University of Reading
Established	1892 (as University College, Reading)
Type	Public
Chancellor	The Right Hon. Lord Carrington
Vice-Chancellor	Prof. Gordon Marshall
Visitor	The Lord President of the Council ex officio
Faculty	4,024
Students	14,090 [1]
Undergraduates	10,065 [1]
Postgraduates	4,025 [1]
Location	Reading, Berkshire, England, UK
Campus	Whiteknights: 130 hectares (321 acres)[2]
Affiliations	1994 Group
Website	www.reading.ac.uk

Whiteknights Lake

Whiteknights Lake in winter

The University Great Hall, on the London Road Campus

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Established in 1892, receiving its Royal Charter in 1926, the University has a long tradition of research, education and training at a local, national and international level. It was awarded the Queen's Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in 1998, and again in 2005. A Royal Charter is a charter given by a monarch to legitimize an incorporated body, such as a city, company, university or such. ...

With around 3,000 international students from 120 countries, the university adds considerably to Reading's dynamic multi-cultural environment.

History

The University owes its origins to the Schools of Art and Science established in Reading in 1860 and 1870. These became part of an extension college of Christ Church College of the University of Oxford in 1892, which became known as University College, Reading. College name Christ Church Named after Jesus Christ Established 1546 Sister College Trinity College Dean The Very Revd Christopher Andrew Lewis JCR President William Dorsey Undergraduates 426 MCR or GCR President {{{MCR President}}} Graduates 154 Home page Boat Club Christ Church (Latin: Ædes Christi, the temple or house of Christ... The University of Oxford (usually abbreviated as Oxon. ...

The new college received its first treasury grant in 1901. Three years later it was given a site, in London Road, by the Palmer family of Huntley & Palmers fame. The same family's continued support enabled the opening of Wantage Hall in 1908 and the Research Institute in Dairying in 1912. Huntley & Palmers was a well known British firm of biscuit makers based in Reading, Berkshire. ... Colour version of crest. ...

The college first applied for a Royal Charter in 1920 but was unsuccessful at that time. However a second petition, in 1925, was successful, and the charter was officially granted on March 17, 1926. With the charter, the University College became the University of Reading, the only new university to be created in England between the two world wars. A Royal Charter is a charter given by a monarch to legitimize an incorporated body, such as a city, company, university or such. ... is the 76th day of the year (77th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ...

In 1947 the University purchased Whiteknights Park, which was to become its principal, Red Brick, campus.^[3] In 1982 the University merged with Bulmershe College of Higher Education, in the process acquiring its third campus.^[4] The lake. ... Red Brick originally referred to the six civic British universities which were founded in the industrial cities of England in the Victorian era and which achieved university status before World War II. The modern term roughly equates to those members of the so-called Russell group of universities founded between... Year 1982 (MCMLXXXII) was a common year starting on Friday (link displays the 1982 Gregorian calendar). ...

In 1984 the University started a merger with Bulmershe College of Higher Education, which was completed in 1989.^[5]

In October 2006, the Senior Management Board proposed^[6] the closure of its Physics Department to future undergraduate application. This was ascribed to financial reasons and lack of alternative ideas and caused considerable controversy, not least a debate in Parliament^[7] over the closure which prompted heated discussion of higher education issues in general.^[8]. On October 10th the Senate voted to close the Department of Physics, a move confirmed by the Council on November 20th.^[9] Type Bicameral Houses House of Commons House of Lords Speaker of the House of Commons The Right Honourable Michael Martin MP Lord Speaker Hélène Hayman, Baroness Hayman, PC Members 1377 (646 Commons, 731 Peers) Political groups (as of May 5, 2005 elections) Labour Party Conservative Party Liberal Democrats...

Campuses

The University maintains over 1.6 km² (395 acres) of grounds, in three distinct campuses: To help compare sizes of different geographic regions, we list here areas between 1 km² (100 hectares) and 10 km² (1000 hectares). ...

Whiteknights Campus, at 1.23 km² (304 acres), is the largest and includes Whiteknights Lake, conservation meadows and woodlands as well as most of the University's departments. The campus takes its name from the nickname of the 13th century knight, John De Erleigh IV or the 'White Knight', and was landscaped in the 18th century by Marquis of Blandford. The main University library, in the middle of the campus, holds nearly a million books and subscribes to around 4,000 periodicals.

