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ALUMNI

The school boasts a whole host of alumni, some famous, some less so, yet no less impressive! Below is a list of what we have been able to put together showing such a broad range of disciplines and skills all starting their careers at KES!

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Sheffield Grammar School, later Sheffield Royal Grammar School (1604–1905)

•          John Balguy (1686–1748), divine and philosopher
•          John Roebuck FRS (1718–1794), inventor known for developing the industrial-scale manufacture of sulfuric acid
•          Sir Samuel Gillott (1838–1913), lawyer and politician, Lord Mayor of Melbourne
•          Robert Murray Gilchrist (1867–1917), novelist and author of regional interest books about the Peak District
•          William Andrew MC (1884 – 1963), Anglican priest
•          W. S. Senior (1876–1938), scholar, poet and member of the Church Missionary Society
•          Edward Keble Chatterton (1878–1944), prolific author on maritime and naval themes
•          Ludwig Glauert (1879–1963), paleontologist, herpetologist and museum curator
•          Charles Sargeant Jagger MC (1885–1934), sculptor on the theme of war, best known for his war memorials
•          Kenneth Kirk (1886–1954), Bishop of Oxford
•          Walter Sugg (1860–1933), first-class cricketer

Sheffield Collegiate School (1836–1884)

•          Henry Clifton Sorby (1826–1908), microscopist and geologist
•          George Rolleston FRS (1829–1881), physician and zoologist, Linacre Professor of Anatomy and Physiology at Oxford
•          Sir Nathaniel Creswick (1831–1917), footballer and solicitor, co-founded Sheffield FC
•          Henry Jackson OM (1839–1921), classicist, Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge
•          Henry Arnold Favell (1845–1896), Anglican priest, Archdeacon of Sheffield
•          George William Kinman (1862–1927), Headmaster of Hertford Grammar School

Wesley College (1838–1905)

•          Joseph Bennett (1829–1908), merchant and Liberal politician
•          Samuel Danks Waddy (1830–1902), politician and MP
•          Angus Holden, 1st Baron Holden (1833–1912), Liberal Party politician and MP
•          Joseph Ruston (1835–1897), engineer, manufacturer, Liberal Party politician
•          Sir Swire Smith (1842–1918), woollen manufacturer, educationalist and Liberal Party politician
•          Frederick Cawley, 1st Baron Cawley (1850–1937), businessman and Liberal Party politician
•          Leonard Cockayne FRS (1855–1934), New Zealand botanist
•          Frank Wilson (1859–1918), Premier of Western Australia
•          Arthur Neal (1862–1933), politician and Liberal MP
•          Cecil Wilson (1862–1945), pacifist Labour Party MP

King Edward VII School (1905–present)

•          Ephraim Lipson (1888–1960) - economic historian
•          Hermann Glauert (1892–1934) - aerodynamicist, developed the Prandtl–Glauert transformation
•          Harry Epworth Allen (1894–1958) - painter
•          Sir John Sterndale Bennett (1895–1969) - CMG, ambassador
•          Edward Charles Titchmarsh (1899–1963) – FRS, Oxford Mathematician and Savilian Professor of Geometry
•          George Butler (1904–99) - artist
•          Geoffrey Gledhill Turner (1904–59) - GC GM
•          Frank Ellis (1905–2006) – eminent radiation oncologist
•          Edward Linfoot (1905–82) - astronomer. Assistant Director of the Observatory, University of Cambridge 1948–70
•          Prof Albert Goodwin (1906–95) - Professor of Modern History, University of Manchester 1953–69
•          Sir Charles Husband CBE (1908–83) - civil engineer, President of the Institution of Structural Engineers 1964–5,

