King Edward VI Camp Hill
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King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys is a grammar school in Kings Heath
, Birmingham
for ages of 11 to 18 (Year 7 to Year 13). One of the seven establishments of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI
, it is a voluntary aided school
, with admission by selective exam
. The name is retained from the previous location at Camp Hill in central Birmingham from where the school moved to the Vicarage Road in the suburb of Kings Heath in 1956, sharing a campus with its sister school
, also formerly located in Camp Hill. In 2006 the school was assessed by the The Sunday Times
as state school of the year. A Year 9 student was 2011 winner of The Guardian
Children’s Fiction Page. and the Gold Award in the British Physics Olympiad was won by a King Edward VI student in September 2011,
An Ofsted
inspection in April 2009 assessed the school with Grade 1 (outstanding)
and some major music events such as concerts, occasional drama activities, plays and musicals, are jointly held. A two week timetable synchronises the two schools, allowing for shares lessons for A-level subjects of Music and German. The fields, tennis courts, schoolyards and the main school buildings are not shared. There is a shared swimming pool used separately by boys and girls. The sixth form
block is a shared facility in which the top floor is occupied by girls, and the ground floor is used by the boys' school. A joint sports hall is used by both boys and girls with a separation barrier. The dining room has a folding dividing partition. A new food technology room is located between the Girl and Boys school.
site of King Edward's School
. It opened at its intended site at Camp Hill in Birmingham, near the city centre in September 1883, and moved to its current location, adjacent to Kings Heath Park, in 1956. Camp Hill Boys celebrated its 50-year jubilee in 2007 with a concert at Symphony Hall and the burial of a time capsule to be opened in another 50 years' time. It celebrated its House Centenary in 2007-8, with special events throughout the year that are not normally part of the house competition e.g. 5-a-side soccer
. The events culminated in a House Festival, a day off from the regular academic timetable to allow every member of the school to participate in house events. Events at the House Festival also included non-sporting events such as drama, chess and music.
, Humanities
and Vocational Skills. Prior to this it had the status of joint Technology College with Wheelers Lane Boys School.
In year 9, students must pick four option blocks of either History, Geography, RS, Art, Music, DT(Systems Control or Resistant Materials), French and German, one of which must be a language. These four subjects are studied in addition to Maths, English, English Literature, Chemistry, Physics and Chemistry for GCSE, as well as non-exam PSE, Careers and Philosophy and Ethics. Students also have the option to take ICT short course in year 9, and the long course in their own time during Key Stage 4.
For A level, students select four subjects to take from the above. They also have the choice of Further Maths, Computing, Economics and Business Studies. General Studies is a compulsory A level for all sixth form students, and is taught for one hour a week. Critical Thinking is also offered as an AS level.
students may play football during games periods, and seniors (Years 11–13) have the opportunity to play a wide variety of sports, including football, hockey, rugby, cricket, athletics, basketball, badminton, volleyball, table tennis, swimming, squash and tennis. In 2006-7, the Year 8 Athletics Team achieved 7th place in Track and Field National Athletics Final of the ESAA. All students are required to take part in house events, which include cross-country.
students after a six year hiatus. It contains general news, news from within the school, and interviews with teachers, which are usually featured as cover stories. It also includes puzzles and comics.
, Beaufort
(red), Howard
(blue), Seymour
(yellow), and Tudor
(green). All students are equired to be members of a house and a member of staff is head of a house. Events such as House Rugby, House Football, and others, enable students to earn points for their house.
House events are played in four age groups; juniors (years 7 and 8) play and individual years, and intermediates (years 9 and 10) and seniors (years 11-13) play as two groups.
The house events begin in the Autumn with house rugby for all ages, rugby 7's for seniors, 11-a-side football for seniors, and house indoor 5-a-side football for all age groups. During the Autumn term, the house quiz also takes place, but with edited year groups, with juniors together and intermediates years 10 and 11. In early November, the house table tennis championship is held for all years, whilst cross country standards are run by boys from years 7 to 10. The house cross country finals are then held in December, along with house badminton for the seniors. Traditionally, house swimming standards are held in January, with the swimming finals after the winter A-Level exams. House chess is generally held in early spring, and house tennis at the end of spring. Both house cricket and house athletics are held in the summer, with Sports Day generally being held the week before the end of term.
In 2008, the school celebrated 100 years of the house system by hosting a day of house competitions in all subjects and extracurricular activities as well as additional competitions including scrabble, darts and film-making. The House Festival will be celebrated every 5 years, to enable all students to take part in at least one during their attendance at the school.