The smaller London Road Campus is the original University site and is much closer to the town centre of Reading. Moreover, it plays host to the University graduation ceremonies at the Great Hall and is still home to the School of Continuing Education.

The Bulmershe Court Campus in Woodley is home to the Institute of Education and the School of Health and Social Care. It also has the largest hall of residence of the University.

The University also owns 8.5 km² (2100 acres) of farmland in the nearby villages of Arborfield, Sonning and Shinfield. These support a mixed farming system including dairy cows, ewes and beef animals, and host research centres of which the flagship is the Centre for Dairy Research. The lake. ... To help compare sizes of different geographic regions, we list here areas between 1 km² (100 hectares) and 10 km² (1000 hectares). ... (12th century - 13th century - 14th century - other centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 13th century was that century which lasted from 1201 to 1300. ... The silver Anglia knight, commissioned as a trophy in 1850, intended to represent the Black Prince. ... (17th century - 18th century - 19th century - more centuries) As a means of recording the passage of time, the 18th century refers to the century that lasted from 1701 through 1800. ... John Churchill, 1st Duke of Marlborough (26 May 1650 – 16 June 1722) (O.S)[1] was an English soldier and statesman whose career spanned the reigns of five monarchs throughout the late 17th and early 18th centuries. ... The University Great Hall London Road Campus (or the City Campus) of the University of Reading is the original campus of that university. ... Bulmershe Court is, today, a campus of the University of Reading, situated in what is now the Reading suburb of Woodley, in the English county of Berkshire. ... Location within the British Isles Woodley is a town in the English county of Berkshire. ... To help compare sizes of different geographic regions, we list here areas between 1 km² (100 hectares) and 10 km² (1000 hectares). ... Arborfield is a village in the English county of Berkshire, near to both Wokingham and Reading. ... The River Thames near Sonning. ... Shinfield is a village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire, located just south of Reading. ...

Research and Business Development

The university had a research income of almost £24.5 million in 2003-4, of which around 10 percent of annual research income derived from industrial or commercial sponsors. Over £2 million of funding has been secured in 2004 for business development and the commercial activities at the University.

In the Research Assessment Exercise in 2001, five departments were awarded the top rate of 5* - Archaeology, English, Italian, Meteorology and Psychology and fifteen departments were awarded the rating of 5. The Department of Meteorology was awarded a distinguished Queen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and Further Education in 2005 and is internationally renowned for its training and research in weather, climate and physical oceanography. Research centres include the Centre for Horticulture and Landscape, the BioCentre and the Centre for Advanced Microscopy. This July 2007 does not cite any references or sources. ... English studies is an academic discipline that includes the study of literatures written in the English language (including literatures from the U.K., U.S., Ireland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, the Philippines, India, South Africa, and the Middle East, among other areas), English linguistics (including English phonetics, phonology... Satellite image of Hurricane Hugo with a polar low visible at the top of the image. ... Psychology (from Greek: ψυχή, psukhÄ“, spirit, soul; and λόγος, logos, knowledge) is both an academic and applied discipline involving the scientific study of mental processes and behavior. ... Thermohaline circulation Oceanography (from Ocean + Greek γράφειν = write), also called oceanology or marine science, is the branch of Earth Sciences that studies the Earths oceans and seas. ... The Centre for Advanced Microscopy at the University of Reading, UK, is a central facility serving the science departments of the university. ...

Reading was the first university to win a Queen's Award for Export Achievement in 1989. Since then several initiatives to link the academic and commercial communities have followed. Reading Enterprise Hub, one of a network of SEEDA sponsored business incubators, opened on campus in 2003. The Queens Award for Enterprise is an award for British companies and other organizations who excel at international trade, innovation or sustainable development. ... Reading Enterprise Hub is a business incubator opened in 2003. ... SEEDA, more officially the South East England Development Agency, is one of a number of Regional Development Agencies in the UK. It was set up in 1999 to promote the region and to enable a number of more difficult regeneration projects which otherwise might not take place. ... Business incubators are organizations that support the entrepreneurial process, helping to increase survival rates for innovative startup companies. ...

