List of alumni of Jesus College, Oxford: Difference between revisions

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| align="center" | [[France|French]] [[physics|physicist]]

| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.college-de-france.fr/default/EN/all/ins_pro/p1001667426147.htm| title=Biography, Collège de France website| accessdate=2007-07-14}}</ref>

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| [[Lalith Athulathmudali]]

| align="center" | <!-- M --> 1955

| align="center" | <!-- G--> ?

| align="center" | <!-- course --> Law

| align="center" | <!-- F --> -

| align="center" | <!-- HF --> -

| align="center" | <!-- P --> -

| align="center" | President of the [[Oxford Union]] in 1958. [[Sri Lanka]]n politician, killed by the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam|Tamil Tigers]] in 1993

| align="center" | <ref>{{cite journal|title=Old Members' Notes and News| year=1993/4 | journal=Jesus College Record| pages=72-3}}</ref>

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| [[Peter Beer]]

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| align="center" | <!-- HF --> -

| align="center" | <!-- P --> -

| align="center" | lexicographer and translator of the [[Welsh Bible|Bible into Welsh]] (1620 edition)

| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/7246?docPos=4 | title=Davies, John (c.1570–1644)|last=Evans |first=Mihail Dafydd |work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online)|publisher=Oxford University Press|accessdate=2007-07-14}}</ref>

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| align="center" | [[Classics|classicist]]

| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web|title=University of Wales Lampeter - Professor H A Harris Papers| url=http://www.archivesnetworkwales.info/cgi-bin/anw/fulldesc_nofr?inst_id=45&coll_id=10038&expand= |publisher=Archives Network Wales |accessdate=2007-07-14}}</ref>

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| [[Nigel Hitchin]]

| align="center" | <!-- M --> 1965

| align="center" | <!-- G--> 1968

| align="center" | <!-- course --> BA Mathematics

| align="center" | <!-- F --> -

| align="center" | <!-- HF --> 1998

| align="center" | <!-- P --> -

| align="center" | [[Mathematician]] working in the field of [[differential geometry]] and [[algebraic geometry]]. [[Savilian chair of geometry| Savilian Professor of Geometry]] at Oxford sice 1997.

| align="center" | <ref>{{cite journal| title=Fellows' News |journal=Jesus College Record |Year=1998/9|pages= 12}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maths.ox.ac.uk/~hitchin/| title=Hitchin's home page|publisher=Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford| accessdate=2007-07-15}}</ref>

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| [[John T. Houghton|Sir John Houghton]]

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| align="center" | <!-- M --> 1641

| align="center" | <!-- G--> ?

| align="center" | <!-- course --> studies? interrupted by the [[English Civil War]]. DCL 1661.

| align="center" | <!-- F --> 1660

| align="center" | <!-- HF --> -

| align="center" | <!-- P --> 1661&ndash;1673

| align="center" | lawyerStudies interrupted by the [[English Civil War]]. DCL 1661. Lawyer, diplomat, [[Secretary of State (United Kingdom)|Secretary of State]] 1680&ndash;1684

| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/14732| title=Jenkins, Sir Leoline (1625–1685)|last=Marshall|first=Alan|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online)|publisher=Oxford University Press|accessdate=2007-07-14}}</ref>

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| align="center" | <ref>{{cite journal |last=Clarke |first=Peter |authorlink= |coauthors= |year=2004 |title=Editorial |journal=Jesus College Record |pages=4 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jesus.ox.ac.uk/staff/principal.php| title=Lord Krebs| publisher=Jesus College, Oxford |accessdate=2007-07-14}}</ref>

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| [[Image:Thomas Edward Lawrence-Lawrence of Arabia.JPG|left|50px|thumb|]] [[T. E. Lawrence|T.&nbsp;E.&nbsp;Lawrence]]

| align="center" | <!-- M --> 1907

| align="center" | <!-- G--> 1910

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| align="center" | <!-- M --> 1934

| align="center" | <!-- G--> 1937

| align="center" | <!-- course --> BA PPE (awarded pre-entry History scholarship but changed degree course)

| align="center" | <!-- F --> -

| align="center" | <!-- HF --> Y

| align="center" | <!-- P --> -

| align="center" | Awarded pre-entry History scholarship but changed degree course. [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|Prime Minister]] October 1964 &ndash; June 1970 and March 1974 &ndash; April 1976

| align="center" | <ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ox.ac.uk/aboutoxford/PMs.shtml| accessdate=2007-07-13| title=British Prime Ministers educated at Oxford University| publisher=University of Oxford}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://politics.guardian.co.uk/politicsobituaries/story/0,,563492,00.html|title=Harold Wilson: Leading Labour beyond pipe dreams (Obituary)|last=Goodman|first=Geoffrey|date=[[25 May]] [[1995]]|accessdate=2007-07-14}}</ref>

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*Logan Mountstuart &mdash; Character in ''[[Any Human Heart]]'', a novel by an old member, [[William Boyd (writer)|William Boyd]].

*Sir David Metcalfe QC &mdash; Character in [[Jeffrey Archer]]'s play ''Beyond Reasonable doubt''.<ref name=Jenkinson>{{cite journal|title=Jesus College and Crime Fiction|year=1995/6|last=Jenkinson |first=Leonard |journal=Jesus College Record |pages=66-67}}</ref>

*Mark Treasure &mdash; detective in various novels by [[David Williams (crime writer)|David Williams]],. whoseHis Jesus College tie is recognised by a Welsh parson in ''Divided Treasure''.<ref name=Jenkinson/>

*Cedric Downes &mdash; Fellow of [[Brasenose College, Oxford|Brasenose]] in [[Colin Dexter]]'s ''[[The Jewel That Was Ours]]'', who reveals that he was an undergraduate at Jesus, which he describes as "one of the less fashionable colleges".<ref name=Jenkinson/>

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