Masters The Mastership of Churchill College is a
Crown appointment. To date the college has had eight masters: The appointment of microbiologist Professor
Sharon Peacock CBE FMedSci MRCP as 8th Master, with effect from October 2024, was announced in October 2023.
Notable fellows See also :Category:Fellows of Churchill College, Cambridge •
Raymond Allchin – British archaeologist and Indologist •
Michael Ashburner – Biologist, former head of the
European Bioinformatics Institute and the
European Molecular Biology Laboratory •
John Arundel Barnes – Social anthropologist •
Correlli Barnett – Military historian •
Jacques Barzun – Historian and cultural critic; (Extraordinary Fellow at Churchill while also Provost, Dean of Graduate studies, and Dean of Faculties at Columbia.) •
Piers Brendon – Writer and historian •
Edward Bullard – Geophysicist, former head of the
National Physical Laboratory •
Edward Craig – Philosopher •
James Fox – Art historian and broadcaster •
George Gamow – Cosmologist (overseas fellow) •
Mark Goldie – Professor of Intellectual History •
Douglas Gough - Pioneer of helioseismology •
Priya Gopal – Teaching fellow in colonial and postcolonial literature •
Frank Hahn – Economist •
Archie Howie – Physicist •
Richard Keynes – Physiologist •
Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge – Engineer, former Vice-Chancellor of
Aston University •
John Kinsella – Poet and novelist •
Nigel Knight – Economist and political scientist •
Matthew Kramer – Political and legal and moral philosopher •
David Luscombe – Medieval historian •
C. B. Macpherson – Political scientist •
Peter Murray-Rust – Chemist •
David Newbery – Economist •
David Olive – Physicist •
Nick Petford – Geologist and Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Northampton •
Roy Porter – Historian and prolific author •
Stephen Roskill – Naval historian •
Andrew Sinclair – Historian, novelist and journalist •
C. P. Snow – Physicist and novelist •
Franz Sondheimer – Organic chemist •
George Steiner – Literary critic and linguistic theorist (Extraordinary Fellow at Churchill) •
Sir Colin St John Wilson – Architect •
Sir David Spiegelhalter – Statistician •
Dick Tizard – Engineer •
Frank Gibbs Torto – Chemist •
Melissa Hines – Neuroscientist •
Stuart Warren – Organic chemist •
Chandra Wickramasinghe – Physicist and Astrobiologist •
Michael Young – Sociologist and politician •
Ghil'ad Zuckermann – Linguist and revivalist •
Sander van der Linden – Psychologist
Nobel laureates Churchill College counts 32
Nobel Prize winners amongst its Fellowship, with nine awards in
Physics, eight in
Physiology/Medicine, seven in
Economics, and four each in
Chemistry and
Literature. •
Philip Anderson (Overseas Fellow 1961–62): Physics, 1977 -
Electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems •
Kenneth Arrow (Overseas Fellow 1963–64, 1970, 1973, 1986; Honorary Fellow 2012): Economics, 1972 -
Contributions to general economic equilibrium theory and welfare theory •
Felix Bloch (Overseas Fellow 1967): Physics, 1952 -
New methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements •
Sir Winston Churchill (Founder; Honorary Fellow 1965-66): Literature, 1953 -
Mastery of historical and biographical description as well as brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values •
Sir John Cockcroft (First Master 1960–67): Physics, 1951 -
The transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles •
Francis Crick (Fellow 1960–62; Honorary Fellow 1965–2004): Physiology/Medicine, 1962 -
Co–discovering the structure of DNA •
Gérard Debreu (Overseas Fellow 1972): Economics, 1983 -
New analytical methods in economic theory and reformulation of the theory of general equilibrium •
Angus Deaton (Overseas Fellow 1990–91): Economics, 2015 -
Analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare •
Peter Diamond (Overseas Fellow 1965–66): Economics, 2010 -
Analysis of markets with search frictions •
Sir Robert Edwards (Fellow 1979–2013): Physiology/Medicine, 2010 -
The development of in–vitro fertilisation •
Murray Gell-Mann (Overseas Fellow 1966): Physics, 1969 -
Work on the theory of elementary particles •
Vitaly Ginzburg (Overseas Fellow 1967): Physics, 2003 -
Contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids •
Sir John Gurdon (Fellow 1973–95; Honorary Fellow 2007–present): Physiology/Medicine, 2012 -
The discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent •
Oliver Hart (Fellow 1975-81): Economics, 2016 -
For work in the field of contracts •
Antony Hewish (Fellow 1961–2021): Physics, 1974 -
Development of radio aperture synthesis and its role in the discovery of pulsars •
