist and geologist
- Professor Sir Owen Saunders Kt, FRS, FREng – Emeritus Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Fellow, and formerly Rector of Imperial College, London and Vice-Chancellor of the University of London[15]
Royalty and other nobility edit
- His Royal Highness Prince Abdul Hakeem Jefri Bolkiah of Brunei
Sport edit
Rowing edit
- Clint Evans – member of the 2005 Atlantic Rowing Race, overall winning crew and winning pairs team: C2[16]
- Malcolm McGowan – Great Britain Olympic oarsman 1980; silver medalist men's eight & 1984 Finalist[17]
- Anton Obholzer – Great Britain Olympic oarsman in Seoul (1988). Member of GB Eight that came 4th.
- Clive Roberts – Great Britain Olympic oarsman in Los Angeles (1984). Member of GB Eight that came 5th.
Rugby edit
- George Littlewood Hirst – Wales and Barbarians rugby international 1912–1914
- Tom Smith – Scotland and Lions rugby International
Cricket edit
- John Cole (1907–1997), first-class cricketer and British Army officer
- Ian Payne – cricketer
- Stuart Surridge – cricketer[18]
- Leonard Shelton Heath Summers – cricketer[19]
Notable Masters edit
- J. A. Cuddon – Writer, works include A Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory[20][21]
- Tristram Jones-Parry – Headmaster of Emanuel School 1994–1998; Headmaster of Westminster School 1998–2004
References edit
- ^ Carolyn Genders (9 October 2008). "Obituary: Derek Davis | Art and design". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ Colin Ward (4 February 2002). "Obituary: Vernon Richards | Books | The Guardian". London: Books.guardian.co.uk. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ Coveney, Michael (31 August 2011). "Obituaries: NF Simpson". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 2 September 2011.
- ^ "Carcanet Press Poetry Publisher – Clive Wilmer". Carcanet.co.uk. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ David Patrick Stearns (21 November 2008). "Obituary: Clive Barnes | Stage". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ Roux, Michel (23 May 1960). "Fiction, Children's books, eBooks, Non-fiction books, textbooks and more at Waterstone's". Waterstones.com. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ "emanuelschoolatwar.wordpress.com". emanuelschoolatwar. 24 September 2013. Retrieved 24 September 2013.
- ^ "JDM Derrett obituary". Law and Social Sciences Network. 14 February 2013. Retrieved 30 December 2018.
- ^ "Professor Ian Gibson: geotechnical engineer". The Times. 22 January 2009. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
- ^ "A. C.Gimson obituary". Phon.ucl.ac.uk. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ "Artist Biography by Joseph Stevenson". ALLMUSIC. 18 May 2015. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
- ^ Geoffrey Wheatcroft (8 August 2010). "Tony Judt obituary | Books". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ "George Lyward – A Memorial Address". Finchden.com. 26 October 1973. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ Salaman, William (3 August 2010). "Obituaries: John Paynter". London: The Guardian. Retrieved 12 August 2011.
- ^ Memorial Tributes: National Academy of Engineering, Volume 8. Books.nap.edu. 1996. doi:10.17226/5427. ISBN 978-0-309-05575-8. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ "Index". Rowatlantic.org.uk. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ "Great Britain Rowing at the 1980 Moskva Summer Games". SR Olympic Sports. 20 July 1980. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
- ^ "Wisden – Biographies". Content.cricinfo.com. Retrieved 24 October 2013.
- ^ "Wisden – Obituaries in 1977". Content.cricinfo.com. 5 December 2005. Retrieved 26 February 2011.
- ^ "The Penguin Dictionary of Literary Terms and Literary Theory J. A. Cuddon M. A. R. Habib". Retrieved 21 September 2018.
- ^ "Obituary J. A. Cuddon". The Independent. 16 March 1996. Retrieved 14 October 2014.