Thomas More

Thomas More

male, deceased (1535)
Roman Catholic, executed under the Tudors, from the City of London, English Renaissance humanist, OldWaynflete, Catholic martyr of the Early Modern era
Thomas More Thomas More Thomas More had an education suited to a son of a gentleman, and seemed destined for the legal career mapped out by his...
William Tyndale

William Tyndale

male, deceased (1536)
Protestant, OldWaynflete, Tudor clergy, Brussels, Belgium, executed by burning at the stake, Former student of Magdalen Hall, Oxford
William Tyndale (sometimes spelled Tindall or Tyndall) (ca. 1494-September 6, 1536) was a 16th century Protestant reformer and scholar who...
Noel Godfrey Chavasse

Noel Godfrey Chavasse

male, deceased (1917)
Liverpool Scottish, 1/10th (Scottish) Battalion, OldWaynflete, Olympic competitor for Great Britain, King's Regiment, Recipient of the Military Cross
Captain Noel Godfrey Chavasse VC and bar MC (November 9, 1884 - August 4 1917) was a British medic and soldier who is one of only three people to...
Basil Blackwell

Basil Blackwell

male, deceased (1984)
OldWaynflete, English publisher, broad street, from Oxford, publishing, witness
Sir Basil Blackwell was born Henry Blackwell in Oxford, England. He was the son of the founder of Blackwell's bookshop in Oxford, which went on to...
Sam Mendes

Sam Mendes

male, 44 years old
film director, Portuguese-English, cbe, Order of the British Empire, Tony Award winner, OldWaynflete
Samuel Alexander Mendes CBE (born 1 August 1965) is an English stage and film director. As a stage director, he is probably best known for his 1998...
Tim Hunt

Tim Hunt

male, 66 years old
OldWaynflete, Old Dragon, cyclin, British, Arbacia punctulata, Old Dragons
Sir Richard Timothy (Tim) Hunt, FRS, (b. February 19,1943) is a British biochemist. He was awarded the 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine...
Ivor Novello

Ivor Novello

male, deceased (1951)
OldWaynflete, composer, singer, welsh, west end, stage actor
David Ivor Davies (January 15, 1893 - March 6, 1951), better known as Ivor Novello, was a Welsh composer, singer and actor who became one of the...
John Foxe

John Foxe

male, deceased (1587)
from Boston, Lincolnshire, OldWaynflete, Puritanism, Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford, Religion and politics, From lincolnshire
John Foxe (1517 -April 8, 1587), martyrologist, is remembered as the author of what is popularly known as "Foxe's Book of Martyrs".
Ben Goldacre

Ben Goldacre

male
Bad Science, OldWaynflete, Junior Doctor, guardian, geek, Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford
Ben Goldacre is a British doctor and journalist, and the author of the "Guardian" newspaper's weekly "Bad Science" column. He describes himself as...
Thomas Cardinal Wolsey

Thomas Cardinal Wolsey

male, deceased (1530)
alter rex, Roman Catholic bishop, OldWaynflete, henry viii, Tudor clergy, From ipswich
Thomas Cardinal Wolsey, (c. March 1471-1475 - November 28 or November 29, 1530), born in Ipswich, Suffolk, England, was a powerful English...