ACET Centre

The major aim of the Centre for Advanced Computing and Emerging Technologies (ACET) is to demonstrate and promote new ways of doing multidisciplinary research based on the approach of "scientific discovery through advanced computing".

Community

In the 2004–05 academic year, the university had 4,024 staff and 15,326 students. The best known member of the university community is probably the cyberneticist Professor Kevin Warwick. Cybernetics is the study of feedback and derived concepts such as communication and control in living organisms, machines and organisations. ... Kevin Warwick speaking at the Tomorrows People conference hosted by Oxford University. ...

Reading University Students' Union is the affiliated student organisation which represents the students' interests. The Students' Union publishes Spark, a bi-weekly newspaper aimed at the student population of the University, which was weekly until October 2006 (it is now published fortnightly during term-time). The university also has a number of Junior Common Rooms that are nominally independent from the Students' Union and the University. The Reading University Students Union (also known as RUSU) is the recognised student organisation of the University of Reading, in England. ... The term Junior Combination Room or Junior Common Room (JCR) is used in many British universities (as well as at Harvard College in the United States) to refer to the collective of students (similar to a students union) at a constituent part of a university, typically a college or a...

The Students' Union building on Whiteknights Campus contains an 1800 capacity venue, two bars, a number of retail outlets, and The HUB. The HUB is the Union's new volunteer, advice, student activity centre.

University Halls and accommodation

Student accommodation is provided in a number of halls of residence offering a good mix of partially-catered (under review) and self-catering accommodation, along with other self-catering accommodation. Most of the halls of residence lie close to the northern campus periphery and in residential areas close by.

Bulmershe Hall is located on the Bulmershe Campus. Bridges, Childs, Wessex, Whiteknights, and Windsor Halls are located on the Whiteknights Campus. St. George’s, St. Patrick’s, Sherfield, Sibly, Wantage, and Wells Halls are located in the residential areas surrounding Whiteknights, as is the self-catering accommodation of the Reading Student Village, Hillside Court and Martindale Court.^[10] Bridges Hall crest. ... A Halls of Residence of the University of Reading, Childs is named after the first Vice-Chancellor, William MacBride Childs. ... Wessex Hall is one of the 13 Halls of the University of Reading in Berkshire, England. ... This page meets Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... St. ... Sherfield Hall is a hall of residence at the University of Reading in England. ... This article or section does not cite its references or sources. ... Colour version of crest. ... The C + D Blocks of Wells Hall The Official Wells Hall Logo Wells Hall is one of thirteen halls of residences at the University of Reading, in the town of Reading in the UK. The hall is situated next door to Wantage Hall and just off the Universitys Whiteknights... The subject of this article may not satisfy the notability guideline or one of the following guidelines for inclusion on Wikipedia: Biographies, Books, Companies, Fiction, Music, Neologisms, Numbers, Web content, or several proposals for new guidelines. ...

St. David's and Mansfield Halls latterly formed part of Witan Hall (see below) on the London Road Campus, and are not currently in use. The former St. Andrews Hall closed in 2001, and is now the home of the Museum of English Rural Life. The Museum of English Rural Life was founded by the University of Reading in 1951 to record the changing face of farming and the countryside. ...

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University of Reading Sailing Club

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Sport

The University is successful at a number of sports, including tennis, hockey, and squash. In 2007 the Men's Hockey 1st XI won the renowned British universities sports tournament, Dublin Fest. In particular, they are highly successful at Rowing and the Reading University Rowing Club team has won many awards and competitions. This is, in part, due to their prime location in the Thames Valley and the superb facilities that the students enjoy.^{[citation needed]} Also in 2007, the Men's Association Football team became the highest placed in University history by winning the BUSA South East Division 1A Title and entering the BUSA Cup as one of the top 16 teams in the country, the first time this has ever been achieved.^{[citation needed]} Arthur Ashe Stadium at Flushing Meadows, New York Tennis is a game played between two players (singles) or between two teams of two players (doubles). ... Hockey is any of a family of sports in which two teams compete by trying to maneuver a ball, or a hard, round disc called a puck, into the opponents net or goal, using a hockey stick. ... Squash racquet and ball Players in a glass-backed squash court International Squash Singles Court, as specified by the World Squash Federation Squash is an indoor racquet sport that was formerly called Squash racquets, a reference to the squashable soft ball used in the game (compared with the harder ball... A coxless pair which is a sweep-oar boat. ...

