EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Location:
Birmingham, England

Founding Date:
1900

Motto:
Per Ardua Ad Alta

Enrollment:
24,900

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Francis W. Aston	Chemist	1-Sep-1877	20-Nov-1945	Invented the mass spectograph
John Stewart Bell	Physicist	28-Jun-1928	1-Oct-1990	Bell's theorem of quantum physics
Bob Blizzard	Politician	31-May-1951		British MP, Waveney
James Clavell	Novelist	10-Oct-1924	7-Sep-1994	Shogun and The Great Escape
Fielder Cook	Film Director	9-Mar-1923	20-Jun-2003	A Big Hand for the Little Lady
Alan Cottrell	Scientist	17-Jul-1919	15-Feb-2012	Metallurgist at Cambridge
Tim Curry	Actor	19-Apr-1946		Frank N. Furter in Rocky Horror Picture Show
Matthew Goode	Actor	3-Apr-1978		Chasing Liberty
Reginald Horsman	Historian	24-Oct-1931		The Causes of the War of 1812
George Isaak	Astronomer	7-Mar-1933	5-Jun-2005	Resonant scattering spectroscopy
Simon Le Bon	Musician	27-Oct-1958		Frontman of Duran Duran
David Lodge	Novelist	28-Jan-1935		How Far Can You Go?
Karen McCarthy	Politician	18-Mar-1947	5-Oct-2010	Congresswoman from Missouri, 1995-2005
C. D. Mote, Jr.	Educator	c. 1937		President, University of Maryland
Paul Nurse	Scientist	25-Jan-1949		Regulators of cell cycle
Alice Paul	Activist	11-Jan-1885	9-Jul-1977	Suffragette
Sheila A. Penrose	Business	c. 1946		Former Northern Trust executive
John C. Plant	Business	c. 1954		CEO of TRW Automotive
Edwin E. Salpeter	Astronomer	3-Dec-1924	26-Nov-2008	Quantitative electron microscopic autoradiography
Robert Schrieffer	Physicist	31-May-1931		BCS Theory of Superconductivity
Jane E. Shaw	Business	c. 1939		CEO of Aerogen, 1998-2005
Timothy Smart	Business	1957		President of BT Global Services
John R. Vane	Scientist	29-Mar-1927	19-Nov-2004	Prostaglandins

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Francis W. Aston	Chemist	1-Sep-1877	20-Nov-1945	Invented the mass spectograph
Malcolm Bradbury	Critic	7-Sep-1932	27-Nov-2000	The History Man
A. E. Campbell	Historian	12-May-1929	2002	Great Britain and the United States
Alan Cottrell	Scientist	17-Jul-1919	15-Feb-2012	Metallurgist at Cambridge
Richard Dalitz	Physicist	28-Feb-1925	13-Jan-2006	Dalitz pairs and Dalitz plots
Peter P. Edwards	Chemist	1949		Metal-non-metal transition
J. A. S. Grenville	Historian	11-Jan-1928	7-Mar-2011	Lord Salisbury and Foreign Policy
Norman Haworth	Chemist	19-Mar-1883	19-Mar-1950	Carbohydrates and vitamin C
George Isaak	Astronomer	7-Mar-1933	5-Jun-2005	Resonant scattering spectroscopy
David Lodge	Novelist	28-Jan-1935		How Far Can You Go?
Louis MacNeice	Poet	12-Sep-1907	3-Sep-1963	Autumn Journal
Peter Medawar	Biologist	28-Feb-1915	2-Oct-1987	Acquired immunological tolerance
Philip Moon	Physicist	17-May-1907	9-Oct-1994	Gamma ray fluorescence
Mark Oliphant	Physicist	8-Oct-1901	14-Jul-2000	Deuterium reactions
Rudolf Peierls	Physicist	5-Jun-1907	19-Sep-1995	Frisch-Peierls Memorandum

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Robert Cecil	Politician	14-Sep-1864	24-Nov-1958	Diplomat, Nobel Prize recipient
Joseph Chamberlain	Politician	8-Jul-1836	3-Jul-1914	British pol revered in Birmingham
Norman Haworth	Chemist	19-Mar-1883	19-Mar-1950	Carbohydrates and vitamin C

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