- GB 275 004783
- Person
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Authority record- GB 275 003700
- Person
- fl 1766-1802
- GB 275 003699
- Person
- d. 1793
Thurston, Frederik (1854-1933), photographer
- GB 275 007045
- Person
- 1854-1933
Photographer with a studio in Harpenden.
Fletcher, Hanslip (1874-1955), etcher, illustrator and painter
- GB 275 007044
- Person
- 1874-1955
Etcher, illustrator and painter, specialising in architectural studies of London and elsewhere.
Griffin, Roger Francis (1935-2021) astronomer
- GB 275 003024
- Person
- 1935-2021
BA, PhD, ScD; Fellow of St John’s College 1962–1965 and 1972–2021; Emeritus Professor of Observational Astronomy at the University of Cambridge.
Wilkes, Maurice Vincent (1913-2010) computer scientist
- GB 275 003892
- Person
- 1913-2010
BA 1934; PhD 1938; Fellow 1950-2010; FRS 1956. Professor of Computing Technology 1965-80. Director of the University of Cambridge Mathematical Laboratory, subsequently the Computer Laboratory. Designer of the EDSAC programmable computer, which successfully ran its first significant program on 6 May 1949. Honoured as a pioneer of computing in the UK, Maurice Wilkes was knighted in 2000. He was the first recipient of the Kyoto Prize, computer science's most prestigious award.
Plumb, Sir John Harold (1911-2001) historian and College head
- GB 275 002995
- Person
- 1911-2001
Historian, BA University of London; PhD, Christ's College, Cambridge. Spent the war years at Bletchley Park. Lecturer at Cambridge University from 1946, with a personal Chair from 1966. Master of Christ's College 1974-82. Knighted in 1982.