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<html> <head> <title>University of Leeds</title> <meta name="googlebot" content="noodp"> <meta name="robots" content="noodp"> <link rel="apple-touch-icon-precomposed" href="/silly-nndb-icon.png" /><style type="text/css">  </style><script type="text/javascript" src="/sortable.js"></script> <link rel="stylesheet" href="/style.css" /> </head> <body bgcolor=#ffffff> <center> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr><td valign=top><table width=550 cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0> <tr><td bgcolor=white><table width="100%" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="0" background="/nndb.gif"> <tr> <td rowspan="2" align="left" valign="top"><a href="http://www.nndb.com/"><img src="/title.gif" width="260" height="50" border=0 alt="NNDB"></a></td> <td><table width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="6"> <tr align="center"> <td width="25%" nowrap>This is a beta version of NNDB</td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> <tr> <td align="right" valign="middle"> <form action="http://search.nndb.com/search/nndb.cgi" method="get"> <input type="hidden" name="nndb" value="1"></input> Search: <select name="omenu"> <option value="unspecified" selected>All Names</option> <option value="living">Living people</option> <option value="dead">Dead people</option> <option value="bands">Band Names</option> <option value="books">Book Titles</option> <option value="movies">Movie Titles</option> <option value="fulltext">Full Text</option> </select> for <input name="query" value="" size=24 maxlength=96> <input type=submit value="Search"> </form></td> </tr> </table>        </td></tr> <tr><td bgcolor=red height=2></td></tr> <tr bgcolor=F0F0F0><td bgcolor=F0F0F0 style="padding: 15px 15px 15px 15px;"><table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 width=100%><tr><td bgcolor=F0F0F0> University of Leeds EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION Location: <a href="/geo/887/000069680/" class=proflink>Leeds, West Yorkshire, England</a> Founding Date: 1904Motto: Et augebitur scientiaEnrollment: 33,000Official Website: <a href="http://www.leeds.ac.uk/">http://www.leeds.ac.uk/</a>STUDENTS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_student"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/970/000034868/">Bill Bruford</a></td> <td><center>Drummer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-May-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Drummer for King Crimson</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/121/000135713/">Leslie Cheung</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Sep-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1-Apr-2003</tt></td> <td>Cantopop singer, jumped to death</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/576/000174054/">Paul W. Douglas</a></td> <td><center>Business</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Sep-1926</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>18-Sep-2011</tt></td> <td>CEO of Freeport Minerals, 1975-81</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/886/000101583/">Storm Jameson</a></td> <td><center>Novelist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>8-Jan-1891</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>1986</tt></td> <td>The Pot Boils</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/970/000042844/">Mark Knopfler</a></td> <td><center>Musician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Aug-1949</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Dire Straits</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/507/000128123/">Otto Loewi</a></td> <td><center>Scientist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jun-1873</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Dec-1961</tt></td> <td>Acetylcholine as a neurotransmitter</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/707/000364612/">Colin Platt</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Nov-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The English Medieval Town</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/577/000100277/">George Porter</a></td> <td><center>Chemist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Dec-1920</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-Aug-2002</tt></td> <td>Rapid chemical and biological processes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/963/000169456/">Corinne Bailey Rae</a></td> <td><center>Singer</center></td> <td align=right><tt>26-Feb-1979</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Put Your Record On</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/677/000025602/">Harold Shipman</a></td> <td><center>Criminal</center></td> <td align=right><tt>14-Jan-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jan-2004</tt></td> <td>Serial killer had 215 victims</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/018/000027934/">Wole Soyinka</a></td> <td><center>Playwright</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Jul-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Politically-charged Nigerian author</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/119/000029032/">Jack Straw</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Aug-1946</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>Leader, House of Commons, 2006-07</td> </tr> </table> TEACHERS AND PROFESSORS <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_teacher"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/533/000099236/">William Bragg</a></td> <td><center>Physicist</center></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Jul-1862</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>12-Mar-1942</tt></td> <td>Analyzed crystal structures</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/786/000397592/">David Cesarani</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>13-Nov-1956</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>25-Oct-2015</tt></td> <td>Eichmann: His Life and Crimes</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/052/000168545/">Thomas George Cowling</a></td> <td><center>Mathematician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>17-Jun-1906</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>16-Jun-1990</tt></td> <td>Cowling model</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/856/000159379/">Lawrence Gowing</a></td> <td><center>Art Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>21-Apr-1918</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>5-Feb-1991</tt></td> <td>Biographer of Vermeer</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/894/000398697/">J. A. S. Grenville</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Jan-1928</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Mar-2011</tt></td> <td>Lord Salisbury and Foreign Policy</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/750/000047609/">Geoff Hoon</a></td> <td><center>Politician</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Dec-1953</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>UK Minister of Defence, 1999-2005</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/151/000179611/">Owen Lattimore</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>29-Jul-1900</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>31-May-1989</tt></td> <td>Scholar of Mongolia</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/792/000141369/">Ralph Miliband</a></td> <td><center>Scholar</center></td> <td align=right><tt>7-Jan-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>21-May-1994</tt></td> <td>Parliamentary Socialism</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/707/000364612/">Colin Platt</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>11-Nov-1934</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The English Medieval Town</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/798/000113459/">E. P. Thompson</a></td> <td><center>Historian</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Feb-1924</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>28-Aug-1993</tt></td> <td>The Making of the English Working Class</td> </tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/511/000022445/">J. R. R. Tolkien</a></td> <td><center>Author</center></td> <td align=right><tt>3-Jan-1892</tt></td> <td align=right><tt>2-Sep-1973</tt></td> <td>Lord of the Rings</td> </tr> </table> ADMINISTRATORS AND TRUSTEES <table border=1 class="sortable bordered" id="sort_administrator"> <tr><th>Name</th><th>Occupation</th><th>Birth</th><th>Death</th><th>Known for</th></tr> <tr> <td><a href="/people/131/000114786/">Melvyn Bragg</a></td> <td><center>TV Personality</center></td> <td align=right><tt>6-Oct-1939</tt></td> <td align=right><tt> </tt></td> <td>The South Bank Show</td> </tr> </table> Do you know something we don't? <a href="http://commentary.nndb.com/submit/feedback/?id=68630" rel="nofollow">Submit a correction or make a comment about this profile</a> Copyright ©2016 Soylent Communications </td></tr></table> </td></tr> </table> </td> <td width=180 align="center" valign="top" style="padding: 0px 0px 8px 25px;"><div class="contentf"><center><a href="http://mapper.nndb.com/" class="fotmlink" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #dd0000;">NNDB MAPPER</a> <a style="color: #0000ff" href="http://mapper.nndb.com/maps/244/000000244/"><img src="http://mapper.nndb.com/t/244/244/s244.jpg" width=128> New York Times Company</a> Requires Flash 7+ and Javascript.</center></div> <div class="contentf"><center>BibliographiesNNDB has added thousands of bibliographies for people, organizations, schools, and general topics, listing more than 50,000 books and 120,000 other kinds of references. 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