REPORT 2018-19

The annual report of Trinity College, Oxford

CONTENTS

The Trinity Community Obituaries

President’s Report 2 Peter Brown 63 The Fellowship and Lecturers 4 Sir Fergus Millar 65 Fellows’ News 8 Justin Cartwright 67 REPORT 2018-19 Members of Staff 15 Bill Sloper 69 New Undergraduates 17 Old Members 70 New Postgraduates 18 Degrees, Schools Results and Awards 19 Reviews The annual report of Trinity College, Oxford

The College Year Book Review 91 On the cover Some of the JCR Access Senior Tutor’s Report 25 Ambassadors and helpers Outreach & Access Report 26 Notes and Information at an Open Day for Estate Bursar’s Report 28 potential applicants Information for Old Members 92 Domestic Bursar’s Report 30 Inside front cover Editor’s note 92 Director of Development’s Report 31 Old Members attending Benefactors 33 the Women at Trinity day in September, which marked Library Report 41 the 40th anniversary of the Archive Report 47 admission of women Garden Report 51

Junior Members

JCR Report 54 MCR Report 55 Clubs and Societies 56 Blues 62

1 THE TRINITY COMMUNITY President’s Report Marta Kwiatkowska, Professorial Fellow in Computing Systems, was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in recognition of her outstanding s I write this report, work on contribution to the field of computer the new building means that science, with further recognition Athe college estate is being through the award of the prestigious transformed around us with a fairly constant low-level rumble of earth- moving equipment. Following planning ‘Trinity’s Fellowship has permission gained in October 2018, again distinguished itself we moved swiftly to detailed designs, with a raft of awards.’ demolition and preparation of the site, through to the start of the construction Lovelace Medal. Professor Janet phase which is now underway. Students Pierrehumbert was elected as a have adapted with great goodwill to Member of the US National Academy the large temporary building on the of Sciences, acknowledging her north lawn and are making full use contribution to the language sciences. of the good-sized seminar room and This recognition of two of our bright study area. Where Staircase 4 distinguished women Fellows was a once stood, most of the land is now 50 per cent or more of Trinity’s students cause of celebration for our whole prepared for the start of construction obtained Firsts. We also had some of academic body. and Oxford Archaeology staff are the top-performing students across the Trinity’s Fellowship has again carrying out excavations of the site. I University, with students in the top 3 per distinguished itself with a raft of can report—with some relief—that cent in Biochemistry, Engineering and awards. To highlight just a few: their finds to-date have amounted to a English. Charlotte Williams, Professor of small carved building stone, a sizeable Of course, our students do much Inorganic Chemistry was awarded collection of broken clay smoking pipes more besides studying and the following the Macro Group UK Medal, and a Kellogg’s cereal packet toy dating pages document a lively year for clubs awarded annually to a UK-based from the 1950s! and societies in which Trinity students scientist who has made a significant Against that backdrop, college life has have played an active part. We are and substantial contribution to the continued with no loss of momentum increasingly alert to the need to ensure development of polymer science. and it is good to report on a productive that students maintain a healthy James McDougall, Fellow and and successful year. equilibrium, balancing their academic Tutor in History, was joint winner In Finals, of our 84 finalists, 28 gained work with participation in the full range of the British-Kuwait Friendship Firsts, 52 gained 2:1s and four gained of experiences that Oxford offers. Society Book Prize in Middle Eastern 2:2s. In some subjects Trinity students Among the many remarkable Studies for his book, A History of enjoyed a very strong year, in particular achievements of our Fellows this Algeria; Susan Perkin was awarded a Biochemistry, Law and Maths, in which year, two merit a special mention. Professorial title in the Recognition

2 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 of Distinction exercise 2019; and humanitarian law, human rights, and experience in the Middle East and Dame Frances Ashcroft received international criminal law. Central Asia. In early career roles we the Jacob Henle Medal, awarded Amongst other Honorary Visiting welcomed Junior Research Fellows by the Georg-August University in Fellows, Dame Sally Davies took up Máire Ní Leathlobhair (Biomedical Göttingen, Germany, which recognizes the role of Master of Trinity College, Sciences) and Alexandra Reza (French outstanding, medically relevant Cambridge; and world-renowned and Portuguese) in Michaelmas term, scientific achievements in physiology violinist, Maxim Vengerov, generously while Karol Masur (Economics) and and medicine. Mention must also and memorably performed an exquisite Xavier Bach (Linguistics) were elected be made of Steve Fisher, Fellow in concert in the Ashmolean Museum to to Junior Research Fellowships from Political Sociology: throughout the support our fundraising for the Levine October 2019. Building. The final events of Trinity’s At the end of the academic year, commemoration of the First World War ‘There was great we bade farewell to two academics took place in November, concluding excitement...when we at very different points in their a four-year series of events, lectures careers. Pranav Singh, Junior Research and Newsletter articles. College realised that our newest Fellow in Mathematics left with our Archivist, Clare Hopkins, presented Honorary Fellow was to be congratulations and warmest wishes to a lecture, ‘We Will Remember Them: appointed Poet Laureate!’ take up a lecturer’s post at the University a century of commemoration’, which of Bath. Senior Fellow, Professor was followed on Remembrance Sunday long-drawn-out deliberations about Bryan Ward-Perkins retired following by an Archive Exhibition, ‘Trinity, the Brexit, punctuated by another General a long and highly distinguished career. Armistice and after’. A moving tribute Election, Steve has provided an Bryan joined Trinity in 1981 and served in photography, ‘Their Name Liveth for informed commentary to BBC Radio 4 as History Fellow, in which role he Evermore: commemorating Trinity’s listeners, helping to elucidate each new nurtured the development of countless Fallen’, presented a poignant series of development and poll. students. He also had significant photographs by undergraduate Maddie In May 2019 we were delighted to influence across the college, serving Parr, who travelled to photograph the announce the election of the writer and in numerous capacities, including as graves and memorials of some of the poet, Simon Armitage, as an Honorary Fellow Librarian, Senior Tutor and Trinity men killed in the War—the Fellow, to coincide with the end of his Fellow Archivist, but the list is much project was generously sponsored by four-year term as Oxford Professor of longer. The Fellowship was delighted the Trinity Society. The final event was Poetry. There was great excitement to acknowledge his achievements and a special Armistice Evensong, which across the college when we realised that contribution to Trinity in electing him began with a reading of the full roll of our newest Honorary Fellow was to be to an Emeritus Fellowship. service: the fallen and those who came appointed Poet Laureate! Fanny Bessard was elected as Fellow home. In June, the Governing Body elected and Tutor in Eurasian History, coming The Director of Development, Sue the United Nations War Crimes to Trinity from the University of Bristol. Broers, and I undertook visits to Hong Tribunal Judge, Theodor Meron, as an Dr Bessard is a historian of early Kong, Singapore and five cities in North Honorary Visiting Fellow. Judge Meron and classical Islam and a practicing America where we met Old Members, is a leading scholar of international archaeologist with a decade of field of various generations, and Friends. In

3 THE TRINITY COMMUNITY total we met around 150 alumni and professionalism and commitment to the The Fellowship Friends and shared Trinity’s plans for many different aspects of life at Trinity; the future, whilst also learning about to Jonas Sandbrink and Said Said 2018-19 the fascinating careers and life stories of (respectively JCR and MCR Presidents) Trinity’s alumni across the world. for their unstinting work and collegiate President* Although each college within the approach; to Alexandra Evans, who Dame Hilary Boulding, DBE, MA Oxf, collegiate University is autonomous, we brings organisation and order to the FLSW FRWCMD also work collaboratively on a number President’s Office; to our alumni and of issues that affect the whole University. other supporters for their generosity Fellows* One of these shared aims is to ensure and encouragement; and to our student Professor Bryan Ward-Perkins, MA that the University reaches the widest community, who in their myriad and DPhil Oxf: Fellow and Tutor in Modern range of potential applicants. Trinity’s diverse ways, make Trinity the wonderful History, Fellow Archivist ‘link areas’ in the UK are Oxfordshire community it is today. Dr Steve Sheard, BSc PhD Lond, MA Oxf, and the North East of England. Under MIET, CEng: Hunt-Grubbe Fellow and the leadership of Hannah Rolley, Tutor in Engineering Science Trinity’s Head of Access, over the course of the year, we delivered or supported Professor Peter Read, BSc Birm, MA Oxf, a total of 192 outreach events and PhD Camb: Fellow and Tutor in Physics Dame Hilary Boulding, DBE worked with over 5,000 school pupils, Professor Dame Frances Ashcroft, DBE, either in Trinity itself, or in their home MA PhD ScD Camb, MA Oxf, FRS: regions. Much of our work is targeted Royal Society SmithKline Beecham at teachers to ensure that they are well- Professor of Physiology equipped to support students to submit Professor Justin Wark, MA Oxf, PhD competitive applications to highly Lond: Fellow and Tutor in Physics selective universities. Professor Jan Czernuszka, BSc Lond, MA Early in the new academic year, we Oxf, PhD Camb: Fellow and Tutor in were saddened to learn of the death of Materials Science Canon Trevor Williams. Trevor was Chaplain and Tutorial Fellow at Trinity Professor Martin Maiden, MA MPhil from 1970 to 2005, following which PhD Camb, MA Oxf, FBA: Professor of he was elected as Emeritus Fellow and Romance Languages maintained almost daily contact with Professor Louis Mahadevan, BSc New the college when he lived in Oxford. He Delhi, MSc PhD Lond, MA Oxf: Fellow had a positive impact on so many lives. and Tutor in Biochemistry, Vice-President A full tribute will appear in the next Professor Alexander Korsunsky, BSc MSc Report and a memorial service will be Moscow, MA DPhil Oxf, CPhys, MInstP: held at Trinity in spring 2020. Fellow and Tutor in Engineering It remains for me to record my thanks Science to all my colleagues at Trinity for their

