Bruford, Professor Walter Horace (1894-1988), German and Russian scholar
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- 1894-1988
BA 1915. Fellow of St John's College, 1920-1923, 1951-61. Elected Fellow of the British Academy 1963.
Bruford, Professor Walter Horace (1894-1988), German and Russian scholar
BA 1915. Fellow of St John's College, 1920-1923, 1951-61. Elected Fellow of the British Academy 1963.
Welford, The Revd Alan Traviss (1914-1995), scientist
BA 1932. Appointed Chaplain of the College in 1938. Fellow 1956-1968. Director of Studies Natural Sciences, 1961-1968.
Hoskin, David G. (d. 1986) historian
Matriculated at St John's College in 1955.
Dr Paul Murray was Colenso Visiting Fellow at St John's College during Michaelmas 2022 and Lent 2023. He is school historian and archivist at Diocesan College, Rondebusch, Cape Town, where he was Head of History from 1993-2018.
Fuchs, Sir Vivian Ernest (1908-1999) explorer and scientist
BA in Natural Sciences at St John's College 1929. Geologist on the Cambridge East Greenland Expedition (1929), Cambridge Expedition to East African Lakes (1930-31), and East African Archaeological Expedition (1931-32); Leader, Lake Rudolf Rift Valley Expedition (1933-34) and Lake Rukwa Expedition (1937-38); served in the army in the Second World War; Leader, Falkland Island Dependencies Survey (Antarctica) (1947-50); Director, Falkland Island Dependencies Scientific Bureau (1950-55); Leader, Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition (1955-58); Director, British Antarctic Survey (1958-73).
Parkinson, Mark Mervyn Leofric (1907-1996)
BA Natural Sciences 1929. Participated in the Cambridge University Expedition to East Greenland 1929 with J.M. Wordie and Vivian Fuchs.
Clarke, Peter Frederick (1942-), historian
B.A. St John's College, 1963. Lectured in modern history at UCL from 1966-80, when he moved to the University of Cambridge, becoming Professor of Modern History from 1991 to 2004. Fellow of St John's from 1980 to 2000. He was elected Master of Trinity Hall in 2000, serving in that role until 2004. He researched and published on twentieth-century political history, and served on the editorial board of several major historical journals.