List of Old Derbeians
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This is a list of notable Old Derbeians, former pupils and masters of Derby School (from the 12th century to 1989) and of Derby Grammar School (since 1994), in Derby, England.[1]
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[edit] Notable old boys
[edit] Born in the 16th century
- Blessed Edward James (1557-1588), Catholic martyr[2][3]
- John Cotton (1585–1652), New England Puritan[2][3]
[edit] Born in the 17th century
- John Flamsteed (1646-1719), England's first Astronomer Royal[2][3]
- Anthony Blackwall (1672-1730), classical scholar[2][3]
- Henry Cantrell (1684-1773), clergyman and religious controversialist[3][4]
- William Budworth (c. 1699-1745), schoolmaster[5]
[edit] Born in the 18th century
- Sir John Eardley Wilmot (1709-1792), Chief Justice of the Common Pleas[2][3][6]
- Joseph Wright (1734-1797), artist[2][3][7]
- Daniel Coke (1745-1825), barrister and member of parliament[2][3][8]
- Alleyne FitzHerbert, 1st Baron St Helens (1753-1839), diplomat[2][3]
- Joseph Strutt (1765–1844), cotton manufacturer and philanthropist[2][3]
- Sir William Gell (1777-1836), archaeologist[2][3]
[edit] Born in the 19th century
- Sir Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), surgeon and artist[2][9]
- Sir Henry Howe Bemrose (1827-1911), member of parliament for Derby[2][10]
- John Cook Wilson (1849-1915), philosopher[2][11]
- J. M. J. Fletcher (1850-1934), historian[2]
- E. W. Hobson FRS (1856-1933), mathematician[2]
- Richard Mansfield (1857-1907), actor[2]
- Hon. George Frederick Earp CBE (1858-1933), member of the Legislative Council of New South Wales[12]
- John Atkinson Hobson (1858–1940), social theorist and economist[2]
- Rev. Walter Weston (1860-1940), missionary and mountaineer[2][13]
- Lawrence Beesley (1877-1967), RMS Titanic survivor and author[2]
- Walter Greatorex (1877-1949), composer[2]
- Charles Tate Regan (1878-1943), ichthyologist[2]
- Sir George Simpson FRS (1878–1965), meteorologist[2]
- William George Constable (1887-1976), art historian[14][15]
- Sir Robert Howe (1893-1981), last British Governor-General of the Sudan, 1947-1955[16]
[edit] Born in the 20th century
- Sir Max Bemrose (1904-1986), Chairman of Bemrose Corporation and High Sheriff of Derbyshire[17]
- Very Rev. Canon Garrett Daniel Sweeney (1912-1979), Master of St Edmund's House, Cambridge[18]
- P. G. Ashmore (1916-2002), academic chemist[19][20]
- George Bacon (born 1917), nuclear physicist[21]
- Alexander Morrison (born 1927), judge[22]
- John Stobart (born 1929), maritime artist[23]
- Very Rev. Robert William Grimley (born 1943), Dean of Bristol since 1997[24]
- Dr David Livesey (born 1944), Life Fellow and Vice-Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge, Secretary-General of the League of European Research Universities since 2005[25][26]
[edit] Notable masters of Derby School
- John Meade Falkner, novelist and poet[2]
- Rev. Robert de Courcy Laffan (Senior Classical Master, 1880-1884), principal of Cheltenham College, member of the International Olympic Committee[2]
- George Handel Heath-Gracie BMus (Dunelm) FRCO (Director of Music, 1938-1944), organist and conductor[27]
- Rev. Henry Judge Hose (Maths master, 1867-1874), mathematician[2][28]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Main page of the Old Derbeian Society web site, accessed 27 February 2008
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y The Derby School Register, 1570-1901, ed. Benjamin Tacchella (London, 1902)
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Distinguished Alumni of Derby School by James Michael John Fletcher (Derby Reporter, 1872)
- ^ Cantrell, Henry, Church of England clergyman and religious controversialist by David L. Wykes in Dictionary of National Biography (OUP, 2004)
- ^ theclergydatabase accessed 28 April 2008
- ^ Wilmot, Sir John Eardley (1709–1792), judge by James Oldham in Oxford Dictionary of National Biography online (accessed 4 November 2007)
- ^ Wright, Joseph, of Derby (1734–1797), painter by Judy Egerton in Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
- ^ Coke, Daniel Parker (1745–1825), barrister and politician by Mark Pottle in Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
- ^ Haden, Sir Francis Seymour [pseud. H. Dean] (1818–1910), etcher and surgeon by A. M. Hind & E. Chambers in Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
- ^ BEMROSE, Sir Henry Howe in Who Was Who 1897-2006, online at xreferplus.com (accessed 18 October 2007)
- ^ Wilson, John Cook (1849–1915), philosopher and classical scholar by H. A. Prichard & David Boucher in Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
- ^ EARP, Hon. George Frederick in Who Was Who 1897-2006, online at xreferplus.com (accessed 18 October 2007)
- ^ Weston, Walter (1860–1940), mountaineer and missionary by Peter H. Hansen in Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
- ^ Papers of William George Constable at janus.lib.cam.ac.uk, ref. GBR/0275, accessed 14 July 2007
- ^ Constable, William George (1887–1976), art historian and gallery director by Alec Clifton-Taylor & Rosemary Mitchell in Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford University Press, 2004)
- ^ Howe, Sir Robert George in Who Was Who 1897-2006 online, from HOWE, Sir Robert George (accessed August 23, 2007)
- ^ BEMROSE, Sir Max (John Maxwell) in Who Was Who 1897-2006, online at xreferplus.com (accessed 18 October 2007)
- ^ SWEENEY, Very Rev. Canon Garrett Daniel in Who Was Who 1897-2006, online at xreferplus.com (accessed 18 October 2007)
- ^ Who's Who 2002 (A. & C. Black, 2002)
- ^ ASHMORE, Prof. Philip George in Who Was Who 1897-2006, online at xreferplus.com (accessed 18 October 2007)
- ^ Bacon, Prof. George Edward in Who's Who 2007, from Bacon, Prof. George Edward (accessed August 23, 2007)
- ^ MORRISON, His Honour Alexander John Henderson in Who's Who 2007, online at xreferplus.com (accessed 18 October 2007)
- ^ Hawley, Zena, Roy takes to the stage once again to pick up an honorary doctorate in Derby Evening Telegraph dated January 19, 2008, p. 6
- ^ Grimley, Very Rev. Robert William in Who's Who 2007, from Who's Who 2007 online (accessed August 23, 2007
- ^ Livesey, David Anthony in Who's Who 2007, from Livesey, David Anthony (accessed August 23, 2007)
- ^ Dr David Livesey : Vice-Master; Life Fellow at emma.cam.ac.uk (accessed 28 February 2008)
- ^ Heath-Gracie, George Handel in Who Was Who 1897-2006 online, from Heath-Gracie, George Handel (accessed 23 August 2007)
- ^ Henry Judge Hose (1826-1883) by K. J. Cable in Australian Dictionary of Biography online, accessed 14 July 2007
- Derby School: a Short History by George Percy Gollin
