List of University of Kent people
A list of people related to the University of Kent.
Officers
Several positions did not technically exist prior to the formal incorporation of the University by approval of its Charter on 4 January 1965. However several were appointed beforehand as nominal "officer designates", performing the same duties. The Duchess of Kent was not formally installed as Chancellor until 30 March 1966.[1]
Chancellors
- 1963-1968 Princess Marina, Duchess of Kent
- 1970-1990 Jo Grimond (later Baron Grimond) - see University of Kent at Canterbury Chancellor election, 1970
- 1990-1995 Sir Robert Horton
- 1996-2006 Sir Crispin Tickell
- 2006-2014 Sir Robert Worcester
- 2014- Gavin Esler
Vice-Chancellors
- 1963-1980 Geoffrey Templeman
- 1980-1994 D J E Ingram
- 1994-2001 Robin Sibson
- 2001-2007 Sir David Melville
- 2007- Julia Goodfellow
Pro Chancellors
- 1960-1971 Wykeham Cornwallis, 2nd Baron Cornwallis
- 1971-1977 Sir Paul Chambers
- 1977-1984 Robin Leigh-Pemberton
- 1984-1993 Rt Rev David Say
- 1993-1999 John Knatchbull, 7th Baron Brabourne
- 1999-2005 Sir Geoffrey Chipperfield
Title changed to:
Chair of the Council
- 2005-date Valerie Marshall
Visitors
The Visitor of the university is the Archbishop of Canterbury ex officio. The following Archbishops have served:
- 1965-1974 Michael Ramsey (appointed Archbishop 1961)
- 1974-1980 Donald Coggan
- 1980-1991 Robert Runcie
- 1991-2002 George Carey
- 2002-date Rowan Williams
Notable staff
- Harry Bloom - South African former political activist, author
- Upamanyu Chatterjee - author
- Elizabeth Cowie - professor of film studies at the University of Kent[2]
- Frank Furedi - founder and chairman of the Revolutionary Communist Party (RCP), Professor of Sociology
- Roy Goodman - freelance conductor, violinist and organist
- Abdulrazak Gurnah - writer
- Rosalyn Higgins - President of the International Court of Justice
- Michael J. L. Kirby - former Canadian Senator
- A. Robert Lee - writer and literary critic
- Ellie Lee - pro-choice activist
- Bill MacMillan - Vice-Chancellor of the University of East Anglia
- Marilynne Robinson - author
- Sarah Turner - filmmaker, and Director of Research, School of Music and Fine Art[3]
- Glenn White - astronomer
- John Zarnecki - space scientist and principal on the Huygens probe
Famous alumni
Academia
- Anuwar Ali - Economist and exponent of higher education, second Vice-Chancellor and President of Open University Malaysia
- Adrian Franklin - Professor of Sociology at the University of Tasmania
- Homa Katouzian - Professor of Iranian Studies at the University of Oxford
- Robert Lethbridge - Professor, Master of Fitzwilliam College at the University of Cambridge
- Ralph Townsend - Headmaster of Winchester College
Acting
- Andrew Burt - actor
- Alan Davies - comedian and actor
- Kim Ismay - actor and singer
- Paul Telfer - actor
- Ramon Tikaram - actor
- Tom Wilkinson OBE - actor, Oscar nominee
Literature
- Fred D'Aguiar - novelist, playwright, and poet
- Michael Baigent - Co-Author of "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail", which influenced "The Da Vinci Code", and other books on religion and mysticism.
- Valerie Bloom - poet
- Debjani Chatterjee - poet
- Adrian Gilbert - author of books on mysticism
- Kazuo Ishiguro - novelist, Man Booker Prize winner
- David Mitchell - novelist
- Sarah Waters - novelist
- David Wingrove - novelist
- Frederick Kambemba Yamusangie - novelist
- Musaemura Zimunya - Zimbabwean contemporary author and poet
- E. L. James - author
Media
- Kate Blewett - documentary film-maker.
