Imperial College London
The College Logo The College Crest
Motto	Scientia Imperii Decus et Tutamen
	(Science is the Empire's Jewellery and Safeguard)
Established	1907
Rector	Sir Richard Sykes
Location	London, United Kingdom
Students	10,731 total (3,238 postgraduate) (2003/4)
Faculty	2,856 (2003/4)
Member of	University of London, Russell Group, AMBA, IDEA League
Homepage	http://www.imperial.ac.uk

Tanaka Business School, Imperial College

Imperial College London is a college of the University of London which focuses on science and technology, and is located in the South Kensington district of West London. Although properly titled Imperial College of Science, Technology and Medicine, since 2002 the college has adopted the style Imperial College London and prefers simply Imperial for short. Image File history File links The new logo for Imperial College London File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... This is a copyrighted and/or trademarked logo. ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... Sir Richard Sykes (born 1942) is the Rector of Imperial College, a Fellow of the Royal Society and a trustee of the Natural History Museum (London) and Kew Gardens. ... The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... Senate House, designed by Charles Holden home to the universitys central administration offices and its library The University of London is a federation of colleges which together constitute one of the worlds largest universities. ... The Russell Group of universities is a self-selected group of large research-led British universities; 18 of its 19 members are in the top 20 in terms of research funding. ... AMBA is an international organisation that accredits mostly international elite business schools and MBAs, similar to the AACSB in the US. Among the schools accredited by AMBA are: University of Wales, Aberystwyth Ashridge University of Auckland University of Bath University of Birmingham Bocconi University University of Cambridge, The Judge Institute... The IDEA League is a loose alliance of four of Europes best technical universities. ... Download high resolution version (1280x960, 328 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Download high resolution version (1280x960, 328 KB) Wikipedia does not have an article with this exact name. ... Senate House, designed by Charles Holden home to the universitys central administration offices and its library The University of London is a federation of colleges which together constitute one of the worlds largest universities. ... // What is science? There are different theories of what science is. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... South Kensington is an area in West London - it straddles the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the City of Westminster. ... The clock tower of the Palace of Westminster, which contains Big Ben London is the capital city of the United Kingdom and of England. ... 2002 is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

As a specialist science college, Imperial is often seen to enjoy a similar reputation in the United Kingdom as the Massachusetts Institute of Technology has in the United States. Indeed, it is also generally seen one of the best engineering schools in the UK and in Europe. To become more academically rounded, a merger with University College London was proposed in October 2002, but was called off a month later after protests from staff and students of both colleges. The Massachusetts Institute of Technology, or MIT, is a research and educational institution located in the city of Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. MIT is a world leader in science and technology, as well as in many other fields, including management, economics, linguistics, political science, and philosophy. ... World map showing location of Europe When considered a continent, Europe is the worlds second smallest continent in terms of area, with an area of 10,600,000 km² (4,140,625 square miles), making it larger than Australia only. ... University College London, commonly known as UCL, is one of the colleges that make up the University of London. ...

Campus

The main campus of the college is the South Kensington campus, and is situated near the Royal Albert Hall on the boundary of the City of Westminster and the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. The area is dense with institutions of learning: the Natural History Museum, the Science Museum, the Victoria and Albert Museum, the Royal College of Music and the Royal College of Art are all nearby (see Albertopolis). There are two other major campuses – at Silwood Park (near Ascot in Berkshire) and at Wye (near Ashford in Kent). There are various other small medical campuses dotted around Greater London. Royal Albert Hall The Royal Albert Hall of Arts and Sciences is an arts venue dedicated to Queen Victorias husband and consort, Prince Albert. ... The City of Westminster is a London borough and a city in its own right, situated to the west of the City of London and north of the River Thames. ... Arms of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea The Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea is a London borough in the west side of central London, created in 1965 from the former boroughs of Kensington and Chelsea. ... The Natural History Museum in South Kensington, London, has an ornate terracotta facade typical of high Victorian architecture. ... A science museum, as its title says, is primarily a museum devoted to science. ... The Cromwell Road entrance to the Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum viewed from Thurloe Square An interior courtyard of the Victoria and Albert Museum The Victoria and Albert Museum (often abbreviated as the V&A) is on Cromwell Road in Kensington, West London. ... The Royal College of Music from Prince Consort Road, London The front facade of the RCM The Royal College of Music is a prestigious music school located in Kensington, London. ... The Royal College of Art in South Kensington, London. ... Albertopolis is a nickname for the area in South Kensington, London, between Cromwell Road and Kensington Gore, which contains several educational and cultural sites, including Imperial College Natural History Museum Royal Albert Hall Royal College of Art Royal College of Music Royal College of Organists Royal Geographical Society Science Museum... Ascot is a large village in the English county of Berkshire. ... For other places named Berkshire, see: Berkshire (disambiguation) Berkshire (IPA: or  ; sometimes abbreviated to Berks) is a county in the south of England, to the west of London and also bordering on Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire, Greater London, Surrey, Wiltshire and Hampshire. ... This article describes the village in England, for other places and uses see: Wye (disambiguation) Wye Parish Church of SS Gregory and Martin Wye College Wye is an historic village in Kent, England, located about 12 miles from Canterbury. ... Location within the British Isles Ashford is a town in the borough of Ashford in Kent, England. ... Kent is a county in England, south-east of London. ... Greater London is the top level administrative subdivision covering London, England. ...