4 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 Dr Keith Buckler, BSc Lond, MA Oxf, Dr Paul Fairchild, BA Leic, DPhil Oxf: Professor Katherine Ibbett, BA Oxf, MA PhD Newc: Fellow and Tutor in Medicine Fellow and Tutor in Pathology PhD Berkeley: Caroline de Jager Fellow and Tutor in French Mr Nick Barber, BCL MA Oxf: Wyatt Dr Anil Gomes, BA BPhil DPhil Oxf: Rushton Fellow and Tutor in Law Fellow and Tutor in Philosophy Mrs Lynne Adam, BA Westmin: Domestic Bursar (from August) Dr Kantik Ghosh, BA Calcutta, MPhil Dr Gail Trimble, MA MSt DPhil Oxf: PhD Camb, MA Oxf: Stirling-Boyd Brown Fellow and Tutor in Classics Fellow and Tutor in English Senior Research Fellow Dr María del Pilar Blanco, BA William Professor Janet Pierrehumbert, BA Dr Stephen Fisher, MA DPhil Oxf, MSc and Mary, MA PhD New York: Fellow Harvard, PhD MIT: Professor of S’ton: Fellow and Tutor in Politics and Tutor in Spanish Language Modelling Professor Peter McCulloch, MB ChB Dr Michael Moody, BSc Adelaide, PhD Aberd, MA Oxf, MD Edin, FRCS, FRCS South Australia: Fellow and Tutor in Research Fellows Glas: Professor of Surgical Science and Materials Science Dr Sam Vinko, BSc MSc URTV, DPhil Practice Professor Susan Perkin, BA DPhil Oxf: Oxf: Physics The Revd Canon Dr Emma Percy, BA Fellow and Tutor in Physical Chemistry Dr Beatrice Groves, BA Camb, MSt DPhil Durh, MA Camb, MA Oxf, PhD Nott: Dr Ian Hewitt, MMath DPhil Oxf: Fellow Oxf: English Chaplain, Welfare Dean and Tutor in Applied Mathematics Professor Johannes Zachhuber, MA MSt Mrs Sue Broers, BA PGCE Leeds, MA Junior Research Fellows DPhil Oxf: Fellow and Tutor in Theology Oxf: Director of Development Dr Carla Perez Martinez, BS MS PhD Professor Kim Nasmyth, BA York, MA MIT: Chemistry Professor Andrea Ferrero, BA Bocconi, Oxf, PhD Edin, FRS: Whitley Professor of Dr Pranav Singh*, BTech MTech Delhi, MSc Barcelona, MA Oxf, PhD New York: Biochemistry MA PhD Camb: Mathematics Levine Fellow and Tutor in Economics Dr Stefano-Maria Evangelista, BA East Dr Linford Briant, MSci PhD Brist: Professor Christopher Butler, MB ChB Ang, MA Lond, MA MSt DPhil Oxf: Biomedical Sciences Cape Town, BA Rhodes, MD Wales, Hon Fellow and Tutor in English, Fellow FFPH, FRCGP, MRCGR: Professor of Dr Andrea Dolcetti, MA PhD Genoa, Librarian Primary Healthcare MSt DPhil Oxf: Constitutional Law Professor Marta Kwiatkowska, BSc Dr Melanie Rupflin, DrSc DiplMath Dr Mathew Stracy, MSc Imp, MSci Nott, MSc Cracow, MA Oxf, PhD Leic, FRS: Zurich: Fellow and Tutor in Pure DPhil Oxf: Biochemistry Professor of Computing Systems Mathematics Dr Tristan Franklinos†, MA St Andrew’s, Professor James McDougall, MA St And, Professor Charlotte Williams, BSc PhD MPhil DPhil Oxf: Classics, Dean of Degrees MSt DPhil Oxf: Laithwaite Fellow and Lond: Fellow and Tutor in Chemistry Tutor in History, Dean Dr Anna Lampadaridi, MA Athens, Mr Luke Rostill, BA BCL MPhil Oxf: Maîtrise PhD Paris IV: History Professor Valerie Worth, MA DPhil PGCE Fellow and Tutor in Property Law Oxf: Senior Tutor, Professor of French Dr Máire Ní Leathlobhair*, MASt PhD Ms Jo Roadknight, BA Oxf Brookes, MA Camb: Biomedical Sciences Professor Francis Barr, BSc Lond, Oxf: Domestic Bursar (to end October) Dr Alexandra Reza*, BA Camb, MPhil PhD EMBL Heidelberg: E P Abraham DPhil Oxf: French Professor of Mechanistic Cell Biology Mr Chris Ferguson, BA Oxf, MSc Sur, ACMA: Estates Bursar †Also a Lecturer in the same subject

5 THE TRINITY COMMUNITY Dr Elizabeth Finneron-Burns, BA Queen’s Dr Claudia Pazos-Alonso, MA Lond, MA Honorary Visiting Fellows Professor Dame Sally Davies, MB ChB Canada, MSc LSE, MSc DPhil Oxf: DPhil Oxf: Portuguese Political Theory Manc, MSc Lond, FRS, Chief Medical Dr Penny Probert-Smith, PhD Camb: Officer for England Dr Jessica Frazier, BA PhD Camb, MSt Engineering Oxf: Theology Mrs Mica Ertegun, CBE, Founder of the Dr Duncan Robertson, BSc Imp Lond, University of Oxford Ertegun Graduate Dr Helen Fronius, MA MSt PGCE DPhil MA DPhil Oxf: Management Scholarship Programme Oxf: German Dr Darren Sarisky, BA North Carolina, Professor Maxim Vengerov, Menuhin Dr Guadalupe Gerardi, Licenciatura MDiv Trinity International, ThM Duke, Professor of Music; Goodwill Complutense University Madrid, PhD PhD Aberd: Theology Ambassador, UNICEF; Artist in UCL: Spanish Residence, Oxford Philharmonic Dr Helen Scott, BA LLB Cape Town, BCL Orchestra Ms Cosima Gillhammer, Magister MPhil DPhil Oxf: Law Staatsexamen Munich: English Judge Theodor Meron, LLM PhD Dr Elina Screen, BA MPhil PhD Camb: Harvard, United Nations War Crimes Dr Peter Haarer, BA Brist, DPhil Oxf: History Ancient History Tribunal Judge and Visiting Professor Dr Dean Sheppard, MChem DPhil Oxf: of International Criminal Law, Oxford Dr Francesco Hautmann, PhD Florence: Chemistry University. Physics Mr Jerome Simons, BSc BA Johns *The Governing Body comprises the Dr Anna Hoerder-Suabedissen, BSc Lanc, Hopkins, MPhil Oxf: Economics President, Fellows and those Junior MSc DPhil Oxf: Medicine Research Fellows indicated by an asterisk. Dr Susannah Speller, MEng DPhil Oxf: Dr Felix Hofmann, MEng DPhil Oxf: Materials Engineering Dr John Stanley, MA DPhil Oxf: Lecturers 2018-19‡ Dr Alexandros Kampakoglou, BA Biochemistry Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, MSt Dr Tom Ainsworth, BA BPhil DPhil Oxf: Dr Pierre Vila, BA BMBCh Oxf: Medicine DPhil Oxf: Classics Philosophy Mrs Renée Williams, MA Oxf, L es L Dr Adrian Kendal, BA BM BCh DPhil Dr Aurelia Annat, BA York, PGCE MA Paris: French Oxf: Medicine Lond, DPhil Oxf: History Dr Stephen Wright, BA PhD Sheff, MA Mr John Kenny, BSc University of Cork, Dr Richard Ashdowne, MA MPhil DPhil KCL: Philosophy MPhil Oxf: Politics Oxf: Linguistics ‡Names are listed of the Lecturers who Dr James Larkin, MBiochem Oxf, PhD Dr Vanessa Berenguer-Rico, BS Barcelona, have taught for the whole academic year; Warw: Biochemistry MS PhD Charles III Madrid: Economics the college gratefully acknowledges the Dr Dorota Leczykiewicz, DPhil Oxf: Law contribution of all Lecturers during the Dr Michael Chappell, MEng DPhil Oxf: year. Engineering Dr David Maw, MA DPhil Oxf: Music Dr Tamás Dávid-Barrett, MA Budapest, Professor Lynda Mugglestone, MA DPhil MPhil Camb, PhD Lond: Economics Oxf: English Dr Julian Fells, BEng UCL, PhD Bath: Ms Genevieve Nelson, MA Edin, MPhil Engineering Oxf: Economics

