List of Wadham College, Oxford people
A list of Wadham College, Oxford people, including alumni, Fellows, Deans and Wardens of the College. An alphabetical list of alumni of Wadham college can be found here.
Alumni
Academics
- Martin Aitken, archaeometrist
- Amir Attaran, epidemiologist
- Charles Badham, classics scholar
- Owen Barfield, philosopher, author, poet, and critic
- William Bayliss, physiologist
- Edward Spencer Beesly, historian and positivist
- Henry de Beltgens Gibbins, economic historian
- Richard Bentley, scholar and critic
- James Theodore Bent, explorer and archaeologist
- Bernard Bergonzi, literary scholar
- George Fielding Blandford, psychiatrist
- Nathan Bodington, first Vice-Chancellor of the University of Leeds
- Dietrich von Bothmer, art historian
- Harvie Branscomb, Chancellor of Vanderbilt University
- William Brown, Master of Darwin College, Cambridge
- Alan Bullock, historian of Nazi Germany
- Colin Campbell, geologist
- Allan Chapman, historian of science
- Oliver Carmichael, 3rd Chancellor of Vanderbilt University and 20th President of the University of Alabama
- Anthony Cheetham, materials scientist
- Robert Caesar Childers, Pali Language Scholar
- Pamela Clemit, literary critic
- Richard Congreve, philosopher and positivist
- Steven Connor, literary scholar
- Sedley Cudmore, economist and Chief Statistician of Canada
- Peter Day, inorganic chemist
- Emma Dench, classicist
- Frederick Augustus Dixey, entomologist
- Barrie Dobson, historian
- Nakdimon S. Doniach, lexicographer and linguist
- Edward Gordon Duff, bibliographer and librarian
- William Rickatson Dykes, botanist
- Marcus du Sautoy, mathematician
- Peter Edwards, historian
- Henry Emeleus, petrologist
- John Eveleigh, Provost of Oriel College, Oxford
- George Stanley Farnell, classist
- Roderick Floud, economic historian
- E.B. Ford, ecological geneticist
- Sandra Fredman, Professor of Law
- David B. Frohnmayer, President of the University of Oregon and politician
- Philip A. Gale, chemist
- Ian Grant, physicist
- Harry George Grey, theologian and Principal of Wycliffe Hall, Oxford
- Thomas Guidott, physician
- Jeffrey Hackney, legal scholar
- Edith Hall, classics scholar
- Avraham Harman, diplomat and President of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem
- James Harris, legal scholar, Professor of the London School of Economics and Fellow of the British Academy
- James Harris, grammarian
- Robert Hooke, architect, natural philosopher, scientist, polymath, co-founder of the Royal Society
- Sir Thomas Graham Jackson, architect
- Ian Grant, physicist
- Ivor Grattan-Guinness, historian of mathematics
- Jennifer Ingleheart, classicist
- Gilbert Ironside the younger, Bishop of Hereford and Warden of Wadham
- James Jago, physician
- Frank Jevons, Vice-Chancellor of Durham University
- Benjamin Kennicott, Hebrew scholar
- Richard S. Lambert, biographer and broadcaster
- John Leslie, philosopher
- David MacDonald, biologist and conservationist
- Ruth Mace, evolutionary anthropologist
- Sally Mapstone, Principal of the University of St Andrews
- P. J. Marshall, historian of the British empire in the 18th century
- John Mayow, chemist, physician, and physiologist
- Alister McGrath, Christian apologist and theologian
- Frank McLynn, historian and biographer
- Nevil Story Maskelyne, geologist and politician
- Charles Morton, educator
- Peter Nailor, civil servant, intellectual and professor
- William Neile, mathematician
- Farhan Nizami, scholar in Islamic studies
- Tony Orchard, inorganic chemist
- John Parsons, Master of Balliol College, Oxford and Bishop of Peterborough
- William Plenderleath, antiquarian
- Josephine Crawley Quinn, ancient historian and archaeologist
- P. J. Rhodes, ancient historian
- Stuart J. Russell, computer scientist
- Phillipp Schofield, historian
- Henry Albert Schultens, linguist
- Walter Shirley, priest and historian
- Tom Solomon, neurologist
- Thomas Sprat, divine and co-founder of the Royal Society
- Benjamin Parsons Symons, Warden of Wadham
- Richard W. Tsien, electric engineer and neurobiologist