Museums and botanical gardens

Reading University maintains four museums and a botanical garden. The largest and best known of these is the Museum of English Rural Life, which has recently relocated from a location on Whiteknights Campus to a site nearer the town centre on the London Road Campus. The Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology, the Cole Museum of Zoology, the University of Reading Herbarium and the Harris Garden are all located on the Whiteknights Campus. The Louvre Museum in Paris, one of the largest and most famous museums in the world. ... Inside the United States Botanic Garden Inside the Rio de Janeiro Botanic Garden (Brazil), 1890 Botanical gardens (in Latin, hortus botanicus) grow a wide variety of plants primarily categorized and documented for scientific purposes, but also for the enjoyment and education of visitors, a consideration that has become essential to... The Museum of English Rural Life was founded by the University of Reading in 1951 to record the changing face of farming and the countryside. ... The Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology forms part of the Department of Classics at the University of Reading and is located on the universitys Whiteknights Campus in the English town of Reading. ... The Cole Museum of Zoology forms part of the School of Animal and Microbial Sciences at the University of Reading and is located on the universitys Whiteknights Campus in the English town of Reading. ... The University of Reading Herbarium is a herbarium located on the University of Readings Whiteknights Campus. ... The Harris Garden is a botanical garden located on the Whiteknights Campus of the University of Reading in the English town of Reading. ...

Associated institutions

Formerly associated with Reading University was Gyosei International College, a Japanese/British bi-cultural institution established on part of the University's original London Road Campus. Subsequently the college's links with the Japan-based Gyosei organisation were broken, and it became a charitably funded institution called Witan Hall. Recently this has in turn been purchased by the University of Reading, and has ceased student recruitment.

The University of Reading Law faculty is also associated with Taylors College in Malaysia. Taylors College conducts a 'twinning' program whereby students complete half of their degree in Malaysia and the other half at the University of Reading. Malaysian Law students in Reading generally achieve a second class upper average, and have set a high standard for Malaysian Law students. Taylors University College is recognised as Malaysias leading and oldest private college since 1969. ...

Located on Reading University's Whiteknights campus is The College of Estate Management (CEM). The College was founded in 1919 and granted its Royal Charter in 1922. It was originally based in London but moved to Reading in 1969, leading to the foundation of the Faculty of Urban and Regional Studies (URS) at the University. The College provides education and training for students and members of the property and construction professions worldwide through distance learning. Courses are delivered by the provision of printed material sent to students by post and through web-based learning.

The Walker Institute, a pioneering centre for climate research, is based at the University of Reading. The Institute aims to exploit and integrate the climate expertise within the University and to address fundamental questions in understanding and forecasting climate variability and its impacts.

Governance

Governing bodies and roles

The university is nominally led by a Chancellor, who is the titular head of the university, and is normally a well known public figure. The day to day chief executive role is the responsibility of the Vice-Chancellor, a full time academic post. The senior management board of the university is headed by the Vice-Chancellor, assisted by a Deputy-Vice-Chancellor, three Pro-Vice-Chancellors, four Deans and five Heads of Directorate. It is responsible for the day-to-day management of the University and meets fortnightly throughout most of the year.^[11] A Chancellor is the head of a university. ... A Vice-Chancellor (commonly called the VC) of a university in the United Kingdom, other Commonwealth countries, and some universities in Hong Kong, is the de facto head of the university. ...

