Leeds Modern School - Notable Former Pupils

Notable Former Pupils

See also: Category:People educated at Leeds Modern School

• Bernard Atha, Chairman from 1974-2007 of Leeds Playhouse
• Author and playwright Alan Bennett
• Prof John Birkinshaw, Professor of Biochemistry from 1956-62 at the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine
• Prof David Blackbourn, Professor of History since 1992 at Harvard University
• Robert Blackburn, founder of Blackburn Aircraft
• Wing Commander Sir Eric Bullus, Conservative MP from 1950-74 for Wembley North
• Donald Burton MBE, Professor of Leather Industries from 1951-9 at the University of Leeds, and President from 1942-5 of the Society of Leather Technologists and Chemists
• Michael Butterfield, Chief Executive from 1975-86 of the National Association of Youth Clubs
• Henry Carr, painter
• John Cobb CBE, Livesey Professor of Coal Gas and Fuel Industries from 1912-38 at the University of Leeds
• TV presenter and journalist John Craven
• Henry Drysdale Dakin, biochemist, known for Dakin oxidation and the Dakin–West reaction
• Harry Dawson, Professor of Physical Chemistry from 1919-39 at the University of Leeds
• Prof Michael Depledge, Professor of Environment and Human Health since 2007 at the Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry
• Gordon Hainsworth, Chief Education Officer from 1983-8 for Manchester
• Prof Andrew Harvey, Professor of Econometrics since 1996 at the University of Cambridge
• Martin Kettle, journalist
• Prof Philip Levy, Professor of Psychology from 1972-94 at the University of Lancaster, President from 1978-9 of the British Psychological Society, and Editor from 1975-80 of the British Journal of Mathematical and Statistical Psychology
• Prof Douglas McCandlish, Professor of Leather Industries from 1919-49 at the University of Leeds
• James Milner, 1st Baron Milner of Leeds, Labour MP from 1929-51 for Leeds South East
• Ronald Peacock, Professor of German from 1962-75 at Bedford College (London)
• Bob Peck, actor
• Sir Gordon Radley CBE, Director-General from 1955-60 of the GPO
• Peter Ridsdale, former chairman of Leeds United.
• Prof Wallace Robson, Masson Professor of English Literature from 1972-90 at the University of Edinburgh
• Guy Schofield, Editor from 1950-55 of the Daily Mail
• Dr John Seddon, aerodynamicist
• Sir Douglas Smith KCB, Chairman of Acas from 1987–92
• Gordon Stowell, Editor from 1941-44 of the Radio Times
• Stanley Tiffany CBE, Labour MP from 1945-50 for Peterborough, and Leader of Wakefield Borough Council from 1952–67
• Herbert Hall Turner, astronomer and Savilian Professor of Astronomy from 1893-1930 at the University of Oxford
• Brian Woledge, Fielden Professor of French from 1939-71 at University College London
• John Musgrave-Wood, Emmwood cartoonist from 1969-75 for the Daily Mail (prior to Mac - Stanley McMurtry)
• Prof Arthur Wormall, Professor of Biochemistry from 1936-63 at St Bartholomew’s Hospital Medical College