- Wilson Dallam Wallis, anthropologist
- Ethelbert Dudley Warfield, historian and academic administrator
- Rex Warner, classicist, writer and translator
- William Whyte, historian
- Donald Wiseman, biblical scholar and Assyriologist
- Sir Christopher Wren, architect and co-founder of the Royal Society
- William Rickatson Dykes, schoolteacher and plant breeder
Authors, artists, broadcasters and entertainers
- Diran Adebayo, novelist
- Monica Ali, novelist
- Hossein Amini, film director and screenplay writer
- Lindsay Anderson, film director
- Timothy Bateson, actor
- Sir Thomas Beecham, conductor
- Melvyn Bragg, television broadcaster & writer
- Simon Brett, writer
- Jess Cartner-Morley, fashion editor of The Guardian newspaper
- Andy Cato, of Groove Armada
- Alan Connor, journalist and television presenter
- David Constantine, poet and translator
- Alan Coren, comic writer
- Robert Crampton, Times journalist
- Cecil Day-Lewis, former Poet Laureate
- Sophie Duker, stand-up comedian and writer
- James Flint, writer
- Isabel Fonseca, writer
- Neil Forrester, Artist and subject of The Real World TV show (London series)
- Tim Franks, journalist
- Jonathan Freedland, journalist
- Peter Gammond, music critic
- Amelia Gentleman, journalist
- Nordahl Grieg, Norwegian poet and playwright
- John Gross, author and literary critic
- Tom Gross, journalist and political commentator
- Francis Wrigley Hirst, journalist
- Montague Haltrecht, writer and literary critic
- Tom Holt, author of humorous and military fantasies, and of historical fiction
- Felicity Jones, actress
- Reginald Victor Jones, physicist, scientific military intelligence expert and writer
- Michael Kenyon, novelist
- Hari Kunzru, novelist
- Tim McInnerny, actor and comedian
- Patrick Marber, comedian and playwright
- Sharon Mascall, journalist, broadcaster and writer
- Jodhi May, actress
- Anne McElvoy, journalist and broadcaster
- Robert McGill, writer and literary critic
- Hilary Menos, poet
- Roger Mosey, BBC executive, Director of London 2012 Olympic Games coverage
- Neil Nightingale, director the BBC Natural History Unit from 2003 to 2009
- David Patrikarakos, author and journalist
- Iain Pears, novelist
- Laurie Penny, author and social activist
- Rosamund Pike, actress
- William Rayner, novelist
- Tony Richardson, English theatre and Academy Award-winning film director and producer
- Stevan Riley, film director
- Jude Rogers, judge
- Michael Rosen, poet and broadcaster
- Joshua Rozenberg, legal commentator and journalist
- Carr Scrope, versifier
- Peter Sculthorpe, composer
- Sir Charles Sedley, 5th Baronet, wit, dramatist and politician
- Mary Ann Sieghart, former assistant editor of The Times
- Leonard Strong, novelist, critic, historian and poet
- Paul Vaughan, journalist
- William Walsh, poet and critic
- Irving Wardle, theatre critic
- John Wilmot, 2nd Earl of Rochester, libertine poet and protégé of King Charles II
- Humbert Wolfe, poet
Clergy
- Peter Allan, monk and Principal of College of the Resurrection
- Francis Bampfield, non-conformist minister
- Samuel Barnett, social reformer and Canon of Westminster Abbey
- Adrian Benjamin, clergyman and former actor
- Edward Bidwell, Bishop of Ontario
- Henry Bowlby, Bishop of Coventry
- Cornelius Burges, minister
- Richard William Church, churchman and writer
- John Erskine Clarke, clergyman
- Thomas Crofts, clergyman
- Cecil de Carteret, Bishop of Jamaica
- Robert Deakin, clergyman
- Joseph Diggle, clergyman, politician and public servant
- Edward Eddrup, clergyman and principal of Salisbury Theological College
- Edward Feild, clergyman
- Giles Fraser, Canon Chancellor of St Paul's Cathedral
- Campbell Hone, Bishop of Wakefield
- Walsham How, clergyman and botanist
- William Henry Jackson, priest, missionary and inventor of Burmese Braille
- Francis Jayne, clergyman
- Hewlett Johnson, clergyman, "Red Dean of Canterbury"
- Francis Kilvert, clergyman and diarist
- Alexander Mackonochie, mission priest
- Thomas Manton, clergyman
- Edward Garrard Marsh, poet and clergyman
- John Medley, first Bishop of Fredericton