6 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 Emeritus, Honorary The Revd Canon Trevor Williams, MA Oxf Sir Roger Gifford, MA Oxf Professor Martin Goodman, MA DPhil and Sir Thomas Pope Honorary Fellows DLitt Oxf, FBA Professor Simon Armitage, CBE, BA Port, Fellows 2018-19 MA Manc, Hon DLitt Hudd, Hon DLitt Sir Charles Gray, QC, MA Oxf Leeds, Hon DLitt Port, Hon DLitt Shef Professor Sir Malcolm Green, BM BCh Hallam, DUniv Open, FRSL (elected in BSc MA DM Oxf, FRCP, FMed Sci Emeritus Fellows May, formerly Honorary Visiting Fellow) Dr Michael Brown, BSc MA DM Oxf Sir Christopher Hogg, MA Oxf The Rt Revd John Arnold, MA Oxf, Mr Peter Brown, MA Oxf (ob. November Barrister at Law, JCD Sir Brian Jenkins, GBE, MA Oxf, FCA, 2018) FRSA The Lord Ashburton, KG, KCVO, MA Dr Peter Carey, MBE, MA DPhil Oxf Oxf Professor Martin Kemp, MA Camb, MA Mr Jack Collin, MB BS Newc, MD Oxf, Oxf, Hon DLitt Heriot- Watt, FRSA, The Hon Michael J Beloff, QC, MA Oxf, FRCS HRSA, FBA, FRSE, Hon RIAS, FRSSU FRSA, FICPD Professor Russell Egdell, MA DPhil Oxf Mr Peter Levine, MA Oxf Mr Richard Bernays, MA Oxf Dr Clive Griffin, MA DPhil Oxf Professor Sir Andrew McMichael, MA Professor Dinah Birch, CBE, MA DPhil BChir MB Camb, PhD Lond, FRS Professor Gus Hancock, MA Dub, MA Oxf, FEA Oxf, PhD Camb The Hon Sir William Macpherson of Mr Julian (Toby) Blackwell, DL, Hon Cluny and Blairgowrie, TD, MA Oxf Dr Dorothy Horgan, MA PhD Manc, MA DLitt Robt Gor, DUniv Sheff Hallam, Oxf Hon DBA Oxf Brookes Ms Kate Mavor, MA Oxf, DUniv Mr Michael Inwood, MA Oxf The Rt Revd Ronald Bowlby, MA Oxf Professor Sir Fergus Millar, MA DPhil DLitt Oxf, FBA, FSA (ob. July 2019) Dr Michael Jenkins, BSc Brist, MA DPhil Sir Hugo Brunner, KCVO, JP, Order of St Oxf Frideswide, MA Oxf The Revd Professor John Morrill, MA DPhil Oxf, FBA, FRHistS Professor Jonathan Mallinson, MA Phd Mr Justin Cartwright, MBE, BLitt Oxf, Camb, MA Oxf FRSL (ob. December 2018) Mr John Pattisson, MA Oxf Dr Alan Milner, LLB PhD Leeds, MA Sir Charles Chadwyck-Healey, Bt, MA Oxf Sir Michael Peat, KCVO, MA Oxf, MBA, Oxf, LLM Yale FCA Sir Anthony Cleaver, MA Oxf, FRCM, Mr Michael Poyntz, MA Oxf Hon FREng Sir Ivor Roberts, KCMG, MA Oxf, FCIL Dr Chris Prior, MA PhD Camb, MA Professor Craig Clunas, BA Camb, MA The Rt Revd Anthony John Russell, BA DPhil Oxf Oxf, PhD Lond, FBA Durh, DPhil Oxf, FRAgS Professor Simon Salamon, MA DPhil Oxf Professor Paul Collier, CBE, MA DPhil Mr Wafic Saïd, Ordre de Mérite du Cedre, Oxf Ordre Chérifien Professor George Smith, MA DPhil Oxf, FRS Mr Geoffrey de Jager, LLB Natal, BCom Professor David Sedley, MA Oxf, PhD DLitt Rhodes Lond, FBA Mr Frank Thompson, BSc Lond, MA Oxf

7 THE TRINITY COMMUNITY Professor David Soskice, MA Oxf, FBA Fellows’ News intellectual curiosity and love for Professor Sir Edwin Southern, BSc Manc, learning’. They write of ‘his care and MA Oxf, PhD Glas, FRS concern for his students, their welfare and their well-being’ and of ‘his wry, yet The Rt Revd David Stancliffe, MA Oxf, n Michaelmas term 2019, the wicked, sense of humour’. Testimonies Hon DLitt Port, FRSCM college both proudly and sadly received by the college on the occasion Sir Peter Stothard, MA Oxf Imarked the retirement of Bryan of his retirement amply demonstrated Ward-Perkins. A leading archaeologist what one old member called ‘the deep The Lord Tyrie, PC, MA Oxf and historian of late Roman and early love that Bryan’s students feel for him’. medieval northern Italy and Anglo- His inspiring presence for a younger Sir Thomas Pope Fellows Saxon Britain, and of the Late Antique generation, not only of medieval Mr Peter Andreae, DL, MA Oxf western Mediterranean world more historians, but of scholars across the Mr Perry Crosthwaite, MA Oxf broadly, Bryan has been the college’s humanities, was especially evident tutor in Medieval History since 1981, between 2012 and 2016 when he served Mr Simon Edelsten, MA Oxf, and Mrs and Fellow Archivist since 1984. Having as the founding director of Ertegun Alison Edelsten, MA Oxf had both the college’s history and its House and the Ertegun Graduate Sir Roger Fry, CBE, BD Lond, Hon DLitt students of history in such capable, Scholarship Programme in the Port, AKC, FRSA patient, forbearing, and caring hands Humanities, an experience that he would for so long, it is difficult to know how describe as the best of his working life. Mr Wyatt Haskell, BA JD AB Amherst, we shall manage without him. His As well as being a remarkable LLB Yale Law School former colleague Peter Carey, with tutor and mentor to generations of Mr Adrian Hohler, MA Oxf whom he worked for 27 years, writes, students, Bryan is also a writer of A better colleague on this earth great distinction. His most significant Mr Robert Hunt-Grubbe, MA Camb, and book, The Fall of Rome and the End Mrs Julia Hunt-Grubbe one could not wish to have. He was also simply wonderful of Civilization (Oxford, 2005) won the Mr Roger Michel, BA MA Williams, MA with students. He was patient, 2006 Hessell-Tiltman prize awarded JD Harvard, MPhil Oxf supportive, demanding, and by English PEN for the best non- Mr Robert Parker, CB, MA Oxf, MCMI, lively. Teaching shared tutorials fiction historical book of ‘high literary FRSA with him was an intellectual merit’, and has made an important delight. He was especially good contribution to debate on the nature Mr Stephen Pearson, MA Oxf with those who were struggling and effects of the end of the Western Mr Richard Setchim, MA Oxf and knew just what help to give Roman Empire. His articles and and when to insist on tougher chapters in The Cambridge Ancient Mr John Singer, MA Oxf, MBA INSEAD action. His students were all History (of which he co-edited volume Dato’ Robert Kim Kuan Tan and Dato’ devoted to him. XIV) and the English Historical Review Soo Min Yeoh Bryan’s former students (especially a classic essay asking ‘Why did the Anglo-Saxons not become Dr Trudy Watt, BSc Open, MA DPhil enthusiastically agree with this more British?’) have become staples of Oxf, MSc Shef Hallam assessment; their abiding impression is of Bryan’s wisdom, kindness undergraduate and graduate education. and humour, his approachability More recently, as director of large and encouragement, his ‘infectious collaborative projects on The Last