           Chairman of the Association of Consulting Engineers 1967–8, and designed the Lovell Telescope at Jodrell Bank Observatory
•          Major Lionel Wigram (1907–1944) - soldier, played a significant part in developing British infantry fighting tactics in                                 World War II, killed in action in Italy
•          Rt Rev Leslie Stradling (1908–1998) - Bishop of Johannesburg 1961–1974
•          Sir Harold Warris Thompson CBE (1908–1983) – physical chemist, Chairman of the Football Association
•          Prof Ronald Graveson CBE (1911–91) - Professor of Law, King's College London 1947–74, Joint Editor of the The International                 and Comparative Law Quarterly 1955–61, President of the International Association of Legal Science 1960–2 and the Society of             Public Teachers of Law (became The Society of Legal Scholars in 2002) 1972–3
•          Prof Eric Laughton (1911–88) - Firth Professor of Latin, University of Sheffield 1952–76
•          Surgeon Rear-Admiral Stanley Miles CB (1911–87)
•          Sir Eric Gardner Turner CBE (1911–1983) - papyrologist and classicist
•          Philip Allen, Baron Allen of Abbeydale CB (1912–2007) – civil servant
•          Cecil King CMG (1912–81) - Ambassador to Lebanon 1967–70
•          Sir Geofroy Tory (1912–2012) - Ambassador to Ireland 1964–67
•          Brigadier Sir Edgar "Bill" Williams (1912–1995) – academic and warrior
•          Gordon Nornable MC (1915–2002)  - Military Cross and Croix de Guerre 1944 fighting with the French Maquis in eastern France  
•          Sir Peter Youens (1916–2000) – administrator in Nyasaland and Malawi, and director of Lonrho
•          Prof Deryck Allen (1918–2010) - Professor of Applied Mathematics University of Sheffield 1955–80, Pro-Vice Chancellor                           University of Sheffield 1966-70 and Chairman of the Joint Matriculation Board 1973–6
•          Sir Norman Siddall (1918–2002) – Chairman of the National Coal Board 1982–3
•          Sir Robert Scholey (1921–2014) - known as 'Black Bob', deputy chairman and chief executive of British Steel 1976-86,                               Chairman of British Steel (1986-1992), succeeding Sir Robert Haslam
•          Peter Jaffrey Wheatley (1921–1997), chemist and Cambridge academic
•          John Gatenby Bolton (1922–1993) – British-Australian astronomer
•          Prof Donald Nicol (1923–2003) - Koraës Professor of Modern Greek and Byzantine History, Language and Literature, King's                  College London 1970–88, and President of the Ecclesiastical History Society 1975–6
•          Prof Raymond Ian Page (1924–2012) - Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon at Cambridge University 1984-91,                   and Parker Librarian at the Parker Library, Corpus Christi College
•          Prof Adrian Horridge (born 1927) – FRS, neurobiologist, professor at Australian National University
•          Prof John Philipps Kenyon (1927–96) - Joyce and Elizabeth Hall Distinguished Professor in Early Modern British History                         University of Kansas 1987–94
•          Francis Cheetham OBE (1928–2005) - museum curator
•          Sir Michael Carlisle (born 1929) – Pro-Chancellor, University of York
•          John Farnsworth Wright (1929–2001) - economist and Fellow of Trinity College, Oxford.
•          Peter Landin (1930–2009), computer scientist and academic, Queen Mary College, London
•          John Lemmon (1930–1966) – logician and philosopher
•          Sir Norman Adsetts OBE (born 1931) Knight Bachelor, OBE – Hon Life President SIG plc since 1996
•          Dick Charlesworth (1932–2008) - jazz clarinettist and bandleader
•          Prof Ian Fells CBE (born 1932) – Professor of Energy Conversion, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, President of the                              Institute of Energy 1978–9, and broadcaster
•          George MacBeth (1932–1992) – Poet and author
•          Alan Jinkinson (born 1935) - General Secretary of UNISON 1993–6
•          Prof David Downes (born 1938) - Professor of Social Administration, LSE 1987–2003 and Editor of the British Journal of                          Criminology 1985–90
•          Ted Wragg (1938–2005) – E C (Ted) Wragg, Professor of Education, University of Exeter
•          Sir Eric Dancer KCVO CBE KStJ JP FRSA (born 1940) - Managing Director of Dartington Crystal 1986–2000, and Lord                              Lieutenant of Devon since 1998
•          Ted Powell (1940–2005) - amateur footballer, went on to coach the Malawi national football team and the England Under–18               
side which won the European Championship in 1993.
•          Rony Robinson (born 1940) – writer and broadcaster
•          Dave Sheasby (1940–2010) - playwright, director, dramatist and radio producer
•          Sir John Goulden CMG (born 1941) – diplomat and Ambassador to Turkey 1992–5
•          Alan Wood (born 1947) – CEO of Siemens Plc
•          Roy Galley (born 1947) – Conservative MP for Halifax 1983–7
•          John Ramsden (1947–2009) - Professor of History, Queen Mary College, an authority on the history of the Conservative party
•          Bob Davies (born 1948) – CEO of Arriva Plc until April 2006
•          Prof Paul Collier CBE (born 1949) - Professor of Economics, University of Oxford since 1993, and Director since 1991 of the                     Centre for the Study of  African Economies
•          Peter Horbury (born 1950) - car designer, Executive Design Director of all Ford's American brands from 2004
•          Martin Smith (born 1949) – Car designer (Porsche, Audi, Ford)
•          Clive Betts (born 1950) – Labour MP
•          Air Commodore Jon Chitty (born c. 1952), OBE RAF
•          Dr David Thomson - current Bishop of Huntingdon
•          Phil Oakey (born 1955) – singer, Human League
•          Martyn Ware (born 1956) -founder member of The Human League and Heaven 17
•          Simon Collis (born 1967-74) - Ambassador to Syria since 2007, to Qatar from 2005–7 and HM Ambassador to Saudi Arabia                            2015-2020
•          Michael McClelland (born 1956) - Professor, Pathology, University of California, Irvine.
•          Matthew Bannister (born 1957) – British radio administrator and broadcaster
•          John Rawling (born 1957) - boxing commentator on ITV since 2005, and BBC sports broadcaster
•          Sir Simon Wessely (born 1956) – professor of epidemiological and liaison psychiatry, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College                    London and Director of the King's Centre for Military Health Research.
•          Paul Bruce Dickinson (1958) - musician, airline pilot, and broadcaster, lead vocalist of Iron Maiden
•          Graham Fellows (born 1959) – comedian and actor, aka John Shuttleworth
•          Joe Elliott (born 1959) – lead singer of Def Leppard
•          Carl Shutt (born 1961) – former Sheffield Wednesday, Leeds United and Bradford City footballer
•          Paul Heaton (born 1962) – leader, The Beautiful South and The Housemartins
•          Julia Bradbury (born 1970) – presenter of Watchdog
•          Emily Maitlis (born 1970) – newscaster, BBC television
•          Tyrone Thompson (born 1981) – footballer, Torquay United
•          Ben Purkiss (born 1984) – footballer, Oxford United
•          Tom Bell alias Toddla T (born 1985) – musician and Radio 1 DJ
•          Nabil El Nayal - Fashion Designer working with River Island and Swarovski
•          Owain James (born 1986) - Published neuroscientist
•          Elizabeth Henstridge (born 1987) - Actress staring in ABC television series Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

Simon Collis 1967-74

KES Teacher 1967-94 and

OE 1948-55
David Anderson

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