Kings Heath
Kings Heath is a suburb of Birmingham, England, five miles south of the city centre. It is the next suburb south from Moseley on the Alcester Road.-History:...
, Birmingham
Birmingham
Birmingham is a city and metropolitan borough in the West Midlands of England. It is the most populous British city outside the capital London, with a population of 1,036,900 , and lies at the heart of the West Midlands conurbation, the second most populous urban area in the United Kingdom with a...
for ages of 11 to 18 (Year 7 to Year 13). One of the seven establishments of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI
Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI
The Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI in Birmingham is a charitable institution that operates two independent schools, five voluntary aided selective state schools in Birmingham, England and one academy....
, it is a voluntary aided school
Voluntary aided school
A voluntary aided school is a state-funded school in England and Wales in which a foundation or trust owns the school buildings, contributes to building costs and has a substantial influence in the running of the school...
, with admission by selective exam
Selective school
A selective school is a school that admits students on the basis of some sort of selection criteria, usually academic. The term may have different connotations in different systems....
. The name is retained from the previous location at Camp Hill in central Birmingham from where the school moved to the Vicarage Road in the suburb of Kings Heath in 1956, sharing a campus with its sister school
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls is a grammar school in Kings Heath, Birmingham for students aged 11 to 18 . It is one of the 7 schools in Birmingham that are part of the of the King Edward VI Foundation.It shares a campus with King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys, and in 1958...
, also formerly located in Camp Hill. In 2006 the school was assessed by the The Sunday Times
The Sunday Times (UK)
The Sunday Times is a Sunday broadsheet newspaper, distributed in the United Kingdom. The Sunday Times is published by Times Newspapers Ltd, a subsidiary of News International, which is in turn owned by News Corporation. Times Newspapers also owns The Times, but the two papers were founded...
as state school of the year. A Year 9 student was 2011 winner of The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...
Children’s Fiction Page. and the Gold Award in the British Physics Olympiad was won by a King Edward VI student in September 2011,
An Ofsted
Ofsted
The Office for Standards in Education, Children's Services and Skills is the non-ministerial government department of Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Schools In England ....
inspection in April 2009 assessed the school with Grade 1 (outstanding)
Admission
As with the other grammar schools in Birmingham, including those of the King Edwards Foundation, admission is selective based on performance in the Eleven plus exam, with around 1000 competing for about 93 places.Shared features
The school shares a campus with King Edward VI Camp Hill School for GirlsKing Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls
King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Girls is a grammar school in Kings Heath, Birmingham for students aged 11 to 18 . It is one of the 7 schools in Birmingham that are part of the of the King Edward VI Foundation.It shares a campus with King Edward VI Camp Hill School for Boys, and in 1958...
and some major music events such as concerts, occasional drama activities, plays and musicals, are jointly held. A two week timetable synchronises the two schools, allowing for shares lessons for A-level subjects of Music and German. The fields, tennis courts, schoolyards and the main school buildings are not shared. There is a shared swimming pool used separately by boys and girls. The sixth form
Sixth form
In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...
block is a shared facility in which the top floor is occupied by girls, and the ground floor is used by the boys' school. A joint sports hall is used by both boys and girls with a separation barrier. The dining room has a folding dividing partition. A new food technology room is located between the Girl and Boys school.
Facilities
The school has a computer rooms, library, several science labs, and art and design rooms.The old boy's gym serves as the school library, the wing where the English department is placed, and a Sixth Form study area.Sports Hall
In October 2006, a new sports hall was officially opened, and is shared by students at both schools. The hall includes two gyms, a dance/drama studio and, on the second floor, there is a mini-cafeteria, two classrooms and a fitness room. The building also includes a lift for the disabled.History
The school was founded in January 1883 and operated for two terms on the New StreetNew Street, Birmingham
New Street is a street in central Birmingham, England . It is one of the city's principal thoroughfares and shopping streets. Named after it is Birmingham New Street Station, although that does not have an entrance on New Street except through the Pallasades Shopping Centre.-History:New Street is...
site of King Edward's School
King Edward's School, Birmingham
King Edward's School is an independent secondary school in Birmingham, England, founded by King Edward VI in 1552. It is part of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI in Birmingham, and is widely regarded as one of the most academically successful schools in the country, according to...