A £27m financial contribution to the college from alumnus Gary Tanaka in 2000 allowed the construction of a new building for the management school (now renamed the Tanaka Business School). The business school building provides the college with an official and imposing "Main Entrance" and was opened by Queen Elizabeth II in 2004. Gary Tanaka founded the investment company Amerindo. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... Tanaka Business School, Imperial College The Tanaka Business School is the business school of Imperial College London. ... Queen Elizabeth II (Elizabeth Alexandra Mary Windsor), styled HM The Queen (born 21 April 1926) is the Queen regnant of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Barbados, the Bahamas, Grenada, Papua New Guinea, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Saint Lucia, Saint Vincent and... 2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Each department of the college has its own library. In addition, there is the Central Library, located at the South Kensington campus, which also houses the Science Museum Library.

History

Royal School of Mines Entrance

The Imperial College was founded in 1907, upon the merger of the City and Guilds of London Institute, the Royal School of Mines and the Royal College of Science, although these entities continued as Constituent Colleges. It was granted a Royal Charter in July 1907. The expansion of the South Kensington campus in the 1960s absorbed the site of the former Imperial Institute, designed by Thomas Colcutt, of which only the 287-foot (85-metre) high Queen's Tower remains amongst the more modern buildings. Taken by A. Brady 27th March 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Taken by A. Brady 27th March 2004 File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The City and Guilds of London Institute was founded by the London Livery Companies for the purpose of training craftsmen and engineers in 1878. ... The Royal School of Mines in London was formed in 1863 after previously being known as Government School of Mines and Science Applied to the Arts which had been established in 1851. ... The Royal College of Science was a constituent part of Imperial College, London, based in South Kensington. ... In the United Kingdom and Canada a Royal Charter is a charter granted by the Sovereign on the advice of the Privy Council, which creates or gives special status to an incorporated body. ... 1907 was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar). ... The 1960s, or The Sixties, in its most obvious sense refers to the decade between 1960 and 1969, but the expression has taken on a wider meaning over the past twenty years. ...

In later years, St. Mary's Hospital Medical school (1988), the National Heart and Lung institute (1995), Charing Cross and Westminster schools (1997) merged into the Imperial College School of Medicine, the fourth Constituent College. In 1997, the size of the Medical School was increased with the merger of Royal Postgraduate Medical School, and the Institute of Obstetrics and Gynaecology. In 2000, a merger with the Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology expanded it even further. Saint Marys Hospital is one of two hospitals in Rochester, Minnesota operated by the Mayo Clinic. ... 1988 is a leap year starting on a Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1995 was a common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1997 is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Imperial College School of Medicne is the medical school of Imperial College London in South Kensington, West London. ...

Also in 2000, Imperial merged with Wye College, which at that time had a much lesser reputation than Imperial. A number of voices have opined that the merger may have been due to Imperial's wish to obtain the significant amount of land owned by Wye College rather than for academic reasons; similarly there have been suggestions that Wye College accepted the merger because it was in financial difficulties. Neither of these rumours can be confirmed. Wye College was founded in 1447 by John Kempe, the Archbishop of York, as a college for the training of priests. ...

In 2002, the constituent colleges were finally abolished in favour of a new faculty structure.

Imperial has often conducted joint ventures with the London School of Economics. Despite rumours, however, there has been no significant progress towards any merger. A joint venture (often abbreviated JV, and sometimes known by the older term joint adventure) is a strategic alliance between two or more parties to undertake economic activity together. ... The London School of Economics and Political Science, often referred to as the London School of Economics or the LSE, is a specialist university based in London, often regarded as the worlds most prestigious social science institution. ...