8 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 Statues of Antiquity and The Cult of computational physics and physical his paper ‘The Two Europes’ which Saints, he has led international teams chemistry. From July to December discusses the nature and possible futures whose ground-breaking work has 2019, Pranav was an invited participant of the European Union. produced research that will significantly in a research programme at the Isaac inform and reshape their fields for years Newton Institute in Cambridge. María del Pilar Blanco delivered a to come. As the inceptor and convenor paper at the University of Toronto, of the Oxford Centre for Late Antiquity, ‘The Criminality of Empire’, on the a scholarly community which links Hilary Boulding was elected to the Cuban use of criminological discourse more than 80 academics working in Learned Society of Wales in recognition in the fin de siècle. María also travelled six different Faculties of the University, of her services to the Education sector to Minneapolis to sit on an advisory Bryan has achieved that rare thing, in Wales. She delivered the first of a board for an upcoming NEH-funded bringing together Oxford’s expertise series of Bicentennial lectures at the exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute across a wide range of disciplines and University of Indiana on the subject of of Art (Mia) on ‘Supernatural departments to work as more than training young artists for careers in the America’. In Trinity term, she hosted the sum of their individual parts. His global performing arts industry. She is Eduardo Lalo, the Puerto Rican service to the college, as Senior Tutor currently chairing a group to inform the novelist and artist, who was in Oxford and as the Fellow Archivist, responsible use and design of new performing arts as a Global South Visiting Fellow at for the creation and maintenance of facilities within the Schwarzman Centre The Oxford Research Centre in the Trinity’s remarkable and much-admired for the Humanities, to be built on a site Humanities (TORCH). Lalo delivered college archives—expertly managed by in the Radcliffe Observatory Quarter. a seminar series on the ‘Invention archivist Clare Hopkins—has been no of the Caribbean’ and a creative less important. His presence, wisdom, Frances Ashcroft was awarded the writing workshop. His collection of and kindness have been enormously Jacob Henlé Medal by the University photographs of the effects of the debt valued, and he will be much missed by of Göttingen. She also gave the Dr crisis on the island of Puerto Rico, all those who have had the good fortune Bela Issekutz Jr Memorial Lecture at Deudos / Death Debt, were exhibited and privilege of working with him. Dalhousie University, Novia Scotia. in the Barn Gallery in St John’s College After three years as a Junior Research She published a number of scientific and are now on show in Trinity’s Lawns Fellow in Mathematics, Pranav Singh papers, gave several invited lectures at Pavilion. left Trinity to join the University of Bath international conferences and to schools, as a Lecturer in Numerical Analysis sat on scientific advisory boards in Chris Butler is one of a team that and Scientific Computing. Pranav’s Sweden (Lund), Switzerland (Geneva) and published research into the use of a research at Oxford was in the field of Germany (Cologne), and on the Royal finger-print blood test that could help Computational Quantum Mechanics. Society’s public engagement committee. prevent unnecessary prescribing of As a JRF at Trinity, he developed a antibiotics for people with the lung wide network of collaborators in Nick Barber published an article in the condition chronic obstructive pulmonary mathematics, physics and chemistry German Law Journal entitled ‘Populist disease (COPD)—the research was from Oxford, Cambridge, Manchester, Leaders and Political Parties’ and co- published in the New England Journal Gdansk, MPI Berlin, TU Vienna and edited a collection on the European of Medicine and is already influencing University of Vienna, and published a Constitution, The Rise and Fall of clinical care guidelines. He has been range of articles in the highly varied the European Constitution, for Hart appointed chair of the Longitude Prize disciplines of numerical analysis, Publishing. This collection included Advisory Panel—the prize, named after

9 THE TRINITY COMMUNITY an eighteenth century challenge for a his laboratory, a task which has conference and as a panellist for the bi- solution to charting a ship’s location proven challenging due to ongoing annual Economic Policy conference. at sea, will reward a test that helps in political and economic uncertainty. conserving antibiotics. His laboratory has, therefore, been Stephen Fisher continued his research conducting proof-of-concept studies in on public opinion and the politics of Andrea Dolcetti co-organised a the hope of providing further incentives Brexit. He was also awarded a grant by workshop on the nature of legislative to investors to help counteract the Rebuilding Macroeconomics for a new intent at Bocconi University in October. current tendency for risk aversion. project on the socio-political causes His contribution to the workshop was He has published a number of papers and consequences of regional economic developed into an article entitled ‘The in high-impact journals and was divergence in the UK. Central Case Method in The Nature invited to present his data at various of Legislative Intent’, which was academic conferences and institutions, Tristan Franklinos has continued published in The American Journal of including the Pirbright Institute in work on editing Revisiting the Jurisprudence in June. That month, Surrey. He continues to serve on Codex Buranus: Contexts, Contents, Andrea also gave a talk at a conference the Scientific Advisory Boards of Composition (forthcoming with on methodology and legal theory at various organisations including the Boydell & Brewer) and Constructing the University of Genoa. Earlier in government’s Cell and Gene Therapy Authors and Readers in the Appendices the year, one of his articles, ‘Popular Catapult. His undergraduate teaching Vergiliana, Tibulliana, and Ouidiana sovereignty, Constitutionalism, and the for second- and third-year medical (forthcoming with OUP), as well as Indian Constitution’, was published in students has been recognised by a on his commentary on pseudo-Vergil’s the Indian Journal of Constitutional & Teaching Excellence award from the Catalepton. He has given a number Administrative Law. Medical Sciences Division of the of papers on the latter and on other University. Furthermore, his outreach topics in Trondheim, Urbana Illinois, In 2018-19, Stefano Evangelista was on work has included speaking at the New York, Zagreb and Oxford. a British Academy Fellowship, working Faraday Summer School in Cambridge Articles on pseudo-Vergil and Seneca on his forthcoming book Citizens of and writing articles for a forthcoming the Younger have been accepted for Nowhere: Literary Cosmopolitanism in children’s book on science and religion. publication in Classical Quarterly; a the British Fin de Siècle. He organised brief note on one of Dante’s fifteenth- conferences in Berlin (Humboldt Andrea Ferrero published the paper century commentators will appear University) and Florence (Associazione ‘Notes on the Underground: Monetary in Mittellateinisches Jahrbuch; and a culturale Il Palmerino) to mark the Policy in Resource-Rich Economies’, in number of contributions to volumes centenary of the end of the First World Journal of Money, Credit and Banking. have been completed. Papers currently War. In the summer he was invited In May, he gave the opening lecture on in progress are on Ovid’s exilic poetry, to teach in the Institute for World the link between demographics and real on a handful of bilingual poems from Literature at Harvard University. interest rates at the Workshop on the the Codex Buranus, and on Propertius’ Natural Interest Rate, jointly organised fourth book. For the past year Paul Fairchild has by the Dutch National Bank and the continued his efforts to raise investment European Central Bank. He continued Kantik Ghosh finished his stint as for a spinout company devoted to to serve as member of the programme Director of Graduate Studies in the cancer immunotherapy based on committee for the Computing in English Faculty, returning (thankfully) intellectual property developed in Economics and Finance annual to full-time research and teaching.

