- Thomas Clarkson
Thomas Clarkson (28 March 1760 - 26 September 1846), abolitionist, was born at Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, England, and became a leading campaigner against the slave trade in the British Empire. - Eric Newby
"Eric Newby" CBE MC (December 6, 1919 - October 20, 2006) was an English author of travel literature, regarded by many as one of the finest British travel writers of the 20th century. - Isaiah Berlin
Sir Isaiah Berlin, OM (June 6 1909 – November 5 1997), was a political philosopher and historian of ideas, regarded as one of the leading liberal thinkers of the 20th century. Born in Riga, then part of the Russian Empire, he was the first Jew to be elected to a prize fellowship at All Souls College, Oxford. From 1957 to 1967, he was Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory at the University of Oxford. - John Milton
John Milton (December 9, 1608 - November 8, 1674) was an English poet, prose polemicist, and civil servant for the English Commonwealth. Most famed for his epic poem "Paradise Lost", Milton is celebrated as well for his eloquent treatise condemning censorship, "Areopagitica". - Sri Aurobindo
Sri Aurobindo (Bangla: শ্রী অরবিন্দ "Sri Ôrobindo", Sanskrit: श्री अरविन्द "Srī Aravinda") (August 15, 1872–December 5, 1950) was an Indian/Hindu nationalist, scholar, poet, mystic, evolutionary philosopher, yogi and guru. After a short political career in which he became one of leaders of the early movement for the freedom of India from British rule, … - Paul Nash
Paul Nash, (11 May 1889 - 11 July 1946) was an English war artist. - John Simpson
John Cody Fidler-Simpson CBE (born August 9, 1944), commonly known as John Simpson, is a British journalist who currently holds the most senior role of World Affairs Editor for BBC News. He also presents the current affairs programme "Simpson's World". - G. D. H. Cole
George Douglas Howard Cole (September 25, 1889 - January 14, 1959) was an English political theorist, economist and historian. He was a long-time member of the Fabian Society and a principal proponent of Guild Socialist ideas, a libertarian socialist alternative to Marxist political economy. Educated at St Paul's School, Cole became involved in Fabianism while studying at Balliol College, Oxford, joining the Fabian Society executive under the sponsorship of Sidney Webb. - Simon Dennis
Simon Dennis MBE (born 24 August 1976 in Henley-on-Thames) is a British rower and Olympic gold medalist. He started rowing at St Paul's School, London and his first international appearance was in 1994 in the GB eight at the Junior World Rowing Championships, winning a bronze medal. After school he attended Imperial College London, winning two Henley Royal Regatta races with them. He raced in the eight at the World Champs in 1997 and 1998, … - David Brewer
Sir David Brewer CMG (born 1940) was Lord Mayor of London between 2005 and 2006. Brewer was educated at St Paul's School, London and at the University of Grenoble, France. He began his career with marine insurance company Sedgwick Collins in 1959. He has been a director or consultant for a number of insurance companies around the world, and is currently a non-executive Director of London Asia Capital PLC. He was elected an Alderman of the City of London in 1996, … - G. K. Chesterton
Gilbert Keith Chesterton was an influential English writer of the early 20th century. His prolific and diverse output included journalism, poetry, biography, Christian apologetics, fantasy, and detective fiction. Chesterton has been called the "prince of paradox." He wrote in an off-hand, whimsical prose studded with startling formulations. For example: "Thieves respect property. - George Osborne
George Gideon Oliver Osborne (born 23 May, 1971 in London) is a Conservative politician in the United Kingdom, and has been Member of Parliament for Tatton since 2001. He is currently Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer and leads HM Opposition's Shadow Treasury Team. - Magnus Pyke
Dr. Magnus Pyke (29 December, 1908 - 19 October, 1992) was a British scientist and media figure, who, although apparently quite eccentric and playing up to the mad scientist stereotype, succeeded in explaining science to a lay audience. He was known for his enthusiastic way of waving his arms around as he spoke. Born in London and educated at St Paul's School, he then moved to Canada for seven years and studied agriculture at McGill University, … - Clement Freud