The college is a member of the Russell Group of Universities, AMBA, and is one of the four members of the IDEA League. The Russell Group of universities is a self-selected group of large research-led British universities; 18 of its 19 members are in the top 20 in terms of research funding. ... AMBA is an international organisation that accredits mostly international elite business schools and MBAs, similar to the AACSB in the US. Among the schools accredited by AMBA are: University of Wales, Aberystwyth Ashridge University of Auckland University of Bath University of Birmingham Bocconi University University of Cambridge, The Judge Institute... The IDEA League is a loose alliance of four of Europes best technical universities. ...

Academics

Imperial offers undergraduate and postgraduate education. Its research and teaching are organised into four faculties, each headed by a principal. The faculties include that of engineering, medicine, physical sciences, and life sciences. In addition to the four faculties, a Business school exists, as well as a Humanities department. However, the humanities department's main purpose is to provide elective subjects and language courses outside the fields of science for students in the other faculties and departments. In some educational systems, an undergraduate is a post-secondary student pursuing a Bachelors degree. ... Quaternary education or postgraduate education is the fourth-stage educational level which follows the completion of an undergraduate degree at a college or university. ... Faculty is the scholarly staff at colleges or universities, as opposed to the students or support staff. ... ... Medicine on the Web NLM (National Library of Medicine, contains resources for patients and healthcare professionals) Virtual Hospital (digital health sciences library by the University of Iowa) Online Medical Dictionary Collection of links to free medical resources Categories: Medicine | Health ... Physical science is the branch of science including chemistry and physics, usually contrasted with the social sciences and sometimes including and sometimes contrasted with natural or biological science. ... Biology studies the variety of life (clockwise from top-left) E. coli, tree fern, gazelle, Goliath beetle Biology is the science of life (from the Greek words bios = life and logos = word). ...

Imperial is generally seen as one of the toughest academic institutions in the UK as it stands out in rewarding the least percentage of top honours as well as failing the highest proportion of students (even though its students' average A-Level grades are one of the highest in the country), out of the top five UK universities. An A-level, short for Advanced Level, is a General Certificate of Education usually taken during Further Education and after GCSEs. ...

Academic and research staff number around 3,000. Of these, 53 are Fellows of the Royal Society, 57 are Fellows of the Royal Academy of Engineering and one Fields Medallist. Distinguished past members of the College include 14 Nobel Laureates and one Fields Medallist. The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is claimed to be the oldest learned society still in existence. ... The Royal Academy of Engineering is a British learned society concerned with engineering. ... The Fields Medal is a prize awarded to up to four mathematicians (not over forty years of age) at each International Congress of International Mathematical Union, since 1936 and regularly since 1948 at the initiative of the Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields. ... The Nobel Prizes (pronounced no-BELL or no-bell) are awarded annually to people who have done outstanding research, invented groundbreaking techniques or equipment, or made outstanding contributions to society. ... The Fields Medal is a prize awarded to up to four mathematicians (not over forty years of age) at each International Congress of International Mathematical Union, since 1936 and regularly since 1948 at the initiative of the Canadian mathematician John Charles Fields. ...

Imperial has been consistently ranked in the top three in the UK for academic prowess by newspaper league tables. Recent tables show that - despite being science-based - it is overall behind only Oxford and Cambridge, whilst topping most of the engineering and medicine tables. League Tables of British Universities, which rank their performance on a number of criteria, have been published every year by The Times newspaper since the early 1990s. ... The University of Oxford, located in the city of Oxford, England, is the oldest university in the English-speaking world. ... The University of Cambridge is the second-oldest university in the English-speaking world, with one of the most selective entry requirements in the United Kingdom. ...

On a worldwide basis, league tables published by the Times Higher Education Supplement, Imperial was ranked 5th in the world for Engineering and IT (1st in Europe), 4th in the world for medicine, 10th for science, and 14th overall. The Times Higher Education Supplement, known as The Times Higher for short, is a newspaper based in London, United Kingdom, that reports specifically on issues related to education. ...

Research

Imperial's research income is one of the largest in the UK – £167.2 million for 2002–03. This includes Research Council grants, grants from charities and a larger sum from industry than any other British university.

In the December 2001 Research Assessment Exercise, 75 per cent of staff achieved a 5* rating, the highest proportion in any UK university. The College was second in the country with an overall score of 6.68 out of 7.

It also received the highest amount of total research income out of all the UK universities in 2003, with £153 million.

