List of St Anne's College, Oxford people
The following is a list of notable people associated with St Anne's College, Oxford, including alumnae, academics, and principals of the college.
As a former women's college, St Anne's continues to refer to former students, male or female, as "alumnae".[1]
The list includes people associated with the Society of Home Students and St Anne's Society prior to the official founding of the College.
Alumnae
Mr Hudson, rapper and R&B artist
Sir Simon Rattle, principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic
- Sir Danny Alexander – Liberal Democrat MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch & Strathspey (2005–2015), formerly Chief Secretary to the Treasury
- Mary Archer, Lady Archer – scientist specialising in solar power conversion
- Karen Armstrong, FRSL – author on comparative religion
- Jackie Ashley – broadcaster, journalist, and contributor to The Guardian and New Statesman
- Wendy Beckett – BBC art historian
- Dame Gillian Beer – literary critic and former President of Clare Hall, Cambridge (1994–2001)
- Nicola Blackwood – Conservative MP for Oxford West and Abingdon (2010–17)
- Mark Bostridge – writer and critic, biographer of Vera Brittain and Florence Nightingale
- Tina Brown, CBE – writer, and magazine editor, currently of The Daily Beast and formerly Vanity Fair (1984–1992) and The New Yorker (1992–98)
- Dame Frances Cairncross, DBE, CBE – journalist, economist, and Rector of Exeter College, Oxford (2004–2014)
- Rosemary Cramp – archaeologist specialising in Anglo-Saxon literature and culture
- Edwina Currie – Conservative MP and minister (1983–97)
- Liam D'Arcy-Brown, Sinologist and travel writer
- Ruth Deech, Baroness Deech, DBE – lawyer, bioethicist, and former Principal of St Anne's (1991–2004)
- Paul Donovan – economist and author
- Dame Mary Douglas, DBE, FBA – anthropologist
- Anne Dreydel, OBE – co-founder of the Oxford English Centre, now St Clare's International School
- Rose Dugdale – former debutante, notable IRA member and art thief
- Moira Dunbar – Arctic ice researcher
- Andrew Edmonds – contestant on the reality TV show Big Brother 11
- U.A. Fanthorpe, CBE, FRSL – poet
- Penelope Farmer – children's writer
- Helen Fielding – novelist known for the Bridget Jones series
- Helen Fraser – executive and publisher
- Hadley Freeman – writer and columnist for The Guardian and Vogue
- Urszula Gacek – former Polish politician, since 2011 Ambassador, Permanent Representative of the Republic of Poland to The Council of Europe
- Helen Palmer Geisel – children's book author, editor, and co-founder of Beginner Books
- Sanjay Ghose – Indian activist.
- Jean Golding – epidemiologist
- Sarah Gristwood – journalist and author
- Miriam Gross – literary editor and co-founder of Standpoint magazine
- Mary Harron – Canadian director and screenwriter, best known for American Psycho
- Zoë Heller – journalist and novelist, known for Notes on a Scandal
- Miriam Hodgson (1938–2005) – editor of children's books[2]
- Brad Hooker – philosopher specialising in ethics, Professor of Philosophy at Reading University
- Nancy Hubbard – Professor of business, author, and Miriam Katowitz Chair of Management and Accounting at Goucher College
- Mr Hudson (Ben Hudson) – pop musician
- Devaki Jain – Indian economist, writer, and feminist activist
- Diana Wynne Jones – fantasy novelist, known for the Chrestomanci series and Howl's Moving Castle
- Martha Kearney – broadcaster and journalist, currently of BBC Radio 4's Today programme
- Sandra Landy – world champion bridge player and computer scientist
- Penelope Lively, CBE, FRSL – novelist and Booker Prize winner for Moon Tiger
- Guy Lynn – investigative reporter for the BBC
- William MacAskill – philosopher, co-founder of the Effective Altruism movement
- Mercia MacDermott – writer and historian
- Kevin Macdonald – director, The Last King of Scotland and State of Play
- Sara Maitland – novelist
- Max More – philosopher and futurist, founder of the Extropy Institute
- Rebecca Morelle – journalist, currently global science correspondent for BBC News
- Sizwe Mpofu-Walsh – South African author, musician and activist
- Lindsay Northover, Baroness Northover – Liberal Democrat member of the House of Lords (since 2000), former Government Whip
- Una O'Brien, Permanent Secretary Department of Health
- Nuala O'Faolain, journalist, writer, broadcaster, producer and feminist
- Nicola Padfield – Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge and Professor of Criminal and Penal Justice at the Law Faculty, University of Cambridge
- Ruma Pal – former justice of the Supreme Court of India
- Adam Parsons – television and radio presenter
- Ged Quinn – artist
- Norah Lillian Penston – principal of Bedford College, University of London, 1951–64
- Melanie Phillips – journalist and author, winner of the Orwell Prize
- Libby Purves, OBE – radio presenter and journalist, drama critic for The Times (2010–)
- Janina Ramirez – art historian, lecturer and TV presenter.