10 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 Along with a colleague from the more about real-world magic. She has that address some of today’s most Institute of Philosophy, Centre for also written on her dedicated blog- pressing challenges, and has also been Medieval Studies, in Prague, he began site on Mugglenet.com (‘Bathilda’s appointed Associate Head (Finance) of editing a substantial volume of papers Notebook’) on topics ranging from the University’s Mathematical, Physical, on Wyclif and Hus, arising from a Evelyn Waugh and early modern drama Engineering and Life Sciences (MPLS) conference he organised in Oxford in Rowling’s epigraphs, to goblins. Division. in 2018. He is continuing to write a series of talks on medieval scepticism Ian Hewitt has been collaborating Martin Maiden was elected Vice- and literature for a projected term as a with a team of geographers to President of the Société de Linguistique visiting professor at EPHE Paris. develop a mathematical theory for Romane, made an Honorary Fellow of ‘surging glaciers’—glaciers that Downing College, Cambridge, completed Anil Gomes took up his British periodically move much faster than (as lead author) The Oxford History of Academy Mid-Career Fellowship in normal, for reasons that are not yet Romanian Morphology, to be published January, working on a set of issues fully understood. On a larger scale, by OUP, and led a John Fell-funded about self-consciousness, objectivity, such behaviour has had an important research project on Istro-Romanian, a and the nature of the self. He will influence on past climate changes. The dying language spoken in Croatia. spend part of the next academic year at work was presented at the meeting Leipzig University presenting material of the European Geosciences Union James McDougall gave an invited from the project. He has agreed to in April and published recently in the lecture on revolutions at the Ohio edit the Oxford Handbook of Kant Journal of Glaciology. State University in October, and for OUP; this major collection will participated in a seminar on writing comprise 40 chapters on the whole range Katherine Ibbett gave a keynote address Algerian history at the École française of Kant’s philosophical work, aiming entitled ‘Staying Afloat’ (a good goal for in Rome, in April. Current events for the most authoritative representation the academic year) at the Renaissance overtook this research when in April of contemporary scholarship. He Society of America annual convention, popular protests in Algeria overthrew published pieces on Iris Murdoch, in and is looking forward to an autumn the incumbent president. A brief flurry the TLS, and P F Strawson, in The sabbatical to continue work on a book of media interest followed, and James Philosophers’ Magazine. project about water in early modern wrote on the crisis for the BBC and France and the French Americas. the journal Foreign Affairs. In Oxford, Since publishing Literary Allusion in he organised a public roundtable on Harry Potter (2017), Beatrice Groves Marta Kwiatkowska was elected history, empire, and Brexit, and gave a (alongside more serious work on a Fellow of the Royal Society and keynote lecture to a meeting of Israeli, Shakespeare, psalms and sonnets) has received the 2019 Lovelace Medal, Palestinian, and British historians on been continuing her exploration of the top prize in computing in the ‘Provincialising the Mandate’. His the literary and cultural cross-over of UK, awarded by BCS, the Chartered article on the twentieth century history the world’s most popular wizard. In Institute for IT, in recognition of her of Islam was published in the journal collaboration with TORCH and the major contributions to probabilistic Annales. Ashmolean, she has given talks and and quantitative verification. Marta a podcast on the ways in which the received a European Research Council Peter McCulloch’s team, the Patient museum’s ‘eloquent objects’ (sphinxes, (ERC) Advanced Grant, her second, Safety Academy, has been invited by the griffins and crystal balls) can teach us to fund cutting-edge research projects General Medical Council to provide

11 THE TRINITY COMMUNITY successfully led a £2.9M application to the UK Research Council to install a second atom probe microscope in the Department of Materials.

Máire Ní Leathlobhair organised a series of STEM-based seminars in College, at which JCR and MCR members had an opportunity to meet senior researchers and senior members of College and discuss science in an informal, relaxed setting. In March, she was invited to present her research at the House of Commons at the ‘STEM for Britain’ competition. The aim of the event is to give members of both houses of Parliament an insight into research work being undertaken in British universities by early-career researchers.

In the spring Emma Percy celebrated twenty-five years of ordination as a priest. She held a service in the chapel

Photo credit: Maciek Tomiczek - Oxford Atelier - Oxford Maciek Tomiczek credit: Photo in April to mark the occasion. She was Marta Kwiatkowska and Janet Pierrehumbert , who were elected, respectively, a Fellow of the Royal one of the first cohort of women to be Society and a Member of the United States National Academy of Sciences ordained in the Church of England and training and assist with process change evaluating surgical operations and was featured in the celebratory service in its system for investigating doctors’ therapeutic devices. from Lambeth Palace broadcast on fitness to practice. His team will be Radio 4. She was one of the editors of training the GMC investigators in the Michael Moody was delighted that The Study of Ministry (SPCK 2019), use of Human Factors science to ensure three of his students submitted excellent to which she contributed the chapter that all context factors are properly DPhil theses and successfully defended on gender. Over the year she has had taken into account when judging a their research in their viva examinations. opportunities to speak and preach in a doctor’s conduct, and working with His research group published number of interesting places, not least them to ensure that the investigation numerous papers on the application of Kingston, Jamaica. system is changed to embed these atomic-scale microscopy supporting considerations into the Fitness to investigations into a wide variety of Janet Pierrehumbert was elected a Practice process. Peter also gave the material systems, including silicon for member of the United States’ National keynote William Gallie lecture at the photovoltaics, alloys for the construction Academy of Sciences, in recognition of Canadian Surgical Forum, on the of fission and fusion reactors, and even her contributions to the language sciences. IDEAL Framework, a new system for some geological materials. He also She gave keynote addresses at two

12 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 conferences: Phonetics and Phonology in Chemistry of Liquids. A ‘Friday- French. As part of her new research Europe (PaPE 2019), held in Lecce, and afternoon-idea’ in the lab resulted in project, she undertook archival work in SIGMORPHON (the Association for an article in the Journal of Physical Senegal and Guinea. Computational Linguistics special interest Chemistry addressing the question: ‘Are group on morphology and phonology), Buckminsterfullerenes molecular ball Luke Rostill has been working on held in Florence. bearings?’ a monograph (under contract with OUP) on the law of property and, Carla Perez Martinez has published Peter Read completed his term of office in particular, on the concepts of a number of papers this year, jointly as Oxford’s Met Office Joint Chair at possession, relative title and ownership with Professor Susan Perkin, including the end March. He was the first person in the common law. Luke has also research into lubrication using ionic to hold this position as head (from 2013) delivered papers at various conferences liquids (in Langmuir) and a report of the Met Office Academic Partnership and workshops, including the of the effects of the electric field on in Oxford, a framework to promote Intersections in Private Law Colloquium nano-confined liquids (in Soft Matter). research collaborations on all aspects at Sydney Law School. As to teaching, She presented her electric field work of climate-related research between Luke has provided undergraduate at the Electrokinetics conference in Oxford academics and Met Office tutorials and lectures on Land Law, Cambridge, Massachusetts, in May. scientists. This has led to a number of Personal Property and the Law of Trusts Carla was also awarded a UKRI new initiatives, including undergraduate and has supervised graduate research Future Leaders Fellowship. This prizes and summer student internships, students in these and related fields. fellowship will allow Carla to take up as well as new research projects with the a post as principal investigator and Met Office and other university partners. Melanie Rupflin started work on a new set up her own research group in the This year saw the publication research project which aims to prove the London Centre for Nanotechnology at of a major book, Zonal Jets: existence of ‘energy gaps’ for geometric University College London, starting in Phenomenology, Genesis & Physics variational problems. She continued her January 2020. (Cambridge), for which Peter was research on geometric flows, publishing co-editor. This project brought in particular a paper on the asymptotic Susan Perkin offered lectures on together a team of top international behaviour of flows as time tends to Statistical Mechanics and on States of scientists and mathematicians to review, infinity, which she also presented at Matter. Together with members of her explore and share insights between conferences in Princeton, Heidelberg research team, she completed a three- the geophysical, astrophysical and and Marseille. year project investigating the effects of magnetised plasma communities on electric fields across electrolyte films jet-like flow phenomena. He has given In July Steve Sheard was awarded a (published in Soft Matter), another on a number of invited lectures during Teaching Prize from the Department electrostatic and viscous forces in ionic the year, including the prestigious of Engineering Science in response to liquids (published in Physical Review Distinguished Lecture in Planetary positive feedback from students. Fluids). She presented results of her Science at the Asia and Oceania investigations in a number of invited Geosciences Society annual meeting in Mathew Stracy has been studying the seminars and conferences, including a Singapore. molecular mechanisms of antibiotic plenary lecture at the International Soft resistance and published a paper earlier Matter Conference and the Gordon Alexandra Reza began the first year this year on DNA gyrase, an important Research Conference on Physics and of her Junior Research Fellowship in antibiotic target enzyme. For most

13 THE TRINITY COMMUNITY of the year he has been working with allow her to devote time to future to reduce plastics’ footprint was also researchers at the Technion Israel manufacturing of biodegradable the topic of lectures and discussions Institute of Technology to understand plastics. Charlotte is also the director of throughout the UK and at the Royal the role antibiotic resistance plays in the the Oxford Martin School programme Society. His stay in Oxford was made treatment of urinary tract infections. ‘The Future of Plastics’, which focusses all the more pleasant by news of the technical, economic and legal expertise Award of a European Research Council Gail Trimble was again on maternity around this pollution and resource flow Advanced Grant which will support leave for the academic year, after giving issue. She has also co-authored a Royal his future studies on non-persistent birth to twins. She returned in time Society of Chemistry policy briefing polyethylene materials, with up to €2.5m. to teach at the final summer school on ‘Sustainable Plastics’ and a Royal for the first cohort of students from Society policy briefing on the ‘Future of Oxfordshire state schools completing Fuels’. Trinity’s ‘Advanced Programme in Classics and the Ancient World’: several Johannes Zachhuber spent the year as a of these students have made successful residential fellow at the Einstein Centre applications to study Classics or Chronoi in Berlin. His research there related subjects at Oxford and other was focused on ideas of time and soul top universities, and one has a place at in late antiquity. He also finished The Trinity from Michaelmas term 2019. Rise of Christian Theology and the End Two of Gail’s articles on Catullus of Ancient Metaphysics, an account appeared during the year, and the of Eastern Christian philosophy from manuscript of her co-edited volume on the fourth to the eighth century which metalepsis in Classical literature was will be published by OUP in 2020. In submitted to OUP in September. September, he spent two weeks lecturing at several universities in China and was Charlotte Williams published 12 papers looking forward to returning to full- and presented keynote lectures in the time tutoring in Michaelmas term UK, France, Germany and the USA. 2019. Highlights include papers describing how to improve the properties of biodegradable plastics, efficient VISITING FELLOW utilization of carbon dioxide to make Stefan Mecking was hosted by Trinity as polymers and recycling of carbon a visiting fellow, on sabbatical research dioxide into block polymer backbones. leave from the University of Konstanz Her work has been recognised by the in Germany. He has worked particularly Macro Group UK Medal for Polymer with Charlotte Williams’ group on Chemistry and by the Cambridge advancing catalysis for sustainable University Lord Lewis Lectureship. It polymers. This aims to endow novel has been a successful year for funding degradable polymers sourced from waste with the award of an EPSRC leadership carbon dioxide with desirable properties fellowship (2019-2024), which will of established polyethylenes. Science