Graduates

Imperial College graduates have, by far, the highest average starting salary among British graduates. According to The Sunday Times 2004 table, the average starting salary for Imperial graduates was £24,247.

Commercialisation

Imperial College has a dedicated technology transfer company known as Imperial Innovations. Imperial actively encourages its staff to commercialise its research and as a result has given rise to a proportionally large number of spin-out companies based on academic research. Technology transfer is the process of developing practical applications for the results of scientific research. ... Imperial Innovations is one of the UK’s leading University based technology transfer companies. ...

Culture

Imperial's male:female ratio for undergraduate students is somewhat uneven at approximately 65:35, although less so than the 10:1 ratio of the 1970s. This is widely believed to be correlated to its scientific focus. This article provides extensive lists of events and significant personalities of the 1970s. ...

Imperial also has a reputation for independence within University of London. It also left the NUS (of which it was a founder member) three times. NUS may refer to the: National Union of Seamen (Britain, 1887-1980) National Union of Students of Australia; National Union of Students of the United Kingdom; or National University of Singapore. ...

Media

Imperial College Radio

Imperial College Radio was founded in late 1975 and broadcasts on 999 AM to student residences on the South Kensington campus and, as of 2004, on 1134AM in Wye. It has also recently relaunched its website, with internet broadcasting and various competitions. The radio station has a collection of over 51,000 tracks, which are viewable on their website, via the Imperial College Union website. Amplitude modulation (AM) is a form of modulation in which the amplitude of a carrier wave is varied in direct proportion to that of a modulating signal. ... Web radio (or Internet radio) is a broadcasting service transmitted via the Internet. ... Imperial College Union is the students union of Imperial College and is one of the most well-funded in the country. ...

STOIC

STOIC (Student Television of Imperial College) is Imperial College's TV station. It broadcasts from the Student Union to the Junior Common Room, DaVinci's Bar and some nearby Halls of Residence.

Felix

Published weekly, Felix has recently changed from a magazine to a 'compact newspaper' format and is free to all Imperial College students. It aims to be independent of both the College itself and also the Student Union. Felix is the students’ newspaper of Imperial College London. ...

Extra-curricular

Imperial College Boat Club is one of the most consistently successful rowing clubs in the country. Under the legendary coach Bill Mason, it achieved many wins at Henley Royal Regatta and provided many internationals and Olympians, including members of the gold medal winning eight at the Sydney Olympics: Simon Dennis and Louis Attrill. Imperial College Boat Club is the rowing club for Imperial College London and has its boat house on the River Thames in Putney, London, United Kingdom. ... Rowing refers to several forms of physical activity: For rowing boats in general, see Watercraft rowing. ... A race taking place at Henley Regatta 2004 Henley Royal Regatta is a rowing event held every year on the river Thames by the town of Henley-on-Thames. ... The Games of the XXVII Olympiad were held in 2000 in Sydney, Australia. ... Simon Dennis MBE (born 24 August 1976 in Henley-on-Thames) is a british rower and Olympic gold medalist. ... Louis won a silver medal in the eight at the 1999 World Championships in Canada. ...

Teams from Imperial have had a good record on the BBC quiz programme University Challenge, winning in 1996 and 2001, and coming in second place in 2002. Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national publicly funded broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ... University Challenge is a long-running British television quiz show. ... 1996 is a leap year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International Year for the Eradication of Poverty. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ...

Imperial College Big Band is one of the leading university big bands in the UK. Despite Imperial College not having a music department the band won the gold award at the 2005 National Concert Band Festival. A big band, also known as a jazz orchestra, is a large musical ensemble that plays jazz music, especially Swing. ...

Student alumni

Sciences

• Sir Alexander Fleming (Nobel Laureate and discoverer of penicillin)
• Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson (Nobel Laureate, Chemistry)
• Sir Derek Harold Richard Barton (Nobel Laureate, Chemistry)
• Sir Frederik Hopkins (Nobel Laureate, Physiology and Medicine)
• T. H. Huxley (scientist and author)
• Sir William Crookes (scientist, discovered thallium)
• Sir Patrick Linstead (discoverer of phthalocyanine dyes)
• Richard Barrer (developer of zeolites)
• Donald Watts Davies (scientist, invented packet switching)
• W. H. Perkin (discoverer of aniline dyes)
• James Ellis (engineer, conceived public-key cryptography)
• Alec Reeves (engineer, invented pulse code modulation)
• Baron Richard Beeching (engineer)
• Frederick William Lanchester (engineer)
• Sir Stanley Hooker (engineer)
• William George Penney (physicist)
• Juda Hirsch Quastel (chemist)
• Arthur Holmes (geologist)