- Wilfrid Oldaker, schoolmaster and Precentor of Christ Church, Oxford
- Reginald Owen, Primate of New Zealand
- Samuel Parker, clergyman
- Charles Ranken, clergyman and chess master
- William Jenkins Rees, clergyman and antiquary
- William Skinner, bishop of Aberdeen
- Edward Stone, clergyman and natural philosopher
- Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury
- Richard Willis, Bishop
- Richard Woodward (bishop), Bishop Cloyne
- Foster Barham Zincke, clergyman, traveller, and antiquary
Politicians and civil servants
- Tom Allen, US Representative from Maine
- William Shepherd Allen, UK and New Zealand politician
- Michael Alison, politician
- Anita Anand, Canadian politician and Minister of Public Services and Procurement
- Thomas Baring, politician
- Richard Barnett, politician
- Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury, former Lord Chancellor
- Marco Biagi, Scottish National Party politician
- Robert Blake, Cromwell's admiral
- David Blatherwick, diplomat
- John Bluett, politician
- John Bramston the Younger, politician
- William Burge, Attorney General of Jamaica and anti-abolitionist
- Edward Cakobau, Deputy Prime Minister of Fiji
- Hugh Childers, statesman
- Charles Delacourt-Smith, Baron Delacourt-Smith, politician
- Joseph Diggle, clergyman and politician
- John Dyson, Lord Dyson, judge and Master of the Rolls
- Derek Enright, politician
- Vincent Evans, Judge on the European Court of Human Rights
- Charles Fane, 1st Viscount Fane, politician
- Steven Fisher, diplomat
- Bernard Floud, politician
- Peter Floud, civil servant
- Michael Foot, politician
- William Fox, premier of New Zealand
- Sydney Giffard, diplomat
- Penaia Ganilau, former Governor General and President of Fiji
- Eileen E. Gillese, judge
- Neil Gerrard, politician
- Tuanku Abdul Halim, Sultan of Kedah, The King of Malaysia (1970–1975) and (2011-2017)
- Robert Hannigan, cyptographer and civil servant
- John Hanson, diplomat
- Joseph Hardcastle, politician
- John Hardres, politician
- Avraham Harman, Israeli diplomat
- Evan Harris, former Liberal Democrat MP for Oxford West and Abingdon
- George Harrison, politician
- Charles Hodson, Baron Hodson, judge
- Marc Holland, Administrator of Ascension Island
- Sir Edmund Isham, 6th Baronet, politician
- Wyndham Knatchbull-Wyndham, politician
- Thomas Lewis, politician
- Richard Lloyd, royalist
- Mark Logan, MP for Bolton North East
- John Lovelace, 3rd Baron Lovelace, Whig politician
- Eric Macfadyen, politician
- Kenneth Maddocks, former Governor and Commander-in-Chief of Fiji
- Kamisese Mara, former Prime Minister and President of Fiji
- Duncan Menzies, Lord Menzies, judge of the Supreme Courts of Scotland
- Peter Milliken, Speaker of the House of Commons of Canada
- T. E. Moir, civil servant
- James Morris, Conservative MP for Halesowen and Rowley Regis
- Robert Moses, city planner
- James Munby, judge
- James Murray, politician
- Michael Nolan, Baron Nolan, judge, first chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life (1994–1997), Chancellor of the University of Essex (1997–2002)
- Feroz Khan Noon, Prime Minister of Pakistan
- Arthur Onslow, former Speaker of the House of Commons
- William Palmes, politician
- Gopalaswami Parthasarathy, Indian diplomat and journalist
- Edward Phelips, politician
- Carew Raleigh, politician
- Emma Reynolds, MP for Wolverhampton North East
- Colin Thornton-Kemsley, National Liberal politician
- Sir Thomas Rich, 1st Baronet, politician
- Denys Roberts, Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Hong Kong
- Alexander Roche, Baron Roche, law lord
- Sir William Russell, 1st Baronet, of Wytley, politician
- Philip Rycroft, civil servant
- Wasim Sajjad, two time interim President of Pakistan and Former Chairman Senate
- John C. Sherburne, Vermont politician
- John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon, former Lord Chancellor
- F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead, former Lord Chancellor
- Simon Smith, diplomat
- Thomas Strangways, Father of the House
- Lala Sukuna, Fijian chief
- Randolph Vigne, South African anti-apartheid activist