Sir Clement Raphael Freud (born 24 April 1924) is a British writer, broadcaster, and politician. Freud was born in Berlin, the son of Jewish parents Ernst Ludwig Freud, an architect, and Lucie nee Brasch. He is the grandson of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and brother of artist Lucian Freud. His family fled to Britain from Nazi Germany. Sir Clement married his wife June Flewett (who was the inspiration of the character "Lucy" in CS Lewis' "The Lion, … - John Churchill 1st Duke of Marlborough
John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (6 June 1650 - 27 June 1722) was an English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns of five monarchs throughout the late 17th and early 18th centuries. His rise to prominence began as a lowly page in the royal court of Stuart England, but his natural courage on the field of battle soon ensured quick promotion and recognition from his master and mentor James, Duke of York. - John Edensor Littlewood
John Edensor Littlewood (9 June 1885 - 6 September 1977) was a British mathematician, best known for his long collaboration with G. H. Hardy - Leonard Woolf
Leonard Sidney Woolf (November 25, 1880 - August 14, 1969) was a noted British political theorist, author, and civil servant, but perhaps now best known as husband to author Virginia Woolf. - Edmond Halley
Edmond Halley FRS (sometimes "Edmund", November 8, 1656 - January 14, 1742) was an English astronomer, geophysicist, mathematician, meteorologist, and physicist. - Benjamin Jowett
Benjamin Jowett was an English scholar and theologian, Master of Balliol College, Oxford. - Laurence Binyon
Robert Laurence Binyon (August 10, 1869 at Lancaster - March 10, 1943 at Reading, Berkshire) was an English poet, dramatist and art scholar. His most famous work For the Fallen is well known for being used in Remembrance Sunday services. - Thomas Taylor
Thomas Taylor (15 May 1758 - 1 November 1835) was an English translator and Neoplatonist, the first to translate into English the complete works of Aristotle and of Plato, as well as the Orphic fragments. The texts that he used had been edited since the 16th century, but were interrupted by lacunae; Taylor's thorough understanding of the Platonists informed his suggested emendations, which, when better manuscripts have been found, were often proved just. - Kenneth Dover
Sir Kenneth James Dover, FRSE, FBA (born March 11, 1920) is a distinguished British academic who was Chancellor of the University of St Andrews from 1981 until his retirement in December 2005. - Cecil Chesterton
Cecil Edward Chesterton was an English journalist, known particularly for his role as editor of "The New Witness" from 1912 to 1916, and in relation to its coverage of the Marconi scandal. He also wrote on political matters and during World War I was as pro-war and anti-German as most of his fellow citizens. He was the younger brother of G. K. Chesterton, and a close associate of Hilaire Belloc. While the ideas of distributism came from all three, and Arthur Penty, … - Cecil Clementi
Sir Cecil Clementi (1875 - 1947) was a British colonial administrator, who became Governor of Hong Kong. - Kenneth Baker Baron Baker of Dorking
Kenneth Wilfrid Baker, Baron Baker of Dorking, CH, PC (born November 3 1934), is a British politician, a former Conservative MP and a Life Member of the Tory Reform Group. - William Camden
William Camden (2 May 1551 - 9 November 1623) was an English antiquarian and historian. He wrote the first topographical survey of the island of Great Britain and the first detailed historical account of the reign of Elizabeth I of England. - Edward Vaizey
Edward Henry Butler Vaizey (born June 5, 1968) is a British Conservative commentator, politician and columnist. He was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for the constituency of Wantage on May 2005, with 22,394 votes. His majority was 8,017 over the Liberal Democrat candidate, Andrew Crawford. This represented 43% of the voters and a 1.9% swing from the Lib Dems to the Tories. Vaizey is the son of the late Lord Vaizey, a life peer, and his wife Marina Vaizey, … - Indra Lal Roy
Indra Lal ("Laddie") Roy, DFC (2 December 1898 - 22 July 1918) was a Bengali Indian flying ace. He served in the First World War with the Royal Flying Corps and its successor, the Royal Air Force. The son of P. L. and Lolita Roy, he was born in Calcutta, India. When World War I broke out, Roy was attending St Paul's School, Hammersmith in London, England. Five months after turning 18, in April 1917, … - Cecil Clementi Smith