Politics Alexander Fleming Sir Alexander Fleming (August 6, 1881 – March 11, 1955) discovered the antibiotic substance lysozyme and isolated the antibiotic substance penicillin from the fungus Penicillium notatum, for which he shared a Nobel Prize. ... Penicillin is a β-lactam antibiotic used in the treatment of bacterial infections caused by susceptible, usually Gram-positive, organisms. ... Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson was an English chemist He was born 14 July 1921 in the village of Springside, near Todmorden in Yorkshire. ... Sir Derek Harold Richard Barton was a British physical chemist and Nobel Prize Laureate. ... Thomas Huxley Thomas Henry Huxley F.R.S. (May 4, 1825 - June 29, 1895) was a British biologist, known as Darwins Bulldog for his defence of Charles Darwins theory of evolution. ... Sir William Crookes Sir William Crookes (June 17, 1832 – April 4, 1919) was an English chemist and physicist. ... General Name, Symbol, Number thallium, Tl, 81 Chemical series poor metals Group, Period, Block 13, 6, p Appearance silvery white Atomic mass 204. ... Sir Patrick Linstead was a English chemist. ... Categories: Silicate minerals | Mineral stubs ... Donald Watts Davies (June 7, 1924 - May 28, 2000) was a UK scientist who was a co-inventor of packet switching, along with Paul Baran and Leonard Kleinrock; he is the originator of the term packet switching. Just prior to Davies death, he contested Kleinrocks views on the importance... In computer networking and telecommunications, packet switching is a communications paradigm in which packets (messages or fragments of messages) are individually routed between nodes, with no previously established communication path. ... Sir William Henry Perkin (March 12, 1838 – July 14, 1907) was an English chemist best known for his discovery, at the age of 18, of the first aniline dye, mauveine. ... Aniline, phenylamine or aminobenzene (C6H5NH2) is an organic chemical compound which is a primary aromatic amine consisting of a benzene ring and an amino group. ... James H. Ellis (1924–November 1997) was an engineer and mathematician. ... Public-key cryptography is a form of cryptography which generally allows users to communicate securely without having prior access to a shared secret key, by using a pair of cryptographic keys, designated as public key and private key, which are related mathematically. ... Alec Reeves was one the 20th Centurys greatest, but least conventional, scientists. ... Pulse-code modulation (PCM) is a modulation technique. ... Dr. Richard Beeching later Baron Beeching (21 April 1913 — 23 March 1985) was an British physicist and engineer, and former chairman of British Railways. ... Frederick William Lanchester (October 23, 1868 - March 8, 1946) was an English polymath and engineer who made important contributions to automotive engineering, aerodynamics and co-invented the field of operations research. ... Sir Stanley George Hooker (b. ... William George Penney (June 24, 1909 – March 3, 1991) was a British physicist who was responsible for the development of British nuclear technology following the World War II. A mathematician by training, he became an expert on wave dynamics. ... Judah Hirsch Quastel, British-Canadian biochemist and Companion of the Order of Canada Juda Hirsch Quastel, CC, FRS , FRSE (1899-1987), a British-Canadian biochemist who pioneered diverse research in neurochemistry, soil metabolism, cell metabolism, and cancer. ... Arthur Holmes (January 14, 1890 – September 20, 1965) was a British geologist. ...

• Rajiv Gandhi (Indian Prime Minister)
• Branislav Ivkovic (politician)
• Trevor Phillips (journalist and politician)
• Ken Michael (Governor of Western Australia)

Industry Rajiv Gandhi (राजीव गान्धी) (August 20, 1944 – May 21, 1991), the first son of Indira and Feroze Gandhi, was the Prime Minister of India from his mothers death on October 31, 1984 until his resignation on December 2, 1989 following the general election defeat. ... Branislav Ivkovic was the presidential candidate in the Serbian presidential election, 2004 in front of Socialist Peoples Party. ... Trevor Phillips (born in London on December 31, 1953) is a British Labour politician. ... Dr Ken Michael AM is Chancellor of the University of Western Australia. ... Motto: Cygnis Insignis (Distinguished by its swans) Nickname: Wildflower State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Governor Premier Const. ...

