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14 unusual facts about Durham University


Delroy Taylor

Later in 2003, while he studying at Durham University in England for his degree, Taylor made a single first-class appearance for Durham UCCE against Nottinghamshire.

Fergus Montgomery

Born in South Shields, Montgomery was educated at Jarrow Grammar School and Bede College at the University of Durham, and became a teacher in Newcastle upon Tyne in 1950.

Frank Gillingham

Born in Tokyo to a J. Gillingham, he was educated at Dulwich College and Durham University.

H. Hugh Bancroft

In 1936 while at St. Matthew's, he earned an external BMus from Durham University.

John Snow College

John Snow Boat Club (JSBC) are the rowing club of John Snow College, at Durham University.

Termly formal dinners exist within the college in which members of college attend in their relevant Academic dress of Durham University and follow the rules outlined by the college and disciplined by the JCR chairman.

Josephine Butler College

Butler College Boat Club (BCBC) is the boat club of Josephine Butler College, at Durham University.

Ronald Smith

After leaving the academy he studied privately in Paris with Marguerite Long, while also taking an external BMus degree from Durham University.

Sidoarjo mud flow

In February 2010, a group led by experts from Britain's Durham University said the new clues bolstered suspicions the catastrophe was caused by human error.

Tim Atkin

Atkin holds a BA from Durham University in Modern Languages and a Masters degree from the London School of Economics in European Studies.

Tony MacGibbon

MacGibbon retired from Test cricket after this tour, and stayed in the UK to study civil engineering at Durham University.

Ustinov College

In 1965, W. B. Fisher, a professor in Durham University's geography department, founded the Graduate Society and in its inaugural year,the total membership was 94 students: 86 men and 8 women.

Wasim Raja

He studied for a certificate in education from Durham University, and had a spell teaching geography, mathematics and physical education at Caterham School in Surrey.

Whitelands College

One of the oldest higher education institutions in England (predating every university except Oxford, Cambridge, London and Durham), Whitelands College was founded by the Church of England's National Society in 1841 as a teacher training college for women.


Andrew Critchlow

Critchlow was educated at Barnard Castle School followed by the University of Bradford where he read Peace Studies, followed by Durham University where he read for a Masters in Middle East politics.

Anjula Mutanda

She trained at Durham University and has since appeared on many television programmes giving psychological analysis, such as Big Brother, GMTV, Kilroy, Have I Been Here Before? and RI:SE.

Arnold Wolfendale

During his career he held academic posts at the universities of University of Manchester (1951–6), Durham University (1956–92), the University of Ceylon and the University of Hong Kong, and was head of department at Durham where he remains an emeritus professor.

Arthur Raistrick

His early academic life was spent at Armstrong and Kings Colleges, Newcastle part of Durham University (later to become Newcastle University) where he attained the role of Reader in Applied Geology.

Asif Ahmad

Educated at the Community High School, Tehran and then Carlisle Technical College, Ahmad read economics at Durham University, graduating in 1977.

Barry Cole

Apart from two years (1970–1972) as Northern Arts Fellow in Literature at the universities of Durham and Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and two years (1955–1957) in the RAF as a National Serviceman, he worked until 1995 as an editor at the Central Office of Information, and is now a freelance editor and writer.

Billie Miller

Miller was educated at Queen’s College in Barbados, King’s College, Durham University, and the Council of Legal Education in England.

Butler College

: For the Durham University college, see Josephine Butler College; for the private liberal arts school in Indianapolis, see Butler University; For the El Dorado, Kansas college, see Butler Community College.

Carlos Frenk

He was the inaugural Ogden Professor of Fundamental Physics at Durham University in 2001, following an endowment by Sir Peter Ogden.

Dan van der Vat

He went to the Cardinal Vaughan Memorial School in London, and then was a student at St Cuthbert's Society, Durham University from 1957 to 1960, graduating with a BA in Classics.

Durham University School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health

The School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Health is located on the Queen's Campus of the University of Durham, with students being members of one of the two colleges on this campus - John Snow and George Stephenson Colleges.

Durham University Solar Car

Durham University Solar Car is based in the university’s School of Engineering & Computing Sciences, with a small team size of around 20 undergraduate students split broadly across mechanical, electrical, electronic and business sub-teams.

E.M.O'R. Dickey

He was art master at Oundle School and then became professor of fine art and director of King Edward VII School of Art, Armstrong College, Durham University from 1926 to 1931.

FitFinder

The FitFinder Network covered 52 UK universities, including Oxbridge, Durham University, UCL, Manchester University, Leeds, Warwick, Bath, LSE, KCL, Imperial College London, and most Red Brick universities.

Flavio de Carvalho

Carvalho was educated in France from 1911 to 1914, and then in Newcastle-upon-Tyne until 1922, attending the King Edward the Seventh School of Fine Arts and Durham University's Armstrong College.

Garth Norman

He was educated at Henry Mellish Grammar School, Durham University (BA, DipTh, MA), the University of East Anglia (MEd) and the University of Cambridge (PGCE).

James John Hornby

In 1853, Hornby went to Durham University as Principal of Bishop Cosin’s Hall until 1864 when he returned to Brasenose as classical lecturer.

Kenneth Dover

Dover received honorary degrees from the Universities of Oxford, St Andrews, Birmingham, Bristol, London, Durham, Liverpool, and Oglethorpe.

Marie Breen Smyth

With Richard Jackson (University of Otago), Jeroen Gunning (Durham University), Piers Robinson (Manchester University) and George Kassimeris (Wolverhampton University) Breen Smyth currently edits the Routledge journal Critical Studies on Terrorism.

Martin Speight

After his education at Hurstpierpoint College and St Chad's College, Durham University, he played for Sussex, Wellington and Durham in first-class cricket, before capping off a 17-year career with Northumberland.

Maurice Berkeley Portman

He was the son of Viscount Portman and Lady Emma Lascelles and was educated at Durham University in England.

Michael Spurr

Prior to joining the Prison Service, Michael graduated from Durham University (St Chad's College) with a BA in Economics and Economic History.

North Pennine Batholith

In the early 1960s, a borehole was drilled at Rookhope by Durham University, and proved the existence of the intrusion at a depth of 390 m.

Paul Sutcliffe

Paul Sutcliffe is professor of mathematics, formerly at the University of Kent, now at Durham University.

Philip Best

In 1998 Best published his doctoral thesis at Durham University entitled "Apocalypticism in the Fiction of William S. Burroughs, J.G. Ballard and Thomas Pynchon" and later received a doctorate in English literature.

St Cuthbert's Society Boat Club

St Cuthbert's Society Boat Club (SCSBC) is the rowing club of St Cuthbert's Society at Durham University.

Trish Williamson

The daughter of journalist Harold Williamson, who notably worked on the BBC current affairs and documentary series Man Alive in the 1960s, Williamson was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, and studied at Durham University.

Ysgol Dyffryn Aman

Prof Eric Sunderland CBE, Vice-Chancellor from 1989-91 of the University of Wales, Vice-Chancellor from 1984-95 of Bangor University (then University College of North Wales, Bangor), Professor of Anthropology from 1971-84 at Durham University, President from 1989-91 of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, and Lord Lieutenant of Gwynedd from 2000-5