- Richard Mulcaster
Richard Mulcaster (born c. 1531, Cumberland; died April 15, 1611, Essex), one of the greatest British educational visionaries, is known best for his headmasterships and pedagogic writings. - 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. - Paul Nash
Paul Nash, (11 May 1889 - 11 July 1946) was an English war artist. - 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, … - Chris Barber
Donald Christopher 'Chris' Barber (born April 17, 1930 at Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, and educated at St Paul's School, in London) is best known as a trombonist playing in his Trad revivals with his Dixieland jazz band. - 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), … - 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. - 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, … - Thomas Gale
Thomas Gale (?1636 - 1702), English classical scholar and antiquarian, was born at Scruton, Yorkshire. He was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge, of which he became a fellow. In 1666 he was appointed Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge, in 1672 high master of St Paul's School, in 1676 prebendary of St Paul's, in 1677 a fellow of the Royal Society, and in 1697 dean of York. He died at York on the 7th (or 8th) of April 1702. - Francis Marion Crawford
Francis Marion Crawford (August 2, 1854 - April 9, 1909) was an American writer noted for his many novels. He was born at Bagni di Lucca, Italy, the son of the American sculptor Thomas Crawford and Louisa Cutler Ward, and the nephew of Julia Ward Howe, the American poet. He studied successively at St Paul's School, Concord, New Hampshire; Cambridge University; University of Heidelberg; and Rome. - 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. 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. - John Fuller
John Fuller (born 1 January 1937) is an English poet and author, and Fellow Emeritus at Magdalen College, Oxford. Fuller was born in Ashford, Kent, England, the son of poet and Oxford Professor Roy Fuller, and educated at St Paul's School and New College, Oxford. He began teaching in 1962 at the State University of New York, then continued at the University of Manchester. From (1966-2002) he was a Fellow and tutor of Magdalen College, Oxford; he is now Fellow Emeritus. - George Martin Stephen
George "Martin" Stephen, Ph.D., is the current High Master (headmaster) of St Paul's School, London. He is also an author. His wife, Mrs Jenny Stephen, is the headmistress of South Hampstead High School. - 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 - George Nichols
Blessed George Nichols was an English Catholic martyr. Born at Oxford in 1550, George Nichols entered Brasenose College, a constituent college of the University of Oxford, in 1564 or 1565 where he received his B.A. degree in 1571. He went on to become an usher and a teacher at St. Paul's School in London where he was received into the Catholic Church. - James Glaisher
James Glaisher was an English meteorologist and aeronaut (April 7, 1809 - February 7, 1903). Educated at St Paul's School in London, and Trinity College, Cambridge, Glaisher was an assistant at the Royal Greenwich Observatories at Cambridge and Greenwich, and Superintendent of the Department of Meteorology and Magnetism at Greenwich for thirty-four years. In 1845, Glaisher published his dew point tables, for the measurement of humidity. - G. N. Watson
(George) Neville Watson was an English mathematician, a noted master in the application of complex analysis to the theory of special functions. His collaboration on the 1915 second edition of E. T. Whittaker's "A Course of Modern Analysis" (1902) produced the classic “Whittaker & Watson” text. His "Treatise on the theory of Bessel functions" (1922) was a virtuoso display, in particular in the asymptotic expansions of Bessel functions. - Jeff Giuliano
Jeff Giuliano (born June 20, 1979 in Nashua, New Hampshire) is a professional ice hockey left winger who currently plays for the Los Angeles Kings of the NHL. Giuliano was never drafted in the NHL Entry Draft. - William Lilye
William Lilye, or Lily (c. 1468-25 February, 1522) was an English classical grammarian and scholar. He was an author of the most widely used Latin grammar textbook in England and was the first headmaster of St Paul's School, London. - 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, … - 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. - Max O'Rell