The senior management board reports to the university's Senate, the main academic administrative body. The senate has around 100 members and meets at least four times a year and advises on areas such as student entry, assessment and awards. Membership includes Deans, Heads and elected representatives of Schools, as well as professional staff and students. The Senate in turn reports to the Council, which is the supreme governing body of the university, setting strategic direction, ensuring compliance with statutory requirements and approving constitutional changes. The Council meets four times a year, and comprises a broad representation of lay members drawn from commercial, community and professional organisations.^[11]

Officers of the University

Chancellors

• J. H. Benyon (1926–1935)
• Sir Austen Chamberlain (1935–1937)
• Sir Samuel Hoare, Viscount Templewood (1937–1959)
• Lord Bridges (1959–1969)
• Lord Carrington (March 1992 to December 2007)^[12]
• John Madejski (from December 2007)^[12]

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• Dr William M Childs (1926-1929)^[13]
• Sir Franklin Sibly (1929-1946)^[10]
• Prof. Gordon Marshall (January 2003-)^[14]

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Notable alumni

Politicians

• Anton Apriantono - food technology scientist, serving as Indonesia's Minister of Agriculture since 2004
• Edison James - Prime Minister of Dominica 1995-2000
• Mike Penning - Conservative Member of Parliament for the Hemel Hempstead parliamentary constituency.
• Rob Wilson - Conservative Member of Parliament for the Reading East parliamentary constituency

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• Sir Peter Crane - Director, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• E. A. Guggenheim - thermodynamicist and chemist
• Dragan Marušič - Slovene mathematician
• A. E. Wilder-Smith - creationist and chemist

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• Arthur Brown - rock and roll singer
• Jamie Cullum - jazz pianist and singer
• Hilary James - singer, double bassist, guitarist, and mando-bassist
• Simon Mayor - mandolinist, fiddle player, guitarist, and composer
• Martin Noble - musician, Noble in the band British Sea Power.
• Scott Wilkinson - musician, Yan in the band British Sea Power.

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• James Cracknell - rowing champion and double Olympic gold medallist.
• Debbie Flood - rowing champion, quadruple sculls silver medallist at the 2004 Olympics.
• Gary Herbert - rowing He won Olympic gold with Greg and Jonny Searl in the coxed pair in Barcelona 1992 Olympics.
• Molly Hide, captained English women's cricket team for seventeen years

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• Julian Barratt - comedian from BBC's The Mighty Boosh
• Keith Bosley - former BBC broadcaster and prizewinning poet and translator
• Richard Holmes - noted military historian and television presenter
• Kaddy Lee-Preston, TV weather presenter.
• Julian Richards - archaeologist and broadcaster
• Richard Sambrook - Director of the BBC World Service
• Tomasz Schafernaker, TV weather presenter.
• Jay Wynne, TV weather presenter.

Writers/Artists Julian Barratt Pettifer (born 4 May 1968) is an English comedian, musician, music producer and actor. ... A comedian, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... The Mighty Boosh is a British cult comedy about two friends who go on magical adventures. ... Keith (Anthony) Bosley (born 1937 in Bourne End, Buckinghamshire, grew up in Maidenhead, Berkshire) is a British language expert. ... The British Broadcasting Corporation, which is usually known as the BBC, is the largest broadcasting corporation in the world in terms of audience numbers, employing 26,000 staff in the United Kingdom alone and with a budget of more than GB£4 billion. ... Edward Richard Holmes CBE TD JP (born March 29, 1946), known as Richard Holmes, is a British soldier and noted military historian, particularly well-known through his many television appearances. ... Military history is the recording (in writing or otherwise) of the events in the history of humanity that fall within the category of conflict. This may range from a dispute between two tribes that come to blow over a plot of land, to a world war. ... Kaddy Lee-Preston, born Kathryn, is a weather presenter on BBC South East and regular broadcaster on BBC Radio Kent. ... == Julian Richards is a presenter on television and radio, a writer and an archaeologist with over 30 years experience of fieldwork and publication. ... Archaeology or sometimes in American English archeology (from the Greek words αρχαίος = ancient and λόγος = word/speech) is the study of human cultures through the recovery, documentation and analysis of material remains, including architecture, artefacts, biofacts, human remains, and landscapes. ... Richard Sambrook (born 24 April 1956) is the Director of the BBC World Service and Global News, and former Director of BBC News and BBC Sport. ... The BBC World Service is one of the most widely recognised international broadcasters of radio programming, transmitting in 33 languages to many parts of the world. ... Tomasz Schafernaker regularly presents the weather on BBC News 24 and BBC One. ... Jay Wynne is a BBC Weather forecaster, appearing mainly on BBC News 24, BBC Radio 4, BBC World and BBC One. ...