- Rosie Boycott - journalist, former editor of The Independent
- Paul J. Bradley - film producer for Merchant Ivory Productions
- Ian Collins - talkSPORT radio presenter
- Gavin Esler - BBC Newsnight Presenter
- Shiulie Ghosh - ITV News Presenter
- Fi Glover - BBC radio presenter
- Charlotte Green - BBC radio presenter, voted "Most Attractive Female Voice on National Radio"
- David Horsey - Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist
- Mark Mardell - BBC presenter
- Nick Piercey - BBC Local Radio presenter
- Carolyn Quinn - BBC Radio 4 political presenter
- Paul Ross - journalist and presenter
- Mike Shaw - writer, BBC radio presenter and editor of Mobile Choice
- Robert Wade - screenwriter
- Patrick Wright - journalist and author
Music
- YolanDa Brown - Saxophonist and Composer; Double MOBO "Best Jazz" winner
- Ellie Goulding - Singer/Song Writer (Did not graduate)
- Steve Hillage - Guitarist (Did not graduate)
Politics & administration
- Sir David Akers-Jones - Former acting Governor of Hong Kong, 1986/87
- Abdullah Md Zin, Minister in the Malaysian Government
- Azizan Abdul Razak - Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of the Malaysian state of Kedah
- Steve Bassam, Baron Bassam of Brighton - Government Whip in the House of Lords
- Ronald D. Coleman - Former United States Representative for Texas
- Chris Davies - Liberal Democrat Member of the European Parliament for North West England, former leader of the Liberal Democrats in the European Parliament, former Member of Parliament for Littleborough and Saddleworth
- Tamsin Dunwoody - Former Labour Member of the National Assembly for Wales for Preseli Pembrokeshire and former minister in the Welsh Assembly Government
- Kishwer Falkner, Baroness Falkner of Margravine - Liberal Democrat peer
- Dame Ann Hercus DCMG - New Zealand politician and diplomat
- David Lepper - Former Labour Member of Parliament for Brighton Pavilion
- Chris Mole - Labour Member of Parliament for Ipswich
- Shan Morgan - British Ambassador to the Argentine Republic and to the Republic of Paraguay
- Emily Thornberry - Labour Member of Parliament for Islington South and Finsbury
- Robin Tilbrook - leader and founder of the English Democrats
- Fu Ying - Chinese Ambassador to the United Kingdom. Former Ambassador to Australia
- Golam Mohammad Rabbani - Bangladeshi lawyer & human rights activist
Sports
- Paul Ackford - former England rugby player, The Sunday Telegraph sports journalist
- David Fulton - Cricketer, former captain of Kent County Cricket Club
- Jamie Reeves - Semi-professional footballer who won the FA Vase twice and is currently a pundit onto the ESPN Star Sports coverage of the Premier League.
Military
- L/Cpl Joshua Leakey VC - Known for courageous actions in the Afghanistan Campaign in 2015. Receiving the Victoria Cross for his actions.
Miscellaneous
- Jackie Clune - comedienne
- Tom Frame - Australian Christian Minister of religion, historian, academic, author, and social commentator.
- Sir Hugh Orde OBE - former Chief Constable of Northern Ireland
- Stephen Shaw - Prisons and Probation Ombudsman for England and Wales
- Charles Wigoder - telecommunications entrepreneur
- Johnny Yeo - Artist
- Dr Julian Havell - acupuncturist - entrepreneur
References
- ↑ Graham Martin, From Vision to Reality: the Making of the University of Kent at Canterbury (University of Kent at Canterbury, 1990) page 32 ISBN 0-904938-03-4
- ↑ "Prof Elizabeth Cowie". University of Kent. Retrieved 1 August 2014.
- ↑ "Sarah Turner: Director of Research". University of Kent. Retrieved 26 July 2014.
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