This is a list of notable academics related to the University of Birmingham and its predecessors, Mason Science College and Queen's College, Birmingham. This page includes those who work or have worked as lecturers, readers, professors, fellows, and researchers at Birmingham University. Administrators are included only in exceptional cases. Those who are/were academics of the university as well as alumni are included on the list of University of Birmingham alumni.
Sir Paul Nurse 2001 Nobel Prize in Physiology President of the Royal Society
Name | Year | Prize | Affiliation | Reference |
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Robert Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood | 1937 | Nobel Peace Prize | University Chancellor, 1918–1944 | [1] |
Sir Norman Haworth | 1937 | Nobel Prize in Chemistry | Professor, 1925–1948 | [2] |
Sir Peter Medawar | 1960 | Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine | Professor of Zoology, 1947–51 | [3][4] |
John Robert Schrieffer | 1972 | Nobel Prize in Physics | NSF Fellow at Birmingham University, 1957 | [5] |
David J. Thouless | 2016 | Nobel Prize in Physics | Professor of Mathematical Physics, 1965-1978 | [6] |
John M. Kosterlitz | 2016 | Nobel Prize in Physics | Fellow, 1970. Professor, 1974-1982 | [6] |
Fraser Stoddart | 2016 | Nobel Prize in Chemistry | Head of the School of Chemistry, 1990-1997 | [7] |