Emmanuel College

Discover the notable alumni of Emmanuel College. The list includes people like Nancy Kerrigan, Graham Chapman, Birbal Sahni, John Cotton & Griff Rhys Jones. This list of notable alumni is loosely sorted by popularity and has people from different domains of life, such as scientists, film & theater personalities, writers, media personalities and intellectuals & academics etc.
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Thomas Young
(Physician)
Thomas Young
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: June 13, 1773
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Milverton
Died: May 10, 1829

Often referred as The Last Man Who Knew Everything, British polymath Thomas Young made significant contributions to a wide range of subjects like vision, light, energy, musical harmony etc. Especially famous for Wave Theory of Light, he also made significant contribution in deciphering of Egyptian hieroglyphs. Young-Helmholtz theory, Young temperament and Young's Modulus carry his legacy to these days.

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Griff Rhys Jones
(Actor, Comedian)
Griff Rhys Jones
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Birthdate: November 16, 1953
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cardiff
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Walter Duranty
(Journalist)
Walter Duranty
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Birthdate: May 25, 1884
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Died: October 3, 1957
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Fred Hoyle
(English Astronomer Who Formulated the Theory of 'Stellar Nucleosynthesis')
Fred Hoyle
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: June 24, 1915
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Bingley, England
Died: August 20, 2001

Fred Hoyle was an English astronomer known for his theory of stellar nucleosynthesis. He spent most of his career at the Institute of Astronomy at Cambridge, serving as its director for six years. He was also an author of science fiction novels, short stories, and plays and appeared in a series of radio talks on astronomy for the BBC.  

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Justine Waddell
(Actor, Film actor)
Justine Waddell
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Birthdate: November 4, 1976
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Johannesburg
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Karel Reisz
(Filmmaker)
Karel Reisz
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Birthdate: July 21, 1926
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Ostrava, Czechoslovakia
Died: November 25, 2002
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F.R. Leavis
(Literature Critic)
F.R. Leavis
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Birthdate: July 14, 1895
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cambridge, England
Died: April 14, 1978
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John Wallis
(mathematician, philosopher, musicologist, cryptologist)
John Wallis
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: November 23, 1616
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Ashford
Died: October 28, 1703
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Birbal Sahni
(Palaeobotanist)
Birbal Sahni
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 1891 AD
Birthplace: Saharanpur district
Died: April 10, 1949

Birbal Sahni was a pioneer of palaeobotanical research in India. The founder of the Birbal Sahni Institute of Palaeobotany, he also taught botany at BHU and Lucknow University. He was also interested in music and tennis, and loved collecting coins. He was a Fellow of The Royal Society, too.

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Hugh Walpole
(British Novelist)
Hugh Walpole
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: March 13, 1884
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Auckland, New Zealand
Died: June 1, 1941

While he initially taught and read at the Anglican Church, British author Sir Hugh Walpole later focused on writing. He is perhaps best known for his works such as the Jeremy series of autobiographical novels and Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill. He also penned scripts for a few Hollywood movies.

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John Lennox
(mathematician, philosopher of science, university teacher)
John Lennox
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: November 7, 1943
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Northern Ireland

Apart from being an ace mathematician, John Lennox has also taught at institutes such as Oxford and is an emeritus fellow at Green Templeton College. A Christian apologist, too, he has penned books, such as Can Science Explain Everything?, exploring diverse topics, such as religion and artificial intelligence.

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Henry Cromwell
(Oliver Cromwell's son)
Henry Cromwell
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 20, 1628
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Huntingdon, England
Died: March 23, 1674
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Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett
(Judge, Politician, Lawyer, Barrister)
Norman Birkett, 1st Baron Birkett
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Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: September 6, 1883
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ulverston
Died: February 10, 1962

Initially a Methodist preacher and a cloth merchant, Norman Birkett later became a successful barrister and even served as the King’s Counsel. A Liberal Party politician, he had also been an MP from Nottingham East. Apart from being a High Court judge, he was also an alternate judge at the Nuremberg Trials