14 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 David Thomas-Comiskey, Maintenance Members of Staff Bursary Nasera Cummings, Accountant Operative 2018-19 Jenny Cable, Executive Assistant to the Wayne Shorter, Multi-Skilled Bursars Maintenance Operative Dora Asenova, Assistant Accountant Dene Warman, Multi-Skilled Plumber Academic Office Caroline Anderson, Assistant Isabel Lough, Undergraduate and Accountant (to December) Housekeeping Team Damian Blachnio, Housekeeping Tutorial Administrator Jessica Andrews, Fees and Battels Supervisor Sarah McKeown, Graduate and Administrator (to April) Carla Andrade, Scout: Staircases 14 and Academic Administrator (to January) Kate Cummins, Assistant Accountant 16 Ashley Maguire, Graduate and (from January) Brenda Bassett, Scout: Staircases 8, 9, 10 Academic Administrator (from March) Robin Rutterford, Fees and Battels and 12 Katharine Head, Assistant Administrator (from May) Wioletta Bazelska, Scout: Staircase 11 Administrator Patrycja Bednarek, Scout: Staircase 3 (to Computing June) Alumni & Development Alastair Johnson, Computer Manager Lee Chapman, Scout: Library, Danson Room, Sutro Room Office Thomas Knollys, Alumni Relations Bianca Ciubotaru, Scout: Staircase 17 Officer Conference & Events (from April) Louise Turner, Conference & Events Ken Ip, Scout: Outside properties Miriam Hallatt, Development Officer Administrator Sarah Jenkinson, Alumni & Events Lana Ip, Scout: President’s Lodgings Officer Joanna Jachtoma, Scout: Staircase 6 (to February) Andrew Clinch, Administrative Gardens Assistant Paul Lawrence, Head Gardener Miroslawa Krezel, Scout: Staircase 4 Aaron Drewett, Assistant Gardener and 7 Bob Dunn, Assistant Gardener Tracy Madden, Scout: Staircases 2 and 5 Archive Joshua Walker, Apprentice Gardener (to Barbara Mazur, Scout: Staircase 6 and Clare Hopkins, Archivist February) Fellows’ Guest Rooms, Pig & Whistle Sue Peach, Scout: Staircase 1 and Porters Lodge Annexe Beer Cellar Albie Freitas, Bar Manager Housekeeping and Yeti Santos, Scout: Staircases 13, 15 and Ian Stacey, Assistant Bar Manager Maintenance Lodge Wotjek Targonski, Bar Supervisor (to Mandy Giles, Domestic Manager Darron Smith, Scout: Staircase 18 (from September) March) Maintenance Team Fiona Smith, Scout: Staircase 3 and Maged Alyas, Maintenance Supervisor Trinity View (from January) Boathouse Henry Jeskowiak, Electrician Mark Seal, Boatman Russell Dominian, Part-Time Antique Furniture Repairer/Joiner Kitchen Gary Kinch, Painter and Decorator Julian Smith, Head Chef Jonathan Clarke, Second Chef

15 THE TRINITY COMMUNITY Matthew Bradford, Third Chef Outreach & Access Lisa Linzey, Dining Hall Supervisor Simon Wallworth, Chef de Partie Hannah Rolley, Head of Access Andrei Stefanescu, SCR Butler Rachel Barnes, Chef de Partie Emma Johnson, Access Officer Zorica Leskovac, Dining Hall Tom Rush, Chef de Partie Richard Petty Access & Engagement Supervisor (from December) Kalaivanan Kalyanasundram, Chef Officer (from September) Simon Reeves, Dining Hall Supervisor de Partie (to April), Third Chef (from (from June) April) Omer Buazljko, Dining Hall Assistant Boguslaw Malarski, Chef de Partie (to President’s Office Semira Ali Yemamu, Dining Hall February) Alexandra Evans, PA to the President Assistant Agata Kutereba, Chef de Partie Julia Paolitto, Head of Communications Arfan Bakar, Dining Hall Assistant Leonardo Kurti, Chef de Partie (from (from January) Leah McLennon, Dining Hall Assistant February) Simon Wild, Dining Hall Assistant Mark Banks, Chef de Partie (from February) SCR & Dining Hall Jonathan Flint, SCR/Hall Steward Sports Ground Charlotte Smith, Apprentice Paul Madden, Groundsman David Garrow, Assistant SCR/Dining Denise Matzen, Kitchen Assistant Michelle Brown, Grounds Scout Hall Steward (to November) John George, Kitchen Porter Andre da Costa, Dining Hall Supervisor Olderico Da Costa Nunes, Kitchen (to March) Porter Anna Drabina, Dining Hall Supervisor Surveyor Sejismundo Valentim Ray, Kitchen Justin Folliard, College Surveyor Porter (from September)

Library Sharon Cure, Librarian Sarah Cox, Library Assistant (from February)

MartinLodge Reeve, Head Porter Martin Wizard, Deputy Head Porter Kirk Ellingham, Porter Maria Sommaggio, Porter Nigel Bray, Night Porter Dominic Lantain, Night Porter Phoebe Oliver, Sunday Porter

Medical Alison Nicholls, Nurse Photo credit: John Cairns credit: Photo

16 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 Pourdad, Laila Philosophy, Politics and New Undergraduate Students Robins, Oscar Economics Zhang, Alice Kunadu, Conrad Holmes, Isabelle Michaelmas Term Ma, Nikita Sing Yu Lo, James Materials Science Pruegel, Alessandro 2018 Luan, Hongzhou Biochemistry Edison, Toby Sheldon, Miles Drummond, Tay Hoy, Stephen English Philosophy and Theology Maher, Conor Stening, Rowena James, Marianne Wright, Louis Aylett, Elspeth McCubbin, Patrick Midgley-Bryan, Maya Sugiyama-Finnis, Ayano Yu, Hao Mitchell, Ottilie Physics Whittlesea, Charlotte Moule, Rachael Mathematics Almeida Ivo, Victor Muller, Reya Chemistry Adams, Kate Chatfield, Tobias Parry, Abigail Barker, Jacob Karan, Yash Bell, Megan Shutter, Marnie Hassan, Yusuf Bhamra, Hardeep Yuan, Shiyang Middleton, Alicia Grishechkin, Anton English and Modern Theology Rahman, Siamur Manzoor, Farid Languages Weaver, Lauren Sturgis, Frederick Lips, Florine Classics Medicine Agerbak, Alice History Bacyte, Babora Fox, Oliver Crowther, Benjamin Hewlett, Emma Hameed, Junaid Liew, Yu Xuan Hughes, Tirion Rosen, Joshua Lindsay, Harry Sullivan, Tom Mandal, Hansini O’Hara, Olivia Patel, Amy Piwowarski, Anthony Staniforth, Edward Classics and Oriental Studies Thurgood, Isaac Jarvis, Finn Whitwam, Gabriel Modern Languages Classics and Modern Aubrey, Gregor History and Modern Dauncey, Patrick Languages Languages Donoghue, Harry Hunt, Annabel Jalali, Malaika Popp, Marina Robson-Rooney, Eve Economics and Management History and Politics Cross, Jack Stott, Frankie Lee, Jian Thompson, Milo Rawlingson, Clare Murrary, Flora Music Engineering Science Law Cao, Jiayun Gesoff, Liam Baig, Sameer Weymes, Tristan Djongroaminoto, Kent Bullen, Alaina Evans, Annabelle Fletcher, James