. It opened at its intended site at Camp Hill in Birmingham, near the city centre in September 1883, and moved to its current location, adjacent to Kings Heath Park, in 1956. Camp Hill Boys celebrated its 50-year jubilee in 2007 with a concert at Symphony Hall and the burial of a time capsule to be opened in another 50 years' time. It celebrated its House Centenary in 2007-8, with special events throughout the year that are not normally part of the house competition e.g. 5-a-side soccer
Five-a-side football
thumb|240px|alt=Men playing football on artificial grass pitch.|Five-a-side game on astroturf pitch.Five-a-side football is a variation of association football in which each team fields five players , rather than the usual eleven on each team. Other differences from football include a smaller...
. The events culminated in a House Festival, a day off from the regular academic timetable to allow every member of the school to participate in house events. Events at the House Festival also included non-sporting events such as drama, chess and music.
Specialist status
The school has been granted Specialist College status in three specialisms: ScienceScience College
Science Colleges were introduced in 2002 as part of the now defunct Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enabled secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, science and mathematics...
, Humanities
Humanities College
Humanities Colleges were introduced in 2004 as part of the Specialist Schools Programme in the United Kingdom. The system enables secondary schools to specialise in certain fields, in this case, humanities. Schools that successfully apply to the Specialist Schools Trust and become Humanities...
and Vocational Skills. Prior to this it had the status of joint Technology College with Wheelers Lane Boys School.
Subjects
Students follow a curriculum of traditional core subjects. From years 7 to 9, all students study and take exams in Maths, English, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, ICT, History, Geography, Design Technology, Music, Art, Religious Studies, PSE and French, plus German, which is started from year 8.In year 9, students must pick four option blocks of either History, Geography, RS, Art, Music, DT(Systems Control or Resistant Materials), French and German, one of which must be a language. These four subjects are studied in addition to Maths, English, English Literature, Chemistry, Physics and Chemistry for GCSE, as well as non-exam PSE, Careers and Philosophy and Ethics. Students also have the option to take ICT short course in year 9, and the long course in their own time during Key Stage 4.
For A level, students select four subjects to take from the above. They also have the choice of Further Maths, Computing, Economics and Business Studies. General Studies is a compulsory A level for all sixth form students, and is taught for one hour a week. Critical Thinking is also offered as an AS level.
Sports
The main sport is rugby, followed by hockey. During the summer, athletics and cricket are also played. Other sports include basketball, fitness, gymnastics, and tennis. Sixth formSixth form
In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...
students may play football during games periods, and seniors (Years 11–13) have the opportunity to play a wide variety of sports, including football, hockey, rugby, cricket, athletics, basketball, badminton, volleyball, table tennis, swimming, squash and tennis. In 2006-7, the Year 8 Athletics Team achieved 7th place in Track and Field National Athletics Final of the ESAA. All students are required to take part in house events, which include cross-country.
Publications
The Pupil's Voice is a monthly newspaper restarted in 2010 by a group of sixth formSixth form
In the education systems of England, Wales, and Northern Ireland, and of Commonwealth West Indian countries such as Barbados, Trinidad and Tobago, Belize, Jamaica and Malta, the sixth form is the final two years of secondary education, where students, usually sixteen to eighteen years of age,...
students after a six year hiatus. It contains general news, news from within the school, and interviews with teachers, which are usually featured as cover stories. It also includes puzzles and comics.
School Song
At the end of each school term the school song (similar to the song at King Edward's School) is sung.Houses
Four houses are named after families who fought in the Wars of the RosesWars of the Roses
The Wars of the Roses were a series of dynastic civil wars for the throne of England fought between supporters of two rival branches of the royal House of Plantagenet: the houses of Lancaster and York...
, Beaufort
Beaufort family
The House of Beaufort is an English noble family, which originated in the fourteenth century and played an important role in the political struggles of the fifteenth century....
(red), Howard
Howard family
The Howard family is an English aristocratic family founded by John Howard who was created Duke of Norfolk by Plantagenet monarch Richard III of England in 1483. However, John was also the eldest grandson of the 1st Duke of 1st creation...
(blue), Seymour
Seymour family
Seymour, or St. Maur, is the name of an English family in which several titles of nobility have from time to time been created, and of which the Duke of Somerset is the head.-Origins:...
(yellow), and Tudor
Tudor dynasty
The Tudor dynasty or House of Tudor was a European royal house of Welsh origin that ruled the Kingdom of England and its realms, including the Lordship of Ireland, later the Kingdom of Ireland, from 1485 until 1603. Its first monarch was Henry Tudor, a descendant through his mother of a legitimised...
(green). All students are equired to be members of a house and a member of staff is head of a house. Events such as House Rugby, House Football, and others, enable students to earn points for their house.
