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University alumni list
University College, Durham is one of the
constituent colleges of
Durham University. The following is a list of notable people to have matriculated at the college.
Where known,
degree type, subject and year of graduation are included.
Alumni
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Walter Adams, Archbishop of
Yukon
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Lancelot Addison,
Archdeacon of Dorset (1948–1955)
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John Anthony Allan (BA Geography, 1958), geographer and winner of
Stockholm Water Prize
[1]
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Simon Ardizzone (BA, 1988), producer and director,
Hacking Democracy
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K. B. Asante, Ghanaian diplomat
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Tim Atkin (BA Modern Languages, 1984), journalist and
Master of Wine
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Richard Ayre, former BBC journalist
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Nigel Badnell, physicist
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Edward Baran, British newsreader
[2]
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Rob Beckley,
Assistant Commissioner in
London Metropolitan Police
[3]
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Henry Bell, cricketer and clergyman
[4]
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Edward Bickersteth, clergyman
[5]
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Crispin Blunt
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John Henry Blunt
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Edward Bradley, clergyman and author known for
The Adventures of Mr. Verdant Green
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Richard Brand,
Archdeacon of Winchester
[6]
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David Breeze, archaeologist
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Eric Brereton,
Dean of
Glasgow and Galloway (1959–1962)
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Peter Bridgewater, Australian conservationist
[7]
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Aubrey Brocklebank, entrepreneur and aristocrat
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George Malcolm Brown, geologist
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Alex Burton,
Royal Navy officer
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Clare Cameron,
Ministry of Defence civil servant
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Peter Cardy, public servant
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Allan Cartner,
continuity announcer for
Border Television
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Jack Cattell
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Richard Dickinson Chambers, Professor of Chemistry at Durham
[8]
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Nicholas Chorley, 3rd Baron Chorley, British peer
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Cyrus Chothia (BSc, 1965), biochemist
[9]
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Rosemary Coogan, astronaut
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Harry Cook, martial artist
[10]
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Tim Crane, Professor of Philosophy at
Central European University
[11]
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Neil Crompton, British diplomat, current
British Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
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Mike Cunningham,
Chief Executive of the
College of Policing (2018–2020)
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William Curzon-Siggers, Anglican priest and author
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Owen Dampier Bennett
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Charles Maurice Davies
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Hunter Davies, author
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Phil de Glanville, England rugby player
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John Douglas
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Jackie Doyle Price
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Guy Edwards,
Formula 1 racing driver
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George Entwistle, former BBC executive
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Harold Evans
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John Exelby, British television executive
[12]
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Christopher Foster
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James Freeling
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George Frodsham
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Edward Frossard
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Charles Furneaux, TV producer and
Up participant
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Chris Gibson-Smith, businessman; Chairman of
London Stock Exchange Group
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Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg
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Frank Gillingham, cricketer
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Antony Good, cricketer
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John Goodall, historian and Architectural Editor of
Country Life
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Roger Goodman, Nissan Professor of Modern Japanese Studies at the
University of Oxford
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James Goss,
High Court judge
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William Greenwell, antiquarian
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Miles Gregory, theatre director and producer
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Bill Gunston, aviation author
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Paul Lewis Hancock, geologist
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Ernest Hayes
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Samuel Heaslett
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James Henderson
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Allan Hill, demographer; Andelot Professor at
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
[13]
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George Hills, Anglican bishop
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Edmund Hobhouse, Anglican bishop
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Henry Holland, 1st Viscount Knutsford
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George Frederick Holmes
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Robert Hornby
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James Horstead
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Walsham How
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Tessa Howard, field hockey player
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Jules Hudson, archaeologist
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Malcolm K. Hughes, climatologist
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Simon Hughes, cricketer and journalist nicknamed The Analyst
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Henry Hyde, priest
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Kumar Iyer, Director General for Economics, Science and Technology at the
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
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David Jennings, composer
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John Jones, Anglican priest;
Archdeacon of St Asaph
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Thomas Kerr, engineer; Director of the
Royal Aircraft Establishment
[14]
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Christopher Kitching, archivist
[15]
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Gerald Knox, cricketer
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Christopher Lamb, journalist