17 THE TRINITY COMMUNITY Hughes, Eleanor Posthuma de Boer, David New Postgraduate Students Trinity College University of Manchester

Den Daas, Lia Jones, Megan Rajah, Ashpen Michaelmas Term University of Cambridge Trinity College University of Cambridge 2018 Kenny, Nicholas Salemi, Stefano Andurand, Pierre Fadil, Chaimaa Trinity College San Nicola Institute of Queen Mary University of New York University, Abu Ecumenical-patristic Studies, London Dhabi, UAE Lee, Juliana University of Toronto, Canada Bari, Italy Arya, Aparajita Fairbank, Nancy Schippers, Victor University of Edinburgh University of Birmingham Lewis, Neil University of Exeter University of Leiden, Atkins, Philip Fraser, Jack Netherlands Oriel College, Oxford Trinity College Li, Shangshang Smyth, Eleanor St Cross College, Oxford Bains, Rujual Gezmis, Hazal Trinity College University of California, San Yeditepe University, Turkey Lodi, Alessandro Summers, Niall Diego, USA Gong, Zhehao University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy Trinity College Balchin, Jean Peking University, China Thomas, Amanda University of Otago, New Loporcaro, Laura Haefele, Lisa Somerville College, Oxford Zealand University of Konstanz, Freie Universitat Berlin, Germany Thomas, Douglas Baptist, Prashanth Germany University of Cambridge National Institute of Hare, Adam Macfarlane, Eilidh Technology, Calicut, India Princeton University, USA Trinity College Wakhidah, Nurul Gadjan Mada University, Barradell, Emily Marlow, Neale Hart, Seth Indonesia Trinity College Regent College, Vancouver, University College London Wojtala, Malgorzata Bernabeu, Marta Canada Nahum, Chloe University of Warwick University of Castilla-La He, Jinke Courtauld Institute of Art, Mancha, Spain University of Liverpool London Yokoyama, Erica Kyoto University, Japan Chapman, Eva Hilverth, Konstantin Navarro, Sergio Trinity College Royal Holloway and Bedford Massachusetts Institute of Zimring, Madeline Technology, USA University of California, Ciftci, Mehmet New College Berkeley, USA Blackfriars, Oxford Hindmarsh, Rachel Oancea, Cristian St John’s University, USA Zolkiewski, Louisa De Font-Reaulx, Paul The University of Bristol University of Manchester Magdalen College, Oxford Hocking, Brook Paccou, Johann École Normale Supérieure de Debson, Hannah Trinity College Lyon, France University of Durham Holzhey, Philippe Freie Universität Berlin, Germany Pearson, Claire The University of York

18 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 Degrees, Schools Results and Awards 2019

In the academic year 2018-19 there were 308 students reading for undergraduate degrees and 142 graduates reading for higher degrees.

Twenty-eight members, out of 84, gained first class degrees in Final Honour Schools in 2019. Their names are shown in bold.

Joe Adelinia Brook Hocking Sebastian Morton Laalithya Vadlamani Sophia Bangham Adam Hodgkinson Tom Moulding Mehul Vaghani Oscar Barnes Alexander Howell Mia Neafcy Arthur Vickers Hannah Berry Marcus Huang Zheng Wei Ng Anne-Laure Villa Serena Bessant Sam Humphrey Christian Nourry Jessica Wallace James Brown Tonci Ivanisevic Thomas O’Driscoll Gregory Walton-Green Tom Burgess Lewis Ivinson Rachel O’Nunain Laura Wheatley Hannah Callaghan Alice Jackson Andrew Orr Caspar Whitehead Faye Calow Elena Johnson Hannah Owen Marcus Williamson Oliver Cantrill Euripedes Koutentakis Madeleine Parr Jamie Wilmore Jian Chua Nikhil Krishna Maxim Parr-Reid Sara Yassi Ben Coker Samvid Kurlekar Matthew Perkins Diana Yazovskaya Ellie Colling Harry Lawes India Pinhorn Rebecca Cook Jamie Lee Oliver Ramsay Gray Theodore Cornish Brandon Lowe Will Rance Lara Davies Matthew Lynch Tom Rees Morgan Elsmore Meriwether Maturin David Richardson Katherine Ferris Lucinda Maxwell Nicole Rosenfeld Laura Foster Julia McCarthy Eilidh Ross Gemma Francis Alice McGuinness Henry Smith Adam Golos Rory McTeague Dylan Smythe Vivien Hasan Katie Meynell Tobi Thomas Frances Higgs Sam Miley Jack Toner Daniel Hilton Lare Morgenstern Michael Tufft

19 THE TRINITY COMMUNITY Gillman & Soame © 2018. Gillman & Soame Matriculation 2018. (The photograph can be viewed and ordered online: www.gsimagebank.co.uk/trinity, using token login: trinityalumni.)

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Advanced degrees and certificates Doctor of Philosophy Nikoloas Kollopoulos Master of Philosophy Jinke He Edyta Augustyniak Mathematics Spreeha Aggarwal Computer Science (Distinction) Oncology Mark Lapington Economics Konstantin Hilverth Drew Birrenkott Materials Joshua Caminiti Sociology Engineering Luca Laurenti Theology (Distinction) Simon Lam Hannah Boston Computer Science Emily Feldman Surgical Science and Practice History Tianqi Leng International Relations (Distinction) Thomas Brown Clinical Medicine Callan Meynell Erica Yokoyama Life Sciences Joana Lima Late Antique and Byzantine Sociology Karen Caines Sociology Studies (Distinction) Master of Studies Classical Language and Christopher Macmackin Huinan Zeng Literature Atmospheric, Oceanic and General Linguistics and Eva Chapman Katie Collett Planetary Physics Comparative Philology Theology (Merit) Materials Yavor Novev Hannah Debson Arron Deacy Physical and Theoretical Bachelor of Philosophy History of Art and Visual Inorganic Chemistry Chemistry Joshua Pearson Culture (Distinction) Marc Antoine Fiset Jennifer Rayner Seth Hart Mathematics Cardiovascular Medicine Bachelor of Surgery and Theology (Distinction) Bachelor of Medicine Ryan Garland Asbjorn Riseth Nicholas Kenny Atmospheric, Oceanic and Industrially Focused Eleanor Hughes Greek and/or Latin Languages Planetary Physics Mathematical Modelling and Literature (Distinction) Bachelor of Civil Law Malick Gibani Kathryn Schulz Madeline Zimring Paediatrics Classics Aparajita Arya (Distinction) Modern Languages (Distinction) Jack Haley Sameer Sharma Ashpen Rajah (Distinction) Science and Technology of Clinical Medicine Master of Business Fusion Energy Master of Science Gregory Stacey Administration Nicolaus Heuer Theology Pierre Andurand Mathematical and Theoretical Prashanth Baptist Mathematics Ni Yi Physics (Merit) Cristian Oancea Renee Hoekzema Inorganic Chemistry Rujual Singh Bains Mathematics Katherine Young Maths and Foundations of Master of Public Policy Nicholas Holgate Condensed Matter Physics Computer Science (Merit) Zhehao Gong Gas Turbine Aerodynamics Hongia Zhang Nancy Fairbank Patrick Hollebon Engineering Science Global Governance and Diploma in Legal Studies Atomic and Laser Physics Shixiang Zhao Diplomacy (Distinction) John Kenny Materials Adam Hare Victor Schippers (Distinction) Sociology Computer Science (Distinction)

22 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 Awards and Prizes Tom Gardner Undergraduate Scholarships Victoria Gettins James Brown Tom Griffiths Oliver Cantrill Olivia Harrison Laura Foster Frances Higgs Daniel Hilton Alex Howells Marcus Huang Adrian Kwong David Hubbard Chin Wee Lee Alice Jackson Weihang Li Jun Yan Lau Vukan Milovanovic Harry Lawes Tom Moulding Hongchang Lyu Adisorn Panasawatwong Veselin Manojlovic Julia Pieza Bryan Ng Christopher Rexworthy Rachel O’Nunain Matthew Riding James Peters-Gill Melissa Rose Harold Roseberg Jonas Sandbrink Gideon Rudolph Milind Sood Ellana Slade Penelope Streatfeild Graduate Scholarships Luis Torquato Helena Bates Michael Tufft Jason Brickhill Anne-Laure Villa Andrew Currie Marcus Williamson Dominic Forstermann Jefferson Zhao Hazel Gardner Cosima Gillhammer Undergraduate Exhibitions Owain James Pippa Barlow Sean Lau Katharina Beck Annina Loets Serena Bessant Deborah Malden Rui Bu Lucy Martin Rachel Dauncey Bethany White Katherine Ferris