• Gary Tanaka (founder of Amerindo)
• David Potter (founder and Chairman of Psion, Chairman of Symbian)
• Michael Cowpland (founder of Corel)
• Danny Lui (founder of Lenovo)
• Sir Ralph Robins (CEO of Rolls-Royce)
• Chew Choon Seng (CEO of Singapore Airlines)
• Iain Conn (CEO of BP)
• Derek Pannell (CEO of Noranda)
• Colin Dyer (CEO of Jones Lang LaSalle)
• Leslie Hudson (CEO of DOV Pharmaceutical)
• Winston Wong (businessman)
• John Manzoni (Vice-President of BP)

Others Gary Tanaka founded the investment company Amerindo. ... David Potter is founder and Chairman of the microcomputer systems company Psion plc. ... Psion PLC is the British company mostly known for developing the pioneering Psion Organiser as well as a whole range of more advanced, clamshell-design Personal Digital Assistants: Psion Series 3 Psion Siena Psion Workabout Psion Series 5 Psion Series 3mx Psion Series 5mx Psion Revo Psion Series 7 Psion... Symbian OS is an operating system with associated libraries, user interface frameworks and reference implementations of common tools, produced by Symbian. ... Michael Cowpland (born April 23, 1943) is a Canadian businessman, the founder and one-time president, chairman and CEO of Corel, a Canadian software company. ... Corel Corporation is a computer software company headquartered in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. ... Mr. ... Lenovo Group Limited, formerly known as Legend Group Limited, is the largest personal computer manufacturer in the Peoples Republic of China, and as of 2004 is the eighth largest in the world. ... Sir Ralph Robins was the CEO of Rolls-Royce. ... The Rolls Royce logo Rolls-Royce is a set of several companies, all deriving from the British automobile and aero-engine manufacturing company founded by Henry Royce and C.S. Rolls in 1906. ... Mr Chew Choon Seng is the CEO of Singapore Airlines. ... Singapore Airlines Limited (Abbreviated: SIA; Chinese: 新加坡航空公司, Pinyin: XÄ«njÄ«apō Hángkōng GōngsÄ«, abbreviated: 新航) (IATA: SQ, ICAO: SIA, and Callsign: Singapore) (SGX: S55) is the national airline of Singapore, and the leading and founding entity of the Singapore Airlines Group of companies. ... In his role as an executive director of the BP Group, Iain Conn has regional responsibility for Europe, including the UK, together with Russia, the Middle East, the Caspian and Africa. ... BP (formerly British Petroleum and briefly known as BP Amoco) (NYSE: BP) is a petroleum company headquartered in London, and one of the top four oil companies in the world (along with Shell, ExxonMobil, and Total). ... This article is about the mining corporation Noranda. ... Mr. ... Jones Lang LaSalle is a leading global provider of integrated real estate and money management services. ... DOV Pharmaceutical is lovey-dovey with neurotransmitter receptors. ... Winston Wong, formerly Winston Wang, (Chinese: 王文洋, pinyin: Wáng Wén-yáng) (born April 2, 1951), is a Taiwanese businessman with substantial investments in mainland China. ... BP (formerly British Petroleum and briefly known as BP Amoco) (NYSE: BP) is a petroleum company headquartered in London, and one of the top four oil companies in the world (along with Shell, ExxonMobil, and Total). ...

• Brian May (member of Queen)
• Simon Dennis (Olympic gold medallist, rowing)
• Louis Attrill (Olympic gold medallist, rowing)
• Simon Singh (popular science author)
• H. G. Wells (science fiction author)
• David Irving (historian)
• Mary Archer (wife of politician Jeffrey Archer)
• Sir Roger Bannister (athlete)

