- Oliver Cromwell
Oliver Cromwell was an English military and political leader best known for his involvement in making England into a republican Commonwealth and for the brutal war exercised in his conquest of Ireland. He was born in Huntingdon, seventy miles north of London, into the ranks of the middle gentry, and remained relatively obscure for his first forty years, … - Seth Ward
Seth Ward (1617 - 6 January 1689) was an English mathematician, astronomer, and bishop. He was born in Hertfordshire, and educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he became fellow in 1640. In 1643 he was chosen university mathematical lecturer, but he was deprived of his fellowship next year for opposing the Solemn League and Covenant. In 1649 he became Savilian professor of astronomy at Oxford University, … - Asa Briggs
Asa Briggs, Baron Briggs (born 7 May 1921) is a British historian, one of the most respected historians who has written on the Victorian era. In particular, his trilogy, "Victorian People", "Victorian Cities" and "Victorian things" made a lasting mark on how historians view the nineteenth century. He was made a life peer in 1976. He was born in Keighley, West Yorkshire on 7 May 1921. He was educated at Keighley Grammar School, Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (BA 1941), … - David Lidington
David Roy Lidington (born 30 June 1956) is a Conservative Party politician in the United Kingdom, and has been Member of Parliament for Aylesbury since 1992. He had previously been a special advisor to Douglas Hurd. He is currently Shadow Minister of State at the Foreign & Commonwealth Office. Mr Lidington was educated at Haberdashers' Aske's School, Elstree, and at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, … - Carol Vorderman
Carol Jean Vorderman MBE (born 24 December 1960 in Bedford) is an English television personality and mathematician best known for being a long-standing co-presenter of Channel 4 game show "Countdown". She was awarded an MBE in June 2000. - Robert Machray
The Most Rev. Robert Machray (May 17 1831 - March 9 1904) was a Church of England clergyman and missionary and the first Primate of the Church of England in Canada. Born in Scotland, Machray was educated at King's College in Aberdeen and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge where he studied mathematics, philosophy and theology. He was ordained in the Church of England in 1855 and served parishes in that country, as well as serving as dean of his alma mater at Cambridge. - Andrew Rawnsley
Andrew Nicholas James Rawnsley (born January 5, 1962) is a British political journalist and broadcaster. He was educated on a scholarship at Rugby School and read History at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University, gaining a first-class Honours degree. He started his career at the BBC, working there for two years from 1983, and in 1985 joined "The Guardian". From 1987 he was the newspaper's parliamentary sketch writer. - Nick Raynsford
Wyvill Richard Nicolls Raynsford, known as Nick Raynsford, (born January 28, 1945) was born in Northampton and educated at Repton School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, from which he graduated with a Degree in History in 1966. He had been rusticated (suspended) for a year for night climbing, in the course of which he had displayed a banner against the Vietnam War between the pinnacles of King's College Chapel. - Thomas Woolston
Thomas Woolston (1669 - January 21, 1731), English deist, born at Northampton in 1669, the son of a reputable tradesman, entered Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, in 1685, studied theology, took orders and was made a fellow of his college. - Colin Jordan
John Colin Campbell Jordan (born June 1923) was a leading representative of postwar National Socialism in Britain and around the world. In the far-right nationalist circles of the 1960s, Jordan represented the most explicitly National socialist inclination in his open use of the styles and symbols of the Third Reich. Through organizations such as the National Socialist Movement and the World Union of National Socialists,. - John Bramhall
John Bramhall (1594-June 25 1663), was an Archbishop of Armagh, and an Anglican theologian and apologist. He was a noted controversialist who doggedly defended the English Church from both Puritan and Roman Catholic accusations, as well as the materialism of Thomas Hobbes. Bramhall was born in Yorkshire and matriculated to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. He was ordained around 1616. - Dick Heckstall-Smith
Dick Heckstall-Smith (September 16, 1934 - December 17, 2004) was an English jazz and blues saxophonist. He played with some of the most important English blues-rock and jazz-rock bands of the 1960s and 1970s. Heckstall-Smith was born Richard Malden Heckstall-Smith in Ludlow, England (his father then being headmaster of the local Grammar School), and brought up in Knighton, Wales. He learned to play piano, clarinet and alto saxophone in childhood. - R. G. D. Allen
Sir Roy George Douglas Allen, CBE, FBA (1906 - 1983) was an English economist and mathematician. R G D Allen was born in Worcester and educated at the Royal Grammar School Worcester, from which he won a scholarship to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. He gained a First Class degree in Mathematics and was awarded a Wrangler scholarship. He became a lecturer at the London School of Economics (LSE) later becoming Professor of statistics. - Steven Pimlott
