Editing King's College, Cambridge (section)

== People associated with King's ==
{{See also|:Category: Alumni of King's College, Cambridge|:Category: Fellows of King's College, Cambridge|List of Honorary Fellows of King's College, Cambridge|l1=Alumni of King's College, Cambridge|l2=Fellows of King's College, Cambridge}}
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File:Robertwalpole cropped cropped.jpg|[[Robert Walpole]], first Prime Minister of Great Britain
File:MRJames1900.jpg|[[M. R. James]], scholar and ghost-story writer
File:George Santayana.jpg|[[George Santayana]], philosopher
File:E. M. Forster von Dora Carrington, 1924-25.jpg|[[E. M. Forster]], novelist
File:Keynes 1933 cropped.jpg|[[John Maynard Keynes]], economist
File:Rupert Brooke Q 71073.jpg|[[Rupert Brooke]], poet
File:Philip Noel-Baker 1942.jpg|[[Philip Noel-Baker]], Olympic medallist and Nobel laureate in peace
File:Xu Zhimo.jpg|[[Xu Zhimo]], poet
File:Blackett-large.jpg|[[Patrick Blackett]], Nobel laureate in physics
File:Alan Turing portré.jpg|[[Alan Turing]], mathematician and computer scientist
File:Frederick Sanger2.jpg|[[Frederick Sanger]], double Nobel laureate in Chemistry
File:Salman Rushdie 2012 Shankbone-2.jpg|[[Salman Rushdie]], novelist
File:Stephen Poliakoff.jpg|[[Stephen Poliakoff]], playwright and director
File:Mervyn King.jpg|[[Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury|Mervyn King]], former [[Governor of the Bank of England]]
File:Davidbaddielnightingale2.jpg|[[David Baddiel]], comedian
File:Zadie Smith NBCC 2011 Shankbone.jpg|[[Zadie Smith]], novelist
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Once someone has been admitted to the college, they become a member for life. Alumni of the college includes prime ministers, archbishops, presidents and academics. ''[[Time (magazine)|Time]]'' published in 1999 a list of what it considered the most "influential and important" people of the 20th century. In a list of one hundred names, King's claimed two: [[Alan Turing]] and [[John Maynard Keynes]] who had been both students and fellows at the college.<ref>{{cite news|first=Walter|last=Isaacson|title=Who Mattered And Why|url=http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,993016,00.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071110041435/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,993016,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=10 November 2007 |work=Time Magazine |date=31 December 1999 |access-date=29 May 2011}}</ref>

Heads of State and Government educated at King's include the first Prime Minister of Great Britain, [[Robert Walpole]].  Also in the 18th century, alumni include the Secretary of State [[Charles Townshend, 2nd Viscount Townshend]] (Turnip Townshend), who was also known for his interest in agriculture and his role in the [[British agricultural revolution]], the judge and [[Lord Chancellor]] [[Charles Pratt, 1st Earl Camden]].  Historical figures include [[Francis Walsingham]], spymaster to [[Elizabeth I of England|Queen Elizabeth]].

Politicians educated at King's include the former British Home Secretary [[Charles Clarke]], the peer and [[Chancellor of the University of Cambridge]] [[David Sainsbury, Baron Sainsbury of Turville]], and [[Martin Bell]].

In law, alumni include the barrister and vice-chancellor [[Robert Alexander, Baron Alexander of Weedon]], and the former President of the British Supreme Court [[Nicholas Phillips, Baron Phillips of Worth Matravers]].

Alumni in religion include [[William Thomas (Archdeacon of Northumberland)|William Thomas]], the 16th-century Protestant martyr [[John Frith (martyr)|John Frith]], the 16th Century Russian Orthodox Priest Rex Phillips-Dibb, the Chassidic Rabbi George O'Rourke, the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] [[John Sumner (bishop)|John Sumner]], and [[Richard Cox (bishop)|Richard Cox]], who served as [[List of Chancellors of the University of Oxford|Chancellor of Oxford]] before appointment as [[Dean of Westminster]] and eventually [[Bishop of Ely]].