Brian May with The Red Special Brian Harold May CBE (born 19 July 1947 in Hampton, London) became famous in the 1970s and 1980s as the virtuoso guitarist of the rock group Queen and composed many of their hits, including We Will Rock You, Hammer to Fall, Tie Your Mother... The Queen crest, designed by Freddie Mercury Queen is a British rock band which came to popularity during the mid-1970s, and have amassed an enormous worldwide fanbase that continues to exist to this day. ... Simon Dennis MBE (born 24 August 1976 in Henley-on-Thames) is a british rower and Olympic gold medalist. ... The Games of the XXVII Olympiad were held in 2000 in Sydney, Australia. ... Rowing refers to several forms of physical activity: For rowing boats in general, see Watercraft rowing. ... Louis won a silver medal in the eight at the 1999 World Championships in Canada. ... The Games of the XXVII Olympiad were held in 2000 in Sydney, Australia. ... Rowing refers to several forms of physical activity: For rowing boats in general, see Watercraft rowing. ... Simon Singh Simon Lehna Singh (born 1964) is a British author with a doctorate in physics, who has specialized in writing about mathematical and scientific topics in an accessible manner. ... H. G. Wells at the door of his house at Sandgate Herbert George Wells (September 21, 1866 – August 13, 1946) was a British writer best known for his science fiction novels such as The War of the Worlds and The Time Machine. ... David Irving, 2003 David John Cawdell Irving (born March 24, 1938) describes himself as a self-taught historian who, from the late 1960s to the mid-1980s, was a leading British author on World War II with works such as Hitlers War and The Destruction of Dresden. ... Mary Doreen Archer, Baroness Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born Mary Doreen Weeden,on 22nd December 1944) is a British scientist specialising in solar power conversion. ... Jeffrey Howard Archer, Baron Archer of Weston-super-Mare (born April 15, 1940) is the successful author of a number of popular novels, raised considerable sums for charities, was a former MP and Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, who was later convicted of perjury. ... Sir Roger Gilbert Bannister KBE (born March 23, 1929) is a former British athlete best known as the first man to run the mile in less than four minutes. ...

Staff alumni

Applied Sciences

• Leonard Mandel (physicist, founder of quantum optics)
• Charles Kao (engineer, inventor of fibre optics)
• Eric Laithwaite (engineer)
• David Potter (founder and Chairman of Psion, Chairman of Symbian)
• Dame Julia Higgins (engineer, various cChairs)
• William Fyfe (geochemist)
• Alfred Fowler (astronomer)
• Michael Rowan-Robinson (astronomer)

Pure sciences Quantum optics is a field of research in physics, dealing with the application of quantum mechanics to phenomena involving light and its interactions with matter. ... Charles Kuen Kao, Ph. ... Fiber Optic strands An optical fiber in American English or fibre in British English is a transparent thin fiber for transmitting light. ... Eric Roberts Laithwaite (June 14, 1921–November 27, 1997) was an English engineer, principally known for his development of the linear induction motor. ... David Potter is founder and Chairman of the microcomputer systems company Psion plc. ... Psion PLC is the British company mostly known for developing the pioneering Psion Organiser as well as a whole range of more advanced, clamshell-design Personal Digital Assistants: Psion Series 3 Psion Siena Psion Workabout Psion Series 5 Psion Series 3mx Psion Series 5mx Psion Revo Psion Series 7 Psion... Symbian OS is an operating system with associated libraries, user interface frameworks and reference implementations of common tools, produced by Symbian. ... As well as being Professor of Polymer Science in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemical Technology at Imperial College, Dame Julia is a Vice President and Foreign Secretary of the Royal Society. ... William Sefton Fyfe (born June 4, 1927) is a Canadian geologist and Professor Emeritus in the department of Earth Sciences at the University of Western Ontario. ... Alfred Fowler (March 22, 1868 – June 24, 1940) was a British astronomer. ... Astronomer. ...

• Sir Derek Harold Richard Barton (Nobel Laureate, Chemistry)
• Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson (Nobel Laureate, Chemistry)
• Sir George Porter (Nobel Laureate, Chemistry)
• Sir Walter Haworth (Nobel Laureate, Chemistry)
• Sir Cyril Hinshelwood (Nobel Laureate, Chemistry)
• Dennis Gabor (Nobel Laureate, Physics)
• Baron Patrick Blackett (Nobel Laureate, Physics)
• Abdus Salam (Nobel Laureate, Physics)
• Sir George Paget Thomson (Nobel Laureate, Physics)
• Klaus Roth (Fields Medalist)
• Simon Donaldson (Fields Medalist)
• T. H. Huxley (scientist and author)
• August Wilhelm von Hofmann (Chemist)
• Sir Edward Frankland (Chemist)
• Julia King (Chief Executive of the Institute of Physics)
• David Blow (scientist)
• Sir James Lighthill (mathematician)
• Alfred North Whitehead (mathematician)
• Sir Gilbert Walker (physicist)
• Baron Robert May (physicist, member of the House of Lords, President of the Royal Society)
• Lord Winston (scientist, member of the House of Lords)