Steven Charles Pimlott OBE (18 April 1953 - 14 February 2007) was an English opera and theatre director and actor. His obituaries hailed him as "one of the brightest and most versatile directors of his generation" ("The Guardian"), and "one of the most versatile and inventive theatre directors of his generation" ("The Times"). His output ran the gamut of the theatrical and operatic repertoire, from musicals, … - David Owen
David Anthony Llewellyn Owen, Baron Owen, CH, PC (born July 2, 1938) is a British politician, Chancellor of the University of Liverpool and one of the founders of the British Social Democratic Party (SDP). He led the SDP from 1983 to 1987 and the re-formed SDP from 1988 to 1990. - Charles Thomson Rees Wilson
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson CH (February 14, 1869 - November 15, 1959) was a Scottish physicist. He was born in the parish of Glencorse, Midlothian to a farmer, John Wilson, and his mother Annie Clerk Harper. After his father died in 1873, his family moved to Manchester. He was educated at Owen's College, studying biology with the intent to become a physician. He then went to Sidney Sussex College in Cambridge University where he became interested in physics and chemistry. - Ian Lang
Ian Bruce Lang, Baron Lang of Monkton, PC, (born 27 June 1940) is a Scottish Conservative & Unionist politician. Educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he was a member of the Cambridge Footlights, he was MP for Galloway from 1979 to 1983 and for Galloway and Upper Nithsdale from 1983 to 1997, and was a minister for a number of years. He served as a Government whip from 1981 to 1986, Under-Secretary of State for Employment (1986), … - Chris Grayling
Christopher Stephen Grayling (born April 1, 1962) British politician. He is the Conservative Member of Parliament for Epsom and Ewell and the Shadow Secretary of State for Transport. Chris Grayling was born in London and grew up in Buckinghamshire. He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, High Wycombe, and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge where he was awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in history in 1984. He joined BBC News in 1985 as a trainee, … - Tom Kilburn
Tom Kilburn (August 11, 1921 - January 17, 2001) was an English engineer. With Freddie Williams he invented the Williams-Kilburn Tube and the first stored-program computer in the world, the Manchester Mark I, while working at the University of Manchester. - Thomas Twining
Thomas Twining (born January 8, 1735 in Twickenham, London, England; died August 6, 1804 at Colchester) was an English classical scholar. The son of Daniel Twining, tea merchant of London, he was originally intended for a commercial life, but his distaste for it and his fondness for study decided his father to send him to the university. He entered Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge (fellow, 1760), took orders, … - Thomas Rymer
Thomas Rymer (c. 1643 - December 13, 1713), English historiographer royal, was the younger son of Ralph Rymer, lord of the manor of Brafferton in Yorkshire, described by Clarendon as possessed of a good estate, and executed for his share in the Presbyterian rising of 1663. The place and date of Thomas Rymer's birth are not certainly known. The record of his admission to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, dated April 29, 1659, states he was sixteen years old. - Edward Montagu 2nd Earl of Manchester
Edward Montagu, 2nd Earl of Manchester KG (1602 - May 5, 1671) was an important commander of Parliamentary forces in the War of the Three Kingdoms, and for a time Oliver Cromwell's superior. - William Wollaston
William Wollaston (March 26, 1659 - October 29, 1724) was an English philosophical writer. He is remembered today for one book, which he completed only two years before his death: "The Religion of Nature Delineated" (1st ed. 1722; 2nd ed. 1724). He was born at Coton-Clanford in Staffordshire, on March 26, 1659. He was born to a family long-established in Staffordshire, and was distantly related to Sir John Wollaston, … - Matt Thorne
Matt Thorne is an English writer born in 1974 who has published seven novels. Thorne grew up in Bristol, England, and was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University. Thorne's first book, "Tourist", was published in 1998. The book is an attack on the negative effects of tourism on Weston-super-Mare, a popular English seaside town near Bristol. - Brian Lenihan, Jnr
Brian Lenihan Jnr. is an Irish politician. He is currently a Fianna Fáil TD for Dublin West and the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform. - John Nelder
John Ashworth Nelder FRS (born 8 October 1924) is a British statistician. Born in Dulverton, Somerset, he was educated at Blundell's School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, where he read mathematics. Nelder's appointments include Head, Statistics Section, National Vegetable Research Station, Wellesbourne 1951-1968; Head, first Statistics Department then Biomathematics Division, Rothamsted Experimental Station 1968-1984; Visiting Professor, … - T. Pelham Dale
Thomas Pelham Dale, Anglo-Catholic ritualist clergyman, most famous for being prosecuted and imprisoned for ritualist practices, was born at Greenwich on 3 April 1821, was brought up in Beckenham, Kent. After attending King's College London, in 1841 Dale went up to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and graduated in 1845. He was elected fellow of his college. He ordained deacon in 1845 and priest in 1846. He was appointed curate of the Camden Chapel, Camberwell, Surrey. - Alexander MacKenzie Stuart Baron Mackenzie-Stuart