- K. N. Wanchoo, Chief Justice of India
- Eugene Wason, politician
- Geoffrey Whiskard, diplomat
- Daryl Williams, Attorney-General for Australia
- Henry Penruddocke Wyndham, politician, topographer and author
- Hugh Wyndham, judge
- Thomas Wyndham (of Witham Friary), politician
- Thomas Wyndham, 1st Baron Wyndham, Irish lawyer and politician, former Lord Chancellor of Ireland
- Sir Wadham Wyndham, judge
- Sir Peter William Youens, former Deputy Chief Secretary of Nyasaland (today Malawi) and secretary to the Prime Minister and the Cabinet of Malawi
Other
- Noel Agazarian, World War Two fighter ace
- Simon Anholt, political scientist, policy advisor
- E. W. Bastard, cricketer
- Arthur Berry, footballer
- Alan Blackshaw, mountaineer, skier and civil servant
- William Bromet, rugby player
- Brian Burnett, Royal Air Force and Commander-in-Chief of British Far East Command
- Sir Michael Checkland, former Director General of the BBC
- John Cooke, prosecutor of Charles I
- Warren East, businessman, Chief executive of ARM Holdings plc
- William Freke, mystic
- C. B. Fry, sportsman
- George Hogg, adventurer
- George Hastings, 8th Earl of Huntingdon, nobleman
- Richard Koch, management consultant
- David Levin, entrepreneur
- Emily Ludolf, amateur chef, finalist on BBC 2's Masterchef, 2008
- John MacBain, businessman
- Paul McMahon, cricketer
- Algernon Methuen, publisher
- Herbert Page, cricketeer
- Nathaniel Philip Rothschild, British financier and only son of Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild
- Edward Saatchi, entrepreneur
- Chris Saunders, cricketer and headmaster
- Steven Skala, banker
- Dr Richard Stone OBE, Social campaigner, philanthropist, anti-racism and interfaith activist
Fellows and honorary Fellows
- Alfred Ayer, logical positivist
- Michael R. Ayers, philosopher
- John Bamborough, scholar of English literature and founding Principal of Linacre College, Oxford
- John Bell, Professor of Law and Fellow of Pembroke College, Cambridge
- T.J. Binyon, Russian literature scholar and crime writer
- Ian Brownlie, barrister and academic in international law
- Philip Bullock, Professor of Russian Literature and Music[1]
- Peter Carter, legal scholar
- Allan Chapman, historian of science
- Richard Congreve, philosopher
- Charles Coulson, applied mathematician, theoretical chemist and religious author
- Peter Derow, historian of ancient Greece and Rome
- Frederick Augustus Dixey, former President of the Royal Entomological Society of London
- Terry Eagleton, Marxist literary theorist
- Eprime Eshag, Keynesian economist
- Jeffrey Hackney, legal scholar
- Andrew Hodges, mathematician, author and Dean of Wadham College
- Humphrey Hody, clergyman and theologian
- Thomas Graham Jackson, architect
- Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell, Churchill's scientific adviser during the Second World War
- Nicholas Lloyd, cleric and lexicographer
- David Mabberley, botanist, educator and writer
- Edward Arthur Milne, astrophysicist and mathematician
- Ted Nelson, American sociologist, philosopher, and pioneer of information technology
- Bernard O'Donoghue, Irish poet
- Roger Penrose, mathematical physicist and philosopher
- Benjamin Bickley Rogers, classical scholar
- Richard Sharpe, historian of medieval England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales
- Marcus du Sautoy, mathematician, writer, television presenter
- Edward Stone, Rector who discovered the active ingredient of Aspirin
- John Swinton, writer, academic, Church of England clergyman and orientalist
- Joseph Trapp, clergyman, academic, poet and pamphleteer
- Theodore Wade-Gery, classical scholar, historian and epigrapher
- Joseph White, orientalist and theologian
- John Williams, Welsh lawyer and writer
- Robert J.C. Young, post-colonial theorist, cultural critic, and historian
Honorary Fellows
- Abdul Halim of Kedah, Sultan of Kedah
- Sir Franklin Berman, barrister, judge and arbitrator
- Melvyn Bragg, Baron Bragg, television broadcaster
- Sir Brian Burnett, Air Chief Marshal
- Sir Neil Chalmers, zoologist and former Warden of Wadham.