Medicine Sir Derek Harold Richard Barton was a British physical chemist and Nobel Prize Laureate. ... Sir Geoffrey Wilkinson was an English chemist He was born 14 July 1921 in the village of Springside, near Todmorden in Yorkshire. ... Sir George Porter (born 1920, died 2002) is a British chemist. ... Sir Walter Norman Haworth (March 19, 1883 – March 19, 1950) was a British chemist who is best known for his groundbreaking work on ascorbic acid (vitamin C). ... Dennis Gabor (Gábor Dénes) (5th June, 1900, Budapest - 9th February, 1979, London) was a Hungarian physicist who is most notable for inventing holography. ... Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett, Baron Blackett (November 18, 1897—July 13, 1974) was a British experimental physicist known for his work on cloud chambers, cosmic rays, and paleomagnetism. ... Prof. ... George Paget Thomson (May 3, 1892 – September 10, 1975), British physicist and son of Nobel Prize winning physicist J. J. Thomson. ... Klaus Friedrich Roth (Roth is pronounced ROW-th) (29 October 1925) is a British mathematician known for work on diophantine approximation, the large sieve, and irregularities of distribution. ... Simon Kirwan Donaldson, born in Cambridge in 1957, is a mathematician famous for his work on exotic four-dimensional spaces in differential geometry using instantons, and the discovery of new differential invariants. ... Thomas Huxley Thomas Henry Huxley F.R.S. (May 4, 1825 - June 29, 1895) was a British biologist, known as Darwins Bulldog for his defence of Charles Darwins theory of evolution. ... August Wilhelm von Hofmann (April 8, 1818 _ May 5, 1892) was a German chemist. ... Sir Edward Frankland (January 18, 1825 – August 9, 1899) was an English chemist. ... Dr Julia King CBE FREng is chief executive of the Institute of Physics and chairman of the defence science advisory council of the Ministry of Defence. ... The Institute of Physics (IOP) is the United Kingdoms professional body for physicists. ... David Mervyn Blow (born June 27, 1931 in Birmingham, England; died June 8, 2004 in Appledore, England) was an influential British biophysicist. ... Sir Michael James Lighthill (23 January 1924 - 17 July 1998) was a British applied mathematician. ... Alfred North Whitehead Alfred North Whitehead (February 15, 1861, Ramsgate, Kent, UK – December 30, 1947, Cambridge, MA) was a British-American philosopher, physicist and mathematician who worked in logic, mathematics, philosophy of science and metaphysics. ... Sir Gilbert Thomas Walker (1868-1958) was an English physicist and statistician of the 20th century. ... Robert McCredie Bob May, Baron May of Oxford OM AC Kt (born 8 January 1936 in Australia) is a cross-bench member of the British House of Lords and President of the Royal Society. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ... The Royal Society of London for the Improvement of Natural Knowledge, known simply as the Royal Society, is claimed to be the oldest learned society still in existence. ... Robert Maurice Lipson Winston, Baron Winston (born 15 July 1940) is a British scientist and politician. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ...

• Sir Alexander Fleming (Nobel Laureate and discoverer of penicillin)
• Sir Frederik Hopkins (Nobel Laureate, Physiology and Medicine)
• Sir Ernst Chain (Nobel Laureate, Physiology and Medicine)
• Sir Andrew Huxley (Nobel Laureate, Physiology and Medicine)
• Sir Rodney Robert Porter (Nobel Laureate, Physiology and Medicine)

Others Alexander Fleming Sir Alexander Fleming (August 6, 1881 – March 11, 1955) discovered the antibiotic substance lysozyme and isolated the antibiotic substance penicillin from the fungus Penicillium notatum, for which he shared a Nobel Prize. ... Penicillin is a β-lactam antibiotic used in the treatment of bacterial infections caused by susceptible, usually Gram-positive, organisms. ... Sir Ernst Boris Chain (June 19, 1906 - August 12, 1979) was a German-born British biochemist, and a 1945 co-recipient of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine for his work on penicillin. ... Sir Andrew Fielding Huxley OM FRS (born 22 November 1917, Hampstead, London, England, UK) is a British physiologist and biophysicist, who won the 1963 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work with Alan Lloyd Hodgkin on the basis of nerve action potentials, the electrical impulses that enable the... Rodney Robert Porter (1917 - 1985): Born on the 8th of October in 1917 in Lancanshire, England, Rodney Robert Porter received his Bachelors of Sciences--with Honours--from the University of Liverpool in 1939 for Biochemistry, going on to receive his Ph. ...

• Charles Kennedy (economist)
• David Miles (economist)

See Charles Kennedy (disambiguation) for other people of the same name. ... Professor David Miles of Imperial College London is a British economist who produced a report in 2003 for the Chancellor to examine why long-term fixed rate mortgages are so unpopular. ...

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