Roald Hoffmann (Overseas Fellow 1978): Chemistry, 1981 -
Theory concerning the course of chemical reactions •
Pyotr Kapitsa (Honorary Fellow 1976–84): Physics, 1978 -
Inventions and discoveries in the area of low–temperature physics •
James Watson (Overseas Fellow 1962): Physiology/Medicine, 1962 -
Co–discovering the structure of DNA •
Har Gobind Khorana (Overseas Fellow 1967): Physiology/Medicine, 1968 -
Interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis •
Arthur Kornberg (Overseas Fellow 1970): Physiology/Medicine, 1959 -
Discovery of mechanisms in the biological synthesis of DNA •
William Lipscomb (Overseas Fellow 1966): Chemistry, 1976 -
Studies on the structure of boranes illuminating problems of chemical bonding •
Mario Vargas Llosa (Overseas Fellow 1977–78; Honorary Fellow 2012–present): Literature, 2010 - ''Cartography of structures of power and trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat'' •
Eric Maskin (Overseas Fellow 1980–82): Economics, 2007 -
Laying the foundations of mechanism design theory •
Sir Paul Nurse (Honorary Fellow 2010–present): Physiology/Medicine, 2001 -
Discoveries of key regulators of the cell cycle •
Octavio Paz (Overseas Fellow 1970): Literature, 1990 -
Impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterised by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity •
Robert Solow (Overseas Fellow 1983–84): Economics, 1987 -
Contributions to the theory of economic growth •
Wole Soyinka (Overseas Fellow 1973–74; Honorary Fellow 2012–present): Literature, 1986 -
In a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones he fashions the drama of existence •
David Thouless (Fellow 1961–65): Physics, 2016 -
Theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter •
Alec Todd (Founder Trustee; Honorary Fellow 1991–97): Chemistry, 1957 -
Work on nucleotides and nucleotide co–enzymes •
Roger Y. Tsien (Postgraduate 1972–76; Honorary Fellow 2009–16): Chemistry, 2008 -
The discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein •
George Wald (Overseas Fellow 1963–64): Physiology/Medicine, 1967 -
Discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye •
Ernest Walton (By–Fellow 1972; Honorary Fellow 1989–95): Physics, 1951 -
The transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles Notable alumni See also :Category:Alumni of Churchill College, Cambridge Bjarne Stroustrup •
Kari Blackburn –
BBC World Service executive •
Baroness Brinton –
Liberal Democrat peer •
Nick Brown – Principal of
Linacre College, Oxford •
Michael Burrows – inventor of the first internet search machine, Alta Vista •
Peter Fincham – former controller,
BBC1 • Sir
Christopher Frayling – writer and educationalist •
Mike Gascoyne – Chief technical officer of the
Caterham F1 Formula One team • Sir
Peter Gershon – author of the
Gershon Review, chairman of
Premier Farnell and
Symbian Ltd. •
John Gladwin –
Bishop of Chelmsford and Chair of
Citizens Advice •
Catherine Green – biologist who worked on the production of the
Oxford–AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine •
Michael Green –
Lucasian Professor of Mathematics •
Charlie Hannaford –
England rugby player •
Geoffrey M. Heal –
Columbia University environmental economist •
Roger Helmer –
UK Independence Party MEP •
Tim Jenkinson – Professor of Finance at the
Saïd Business School •
Geoffrey King – geophysicist known for his work on
Earthquake prediction •
Michael Li – Founder,
The Data Incubator and data scientist •
Diarmaid MacCulloch – Historian •
Viscount Monckton – former Deputy leader of UKIP and policy advisor to
Margaret Thatcher •
Christine E. Morris – Andrew A. David Professor in Greek Archaeology and History at
Trinity College Dublin •
Simeon Nyachae –
Kenyan minister and
2002 presidential candidate •
Brendan O'Neill – business executive •
James Owen – Theoretical Astrophysicist •
Andrew Parker – former
Lord Chamberlain and
Director General of the
Security Service (MI5) • •
Luke Roberts – comedian •
Philip Sales –
Supreme Court Justice •
Mark Smith – Academic, Vice-Chancellor of
Lancaster University •
Ian Stewart – Mathematician •
Gavin Strang –
Labour Member of Parliament (MP) •
Bjarne Stroustrup – inventor of
C++ •
Sir John Stuttard – a
Lord Mayor of London •
Fabian Tassano – Economist and author •
Geoffrey Thomas – Former President of
Kellogg College, Oxford •
Geoff Travis – Founder of
Rough Trade Records label and shops •
Neil Turok – Mathematician •
Stephen Tweedie – Software developer •
Peter Wadhams – Oceanographer and glaciologist •
Rick Warden – Actor
Band of Brothers,
Rome •
Jeremy Warmsley – musician == See also ==