- Sir Michael Checkland, former Director General of the BBC
- Peter Day, inorganic chemist
- John Dyson, Lord Dyson, Master of the Rolls
- Sir Roderick Floud, economic historian
- Sandra Fredman, academic lawyer
- Sir Sydney Giffard, diplomat and author
- Allan Gotlieb, Canadian public servant and author
- Robert Hannigan, former director of GCHQ
- Hugh Allen Oliver Hill, bioinorganic chemist
- Jeremy R. Knowles, former professor of chemistry at Harvard University
- Lee Shau-kee, businessman
- David Malcolm, lawyer
- Sally Mapstone, principal of the University of St Andrews
- P. J. Marshall, historian of the British Empire
- Nevil Story Maskelyne, geologist and politician
- Peter Milliken, lawyer and politician
- Claus Moser, Baron Moser, statistician and public servant
- Sir James Munby, judge
- Michael Nolan, Baron Nolan, judge, first chairman of the Committee on Standards in Public Life (1994–1997), Chancellor of the University of Essex (1997–2002)
- Ashraf Pahlavi, Princess of Iran
- Sir Denys Roberts, former British colonial official and judge
- Sir Christopher Rose, former judge
- Wasim Sajjad, Pakistani lawyer and legal educator
- Sir David Smith, botanist
- Kathleen Sullivan, lawyer
- Andrew Thomson, chemist
- Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury
- Sir David Winkley, academic and headteacher
- Robert J. C. Young, philosopher and historian
Wardens
The Warden is the college's principal, responsible for its academic leadership, chairing its governing body, and representing it in the outside world. Below is a list of the Wardens of Wadham college in chronological order. Their time in office is given in parentheses.
- Robert Wright (20 April-20 July 1613), Bishop of Bristol and Bishop of Lichfield
- John Fleming (1613–1617)
- William Smyth (1617–1635)
- Daniel Estcot (1635–1644)
- John Pitt (1644–1648)
- John Wilkins (1648–1659), Bishop, scholar and co-founder of the Royal Society
- Walter Blandford (1659–1665), Bishop of Oxford, 1665, Bishop of Worcester, 1671
- Gilbert Ironside the younger (1665–1689), Bishop of Bristol, 1689, Bishop of Hereford, 1691
- Thomas Dunster (1689–1719)
- William Baker (1719–1724), Bishop of Bangor, 1724, Bishop of Norwich, 1727
- Robert Thistlethwayte (1724–1739), clergyman, fled to France in 1737 after a homosexual scandal
- Samuel Lisle (1739–1744), Bishop of St. Asaph, 1744, Bishop of Norwich, 1748
- George Wyndham (1744–1777)
- James Gerard (1777–1783)
- John Wills (1783–1806), administrator, Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University (1792–1796)
- William Tournay (1806–1831)
- Benjamin Parsons Symons (1831–1871), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University (1844–1848)
- John Griffiths (1871–1881), Keeper of the Archives (1857–1885)
- George E. Thorley (1881–1903)
- Patrick A. Wright-Henderson (1903–1913)
- Joseph Wells (1913–1927), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University (1923–1926)
- John F. Stenning (1927–1938)
- Maurice Bowra (1938–1970), classical scholar and academic, known for his wit
- Stuart Hampshire (1970–1984), philosopher and literary critic
- Claus Moser, Baron Moser (1984–1993), statistician and civil servant
- John Flemming (1993–2004), economist, Pro-Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University, Fellow of the British Academy
- Neil Chalmers (2004–2012), former Director of the Natural History Museum
- Ken Macdonald, Baron Macdonald of River Glaven (2012–present), former Director of Public Prosecutions of England and Wales (2003–2008)
Deans
Responsible for various aspects of the day-to-day student life of the College, the Dean has authority in matters of discipline concerning the behaviour of individuals or groups. Below is a list of the Deans of Wadham college in chronological order, together with their time in office.
