Notable alumni Officers Principals of University College, Reading •
Sir Halford John Mackinder (1892–1903) •
William Macbride Childs (1903–1926)
Chancellors of the University of Reading •
J. H. Benyon (1926–1935) •
Sir Austen Chamberlain (1935–1937) •
Sir John Madejski (2007–2016) •
Paul Lindley (2022–Present)
Vice-Chancellors of the University of Reading •
William Macbride Childs (1926–1929) •
Sir Frank Stenton (1946–1950) •
Sir John Wolfenden (1950–1963) •
Sir Harry Raymond Pitt (1964–1978) •
Ewan Page (1979–1993) •
Sir Roger Williams (1993–2002) •
Gordon Marshall (2003 – July 2011) •
Tony Downes (acting; July 2011 – January 2012) •
Sir David Bell (January 2012 – September 2018) •
Robert Van de Noort (August 2018 – Present)
Notable academics •
Stanislav Andreski – was a professor of
Sociology at the University of Reading •
Malcolm Barber – Emeritus Professor of History, University of Reading •
Dianne Berry – Professor of Psychology and Dean of Postgraduate Research Studies at the University of Reading •
James Anthony Betts - inaugural Professor of Fine Arts at the University of Reading (1934-1963) •
Emily Black - Professor of Meteorology at the University of Reading and a senior research fellow in National Centre for Atmospheric Science (Climate) •
Humphry Bowen – Reader in Analytical Chemistry at the University of Reading •
Nicola Bradbury – Lecturer in English Literature at the University of Reading •
William de Burgh – Professor of Philosophy, University of Reading •
Mark Casson – Professor of
Economics, University of Reading •
Susanne Clausen – Professor of Fine Art, University of Reading •
Francis Cole – Professor of
Zoology, University of Reading •
Howard Colquhoun – Professor of
Materials Chemistry, University of Reading •
John Cottingham – Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Reading •
Neil Crosby – Professor of Real Estate, University of Reading •
Jonathan Dancy – Professor of Philosophy, University of Reading •
Michael Drew – Professor of
Chemistry, University of Reading •
Christopher Duggan – was Professor of Modern Italian History, University of Reading •
Antony Flew – was Emeritus Professor of Philosophy, University of Reading •
Rosa Freedman – Professor of law, conflict, and global development •
Sir Terry Frost – was Professor of Fine Art, University of Reading •
Michael Fulford – Professor of
Archaeology and Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University of Reading •
Colin S. Gray – Professor of
International Relations and
Strategic Studies, University of Reading •
Edward Guggenheim – was a
thermodynamicist and professor of chemistry at the University of Reading •
Andrew Gurr – was a professor of English at the University of Reading until his retirement and is a leading authority on Shakespeare •
Katherine Harloe - Professor of Classics, expert on classical reception, in particular the classicist and art historian
Johann Joachim Winckelmann •
Beatrice Heuser – Professor of
International Relations, University of Reading •
Gustav Holst – former lecturer in Music at University College, Reading •
Brad Hooker – Professor of Philosophy, University of Reading •
Harold Hopkins – was a professor of
Applied Physical Optics at the University of Reading •
Sir Brian Hoskins – Professor of
Meteorology, University of Reading and Director of the
Grantham Institute for Climate Change,
Imperial College London •
Vitaliy Khutoryanskiy – Professor of Formulation Science and Royal Society Industry Fellow •
Mary Lewis – Professor of Bioarchaeology, University of Reading •
Michael Lockwood – Professor of Space Environment Physics, University of Reading •
William Burley Lockwood – Professor of Germanic and Indo-European Philology 1968–1982 •
Andrew Mangham, professor of English literature •
J-P Mayer – Professor Emeritus, editor of the works of
Alexis de Tocqueville and founder of the Tocqueville Research Centre at the university •
Roger W. Mills – Emeritus Professor of Finance, University of Reading •
Edith Morley – Professor of English, University College, Reading: the first woman appointed (1908) to a chair at a British university-level institution. •
Helene Muri – Norwegian
climate scientist •
Crispin St. J. A. Nash-Williams – was a professor of
Mathematics at the University of Reading •
David S. Oderberg – Professor of Philosophy, University of Reading •
Frank R. Palmer – Emeritus Professor of the Linguistic Science, University of Reading •
Richard Rado – was a professor of
Mathematics at the University of Reading •
Peter Robinson – poet, poetry editor at
Two Rivers Press, and Professor of English and American literature at the University of Reading •
Michael N. Schmitt – Professor of International Law, University of Reading •
Ted Shepherd – Grantham Professor of Climate Science, elected Fellow of the Royal Society •
Hugh Macdonald Sinclair – pioneer of human nutrition and visiting professor in Food Science at the University of Reading •
Keith Shine – Professor of
Meteorology, University of Reading •
Jeremy Paul Edward Spencer - Professor of Molecular Nutrition, University of Reading •
Sir Frank Stenton – was a professor of History at the University of Reading •
Galen Strawson – Professor of Philosophy, University of Reading •
Percy and
Annie Ure – husband and wife team. Percy was the first professor of classics at Reading and Annie was the curator of the
Ure Museum of Greek Archaeology •
Magdalen Dorothea Vernon – Professor of psychology, first woman to head the department •
Andrew Wallace-Hadrill – Director of the
British School at Rome and professor of
Classics, University of Reading •
Kevin Warwick – former Professor of
Cybernetics, University of Reading •
Stuart Woolf - Reader in Italian from 1965 to 1974 == See also ==