- Sir Simon Rattle, CBE, FRSA – prominent conductor, principal conductor of the Berlin Philharmonic (2002–2016), London Symphony Orchestra (2017–)[3]
- Mary Remnant, DSG – medieval musicologist, musician
- Gillian Reynolds, MBE – journalist and broadcaster
- John Robins – stand-up comedian and radio presenter
- Jancis Robinson, OBE, MW – wine critic and author
- James Rutledge – musician and producer
- Dame Cicely Saunders, OM, DBE – Social worker, nurse, physician, writer, and pioneer of the hospice movement
- Frances Stonor Saunders – journalist, historian, television, film-maker, and former associate editor of the New Statesman
- Samantha Shannon – author of The Bone Season dystopian fiction series
- Susan Sontag – American writer, literary theorist, and political activist
- Susan J. Smith – Mistress of Girton College, Cambridge and Honorary Professor of Social and Economic Geography at the Department of Geography, University of Cambridge
- Harriet Spicer – publisher
- Russell Taylor, MBE – writer, journalist and composer
- Jane Thynne – novelist, journalist and broadcaster
- Polly Toynbee – journalist (The Guardian), writer, and broadcaster (Dropout)
- Victor Ubogu – Rugby player for Bath Rugby, businessman
- Jenny Uglow, OBE – critic and noted biographer, current editorial director of Chatto & Windus
- Hilary Wainwright – feminist activist
- Jill Paton Walsh, CBE, FRSL – novelist and children's writer
- Victoria Whitworth – Anglo-Scots novelist, archaeologist and art historian
- Ivy Williams – first woman to be called to the English bar
- Mara Yamauchi – noted long-distance track and marathon runner
- Janet Young, Baroness Young, PC, DL Conservative politician. first female Leader of the House of Lords, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster and Lord Privy Seal
Academics
- Peter Ady – Fellow (1947–2004), eminent development economist, adviser to the Burmese Government and Ministry of Overseas Development.
- Roger Crisp – current Professor of Moral Philosophy, Uehiro Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy, Chairman of Management Committee of Oxford Uehiro Centre for Practical Ethics
- Peter Donnelly, FRS – current Fellow (1996–), Australian mathematician and statistician, and current director of the Wellcome Trust Centre for Human Genetics at Oxford University
- Bent Flyvbjerg – current Fellow, noted economic geographer, urban planner, and current director of the BT Centre for Major Programme Management at the Saïd Business School
- Jenifer Hart – History Fellow
- Margaret Hubbard – Australian classical scholar specializing in philology; one of St Anne's 15 founding fellows
- Jonathan Katz – stipendiary lecturer, and current University Public Orator
- Patrick McGuinness – current Professor of French and Comparative Literature, Fellow and Tutor in French, author, and poet
- Georg Gottlob, FRS – current Fellow (since 2006), noted Austrian computer scientist specialising in database theory, logic, and artificial intelligence
- A. C. Grayling, FRSA, FRSL – current Supernumerary Fellow, philosopher, author, human rights and civil liberties advocate
- Tony Judt, FBA – Fellow (1980–87), author, historian, and public intellectual, later the director of the Erich Maria Remarque Institute at NYU and contributor to the New York Review of Books
- John Lloyd – current Supernumerary Fellow, journalist, contributor to the Financial Times, and co-founder of the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism at Oxford University
- Nick Middleton – current Supernumerary Fellow, physical geographer specialising in desertification, and consultant to the IUCN, UNEP, EU, and WWF.[4]
- Iris Murdoch, DBE – Fellow (1948–99), philosopher, and novelist, known for Under the Net and The Sea, The Sea
- Graham Nelson – current Supernumerary Fellow (since 2007), mathematician, poet, and noted interactive fiction game designer
- Roger Reed – current Supernumerary Fellow, professor of engineering and material science.[5]
- Stephen Alexander Smith – Fellow (1991–98), legal scholar and writer
- Gabriele Taylor – current senior research fellow, philosopher in ethics
Principals
A list of principals of St Anne's College, Oxford.[6]
- 1894–1921 Bertha Johnson
- 1921–1929 Christine Burrows
- 1929–1940 Grace Eleanor Hadow
- 1940–1953 Eleanor Plumer
- 1953–1966 Mary Ogilvie
- 1966–1984 Nancy Trenaman
- 1984–1991 Claire Palley
- 1991–2004 Ruth Deech
- 2004–2016 Tim Gardam
- 2016–2017 Robert Chard (acting)
- 2017–present: Helen King
References
- "St Anne's College, Oxford > Alumnæ & friends > Our alumnæ". www.st-annes.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 October 2018.
- "Hodgson [née Rosenthal], Miriam Ann". ODNB. Retrieved 30 November 2017.
- Sholto Byrnes (4 August 2006). "Simon Rattle: Marching to a revolutionary beat". The Independent. Retrieved 24 May 2010.
- "Dr Nick Middleton". geog.ox.ac.uk. Oxford University School of Geography and the Environment. Retrieved 26 October 2013.
- "Academic Profile: Professor Roger Reed". St Anne's College, Oxford. Retrieved 8 June 2016.
- "Principals". st-annes.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 9 December 2018.
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