• Robert Gillmor - ornithologist, artist, illustrator, author and editor
• Joan Smith - novelist and journalist
• Richard Wilson - installation artist

Others Robert Gillmor is an ornithologist, artist, illustrator, author and editor, from England. ... Ornithology (from the Greek ornitha = chicken and logos = word/science) is the branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of birds. ... The definition of an artist is wide-ranging and covers a broad spectrum of activities to do with creating art, practising the arts and/or demonstrating an art. ... An illustrator is a graphic artist who specializes in enhancing written text by providing a visual representation that corresponds to the content of the associated text. ... Authorship redirects here. ... Editing may also refer to audio editing or film editing. ... Joan Smith (born 1953 in London) is an United Kingdom novelist, journalist and human rights activist, who is a former chair of the Writers in Prison committeee in the English section of International PEN. Smith read Latin at the University of Reading in the early 1970s. ... This page is about the installation artist. ... Installation art uses sculptural materials and other media to modify the way we experience a particular space. ...

• Eve Balfour - farmer, educator, organic farming pioneer, and a founding figure in the organic movement
• Azahari Husin - leading member of the Jemaah Islamiyah group, believed to have been involved in the 2005 Bali bombing
• Robin Bextor - award-winning film and television director, and father of Sophie Ellis Bextor.
• Clive Ponting - civil servant who faced trial for the leaking information on the sinking of the Belgrano, during the Falklands War.

Fictional alumni Lady Eve Balfour (Evelyn Barbara Balfour; 1899-1990) was a British farmer, educator, organic farming pioneer, and a founding figure in the organic movement. ... Organic cultivation of mixed vegetables in Capay, California. ... Organic movement broadly refers to the organizations and individuals involved worldwide in the promotion of sustainable agriculture and organic farming, and a general opposition to agribusiness. ... Azahari Husin and Noordin Mohammed Top (Source: The Telegraph) Dr. Azahari Husin (circa 1957 – November 9, 2005), Malaysian engineer, was the technical mastermind behind the 2002 Bali bombing, and other Jemaah Islamiyah (JI) attacks. ... Jemaah Islamiyah[1] (JI, Arabic phrase meaning Islamic Group or Islamic Community) is a Southeast Asian militant Islamic organization dedicated to the establishment of a Daulah Islamiyah[2] (Islamic State) in Southeast Asia incorporating Indonesia, Malaysia, the southern Philippines, Singapore and Brunei[3]. JI was added to the United Nations... Wikinews has news related to this article: Explosions hit Bali Map showing Bali within Indonesia A series of explosions occurred on October 1, 2005 in Bali, Indonesia. ... Robin Bextor (born 11 October 1958) is a British television producer and director. ... Sophie Ellis Bextor (b. ... Clive Ponting is a British writer and academic. ... Wikipedia does not yet have an article with this exact name. ... For the Argentine politician and military leader, see Manuel Belgrano. ... Combatants Argentina United Kingdom Commanders President Leopoldo Galtieri Vice-Admiral Juan Lombardo Brigadier-General Ernesto Crespo Brigade-General Mario Menéndez Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher Admiral Sir John Fieldhouse Rear-Admiral John “Sandy” Woodward Major-General Jeremy Moore Casualties 649 killed 1,068 wounded 11,313 taken prisoner 75 fixed...

• Arnold Baffin - novelist character in The Black Prince by Iris Murdoch
• Blaise Gavender - psychologist and former Reading psychology lecturer in The Sacred and Profane Love Machine by Iris Murdoch

The Black Prince is Iris Murdochs 15th novel, first published in 1973. ... Dame Jean Iris Murdoch DBE (July 15, 1919 – February 8, 1999) was an Irish-born British writer and philosopher, best known for her novels, which combine rich characterization and compelling plotlines, usually involving ethical or sexual themes. ... Dame Jean Iris Murdoch DBE (July 15, 1919 – February 8, 1999) was an Irish-born British writer and philosopher, best known for her novels, which combine rich characterization and compelling plotlines, usually involving ethical or sexual themes. ...

References

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External links

• University of Reading website