List of Old Derbeians
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]
Notable old boys
Born in the 16th century
Born in the 17th century
Born in the 18th century
Born in the 19th century
- 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]
- Walter Weston (1860–1940), missionary and mountaineer[2][13]
- Frederic Creswell (1866–1948), mining engineer and South African Minister of Defence[14]
- 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]
- Geoffrey Shaw (1879–1943), composer and musician[2][15]
- William George Constable (1887–1976), art historian[16][17]
- Sir Robert Howe (1893–1981), last British Governor-General of the Sudan, 1947-1955[18]
Born in the 20th century
- Sir Max Bemrose (1904–1986), Chairman of Bemrose Corporation and High Sheriff of Derbyshire[19]
- Canon Garrett Daniel Sweeney (1912–1979), Master of St Edmund's House, Cambridge[20]
- P. G. Ashmore (1916–2002), academic chemist[21][22]
- Spencer Barrett FBA (1914–2001), classical scholar, Fellow and Sub-Warden of Keble College, Oxford[23][24]
- George Bacon (born 1917), nuclear physicist[25]
- Alexander Morrison (born 1927), judge[26]
- John Stobart (born 1929), maritime artist[27]
- Robert William Grimley (born 1943), Dean of Bristol since 1997[28]
- 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[29][30]
Notable masters of Derby School
Shaun 'Poser' Purewal (All round legend 1992 - )
See also
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 z aa 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)
- ^ 'CRESWELL, Lt-Col Hon. Frederic Hugh Page', in Who Was Who 1941–1950 (London: A. & C. Black, 1980 reprint: ISBN 0-7136-2131-1)
- ^ Enchiridion at canamus.org, accessed 9 January 2009
- ^ 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 23 August 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)
- ^ 'BARRETT, (William) Spencer' in Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007, online edition (subscription required) by Oxford University Press, December 2007: BARRETT, (William) Spencer, accessed 14 August 2008
- ^ Hollis, Adrian, Spencer Barrett, Oxford don devoted to classics and his college, obituary in The Guardian, 17 October 2001, online at guardian.co.uk, accessed 14 August 2008
- ^ Bacon, Prof. George Edward in Who's Who 2007, from Bacon, Prof. George Edward (accessed 23 August 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 19 January 2008, p. 6
- ^ Grimley, Very Rev. Robert William in Who's Who 2007, from Who's Who 2007 online (accessed 23 August 2007
- ^ Livesey, David Anthony in Who's Who 2007, from Livesey, David Anthony (accessed 23 August 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