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Timothy Laurence
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Craig Lawrence, former British Army officer, author and lecturer
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John Lawton, ecologist
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Edward Leigh, Conservative MP
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Andy Lines, Anglican bishop
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Peter Liss, environmental scientist
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Evered Lunt, Anglican bishop
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William Herrick Macaulay, mathematician and Vice-Povost of
King's College, Cambridge
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Angus MacFarlane-Grieve
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Baret Magarian, writer
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Jane Marriott
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Guy Marshall, Anglican bishop
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Richard Massey, physicist
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Rachel McCarthy
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David Mercer, playwright
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Richard Mercer, cricketer
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Piers Merchant
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Huw Merriman
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Ed Mitchell, presenter for
ITN
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James Montgomery, Anglican priest
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David Moore, botanist
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James Morris, cricketer
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Rory Morrison,
BBC Radio 4 newsreader
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Peter Ogden, founder of
Computacenter
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George Ornsby, antiquarian
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Denis Osborne, physicist and diplomat
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Chris Oti, England rugby player
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James Palmes,
Archdeacon of the East Riding (1892–1898)
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Frank Pasquill, meteorologist
[16]
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Robin Pedley, educationist
[17]
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Octavius Pickard-Cambridge, clergyman and arachnologist
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Maurice Berkeley Portman
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Arthur Prowse, physicist and academic administrator; founding Master of
Van Mildert College
[18]
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James Raine, antiquarian and
Chancellor of
York Minster
[19]
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Sir Thomas Richardson-Bunbury, 6th Baronet
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Andrew Ritchie,
British Army officer;
Commandant of the
Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst (2003–2006)
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Dan Rivers, correspondent at
ITV News
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Charles Robertson, priest
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Jonathan Rougier, Professor of
Statistical Science at the
University of Bristol
[20]
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David Sadler, Professor of Human Geography
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Brian Scarlett, particle technologist
[21]
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Caleb Scharf, physicist
[22]
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Robert Senior, advertising executive
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John Sewel, Baron Sewel, member of the
House of Lords
[23]
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Graeme Shimmin, science fiction novelist
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Edward Shortt, lawyer and politician;
Home Secretary (1919–1922)
[24]
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Gareth Sibson, writer and broadcaster
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Bertram Simpson,
Bishop of Kensington (1932–1942)
[25]
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Sir John Sinclair, 3rd Baronet, landowner and politician
[26]
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Ian Smail, physicist
[27]
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Peter Snowdon, historian and journalist
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Martin St Quinton, horse racing entrepreneur
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Howard Stableford, television and radio presenter
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Ben Starr, actor
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Philip Steele, author of children's non-fiction
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Joseph Stevenson, antiquarian
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Jhathavedh Subramanyan, Hong Kong cricketer
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Paul Sutcliffe, Professor of Theoretical Physics at Durham
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Michael Tavinor,
Dean of Hereford (2002–2021)
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Patriarch Theophilos III of Jerusalem (MA, 1984),
Patriarch of the Orthodox Church of Jerusalem
[28]
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Thomas Charles Thompson, Liberal Party politician
[29]
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Maurice Tucker, Professor of Geology and Master of University College, Durham (1998–2011)
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Mike Tuffrey,
Liberal Democrat politician
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Garry Tunnicliffe,
Royal Air Force officer;
Defence Services Secretary (2016–2019)
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James Turner,
Bishop of Grafton and Armidale (1869–1893)
[30]
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Lily van den Broecke, British Paralympic rower
[31]
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Annabel Venning, journalist and author; Following the Drum: The Lives of Army Wives and Daughters Past and Present (2005)
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Fitzpatrick Vernon, 2nd Baron Lyveden, British peer and
Liberal Party politician
[32]
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Henry Villiers-Stuart,
Egyptologist and Liberal Party politician
[33]
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Terence Wade, Professor of Russian Studies at the
University of Strathclyde (1987–1995)
[34]
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Stephen Warner, evangelical preacher
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Kevin Watkins, Chief Executive of
Save the Children UK (2016–2021)
[35]
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Peter Watson, journalist and author
[36]
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L. P. Wenham, archaeologist
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James Wharton, Baron Wharton of Yarm,
Conservative Party politician
[37]
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Thomas Wilkinson,
Bishop of Hexham and Newcastle (1889–1909)
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Jonathan Wilks, diplomat
[38]
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Jim Williams (BA, Law and Sociology), author
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Hugh Willmott, archaeologist
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Thomas Woodcock,
Garter Principal King of Arms (2010–2021)
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Adolphus Frederick Alexander Woodford (BA, 1846), soldier, writer and clergyman
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