John Gresham

John Gresham

male, deceased (1556)
courtier, Founder of English schools and colleges, cardinal wolsey, Lord Mayor of London, tudor, philanthropist…Gresham's School
Sir John Gresham (1492 - 23 October, 1556) was an English merchant, courtier and financier who worked for King Henry VIII of England, Cardinal...
Ralph Firman

Ralph Firman

male, 34 years old
Formula Nippon driver, racecar driver, Formula Three Championship driver, British Formula Three Championship, Old Greshamian, Macau Grand Prix…Gresham's School
Ralph David Firman Jr. (born May 20 1975 in Norwich, Norfolk) is a racing driver from the United Kingdom, who races under Irish citizenship (his...
Peter Brook

Peter Brook

male, 84 years old
Jewish, Order of the British Empire, Royal Shakespeare Company, Stratford-upon-Avon, Old Westminsters, Old Greshamian…Gresham's School, Westminster School
Peter Brook is a British theatre and film director and innovator, and considered one of the most influential and revered directors and theatre...
Christopher Cockerell

Christopher Cockerell

male, deceased (1999)
cambridge university, From Cambridge, Fellow of the Royal Society, engineer, inventor, second world war…Gresham's School, educated at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk
Sir Christopher Sydney Cockerell (June 4, 1910 - June 1, 1999) was an English engineer, inventor of the hovercraft. Cockerell was born in...
Pat Symonds

Pat Symonds

male, 56 years old
Italian, Reynard, Holt, Norfolk, Patrick (Pat) Bruce Reith Symonds, Benetton Formula, Old Greshamian…Gresham's School
Patrick (Pat) Bruce Reith Symonds (born June 11 1953 in England) is currently the Executive Director of Engineering of the Renault Formula One...

Norman Cohn

male, 94 years old
Protocols of the Elders of Zion, Jewish, Old Greshamian, Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford, Gresham's School, British Army
Norman Rufus Colin Cohn, (born in London 12 January 1915) is a British academic, historian and writer, now Emeritus Professor at the University of...

Sebastian Shaw

male, deceased (1994)
film actor, stage actor, Sebastian Lewis Shaw, television actor, Star Wars actor, Royal Shakespeare Company member…Gresham's School
Sebastian Lewis Shaw was an English film, television and stage actor. Shaw was born in Holt, Norfolk, and educated at Gresham's School, where his...
Ben Nicholson

Ben Nicholson

male, deceased (1982)
Benjamin Lauder Nicholson, Alumni of Slade School of Art, abstract painter, abstract art, Order of Merit, Cubism…Gresham's School
Benjamin Lauder Nicholson OM, (10 April 1894 - 6 February 1982), known as Ben Nicholson, was an English abstract painter. Born at Denham,...
Donald Duart MacLean

Donald Duart MacLean

male, deceased (1983)
Soviet spy, Cambridge Five, communist, death by myocardial infarction, From London, death from cardiovascular disease…Gresham's School
Donald Duart Maclean became a career British diplomat, after having been recruited as a straight penetration agent while still a student at...

John Holmes

male, deceased (1760)
Educationist, schoolmaster, English, Schoolteacher, School principal, Gresham's School
John Holmes (born 1702 or 1703, died Holt, Norfolk, 22 December 1760), was an 18th century schoolmaster and writer on education, Master of...