Alexander John Mackenzie Stuart, Baron Mackenzie-Stuart (18 November 1924 - 1 April 2000) was an advocate and judge in Scotland before becoming the first judge from the UK, and later President, of the European Court of Justice in Luxembourg. - Samuel Phillips
Samuel Phillips was an English journalist, the son of a Jewish tradesman. He was educated at University College London, and then at Göttingen. Having renounced the Jewish faith, he returned to England and entered Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University, with the design of taking orders. His father's death, however, prevented this, and in 1841 he took to literary work. He wrote a novel, "Caleb Stukely" (1862), and other tales, … - Alexander Anderson
Alexander Anderson 12 May 1858-September 1934 was an Irish physicist and President of Queen's College Galway, later University College Galway, from 1899 until 1934. Alexander Anderson was born on 12 May 1858, the son of Daniel Anderson, of Camus, Coleraine, County Londonderry. He was educated at Queen's College Galway, where he won a first-year scholarship in the Science Division of the Faculty of Arts and the Sir Robert Peel Prize in Geometry in 1876. - Dennis Silk
Dennis Raoul Whitehall Silk, CBE, (born October 8, 1931), is a former schoolmaster and international cricketer. He was also a close friend of the poet Siegfried Sassoon, about whom he has spoken and written extensively. Silk was born in Eureka, California. He was educated at Christ's Hospital, and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, representing Cambridge University at cricket. He went on to play first-class cricket for Somerset, but gave priority to his teaching career. - Thomas Fuller
Thomas Fuller (1608-August 16, 1661) was an English churchman and historian. - Karan Bilimoria Baron Bilimoria
Karan Faridoon Bilimoria, Baron Bilimoria, CBE, DL (born 26 November 1961) is an entrepreneur and a life peer. He is best known as the founder and chief executive of Cobra Beer. Bilimoria was born in Hyderabad, India. He received the Bachelor of Commerce degree from Osmania University in 1981. After working as a chartered accountant for Ernst & Young, he studied for a Bachelor of Arts degree in law at Sidney Sussex College, University of Cambridge. - Christopher Catherwood
Christopher Catherwood is a British author internationally based in Cambridge, England and Richmond, Virginia. He has taught for the Institute of Continuing Education in Cambridge and has taught for many years now for the School of Continuing Education at the University of Richmond. He has been associated each summer with the University of Richmond's History Department, where he is their annual summer Writer in Residence, where most of his recent books have been written. - Christopher Curwen
Sir Christopher Keith Curwen, KCMG (born 9 April 1929) was Head of the British Secret Intelligence Service from 1985 - 1989. From 1989 to 1991 he was deputy secretary of the Cabinet Office. Curwen was educated at Sherborne School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. - John Madden
John Philip Madden (born April 8 1949) is an English director of theatre, film, television, and radio. He began his career in British independent films. He graduated from the University of Cambridge (Sidney Sussex) in 1970 with a B.A. in English Literature. He started work in television including directing "Prime Suspect 4" and episodes of "Sherlock Holmes" and "Inspector Morse". - John Wheelwright
John Wheelwright (1592-15 November1679) was born in Saleby, Lincolnshire, England, the son of Rebert Wheelwright of Cumberworth and Saleby. His grandfather was John Wheelwright of Mumby. He was educated at Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, receiving his B.A. in 1614 and his M.A. in 1618. - D. M. Schurman
Donald Mackenzie Schurman (born 2 September 1925 in Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada) was a professor of history at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario, and also served at the Royal Military College of Canada. In the Festschrift published in his honour in 1997, the editors hailed D. M. Schurman as the "founder of the serious study of naval history in Canada". - Chris Philo
Chris Philo is Professor of Geography at the Department of Geographical and Earth Sciences, the University of Glasgow. Philo graduated from the Sidney Sussex College of Cambridge University and became a Research Fellow there. In 1989 he joined the Department of Geography at the University of Wales, Lampeter, holding that post for six years, until 1995. He then joined the University of Glasgow as a Professor, becoming head of the department in 2002. - Sir Thomas Adams 1st Baronet
Sir Thomas Adams, 1st Baronet (Wem, England, 1586-24 February 1667/68). He was born in 1586, at Wem, Shropshire, educated at Shrewsbury School and admitted as a sizar to Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge University in 1600. He received his BA in 1605-6, and became draper in London. In 1609, he was elected as sheriff, giving up his business, and applying himself to public affairs. He then served as Master of the Drapers' Company, sat as an alderman, …
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