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== People associated with Wadham == === Notable people === {{main|List of people associated with Wadham College, Oxford}} [[File:Roger Penrose-6Nov2005.jpg|thumb|Sir [[Roger Penrose]], Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics (1973β1999) and Nobel Laureate]] In common with many Oxford colleges, Wadham has produced a wide range of graduates in the fields of economics, history, law, physiology, medicine, management, humanities, mathematics, science, technology, media, philosophy, poetry, politics and religion who have contributed significantly to public life. Notable members of the college in its early years include [[Robert Blake (admiral)|Robert Blake]], [[Cromwell's]] admiral and founder of British sea-power in the [[Mediterranean]], [[John Cook (regicide)|John Cook]] the first solicitor general of the [[English Commonwealth]] and prosecutor of King [[Charles I of England|Charles I]], the libertine poet and courtier [[John Wilmot 2nd Earl of Rochester]], and [[Sir Christopher Wren]]. Wren attended the meetings of scientifically inclined scholars which were held by Warden [[John Wilkins]] (Cromwell's brother-in-law) in the college in the 1650s. Those attending formed the nucleus of the [[Royal Society]] at its foundation in 1662. [[John Wilkins]] invited [[Robert Boyle]] to Oxford in 1653, writing that "[I] shall be most ready to provide the best accommodations for you, that this place will afford".<ref name=rose-mary>{{cite book|last=Sargent|first=Rose-Mary|title=The Diffident Naturalist: Robert Boyle and the Philosophy of Experiment|year=1995|publisher=University of Chicago Press|page=63}}</ref> Boyle moved to Oxford in 1655, but preferred not to accept Wilkins's offer of accommodation, choosing instead to arrange his own rooms where he could carry out his scientific experiments.<ref>[http://www-history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk/Biographies/Boyle.html "Biography of Robert Boyle"]. history.mcs.st-and.ac.uk. Retrieved on 22 December 2013.</ref> Boyle became a member of the [[Oxford Philosophical Club]] that met weekly in Wilkins's chambers at Wadham, as did [[Robert Hooke]] who became Boyle's assistant after having been a chorister at [[Christ Church, Oxford|Christ Church]]. [[Arthur Onslow]] (1708), a great Speaker of the House of Commons, and [[Richard Bethell, 1st Baron Westbury|Richard Bethell]], who became [[Lord Chancellor]] as Lord Westbury in 1861, were members of the college. Two 20th-century Lord Chancellors, [[F. E. Smith]] (Lord Birkenhead) and [[John Simon, 1st Viscount Simon|John Simon]], were undergraduates together in the 1890s, along with the sportsman [[C. B. Fry]]; [[Sir Thomas Beecham]] was an undergraduate in 1897, though soon abandoning Oxford for his musical career. [[Frederick Lindemann, 1st Viscount Cherwell]], who was [[Winston Churchill|Churchill's]] scientific adviser during the [[Second World War]], was a fellow of the college. [[Cecil Day-Lewis]], later [[Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom|Poet-Laureate]], came up in 1923, and [[Michael Foot]], later leader of the [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]], in 1931. Sir [[Maurice Bowra]], scholar and wit, was Warden between 1938 and 1970. [[Robert Moses]], the city planner, joined the college in 1911. Among recent members have been [[Dr Rowan Williams]], the former [[archbishop of Canterbury]], [[Lord Dyson]], former [[justice of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom]] and [[Master of the Rolls]], author and broadcaster [[Melvyn Bragg]], writer and journalist [[Jonathan Freedland]], novelists [[Hari Kunzru]] and [[Monica Ali]], and [[Wasim Sajjad]], former [[Chairman of the Senate of Pakistan]] and twice [[President of Pakistan]]. The mathematical physicist and philosopher Sir [[Roger Penrose]] was [[Rouse Ball Professor of Mathematics]] 1973β1999, and is now an [[emeritus]] fellow. [[Andrew Hodges]], the theoretical physicist and author of ''[[The Imitation Game]]'', the biography of [[Alan Turing]], is a Tutorial Fellow in mathematics at Wadham. Having taught at Wadham since 1986, Hodges was elected a Fellow in 2007, and was appointed Dean from start of the 2011/12 academic year. Film directors [[Lindsay Anderson]] and [[Tony Richardson]] were Wadham alumni. Actors [[Rosamund Pike]] and [[Felicity Jones]] studied English at the College. Each has a portrait displayed in the college hall, and Rosamund Pike is an Honorary Fellow. <gallery class="center"> File:Christopher Wren by Godfrey Kneller 1711.jpg|Sir [[Christopher Wren]], architect and astronomer File:The Shannon Portrait of the Hon Robert Boyle.jpg|[[Robert Boyle]], physicist File:Roger Penrose 9671.JPG|Sir [[Roger Penrose]], mathematician File:CB Fry batting.jpg|[[C. B. Fry]], cricketer File:Arthur Onslow by Hans Hysing.jpg|[[Arthur Onslow]], former [[Speaker of the House of Commons (United Kingdom)|Speaker of the House of Commons]] File:Kamisese Mara.jpg|Sir [[Kamisese Mara]], first [[Prime Minister of Fiji]] File:Abdul Halim of Kedah.jpg|[[Abdul Halim of Kedah]], [[King of Malaysia]] File:Retouched portrait of Sir William Fox.jpg|Sir [[William Fox (politician)|William Fox]], former [[Prime Minister of New Zealand]] File:Robert Blake.jpg|[[Robert Blake (admiral)|Robert Blake]], ''Father of the Royal Navy'' File:Michael Foot (1981).jpg|[[Michael Foot]], former [[Leader of the Labour Party (UK)|Leader of the Labour Party]] File:Rowan Williams -001b.jpg|[[Rowan Williams]], former [[archbishop of Canterbury]] File:Rosamund Pike at the 2018 Berlin Film Festival.jpg|[[Rosamund Pike]], actress File:Felicity Jones December 2016.jpg|[[Felicity Jones]], actress File:Melvyn bragg head crop.jpg|[[Melvyn Bragg]], broadcaster and author File:Sautoy2 cropped.JPG|[[Marcus du Sautoy]], mathematician and [[Simonyi Professorship for the Public Understanding of Science|Simonyi Professor]] </gallery>
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