House events are played in four age groups; juniors (years 7 and 8) play and individual years, and intermediates (years 9 and 10) and seniors (years 11-13) play as two groups.
The house events begin in the Autumn with house rugby for all ages, rugby 7's for seniors, 11-a-side football for seniors, and house indoor 5-a-side football for all age groups. During the Autumn term, the house quiz also takes place, but with edited year groups, with juniors together and intermediates years 10 and 11. In early November, the house table tennis championship is held for all years, whilst cross country standards are run by boys from years 7 to 10. The house cross country finals are then held in December, along with house badminton for the seniors. Traditionally, house swimming standards are held in January, with the swimming finals after the winter A-Level exams. House chess is generally held in early spring, and house tennis at the end of spring. Both house cricket and house athletics are held in the summer, with Sports Day generally being held the week before the end of term.
In 2008, the school celebrated 100 years of the house system by hosting a day of house competitions in all subjects and extracurricular activities as well as additional competitions including scrabble, darts and film-making. The House Festival will be celebrated every 5 years, to enable all students to take part in at least one during their attendance at the school.
Notable alumni
- Stanley Barnes, neurologist, former Dean from 1931-42 of the University of Birmingham Medical SchoolUniversity of Birmingham Medical SchoolThe University of Birmingham Medical School is one of Britain's largest and oldest medical schools with over 400 Medics graduating each year. It is based at the University of Birmingham in Edgbaston, Birmingham, England...
, and fourth President from 1931-2 of the Association of British Neurologists - Jim Beeston OBE, Chief Executive of the Birmingham Heartlands Development CorporationBirmingham Heartlands Development CorporationThe Birmingham Heartlands Development Corporation was established in 1992 to develop 9.5 square kilometres of land in the East of Birmingham.-Pre-designation:...
from 1992-8 - Mark BillinghamMark BillinghamMark Philip David Billingham is an English novelist whose series of "Tom Thorne" crime novels are best-sellers in that particular genre. He is also a television screenwriter and has become a familiar face as an actor and comic....
, author, Crime Fiction - Richard Boot OBE (2011), Ernst & Young, Chair of IoD national Council
- Keith CampbellKeith Campbell (biologist)Keith H. S. Campbell is an English biologist who was a member of the team that in 1996 first cloned a mammal, a Finnish Dorset lamb named Dolly, from fully differentiated adult mammary cells....
member of the team that cloned Dolly the sheep - Fintan Coyle, co-creator of TV gameshow "Weakest Link"
- Roger CotterrellRoger CotterrellRoger Cotterrell is the Anniversary Professor of Legal Theory at Queen Mary, University of London and was made a Fellow of the British Academy in 2005...
, Anniversary Professor of Legal Theory since 2005 at Queen Mary, University of LondonQueen Mary, University of LondonQueen Mary, University of London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and a constituent college of the federal University of London... - Arthur CoxArthur CoxArthur Cox , is a British actor of television and film.His most regular role was as George, the driver of Jim Hacker in the comedy Yes Minister. His other television credits include The Avengers, Terry and June, and Harbour Lights...
, Professor of Geology from 1918–49 at University College, CardiffCardiff UniversityCardiff University is a leading research university located in the Cathays Park area of Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom. It received its Royal charter in 1883 and is a member of the Russell Group of Universities. The university is consistently recognised as providing high quality research-based... - Andrew CrawfordAndrew CrawfordAndrew Crawford is an Irish Entrepreneur and the former CEO & Founder of The Book Depository. He was born in Zambia, of Irish Heritage. Crawford, an Old Gregorian was educated at Downside School and then The University of Liverpool studying Engineering Science and Industrial Management...
, Professor of Neurophysiology since 1992 at the University of CambridgeUniversity of CambridgeThe University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally... - Alan DedicoatAlan DedicoatAlan Dedicoat is an announcer and on various programmes on BBC One and BBC Radio 2; he is probably best known as the "Voice of the Balls" on the National Lottery programmes on BBC One. He also reads the news on BBC Radio 2 where he is nicknamed Deadly.-Early Life:He was born on 1 December 1954...
, BBCBBCThe British Broadcasting Corporation is a British public service broadcaster. Its headquarters is at Broadcasting House in the City of Westminster, London. It is the largest broadcaster in the world, with about 23,000 staff...
announcer and newsreader - Christopher Edmunds, Principal from 1945-56 of Birmingham School of Music (now called Birmingham Conservatoire), and composer
- Reginald EyreReginald EyreSir Reginald Edwin Eyre is a British Conservative Party politician.Eyre was educated at King Edward's Camp Hill School, Birmingham and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He contested Birmingham Northfield in 1959....
