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Which prominent people studied or worked at Leeds?
Poet, literary critic; staff, Professor of English Literature, 1923-29
Expert on mechanics of human and animal movement; staff, Professor of Zoology, 1969-1999; Emeritus Professor, 1999-2016
Pioneer of molecular biology; founder of X-ray diffraction of biological macromolecules; staff, Lecturer in Textile Physics 1928-37; Reader in Textile Physics 1937-1946; Professor of Biomolecular Physics 1946-1961
Development Studies pioneer; activist in fields of health and sociology in developing countries; staff 1980-1999
Artist; art critic; author; chronicler, Bloomsbury Group; sculptor, 'The Dreamer', commissioned by University of Leeds; staff, Professor of Fine Art 1962-67
Chemistry 1941, MSc 1945
Pioneer in haemoglobin research
Pioneer of aviation; founder, Blackburn Aircraft
Minister for Education under Prime Minister Macmillan; Vice-Chancellor 1969-1980
Honorary DSc 1919
Physicist; mathematician; chemist; inventor, X-ray spectrometer; discovered X-ray crystallography and shared Nobel Prize in Physics; namesake of Braggite mineral, Cavendish Professor of Physics 1909-15
Pioneer of modern applied economics; staff, Professor of Economics 1947-79
Honorary DSc 2017
Co-Director, Overseas Partnering and Training Initiative; former President British Society of Rehabilitation Medicine, UK Society for Research in Rehabilitation, and European Academy of Rehabilitation Medicine; Professor of Rehabilitation Medicine 1998-2007
Designed the world's first successful two-stroke engine, Professor of Economics 1947-79
Astrophysicist; winner, Hughes Medal 1990; staff, Applied Mathematics 1948-70
Applied mathematician; staff, Mathematics 1974-85
Honorary DSc 1973
Distinguished chemist; staff, Professor of Physical Chemistry, 1950-65; Vice-Chancellor, Nottingham University; Chancellor, Sheffield University
Chinese Studies 1968
Chinese women's studies expert; President, British Association for Chinese Studies 1993–1994; Member, China Panel of the British Academy; staff, Head of Department of East Asian Studies 1997-2001
Critic; biographer; general editor, 'The Oxford History of English Literature'; staff, English 1936-55
Ibsen scholar; author; translator; Member, Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters; Chair, Department of English 1988-1991
Innventor of the children's game Spirograph. Electrical Engineering, 1936-1939
Philosopher; winner, Papal medal Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice 1999; staff, Philosophy, 1966-81
Established Leeds liver transplant programme, Professor of Surgery 1965-92
Artist; curator; historian; staff, Professor of Fine Art 1967-75
LLB Law 1952
Eminent barrister; oversaw high-profile trials, including defense of 'Black Panther' Donald Nielsen
MA Hebrew 1940
Rabbi; Army chaplain in liberation of Bergen-Belsen concentration camp, 1945
Civil Engineering 1957
Structural and civil engineer; Senior Partner, Buro Happold
Poet; Gregory Fellow of Poetry 1952-1955
English 1939
Sociologist; academic; author of 'The Uses of Literacy'
English 1912, MA 1914,Honorary DLitt 1943
Novelist; poet; essayist; biographer
Colour Chemistry 1922,MSc 1923
Textile manufacturer; namesake of Keyworth Institute and Maurice Keyworth building
Economic and Political Science 1949,
PhD Economics 1952, LLD Hon 1984
Teacher, researcher, government advisor
Textile Industries 1948
Textile designer and painter; founder of Bernat Klein Ltd
Honorary DLitt 1984
Pioneer of Mongolian and Chinese studies; staff, Professor of Chinese Studies, 1963-70
Honorary LLD 1967
Crystallographer; first woman elected to the Royal Society; staff, Biology 1927-30
Founder editor of former national newspaper Today and the Times Higher Education Supplement.
Dean of Postgraduate Medical Education to the Yorkshire Deanery, 1993-1999; Lead Dean for Psychiatry 1999-2001
MBChB 1905
Golf course designer, work includes Augusta National Golf Club
Honorary DSc 1985
Cutting-edge botanist; President, Linnean Society; staff, Professor of Biology 1946-69
Noted academic and political theorist, staff, Professor and Head of Politics department 1972-78
Yorkshire College graduate;Honorary LLD 1924
Pioneer of Leeds Medical school, President, Association of Surgeons of Great Britain and Ireland
BSc Metallurgy 1945,PhD Materials 1948
Electron microscopist with metals and alloys; winner, Beilby, Hadfield and Wilkinson medals; staff, Professor of Metallurgy 1960-89
Electrical engineering 1910,Honorary LLD 1939
Chairman, Crompton Parkinson Company; University benefactor
Chemistry 1941,Honorary DSc 1971
Chemist; shared the 1967 Nobel Chemistry Prize for work on high-speed, light-driven chemical reactions; President, Royal Society
Chemistry 1941
Astbury Professor of Biophysics
Yorkshire College 1901-02,Honorary DLitt 1953
Author, 'Swallows and Amazons', 'Coot Club' and other children's books
Honorary LLD 1996
Chief Nursing Officer, Department of Health and Social Security, 1958–72
MC Student 1914,Honorary DLitt 1932
Poet; critic; arts writer; essayist; co-founder, Institute for Contemporary Arts
Student, English 1940s
Author; poet; broadcaster
English 1962
Poet; critic; editor; founder of 'Stand' magazine; Gregory Fellow in Poetry 1958-60
French 1924, Honorary LLD 1989
Assistant Secretary, Academic Assistance Council (now the Council for At-Risk Academics), helped academic refugees find safety
Honorary LLD 1971
British Ambassador to Sweden and Iran; civil servant; academic, Vice-Chancellor 1963-70
Emeritus Professor, Chair and Dean in the School of Education 1975-1986, pioneering linguist
World-leading physicist; staff, Professor of Theoretical Physics, 1939-51; Cavendish Professor of Physics 1951-63
Physics 1945
Physicist and endocrinologist; discovered and identified the hormone aldosterone alongside his wife Sylvia.
History 1932
English professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s; founder of the University's rugby league team
Social historian; political activist; staff, Extra-mural Studies, 1948-65
MA Mathematics 1925
Mathematician and cryptoanalyst; worked alongside Alan Turing at Bletchley Park breaking the Enigma code
Author, 'The Lord of the Rings' trilogy; staff, Reader in and Professor of English Language 1920-25
English 1949
Children's author
Director, John Innes Institute; Director, Waite Institute; staff, Professor of Botany 1969-80
Medicine 1969
Prominent paediatrician; Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians; Honorary Fellow of the Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health
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