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unusual facts about first class degree



Anthony Julius

Julius studied English literature at Jesus College, Cambridge, graduating in 1977 with a first class degree, and completed a Ph.D. in English literature at University College London under the novelist and academic Dan Jacobson.

Kenneth Turpin

Entering Oriel to read Greats, quickly changing to history, he graduated in 1939 with a first class degree and was awarded his BLitt for a thesis on Robert Harley in 1940.

Penelope Wilson

Wilson obtained her first class degree in Oriental studies (Egyptian and Coptic) from Liverpool University.

Rajani Palme Dutt

Dutt was educated at The Perse School, Cambridge and Balliol College, Oxford, where he obtained a first class degree in classics after having been suspended for a time due to his status as a conscientious objector in World War I.


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Anthony Barnes Atkinson

The only other people who got a first-class degree in economics at the same time were Vince Cable and Geoff Hurd.

Christopher Cocksworth

He was brought up in Horsham and attended the University of Manchester where he earned a first class degree in theology and later was awarded a PhD under the supervision of Richard Bauckham.

Harold Loukes

He obtained a first-class degree in 1934 and then spent 10 years teaching at the University of Delhi and at the New School in Darjeeling, where he was headmaster.

Hubert Phillips

Phillips was educated at Sexey's School, Bruton, and Merton College, Oxford, where he read history and economics, taking a first class degree.

J. Gwyn Griffiths

Born in 1911 in Porth in the Rhondda Valley, Griffiths was educated at Porth Grammar school before reading Latin at University College, Cardiff of the University of Wales, gaining a first class degree in 1932.

L. V. Vaidyanathan

He obtained a first class degree from Government Victoria College, Palakkad, and then spent three years lecturing in chemistry at St. Mary's College, Thrissur, before joining the India Coffee Board at their Central Coffee Research Institute as an advisor.

Leslie Rowsell Moore

His family had encouraged him to obtain a good education and hoped that he would study medicine; however, he won a Miner's Welfare Scholarship at the University of Bristol where he read Geology and obtained a first class degree.

Mahmud Nazari

After graduated from Habibia High School (1976) in Kabul, He went on to the University of Kabul and obtained (BS) First class degree in Agriculture (1980).

Maurice Jones

Born at Trawsfynydd, Meirionnydd, Jones he was educated at the local school, then, with scholarships, proceeded to Friars School, Bangor and Christ College, Brecon, and then Jesus College, Oxford, where he gained a first class degree in divinity in 1886, an MA and BD in 1907 and a DD in 1914.

Maurice Peterson

He was educated at Rugby School and Magdalen College, Oxford, where he gained a first class degree in modern history.

Ragnar Nurkse

He graduated with a first class degree in economics, under professor Sir Frederick Ogilvie, in 1932.