, Conservative MP for Birmingham Hall Green from 1965–87 and Chairman of the Birmingham Heartlands Development CorporationBirmingham Heartlands Development CorporationThe Birmingham Heartlands Development Corporation was established in 1992 to develop 9.5 square kilometres of land in the East of Birmingham.-Pre-designation:...
from 1987–98 - Clifford GreyClifford GreyClifford Grey was an English songwriter, actor, librettist and Olympic medalist. His birth name was Percival Davis, and he was also known as Clifford Gray, Tippi Gray, Tippi Grey, Tippy Gray and Tippy Grey.As a writer, Grey contributed prolifically to West End and Broadway shows, as librettist and...
(real name Percival Davis), composer who wrote If You Were the Only Girl (In the World)If You Were the Only Girl (in the World)"If You Were the Only Girl " is a popular song written by Nat D. Ayer with lyrics by Clifford Grey. The song was published in 1916. It was republished in 1946...
, and won Olympic gold medals in 1928Bobsleigh at the 1928 Winter OlympicsAt the 1928 Winter Olympics, only one bobsleigh event was contested, the five man event. The competition was held on Saturday, February 18, 1928.-Medalists:-Results:-Participating nations:...
and 1932Bobsleigh at the 1932 Winter OlympicsAt the 1932 Winter Olympics, two bobsleigh events were contested. The competitions were held from February 9, 1932 to February 15, 1932. Events were held at the Lake Placid bobsleigh, luge, and skeleton track.-Medal summary:-Participating nations:...
for the USA bobsleigh team - Nicholas GreenNicholas GreenNicholas Green was an American boy who was shot and killed in an attempted automobile robbery while vacationing with his family in Southern Italy. After he died, his parents chose to donate his organs. Five people received his major organs, and two received a cornea transplant...
QC, UK Permanent Representative to the Council of Bars and Law Societies of EuropeCouncil of Bars and Law Societies of EuropeThe Council of Bars and Law Societies of Europe is an association gathering together bar associations of 31 countries in Europe and an additional eleven associate and observer members...
from 2000-2 and Vice-Chairman of the Bar Council of England and Wales since 2009 - Frank HeavenFrank HeavenW. Frank Heaven was a cricketer and football administrator.Heaven was born in Edgbaston, Birmingham and was educated at Camp Hill Grammar School. He was a keen cricketer and played for a number of clubs, including Warwickshire Club and Ground and Smethwick CC...
- Richard HobbsRichard HobbsRichard J. Hobbs FAA, is a distinguished professor, ARC Australian Laureate Fellow and ecologist at the University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia...
, Professor of Primary Care Clinical Sciences since 1992 at the University of BirminghamUniversity of BirminghamThe University of Birmingham is a British Redbrick university located in the city of Birmingham, England. It received its royal charter in 1900 as a successor to Birmingham Medical School and Mason Science College . Birmingham was the first Redbrick university to gain a charter and thus... - Harry Jephcott, President of the Royal Institute of ChemistryRoyal Institute of ChemistryThe Royal Institute of Chemistry was a British scientific organisation.Founded in 1877 as the Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain, its role was to focus on qualifications and the professional status of chemists, and its aim was to ensure that consulting and analytical chemists were properly...
from 1953–5, and Chairman of Glaxo GroupGlaxoSmithKlineGlaxoSmithKline plc is a global pharmaceutical, biologics, vaccines and consumer healthcare company headquartered in London, United Kingdom...
from 1950–64y - John LightJohn Light (actor)John Light is an English cinema, television and theatre actor.-Career:His theatre performances include the Complete Works Festival in Stratford-upon-Avon, where he starred in Sean Holmes' Julius Caesar as Brutus and in Rupert Goold's The Tempest as Caliban...
, actor. - Richard MottramRichard MottramSir Richard Clive Mottram, GCB is chairman or board member of a number of private and public sector organisations, many with international links. He is chairman of the board of Amey PLC and of the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory , and a Board member of the International Advisory Board of...
GCB, former Permanent Secretary in the UK civil serviceCivil serviceThe term civil service has two distinct meanings:* A branch of governmental service in which individuals are employed on the basis of professional merit as proven by competitive examinations....
