EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Founded 1907 with the merger of City and Guilds College, the Royal School of Mines and the Royal College of Science. Part of the University of London until 2007, when it was reorganized as an independent university.

Location:
London, England

Founding Date:
1907

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Eric Ambler	Novelist	28-Jun-1909	22-Oct-1998	Topkapi
Cecil Balmond	Engineer	1943		Deputy Chairman, Ove Arup
Derek Barton	Chemist	8-Sep-1918	16-Mar-1998	Conformational analysis
Fritjof Capra	Physicist	1-Feb-1939		The Tao of Physics
Iain Conn	Business	c. 1963		CEO Refining & Marketing, BP
Sir William Crookes	Chemist	17-Jun-1832	4-Apr-1919	Discovered element Thallium
Edmund Daukoru	Government	13-Oct-1943		Secretary General of OPEC
David Edgerton	Historian	16-Apr-1959		The Shock of the Old
Martin Fleischmann	Chemist	29-Mar-1927	3-Aug-2012	Cold fusion crank
John Ambrose Fleming	Engineer	29-Nov-1849	19-Apr-1945	Invented the vacuum tube
Alfred Fowler	Astronomer	22-Mar-1868	24-Jun-1940	Celestial spectroscopy
Rajiv Gandhi	Head of State	20-Aug-1944	21-May-1991	Prime Minister of India 1984-9
Marc Garneau	Astronaut	23-Feb-1949		First Canadian in space
Fred Hassan	Business	12-Nov-1945		CEO of Schering-Plough
Raymond Hide	Physicist	17-May-1929		Earth's rotation
Sir Cyril Hinshelwood	Chemist	19-Jun-1897	9-Oct-1967	The Kinetics of Chemical Change
Arthur Holmes	Geologist	14-Jan-1890	20-Sep-1965	Father of the geological timescale
Frederick Hopkins	Scientist	20-Jun-1861	16-May-1947	Discovered vitamins
Koh Boon Hwee	Business	?		Chairman of DBS Group
Charles K. Kao	Scientist	4-Nov-1933		Fiber optics
Tom Kibble	Mathematician	23-Dec-1932	2-Jun-2016	Zurek-Kibble theory
Rilwanu Lukman	Government	26-Aug-1938	21-Jul-2014	Secretary General of OPEC, 1995-2000
Brian May	Guitarist	19-Jul-1947		Guitarist for Queen
Ian C. Read	Business	c. 1953		CEO of Pfizer
Hussain al-Shahristani	Government	1942		Iraqi Minister of Oil
Simon Singh	Author	19-Sep-1964		Fermat's Enigma
H. G. Wells	Author	21-Sep-1866	13-Aug-1946	The War of the Worlds
Geoffrey Wilkinson	Chemist	14-Jul-1921	26-Sep-1996	Organometallic "sandwich" compounds

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Derek Barton	Chemist	8-Sep-1918	16-Mar-1998	Conformational analysis
Patrick M. S. Blackett	Physicist	18-Nov-1897	13-Jul-1974	Cosmic radiation, continental drift
Ernst B. Chain	Scientist	19-Jun-1906	12-Aug-1979	Isolated penicillin
Thomas George Cowling	Mathematician	17-Jun-1906	16-Jun-1990	Cowling model
David Edgerton	Historian	16-Apr-1959		The Shock of the Old
George Finch	Chemist	4-Aug-1888	22-Nov-1970	Oxygen for mountain climbing
Alfred Fowler	Astronomer	22-Mar-1868	24-Jun-1940	Celestial spectroscopy
Dennis Gabor	Physicist	5-Jun-1900	8-Feb-1979	Inventor of holography
Norman Haworth	Chemist	19-Mar-1883	19-Mar-1950	Carbohydrates and vitamin C
Arthur Holmes	Geologist	14-Jan-1890	20-Sep-1965	Father of the geological timescale
Nicholas Kemmer	Physicist	7-Dec-1911	21-Oct-1998	Nuclear weapons and reactors
Tom Kibble	Mathematician	23-Dec-1932	2-Jun-2016	Zurek-Kibble theory
Philip Moon	Physicist	17-May-1907	9-Oct-1994	Gamma ray fluorescence
George Porter	Chemist	6-Dec-1920	31-Aug-2002	Rapid chemical and biological processes
Abdus Salam	Physicist	29-Jan-1926	21-Nov-1996	Electroweak Theory
George Paget Thomson	Physicist	3-May-1892	10-Sep-1975	Diffraction of electrons
Geoffrey Wilkinson	Chemist	14-Jul-1921	26-Sep-1996	Organometallic "sandwich" compounds

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Patrick M. S. Blackett	Physicist	18-Nov-1897	13-Jul-1974	Cosmic radiation, continental drift
Iain Conn	Business	c. 1963		CEO Refining & Marketing, BP
Alexander Fleming	Scientist	6-Aug-1881	11-Mar-1955	Discovered penicillin

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