</gallery>; Sir Cecil Clementi Smith G.C.M.G. (1840 - February 6,1916, was a British colonial administrator. He was Lieutenant Governor of Ceylon before being appointed Governor of the Straits Settlements from 1887 to 1893. He was educated at St Paul's School and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and in 1862 he was elected one of the first student interpreters at Hong Kong, where he became colonial Treasurer. - Joshua Toulmin
Joshua Toulmin, D.D. (23 July 1815) of Taunton, England was a noted theologian and a serial Dissenting minister of Presbyterian (1761–1764), Baptist (1765–1803), and then Unitarian (1804-1815) congregations. Dr. Toulmin's sympathy for both the American (1775–1783) and French (1787–1799) revolutions led the Englishman to be associated with the United States and gained the prolific historian the reputation of a religious radical. - Lister Sinclair
Lister Sheddon Sinclair, OC, MA, LL.D. (January 9 1921 - October 16 2006) was a Canadian broadcaster, playwright and polymath. Sinclair was born in Bombay, India to Scottish parents. His father, William Sheddon Sinclair, was a chemical engineer. He was sent to live with an aunt in London when he was 18 months old and did not see his parents again until he was seven. He taught himself to read at the age of five and began his formal education at Colet Court. - John Dunwoody
Dr. John Elliot Orr Dunwoody CBE (3 June 1929 - 26 January 2006) was a British Labour politician. Dunwoody was educated at St Paul's School, then trained as a doctor at King's College London, and Westminster Medical School. A surgeon, he worked in Devon as a senior house physician at Newton Abbot Hospital from 1955 to 1956 and as a GP and medical officer in Totnes District Hospital from 1956 to 1966. He was active in the Socialist Medical Association. - Edmund Clerihew Bentley
E. C. Bentley (July 10, 1875 - March 30, 1956), was a popular English novelist and humorist of the early twentieth century, and the inventor of the clerihew, an irregular form of humorous verse on biographical topics. Born in London, and educated at St Paul's School and Merton College, Oxford, Bentley worked as a journalist on several newspapers, including the "Daily Telegraph". His first published collection of poetry, titled "Biography for Beginners" (1905), … - John Chadwick
John Chadwick (21 May 1920 - 24 November 1998) was an English linguist and classical scholar most famous for his role in deciphering Linear B, along with Michael Ventris. - Thomas Gresham
Sir Thomas Gresham (c. 1519 - 21 November, 1579) was an English merchant and financier who worked for King Edward VI of England and for Edward's half-sister Queen Elizabeth I of England. - Philip Francis
Sir Philip Francis (22 October 1740 - 23 December 1818), English politician and pamphleteer, the probable author of the "Letters" of Junius, and the chief antagonist of Warren Hastings. - Bernard Montgomery 1st Viscount Montgomery of Ala
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, KG, GCB, DSO, PC (17 November 1887–24 March 1976), often referred to as "Monty", was a British Army officer. He successfully commanded Allied forces at the Battle of El Alamein, a major turning point in World War II, and troops under his command were largely responsible for the expulsion of Axis forces from North Africa. He was later a prominent commander in Italy and North-West Europe, … - Roger Twysden
Sir Roger Twysden (August 21, 1597 to June 27, 1672) was an English antiquary and royalist pamphleteer. He belonged to an ancient Kentish family. His mother, Anne, was the daughter of Sir Moule Finch, and his father, Sir William Twysden, was a courtier and scholar who shared in some of the voyages against Spain in the reign of Queen Elizabeth I and was well known at the court of King James I. He was one of the first baronets. Roger Twysden was educated at St Paul's School, … - Spencer Compton 1st Earl of Wilmington
Spencer Compton, 1st Earl of Wilmington, KG, KB, PC (1673 - 2 July 1743) was a British Whig statesman who served continuously in government from 1715 until his death. He had several styles: The Hon. Sir Spencer Compton (1725-1728), The Lord Wilmington (1728-1730), and The Earl of Wilmington (after 1730). He served as the nominal head of government from 1742 until his death in 1743, … - Lewis Hodges
Air Chief Marshal Sir Lewis Macdonald Hodges KCB, CBE, DSO and Bar, DFC and Bar (1 March 1918 – 4 January 2007) was a pilot for SOE in the Second World War, and later achieved high command in the Royal Air Force and NATO. Hodges was born in Richmond in Surrey, England. He was educated at St Paul's School and joined the RAF College in Cranwell in 1937.
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