, and Chairman of Amey plcAmey plcAmey plc, previously known as Amey Ltd and Amey Roadstone Construction, is a United Kingdom based infrastructure support service provider. It was once listed on the London Stock Exchange but since 2003 it has been a subsidiary of Spanish company Grupo Ferrovial, S.A....
since 2008 - Charles Talbut OnionsCharles Talbut OnionsCharles Talbut Onions was an English grammarian and lexicographer and the fourth editor of the Oxford English Dictionary....
CBE, lexicographerLexicographyLexicography is divided into two related disciplines:*Practical lexicography is the art or craft of compiling, writing and editing dictionaries....
, contributed to the history of the Oxford English DictionaryOxford English DictionaryThe Oxford English Dictionary , published by the Oxford University Press, is the self-styled premier dictionary of the English language. Two fully bound print editions of the OED have been published under its current name, in 1928 and 1989. The first edition was published in twelve volumes , and...
- Keith CampbellKeith Campbell (biologist)Keith H. S. Campbell is an English biologist who was a member of the team that in 1996 first cloned a mammal, a Finnish Dorset lamb named Dolly, from fully differentiated adult mammary cells....
member of the team that cloned Dolly the sheep
- Keith Campbell
- Fintan Coyle, co-creator of TV gameshow "Weakest Link"
- Ronald PearsallRonald PearsallRonald Joseph Pearsall, was a writer whose scope included children's stories, pornography and fishing. - Biography :...
, author - Robert Pickard, Vice-Chancellor of the University of LondonUniversity of London-20th century:Shortly after 6 Burlington Gardens was vacated, the University went through a period of rapid expansion. Bedford College, Royal Holloway and the London School of Economics all joined in 1900, Regent's Park College, which had affiliated in 1841 became an official divinity school of the...
from 1937–9, Director of the British Cotton Industry Research AssociationShirley InstituteThe Shirley Institute was established in 1920 as the British Cotton Industry Research Association at The Towers in Didsbury, Manchester as a research centre dedicated to cotton production technologies...
from 1927–43, and President of the Royal Institute of ChemistryRoyal Institute of ChemistryThe Royal Institute of Chemistry was a British scientific organisation.Founded in 1877 as the Institute of Chemistry of Great Britain, its role was to focus on qualifications and the professional status of chemists, and its aim was to ensure that consulting and analytical chemists were properly...
from 1936–9 - Chris Thorne, video producer
- Edward William SaltEdward William SaltSir Edward William Salt was a Conservative Member of Parliament for the Birmingham Yardley constituency from 1931 to 1945....
, Conservative MP for Birmingham Yardley from 1931–45 - Dave WakelingDave WakelingDave Wakeling is an English rock singer, songwriter, and guitarist. He is most famous for singing and writing songs for the 1980s 2-Tone band The Beat and also General Public.-Career:...
, singer and songwriter, founder of The Beat (band)The Beat (band)The Beat are a 2 Tone ska revival band founded in England in 1978. Their songs fuse ska, pop, soul, reggae and punk rock, and their lyrics deal with themes of love, unity and sociopolitical topics.... - David Wheeler, helped invent the subroutineSubroutineIn computer science, a subroutine is a portion of code within a larger program that performs a specific task and is relatively independent of the remaining code....
and some encryption algorithms, and Professor of Computer Science at the University of CambridgeUniversity of CambridgeThe University of Cambridge is a public research university located in Cambridge, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest university in both the United Kingdom and the English-speaking world , and the seventh-oldest globally...
from 1978–94 - Frank WilsonFrank WilsonFrank Wilson may refer to:* Frank E. Wilson , U.S. Representative from New York* Frank H. Wilson , American actor* Frank J...
, Merton Professor of English LiteratureMerton ProfessorsThere are two Merton Professorships of English in the University of Oxford: the Merton Professor of English Language and Literature, and the Merton Professor of English Literature. The second was created in 1914 when Sir Walter Raleigh's chair was renamed...
at the University of OxfordUniversity of OxfordThe University of Oxford is a university located in Oxford, United Kingdom. It is the second-oldest surviving university in the world and the oldest in the English-speaking world. Although its exact date of foundation is unclear, there is evidence of teaching as far back as 1096...
from 1947–57, President of the Malone SocietyMalone SocietyThe Malone Society is a British-based scholarly society devoted to the study of sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century drama. It publishes editions of plays from manuscript, facsimile editions of printed and manuscript plays of the period, and editions of original documents relating to English...
from 1960-3 and the Bibliographical SocietyBibliographical SocietyFounded in 1892, the Bibliographical Society is the senior learned society dealing with the study of the book and its history, based in London, England....
from 1950-2