Notable alumni in literature and poetry include the authors [[Zadie Smith]], [[Salman Rushdie]], [[Martin Jacques]], [[J. G. Ballard]] and [[E. M. Forster]], the Nobel Prize winner [[Patrick White]], the poets [[Rupert Brooke]], [[Walter Raleigh (professor)|Walter Raleigh]] and [[Xu Zhimo]], and the playwright [[Stephen Poliakoff]]. The ghost story writer and medievalist [[M. R. James]] spent much of his life at King's as a student, fellow and Provost. The author and translator of Aristotle [[John Harington (writer)|Sir John Harington]] is also an alumnus, and a benefactor of mankind for having invented the [[flush toilet]].

In the arts, alumni include the philosopher [[George Santayana]]; the historians [[Benedict Anderson]], [[Eric Hobsbawm]] and [[Tony Judt]]; composers [[George Benjamin (composer)|George Benjamin]], [[Judith Weir]] ([[Master of the Queen's Music]]), [[Thomas Ades]], and [[Julian Anderson]]; the original members of the [[Grammy Award]]-winning [[a cappella]] group [[King's Singers]]; the folk musician [[Spiers and Boden|John Spiers]]; the comedian [[David Baddiel]]; the model [[Lily Cole]]; the tenor [[James Gilchrist (tenor)|James Gilchrist]]; and the countertenor [[John Whitworth (musician)|John Whitworth]].<ref>Garry Humphreys, [https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/john-whitworth-celebrated-countertenor-8817899.html John Whitworth: Celebrated countertenor], in ''[[The Independent]]'', 15 September 2013, accessed 20 June 2020</ref>

In the [[sciences]] and [[social sciences]], King's alumni include the British sociologist [[Anthony Giddens, Baron Giddens|Anthony Giddens]], the physicist [[Patrick Blackett, Baron Blackett|Patrick Blackett]], the chemist [[Frederick Sanger]], the psychologist [[Edgar Anstey (psychologist)|Edgar Anstey]], the palaeontologist [[Richard Fortey]], the economist [[John Craven (economist)|John Craven]], the political theorist [[John Dunn (political theorist)|John Dunn]], the engineer [[Charles Inglis (engineer)|Charles Inglis]], and the mathematician and eugenicist [[Karl Pearson]]. The Governor of the Bank of England [[Mervyn King, Baron King of Lothbury|Mervyn King]] was also educated at King's. The technology entrepreneur [[Hermann Hauser]], of [[Acorn Computers|Acorn]] and [[ARM Holdings|ARM]], studied postgraduate physics there.

Of the current fellows of King's prominent fellows include Whitehead and Adams' Prize Winner [[Clément Mouhot]] and the Fellow of the Royal Society and Clay Research award winner [[Mark Gross (mathematician)|Mark Gross]].