Max O'Rell was the pen name of Paul Blouet (1848 - 25 May 1903), French author and journalist. He was born in Brittany. He served as a cavalry officer in the Franco-German War, was captured at Sedan, but was released in time to join the Versaillist army which overcame the Paris Commune, and was severely wounded during the second siege of Paris. In 1872 he went to England as correspondent of several French newspapers, … - 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, … - 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, … - Alan Cox
Alan Cox (born August 6, 1970) is a British actor, the son of the Emmy Award winning actor Brian Cox. He was educated at St Paul's School (London). He is most known for his role in "Young Sherlock Holmes" (1985), where he played a teenage version of Dr. Watson. He has also appeared in "An Awfully Big Adventure" (1995), "Mrs. Dalloway" (1997), and "The Auteur Theory" (1999). - Richard Rawlinson
Richard Rawlinson (February 3, 1690 - April 6, 1755) was an English clergyman and antiquarian collector of books and manuscripts, which he bequeathed to the Bodleian Library, Oxford. He was a younger son of Sir Thomas Rawlinson (1647-1708), Lord Mayor of London in 1705-6, and a brother of Thomas Rawlinson (1681-1725), the bibliophile who ruined himself in the South Sea Company, at whose sale in 1734 Richard bought many of the Orientalia. - 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. - 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, … - 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. - Henry Daniell
Henry Daniell was an English actor, best known for his villainous screen roles, but who had a long and prestigious career on stage as well as in films. Educated at St Paul's School (London), and at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk, he made his first appearance on the stage in the provinces in 1913, and on the London stage at the Globe Theatre (today called the Gielgud Theatre) on March 10, 1914, walking on in the revival of Edward Knoblock's "Kismet". - William Paget 1st Baron Paget
William Paget, 1st Baron Paget of Beaudesert (1506 - June 9, 1563), English statesman, son of William Paget, one of the serjeants-at-mace of the city of London, was born in London in 1506, and was educated at St Paul's School, and at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, proceeding afterwards to the university of Paris. Probably through the influence of Stephen Gardiner, who had early befriended Paget, … - William Cosmo Monkhouse
William Cosmo Monkhouse, English poet and critic, was born in London. His father, Cyril John Monkhouse, was a solicitor; his mother's maiden name was Delafosse. He was educated at St Paul's School, quitting it at seventeen to enter the board of trade as a junior supplementary clerk, from which grade he rose eventually to be the assistant-secretary to the, finance department of the office. - Philip Clayton
The Reverend Philip Thomas Byard Clayton CH (known as "Tubby Clayton") (12 December 1885 – 16 December 1972) was an Anglican clergyman and the founder of Toc H. He was born in Queensland, Australia of English parents who brought him back to England when he was two years old. He was educated at St Paul's School in London and at Exeter College, Oxford, where he obtained a First in Theology. After ordination as a priest of the Church of England, … - 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. - 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. - Alfred Ollivant
Alfred Ollivant was an academic who went on to become bishop of Llandaff. Born in Manchester, he was educated at St Paul's School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He won the Tyrwhitt Hebrew scholarship in 1822 and was elected to a fellowship at Trinity College. In 1827, he was appointed the first vice-principal of St David's College, Lampeter. Whilst at Lampeter, he found time to learn the Welsh language and he preached regularly in that language at Llangeler, … - 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, … - Robert William Elliston
Robert William Elliston (April 7 1774 - 1831), was an English actor and theatre manager. He was born in London, the son of a watchmaker. He was educated at St Paul's School, but ran away from home and made his first appearance on the stage as Tressel in "Richard III" at Bath in 1791. There he was later seen as Romeo, and in other leading parts, both comic and tragic, and he repeated his successes in London from 1796. He acted at Drury Lane from 1804 to 1809, … - Thomas Tanner
Thomas Tanner (1630-1682) was an English clergyman and writer, the author of "The Entrance of Mazzarini" (Oxford, 1657-58). He was educated at St Paul's School, London, and at Pembroke Hall, Cambridge. He became a barrister and later a clergyman, being vicar of Colyton, Devon, and afterwards of Winchfield, Hampshire.
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