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John Cotton
(Theologian & Preacher)
John Cotton
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: December 4, 1585
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Derbyshire, England
Died: December 23, 1652
John Cotton was a clergyman in the American and England colonies. He was widely regarded as the greatest theologian and minister of the Massachusetts Bay Colony. A prolific writer, John Cotton is credited with writing the first known children's book by an American, Spiritual Milk for Boston Babes.
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Cecil Parkinson
(Politician)
Cecil Parkinson
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Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: September 1, 1931
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Carnforth, Lancashire, England
Died: January 22, 2016
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C. Northcote Parkinson
(Naval Historian)
C. Northcote Parkinson
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: July 30, 1909
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Barnard Castle, England
Died: March 9, 1993
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Edward George, Baron George
(British economist and banker)
Edward George, Baron George
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Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: September 16, 1938
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Carshalton, England
Died: April 18, 2009

Edward Alan John George was a British economist and banker who served as the Governor of the Bank of England from 1993 to 2003. Credited with guiding BOE to independence, enabling it to take full control of the country’s monetary policy, he was also acclaimed for his adept handling of UK’s withdrawal from the European Communities’ exchange-rate mechanism in 1992.

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Helen Vendler
(Literary critic and is Porter University Professor Emerita at Harvard University)
Helen Vendler
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: April 30, 1933
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States
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William Law
(Theologian)
William Law
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Birthdate: 1686 AD
Birthplace: Kings Cliffe, United Kingdom
Died: April 9, 1761
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John Desmond Bernal
(Physicist, Philosopher, Inventor, University teacher, Philosopher of science)
John Desmond Bernal
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: May 10, 1901
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Nenagh
Died: September 15, 1971
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G. Evelyn Hutchinson
(British Ecologist Who is Referred to as the Father of Modern Ecology)
G. Evelyn Hutchinson
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: January 30, 1903
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Cambridge, England
Died: May 17, 1991

G. Evelyn Hutchinson was a British ecologist best remembered for his contributions to the fields of systems ecology, limnology, entomology, radiation ecology, biogeochemistry, genetics, art history, philosophy, anthropology, religion, and a mathematical theory of population growth. G. Evelyn Hutchinson is sometimes referred to as the father of modern ecology.

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Charles Fleetwood
(Soldier)
Charles Fleetwood
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1618 AD
Birthplace: Aldwinkle, England
Died: October 4, 1692
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Ralph Cudworth
(British Anglican Clergyman, Christian Hebraist, Classicist, Theologian and Philosopher)
Ralph Cudworth
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1617 AD
Birthplace: Aller, Somerset, England
Died: June 26, 1688

Anglican clergyman and Ralph Cudworth was also a philosopher of ethics and a leading figure of Cambridge Platonism. One of his most notable works was The True Intellectual System of the Universe. He was a major critic of philosopher Thomas Hobbes’s views that equated morality to obedience.

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William Sancroft
(Former Archbishop of Canterbury)
William Sancroft
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 30, 1617
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Ufford Hall, Fressingfield, Suffolk, England
Died: November 24, 1693

William Sancroft was the the 79th Archbishop of Canterbury and the leader of a group of Seven Bishops, who were imprisoned by King James II for opposing his second Declaration of Indulgence. The bishops were charged with seditious libel but were acquitted in a trial. A rebellion by nature, he later lost his bishopric when he rejected William III’s claim to the throne.

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John Bainbridge
(Astronomer)
John Bainbridge
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Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: 1582 AD
Birthplace: Ashby-de-la-Zouch, England
Died: November 3, 1643
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John Bastwick
(Physician)
John Bastwick
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1593 AD
Birthplace: Writtle, England
Died: 1654 AD
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Nathaniel Ward
(Clergyman)
Nathaniel Ward
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Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: 1578 AD
Birthplace: Haverhill, England
Died: September 30, 1652
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Nathaniel Culverwell
(Author)
Nathaniel Culverwell
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Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: 1619 AD
Birthplace: Middlesex, England
Died: 1651 AD
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Roger Twysden
(Historian)
Roger Twysden
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Birthdate: August 21, 1597
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: East Peckham, England
Died: June 27, 1672