DBE 1924 (CBE 1917); MTPI (Hon. Member)
Born 4 May 1851; d of late Alex. Rowland, Champion Hall, Kent; m 1873, Rev. Canon Samuel Augustus Barnett (...
DBE 1924 (CBE 1917); MTPI (Hon. Member)
Born 4 May 1851; d of late Alex. Rowland, Champion Hall, Kent; m 1873, Rev. Canon Samuel Augustus Barnett (...
DBE 2020 (OBE 2011); PhD; FRSE; FREng, FIEE, FBCS
Professor of Computer Science, since 1998, and Vice Principal and Head, College of Science and Engineering, since 2014, University of Glasgow
Chairman, Parkside Federation Academies, Cambridge, 2013–18
AC 2004 (AO 1991); PhD; FTSE, FAA
Chancellor, La Trobe University, 2011–17; Personal Chair in Botany, 1985–2005, and Laureate Professor, 1999–2005, University of Melbourne, now Professor Emeritus
President, Diktio Network for Reform in Greece and Europe, since 2013
ARA 1948; RWS 1945; RWA 1947
Born 1875; d of Mark Fisher, RA; m 1908, John Alexander Prout; died 9 Dec. 1963
Member of New English Art Club...
Chief Executive Officer, London Sustainability Exchange, 2006–18
Member (Lab) Stirling, Scottish Parliament, 1999–2007
CBE 2021 (MBE 2011); PhD; FRS 2018; FRSE
Professor of Experimental Physics, since 2006, Director, Institute for Gravitational Research, since 2009, and Chair of Natural Philosophy, since 2019, University of Glasgow; Chief Scientific Adviser to Scottish Government (part-time secondment), 2016–21; President, Institute of Physics, since 2021
ONZ 2002; GCMG 1990; GCVO 1995; DBE 1985; QSO 1996
Governor-General of New Zealand, 1990–96