=== Nobel laureates ===
There are nine Nobel laureates who were either students or fellows of King's:
* [[Charles Glover Barkla]] was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] 1917 "for his discovery of the characteristic Röntgen radiation of the elements".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1917/barkla-bio.html|title=Nobel Prize 1917: Charles Glover Barkla Biography|website=Nobel Prize Website|access-date= 23 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Charles-Glover-Barkla|title=Charles Glover Barkla|date=26 October 2016|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|access-date=23 April 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/history/Biographies/Barkla.html|title=Biography: Charles Glover Barkla|last1=O'Connor|first1=J. J.|last2=Robertson|first2=E. F.|date=November 2007|website=School of Mathematical and Computational Sciences, University of St. Andrews|access-date=23 April 2017}}</ref>
* [[Patrick Blackett]], fellow of King's, was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] 1948 "for his development of the Wilson cloud chamber method, and his discoveries therewith in the fields of nuclear physics and cosmic radiation".<ref name="nobel-blackett">{{cite web|title=The Nobel Prize in Physics 1948|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/physics/laureates/1948/|access-date=20 July 2012|publisher=Nobelprize.org}}</ref><ref name="cam-nobel">{{cite web|title=Nobel Prize Winners|url=http://www.cam.ac.uk/research/research-at-cambridge/nobel-prize/|access-date=4 April 2017|work=Research at Cambridge| date=28 January 2013 |publisher=University of Cambridge}}</ref>
* [[Frederick Sanger]], fellow of King's, was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Chemistry]] 1958 "for his work on the structure of proteins, especially that of insulin".<ref name="nobel-sanger1">{{cite web|title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1958|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1958/|access-date=20 July 2012|publisher=Nobelprize.org}}</ref> Sanger was awarded his second Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1980 jointly with [[Walter Gilbert]] for "their contributions concerning the determination of base sequences in nucleic acids".<ref name="nobel-sanger2">{{cite web|title=The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1980|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/chemistry/laureates/1980/|access-date=20 July 2012|publisher=Nobelprize.org}}</ref> Sanger is one of only five people to have won a Nobel Prize twice, and the only affiliate of the University of Cambridge to have done so.<ref name="cam-nobel"/>
* [[Philip Noel-Baker]] was awarded the [[Nobel Peace Prize]] 1959 for work towards global disarmament.<ref name="cam-nobel"/><ref name="nobel-baker">{{cite web|title=The Nobel Peace Prize 1959|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1959/|access-date=20 July 2012|publisher=Nobelprize.org}}</ref>
* [[Patrick White]] was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] 1973 "for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature".<ref name="cam-nobel"/><ref name="nobel-white">{{cite web|title=The Nobel Prize in Literature 1973|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1973/|access-date=20 July 2012|publisher=Nobelprize.org}}</ref>
* [[Richard Stone]], fellow of King's, was awarded the [[Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences]] 1984 "for having made fundamental contributions to the development of systems of national accounts and hence greatly improved the basis for empirical economic analysis".<ref name="cam-nobel"/><ref name="nobel-stone">{{cite web|title=The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1984|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economics/laureates/1984/|access-date=20 July 2012|publisher=Nobelprize.org}}</ref>
*[[Sydney Brenner]], fellow of King's, was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine]] 2002 jointly with [[H.&nbsp;Robert Horvitz]] and [[John E.&nbsp;Sulston]] "for their discoveries concerning genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death".<ref name="cam-nobel"/><ref name="nobel-brenner">{{cite web|title=The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2002|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/2002/|access-date=20 July 2012|publisher=Nobelprize.org}}</ref>
*[[Oliver Hart (economist)|Oliver Hart]] was awarded the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences 2016 jointly with [[Bengt Holmström]] "for their contributions to contract theory".<ref name="cam-nobel"/><ref name="nobel-hart">{{cite web|title=The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2016|url=https://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/economic-sciences/laureates/2016/|access-date=4 April 2017|publisher=Nobelprize.org}}</ref>
*[[Geoffrey Hinton]] was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Physics]] 2024 jointly with [[John Hopfield]] for using "tools from physics to develop methods that are the foundation of today’s powerful machine learning".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Press release: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2024 |url=https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2024/press-release/}}</ref>

=== Provosts ===
{{main|List of Provosts of King's College, Cambridge}}

The head of King's College is called the [[Provost (education)|Provost]]. The current Provost, {{As of|2023|lc=y}}, is Dr [[Gillian Tett]], a British author and journalist.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Roush |first=Chris |date=2023-02-09 |title=FT's Tett named provost of King's College |url=https://talkingbiznews.com/media-news/fts-tett-named-provost-of-kings-college/ |access-date=2023-02-10 |website=Talking Biz News |language=en-US}}</ref>

===Visitor===
The [[visitor]] of the college is the [[Bishop of Lincoln]].<ref>King's College Statutes 2007, [http://www.kings.cam.ac.uk/sites/default/files/intranet/1_statutes_and_ordinances_2007_updated_22_march_2018.pdf#page=18 s. P(1).]</ref>