List of University of Hull people

This is a list of notable people associated with the University of Hull, including alumni, academics, and staff.

Notable academics

  • Sir Hilary Beckles (born 1955) – Barbadian academic and historian, Vice-Chancellor of the University of the West Indies
  • Richard Beeman – American history (1976–77)
  • Malcolm Bradbury – Adult education (1959–61), novelist and academic
  • Jacob Bronowski – mathematics (1934–42)
  • Trevor Burnard - historian and director of the Wilberforce Institute for the Study of Slavery and Emancipation
  • Edwin A. Dawes – Reckitt Chair in Biochemistry (1963–1990), magic historian
  • Arthur Geoffrey Dickens – historian on The English Reformation (1949–1962)
  • Richard A. Flavell – molecular biologist, and professor of immunobiology
  • George William Gray FRS (also a Hull alumnus, PhD 1953) – instrumental in developing the materials which made liquid crystal displays possible (1946–1990), awarded Kyoto Prize and Leverhulme Medal of the Royal Society
  • Sir Alister Hardy FRS – Marine biologist, the first Professor of Zoology at the University College of Hull (1928–1942)
  • Clive Head – artist (1990–2000)
  • Richard Hoggart – Staff Tutor in Adult Education (1946–1959), influential British academic and public intellectual
  • Terence Wilmot Hutchison – Lecturer in Economics (1946–1947), influential as an economic methodologist and as a historian of economic thought
  • Guido Imbens-Professor of Econometrics at Stanford University and fellow of the Econometric Society
  • Brad K. Gibson – Professor of Astrophysics
  • Ludwig Lachmann – German economist and member of the Austrian School of economics (1943–1948)
  • Christian Langton – developed an early detection system for osteoporosis utilising ultrasonic waves[1]
  • Philip Larkin – University Librarian (1955–1985), poet, jazz critic and novelist
  • Angela Leighton – Professor of English, literary scholar and poet
  • Kathleen Lennon – Ferens Chair in Philosophy (2009–), feminist philosopher
  • Sir Leslie Martin – Head of Architecture (1934–?), leading architect and designer of the Royal Festival Hall
  • Rob Miles – computer scientist, Microsoft MVP
  • Sir Andrew Motion – Lecturer in English (1976–1980), Poet Laureate (1999–2009)
  • Bernhard Neumann – Lecturer in Mathematics (1946–1948), leading figure in group theory
  • Hanna Neumann – Lecturer in Mathematics (1946–1958)
  • Philip Norton, Baron Norton of Louth – professor of politics
  • Stuart Palmer – responsible for breakthroughs in the field of ultrasound bone densitometry
  • Michael Paraskos – writer and anarchist art historian (1994–2001)
  • Bhikhu Parekh, Baron Parekh – professor of politics, specialist on the theory of multiculturalism (1964–2000)
  • Daniel Parsons – professor of sedimentology
  • Barrie Pettman, lecturer in Industrial Relations in the Department of Social Administration; publisher and philanthropist.
  • John Guest Phillips FRS – endocrinologist and gerontologist, Professor of Zoology at Hull (1967–1979), Vice Chancellor of Loughborough University (1986–1987).[2]
  • Eric Roll, Baron Roll of Ipsden – Professor of Economics and Commerce (1935–1946), economist, civil servant and banker
  • John Saville – Professor of History, marxist historian
  • David Starkey – maritime historian (1994–)
  • Richard Swinburne – Christian philosopher of religion, later professor of philosophy at University of Oxford

Notable alumni

Other notable people

  • Baron Robert Armstrong of Ilminster – former civil servant, and Chancellor (1994–2006)
  • Robert Blackburn – aviation pioneer, and commemorated by the Robert Blackburn building
  • Baroness Virginia Bottomley of Nettlestone – former Conservative politician, and Chancellor (2006–)
  • James William Bruce – mathematics academic, and deputy Vice-Chancellor (2004–2009)
  • Lord Henry Cohen – Chancellor (1970–1977)
  • Stanley R Dennison – Economist, and Vice-Chancellor (1972–1979)
  • David Dilks – Historian, and Vice-Chancellor (1991–1999)
  • David Drewry – geophysicist, and Vice-Chancellor (1999–2009)
  • Thomas Ferens – Liberal politician, philanthropist
  • Brynmor Jones – science academic, and Vice-Chancellor (1956–1972)
  • Professor Susan Lea – health academic, and Vice-Chancellor (2017–)
  • Sir Roy Marshall – academic lawyer, and Vice-Chancellor (1979–1985)
  • Lord Middleton – first Chancellor (1954–1969)
  • Arthur Eustace Morgan – first Principal of University College (1926–1935)
  • John H Nicholson – academic, Principal of University College (1935–1954), followed by first Vice-Chancellor (1954–1956)
  • Calie Pistorius – Engineering academic, and Vice-Chancellor (2009–2017)
  • William Taylor – English academic, and Vice-Chancellor (1985–1991)
  • John Venn – Hull born mathematician, and commemorated by the Venn building
  • Baron Richard Wilberforce, former Judge and Chancellor (1978–1994)

References

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  2. ^ Vinson, G. P. and Tait, J. F. John Guest Phillips. 13 June 1933 – 14 March 1987, Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Vol. 34 (December 1988), pp. 610–637
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  5. ^ Butler-Sloss, Baroness Elizabeth. "Levy, Allan". Dictionary of National Biography. OUP. Retrieved 22 November 2016.
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