EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION

Part of the University of London.

Location:
London, England

Founding Date:
1829

Motto:
Sancte et sapienter

Enrollment:
21,000

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

STUDENTS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Paul Ableman	Novelist	13-Jun-1927	25-Oct-2006	I Hear Voices
Dannie Abse	Poet	22-Sep-1923	28-Sep-2014	Ash on a Young Man's Sleeve
Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje	Actor	22-Aug-1967		Adebisi in Oz
Asma al-Assad	First Lady	11-Aug-1975		First Lady of Syria
Kenneth R. Andrews	Historian	26-Aug-1921	6-Jan-2012	Elizabethan Privateering
Peter Asher	Musician	22-Jun-1944		Peter of Peter and Gordon
A. C. F. Beales	Historian	1905	16-Aug-1974	The History of Peace
Sir Walter Besant	Author	14-Aug-1836	9-Jun-1901	All Sorts and Conditions of Men
Philip Bobbitt	Author	22-Jul-1948		The Shield of Achilles
Steve Bourne	Computer Programmer	?		/bin/sh
Anita Brookner	Novelist	16-Jul-1928	10-Mar-2016	Hotel Du Lac
Arthur Brown	Musician	24-Jun-1944		The God of Hellfire
George L. Carey	Religion	13-Nov-1935		Archbishop of Canterbury, 1991-2002
Arthur C. Clarke	Novelist	16-Dec-1917	19-Mar-2008	2001: A Space Odyssey
Quentin Crisp	Actor	25-Dec-1908	21-Nov-1999	The Naked Civil Servant
Aleister Crowley	Religion	12-Oct-1875	1-Dec-1947	Wickedest man in the world
Rosalind Franklin	Chemist	25-Jul-1920	16-Apr-1958	Photographed DNA's structure
George Peabody Gooch	Historian	21-Oct-1873	31-Aug-1968	English Democratic Ideas in the 17th Century
Edmund Gwenn	Actor	26-Sep-1875	6-Sep-1959	Miracle on 34th Street
Hass Hassan	Business	c. 1947		Alfalfa's Markets
Peter Higgs	Physicist	29-May-1929		Higgs boson and Higgs field
Frederick Hopkins	Scientist	20-Jun-1861	16-May-1947	Discovered vitamins
Richard Kostelanetz	Artist	14-May-1940		Prodigious avant-garde artist and author
John MacGregor	Politician	14-Feb-1937		Leader, House of Commons, 1990-92
Deryck Maughan	Business	c. 1947		CEO of Citigroup International, 1998-2002
Reginald McKenna	Politician	6-Jul-1863	6-Sep-1943	UK Home Secretary, 1911-15
Anne McLellan	Politician	31-Aug-1950		Deputy Prime Minister of Canada, 2003-06
Alfred Milner	Government	23-Mar-1854	13-May-1925	Architect of the Balfour Declaration
Leon Mirsky	Mathematician	19-Dec-1918	1-Dec-1983	Transversal Theory
Maureen J. Miskovic	Business	c. 1957		Chief Risk Officer, State Street Corporation
Christina Rocca	Diplomat	c. 1958		Asst. Secy. State for South Asia, 2001-06
John Ralston Saul	Essayist	19-Jun-1947		The Collapse of Globalism
Louis Slotin	Physicist	1-Dec-1910	30-May-1946	Died tickling the dragon's tail
Harold Watkinson	Politician	25-Jan-1910	19-Dec-1995	UK Minister of Defence, 1959-62

TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
A. C. F. Beales	Historian	1905	16-Aug-1974	The History of Peace
James W. Black	Scientist	14-Jun-1924	22-Mar-2010	Propranolol and cimetidine
Paul Davies	Physicist	22-Apr-1946		The Mind of God
Francis Edgeworth	Mathematician	8-Feb-1845	13-Feb-1926	Pure Theory of Taxation
Raymond Hide	Physicist	17-May-1929		Earth's rotation
John Hopkinson	Engineer	27-Jul-1849	27-Aug-1898	English electrical engineer
Julian Huxley	Biologist	22-Jun-1887	14-Feb-1975	Evolutionary biologist
Judith Mayhew Jonas	Educator	18-Oct-1948		Provost of King's College, 2003-06
Joseph Lister	Doctor	5-Apr-1827	10-Feb-1912	Pioneer of antiseptic surgery
James Clerk Maxwell	Physicist	13-Jun-1831	5-Nov-1879	Maxwell's equations
Edward Mellanby	Doctor	8-Apr-1884	30-Jan-1955	Rickets
Conrad Russell	Historian	15-Apr-1937	14-Oct-2004	Fall of the British monarchies, 1637-1642
Philippe Sands	Scholar	17-Oct-1960		Lawless World
Charles Sherrington	Doctor	27-Nov-1857	4-Mar-1952	Neurons and synapses

ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES

Name	Occupation	Birth	Death	Known for
Bernard Williams	Philosopher	21-Sep-1929	10-Jun-2003	Leading moral philosopher

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