- John Pitt 1613, 1616–17[2]
- John Goodridge 1613, 1618[2]
- Matthew Osborne 1614, 1619[2]
- Daniel Estcot 1615, Warden 1635–1644[2]
- Ralph Flexney 1620[2]
- Alexander Huish 1621[2]
- Ignatius Jordan 1622[2]
- Amias Hext 1622–23[2]
- William Boswell 1624, 1626[2]
- Francis Strode 1625[2]
- Gilbert Drake 1627–28[2]
- William Turner 1629–31[2]
- John Warren 1632–33[2]
- Tristram Sugge 1635, 1636[2]
- Leonard Simons 1637, 1644–1645, 1647[2]
- Robert Chapline 1638–39[2]
- Richard Goodridge 1641[2]
- George Ashwell 1642–43[2]
- Richard Knightbridge 1646, resigned 1647 and replaced by Leonard Simons[2]
- Anthony Nourse 1647[2]
- Samuel Lee 1653[2]
- John Ball 1659, died 1660 and replaced by William Turges[2]
- Walter Pope 1660[2]
- Daniel Estcott 1661[2]
- Thomas Jeamson 1662, 1667[2]
- John Chase 1663, 1671[2]
- Brian Cave 1665, 1668[2]
- Nathaniel Salter 1669[2]
- William Thornton 1670[2]
- George Fletcher 1672, 1676, died 1676 and replaced by William Shortgrave[2]
- John Ludwell 1673–1674[2]
- Thomas Lessey 1675[2]
- Robert Pitt 1677[2]
- Robert Balch 1678[2]
- William Latton 1679[2]
- William Gould 1681[2]
- George Harding 1683, replaced by Thomas Lyndesay[2]
- Thomas Pigott 1684[2]
- Alexander Crooke 1685[2]
- Thomas Lidgould 1686[2]
- Thomas Dunster 1687[2]
- Humphrey Hody 1688[2]
- Robert Doyley 1689[2]
- William Hunt 1719[2]
- John Leaves 1720, 1725, 1727[2]
- Robert Nash 1721[2]
- George Bowditch 1722, 1726[2]
- Philip Speke 1723–24[2]
- Edwyn Sandys 1728[2]
- Stopford Jacks c.1925
- John Frederick Stenning, Warden 1927–1938
- Maurice Bowra c.1922–1938, Warden 1938–70
- A.J. Ayer 1945, philosopher
- John Bamborough 1947–54, founding Principal of Linacre College, Oxford
- T.J. Binyon ?–1976 & 1980s, literary scholar and writer
- David Mabberley 1976–82 and 1991–96, botanist and writer
- James Morwood 2000–2006, Grocyn Lecturer in Classics
- Robin McCleery ?–2008
- Paul Martin 2009
- Andrew Hodges 2011–2014, mathematician and writer
- Martin Bureau, 2014–2016, Lindemann Fellow and Tutor in Physics, astrophysicist
- Claudia Pazos Alonso, 2016–2019. Fellow & Tutor in Portuguese.
- Andrew D Farmery 2019-present, Sir Samuel Scott of Yews Fellow & Tutor in Medicine. Professor of Anaesthetics.
References
- "Prof P R Bullock". Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages. University of Oxford. Retrieved 18 November 2017.
- Gardine, Robert. The registers of Wadham college, Oxford ... From 1613 to 1871.
- "Wardens of Wadham". Wadham College, Oxford. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
- "Visiting, Honorary, Foundation and Emeritus Fellows". Wadham College, Oxford. Archived from the original on 7 April 2013. Retrieved 12 April 2013.
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