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He was the driving force behind the Spyrou Scholarship, which has now been renamed the Spyrou-Lintott Scholarship. ... What is special about the George Spyrou Scholarship is its history and its emotive string – it relates to the late George, who must

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Search:. Search. Alumni Events. Throughout the year the Development Office organises a number of special events for alumni and guests. These include year group reunions, summer garden parties, networking opportunities, regional and international

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Search:. Search. 29 June. -. Association Dinner (open to all alumni and guests). 7 September. -. First Reunion Dinner (up to m. 1964, m. 1974). 14 September. -. Blades Regatta and Reunion Dinner. 21 September. -. Second Reunion Dinner (m. 2006 to m.

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Search:. Search. Alfred Cort Haddon (1855-1940). Undergraduate at Christ’s 1875-9. Fellow of the College 1901-1940. The pioneering researcher Alfred Cort Haddon was one of modern anthropology’s founding fathers and a highly characteristic

Hng was educated at the Raffles Institution in Singapore, before being awarded both a President's Scholarship and a Singapore Armed Forces Scholarship to study at Christ’s College. ... He came up to Christ’s in 1973 and read engineering. In 1985, Hng

After graduation, Heng began his career in the Singapore Police Force (SPF) where he was awarded an SPF Overseas Scholarship from then President Devan Nair.

Search:. Search. Sir Oliver Wright (1922-2009). Sir Oliver Wright had the rare distinction, a year after his retirement from the Diplomatic Service, to be invited back to be British Ambassador to the United States. John Oliver Wright was born on

Search:. Search. William Paley was an English clergyman, Christian apologist, philosopher, and utilitarian. He is best known for his natural theology exposition of the teleological argument for the existence of God in his work Natural Theology or

Search:. Search. Six of the Best: A Pantheon of Great British Heroes. Sean Brunton. Suffer with Richard the Lionheart in the desert – fight alongside William Wallace at Stirling Bridge – set sail with Lord Nelson – stand your ground with the

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In 1942 Nicol obtained a government scholarship to Christ's College to read the Natural Sciences Tripos and and in 1946 graduated with first class honours, the first black African to

Search:. Search. J. P. Kenyon (1927-1996). Professor John Kenyon was Lecturer in History at Cambridge (1956-62), and Professor of Modern History at the Universities of Hull (1962-1981), St Andrews (1981-7) and Kansas (1987-94). He authored nine books

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Search:. Search. This ground-breaking book reveals the prophetic, revolutionary vision that drives Shakespeare's tragedies, tracing its unbroken development from its beginnings in the Henry VI plays and Shakespeare's first tragedy, Titus Andronicus,

Search:. Search. Dr Rowan Douglas Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth, PC, FBA, FRSL, FLSW (m. 1968), is a Welsh Anglican bishop and former Archbishop of Canterbury. He was born in Swansea, South Wales on 14 June 1950 and was educated at Dynevor

Search:. Search. On John Stuart Mill. Philip Kitcher. John Stuart Mill expressed many of the central tenets of liberalism with unsurpassed clarity and enduring influence. Yet Mill’s apparent victory in the marketplace of ideas has numbed us to the

Search:. Search. Claire writes: 'You get to do all sorts of interesting things when you’re researching a book. For my first one, Last Seen in Lhasa, I went to Tibet in search of a rare red lily. For my novel, The Pagoda Tree, I met a prince, rode

Search:. Search. Joan Arkle, a tireless climate change activist, is passionate about her beliefs. She has taken her campervan to the Lake District, to be able to live among the hills she loves. Here is ample scope for her trade as a wildlife

Search:. Search. Natalie Haynes (m. 1993) is a British writer and broadcaster and a former comedian. She was born in Birmingham in 1974 and attended King Edward VI High School for Girls in Birmingham and then read Classics at Christ's College.

Search:. Search. A Quest for Wisdom: Inspiring Purpose on the Path of Life. A Quest for Wisdom is a wide-ranging volume which brings together 25 of David Lorimer’s highly acclaimed essays. Among the significant thinkers featured here are many who

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Search:. Search. Jagadis Chandra Bose (1858-1937). Pioneer of electro-magnetic waves and widely regarded as the first modern Indian scientist, Jagadis Chandra Bose was a far-sighted visionary and gifted experimentalist. In 1895 in Calcutta, he

Alumni Publications

Search:. Search. Christ's College Magazine. The Magazine is the College's official annual publication distributed to members each September. It aims to provide a record of the College's activities and the achievements of Fellows, staff, students,

Search:. Search. Ian Balding. From Pieces, Lent Term 2002:. A racing certainty. Ian Balding LVO, racehorse trainer (since 1964). Born 7 November 1938. Studied Rural Estate Management at Christ's College 1959-62 (rugby blue 1961). Trained horses for

Search:. Search. Countdown to a Killing. Tom McAulay. Wen Li, an anxious young woman who suffers from obsessive-compulsive disorder, is tormented by an incessant fear that she might have homicidal impulses. Wen falls for her self-absorbed colleague,

Search:. Search. Charles Darwin (1809-1882). Christ's College is where the famous biologist and naturalist and father of evolutionary biology, studied. He was a young, innovative and enthusiastic student, destined initially for a life in Holy Orders.

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Search:. Search. Sathnam Sanghera (m. 1995) was born to Punjabi parents in the West Midlands in 1976, attended Wolverhampton Grammar School and graduated from Christ’s College, Cambridge with a first class degree in English Language and Literature

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Search:. Search. Alexander Andrew Mackay Irvine, Baron Irvine of Lairg PC, QC (m. 1955), known as Derry Irvine, is a Scottish lawyer, judge, and political figure. Irvine was born on 23 June 1940 in Inverness, Scotland, and was educated

Search:. Search. Sir Charles Saumarez Smith CBE, is a cultural historian and prominent figure in the British art and museum scene. He was born in 1954 in Salisbury and attended Marlborough College before attending King’s College Cambridge, where

Search:. Search. Gilbert Jessop (1874-1955). Gilbert Laird Jessop (19 May 1874 – 11 May 1955) was perhaps one of England's greatest cricketers. Between 1894 and the outbreak of World War I in 1914, he played 493 First Class matches and represented

What is special about the George Spyrou Scholarship is its history and its emotive string – it relates to the late George, who must have been an extraordinary person for his family ... Ranjini Das. 2017-2018 Scholar . Being awarded the George Spyrou

Search:. Search. Thomas Nelson Jnr. (1738-1789). Thomas Nelson, who signed the American Declaration of Independence, was born at Yorktown, Virginia, Dec. 26, 1738 and died in 1789. He studied at Christ’s between 1758 and 1761, although it is not