Degree Day in March

23 THE TRINITY COMMUNITY Oliver Cantrill Holly Winch College Prizes and Awards Christopher Prior Prize for Law: Joe Weeks Mathematics Sophia Bangham Jonathan Christie Jian Rong Chua Materials: Julia Pieza Sam Humphrey Marcus Huang Hinshelwood Chemistry Prize Medicine: Marcus Williamson Caspar Whitehead Oscar Barnes Michael Tuft Modern Languages: Owain James Michael Tufft James and Cecily Holladay Said Said Philosophy: Prize Ngoni Mugwisi Holly Winch Alexander Howell Theology: Meriwether Maturin Warburton Book Prize John and Irene Sloan Prize for (musical life of Trinity) PPE (FHS) Max Bennett Alice Jackson Richard Hillary Writing Competition Andrew Orr Rachel Dauncey Lady Astbury Law Prize Whitehead Travelling (Mods) scholarship James Fletcher Sally Ball EC Law prize Sophia Bangham Oscar Burgess Morgan Elsmore Odette de Mourgues Prize Gemma Francis (French) Sarah and Nadine Pole Scholarship Alice Jackson Anne-Laure Villa Edyta Augustyniak Matthew Lynch Manon Simard Lucinda Maxwell Peter Fisher Physics Prize Oliver Ramsay Gray Andrew Orr Sam Claxton David Richardson Nicole Rosenfeld R A Knox Prize: Stirling Boyd Prize Dylan Smythe Biochemistry: Bethany White Laali Vadlamani Samvid Kurlekar Commendations from the Jessica Wallace Engineering: President: Zhen Wei Ng Adam Hodgkinson Caspar Whitehead English: Anne-Laure Villa Tom Rees George Cobb The JCR History: Henry Smith David Evers Prize Holly Winch

24 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 THE COLLEGE YEAR with archaeology. A footnote: with the REF income between the departments Senior Tutor’s Report appointments of Fanny and Tam, I have and colleges that jointly employ the overseen the elections to 14 Tutorial relevant academics. One of my tasks Fellowships since 2009; the college has as a Senior Tutor is to ensure Trinity ast year (2017-18), I outlined in appointed seven women and seven men, submits to the University a full and the Report the preparations we always selecting the strongest candidate accurate list of all academics eligible for Lmade for the five-year strategy for the post in question. the REF. I have lived through variations for 2018 to 2023. On the academic For the MCR, the single biggest of the REF (including its predecessor, front, 2018-19 was the first year of initiative was extending membership the RAE) in a number of institutions, implementation of these ambitious to postdocs who work in the research and understand its importance to the plans. I am pleased to see that we hit groups of our Fellows. Just over 40 future funding of a university. Hence, the ground running, with a number postdocs enthusiastically took up this for Trinity, I have been working with of the new initiatives. Our tutors in offer, which makes them full members the Fellowship to ensure that, where the Medicine (Keith Buckler, Paul Fairchild, of the MCR, and able to lunch and opportunity presents itself, we appoint Anna Hoerder-Suabedissen) selected the dine in College. At the end of the the best early-career researchers who first undergraduates to join Trinity in year, we received some lovely feedback will be eligible for the REF. Supporting October 2019 for Biomedical Sciences. from the postdocs, the more welcome early-career academics is also a key In December, our Professorial Fellow in because it was entirely unsolicited! college priority to ensure the vigorous Computer Science (Marta Kwiatowska) For them the association means they growth of the academic subjects we love led the selection panel for the first have a real sense of belonging within passionately. In 2018-19, we appointed undergraduates in her subject, and our collegiate community, and better two College-funded Junior Research then in July, together with our Fellow understand the academic experiences of Fellows, to take up post in October in Applied Mathematics (Ian Hewitt), the postgraduates whom postdocs often 2019: Xavier Bach in Linguistics and represented Trinity on the appointment supervise in labs, while for our MCR, Karol Mazur in Economics. We also panel for the new Tutorial Fellow in the postdocs are a good source of appointed College-funded Research Computer Science, Tam Vu (currently advice on the next stages on the career Lecturers in three subjects, to cover at the University of Colorado), whom path. We wait to see whether other teaching during a Fellow’s sabbatical we look forward to welcoming to colleges now follow Trinity’s example leave, followed by a period of six Trinity very soon. in this! months devoted to their early-career We also conducted one more Some of you may know that research: Raquel Barradas de Freitas in appointment, to ensure continuity in universities in the UK are looking Law, Sophie Rosenberg in Politics, and a subject which has been a pillar of ahead to the REF (Research Excellence Ben Westwood in English. strength in Trinity, namely History. As Framework) 2021, the five- or six-yearly Alongside new initiatives, ‘normal we prepared to let Bryan Ward-Perkins exercise across the HE sector in which academic life’ must always continue. move into retirement, we knew that no research in all universities is assessed Our Finalists had a particularly one could ever ‘replace’ him, but in our (by panels of our peers). Government strong year in Biochemistry, Law and choice of Fanny Bessard, a specialist in funding to individual universities for Maths, where 50 per cent or more of Medieval Eurasia, who joins us from the research for the next five or six years is students obtained Firsts. We also had University of Bristol, we are sure that based on the outcome, so it is a high- some of the top-performing students our students will continue to relish their stake game. In Oxford, a (complicated!) in their Final Honours School (FHS), encounters with the medieval period and formula ensures an agreed share of the with students in the top 3 per cent in

25 THE COLLEGE YEAR Biochemistry, Engineering and English, from the Examination Schools, and we and one of our History and Politics have already been extremely grateful Outreach and Access students won the prestigious prize for for all her wisdom and thoughtfulness. Report the top dissertation across the whole Kathy Head, Admissions Officer (and History FHS. Alongside this, a good Chapel Administrator, working with number of our students achieved good the Chaplain), has come to know the 2:1s, and there was a small number of finer details of the Oxford admissions his was a busy year for the 2:2s. This is a tribute to hard work by system, and manages a very complex Access team, laying the our students and tutors, and also to the portfolio with a deceptive ease. Phoebe Tfoundations of Trinity’s excellent welfare support. Overall, our Oliver (2007), whilst writing up her PhD expanded outreach programme. Early 84 finalists received 28 Firsts, 52 2:1s (Spanish) for Warwick University, has in the academic year, Emma Johnson and five 2:2s. almost completed the digitalisation of joined the team, as Access Officer, Our postgraduate students kept up the the matriculation and exam records of and in September Richard Petty was excellent achievements of the previous the Trinity undergraduates from 1980 to appointed to the new post of North cohort, with approximately half gaining the present! East. Distinctions in taught programmes. Our Last but not least, our beloved college current research students on course are cat, Artemis, who is frequently on ‘meet For Teachers really outstanding, many holding very and greet’ duty on the front drive, took We developed an effective teacher competitive scholarships, and working an extended ‘absence without leave’ engagement programme and delivered on subjects ranging right across the over March and April—she was found numerous information and support Sciences and Humanities. Graduate and is now safely back in her home sessions to teachers in their own schools, Collections—at which the President and territory. Many a stressed student has in our two link regions, Oxfordshire and I meet each graduate annually to review been known to stop and talk to her on the North East. These sessions provided their academic work and their life in the the way to examinations, and of course teachers with face-to-face information college and University—are one of the Artemis is a black cat, so brings them all and guidance relating to the University highlights of my calendar. good luck. and the application process, as well As ever, I must conclude my report as support for developing enrichment Valerie Worth with very warm thanks to the committed opportunities for all pupils. We hope to Senior Tutor and excellent staff of the Academic build on this positive engagement in the Office. Isabel Lough, our long- coming year, and so have added Oxford serving Undergraduate and Tutorial Careers Education for Schools to our Administrator, is a bedrock of common programme and created the Teacher sense, kindness and unflappable Engagement and Access Officer role, efficiency, especially when dealing with which is based full-time in the North University exams. We, and the MCR, East. were sorry to say farewell to Sarah Working in partnership with the McKeown, Academic and Graduate University’s Department for Education, Administrator, who returned to her June saw the launch of a small pilot native Cheshire in January. However, offering light touch training sessions to we are fortunate to welcome in her a small group of PGCE trainee teachers stead Ashley Maguire. Ashley joined us working in schools in Oxfordshire.

26 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 Our aim was to provide these future that young people in the North East In February, Trinity hosted, with Jesus teachers with a greater understanding achieve their potential. College, a Women in Science day for 100 of the University and the application Year 12 pupils from Oxfordshire and process, and give support in accessing For School Pupils South Wales. Participants were able to the many outreach programmes on We worked with 60 different year meet tutors and undergraduates as well offer to teachers and their pupils. groups during our trips to the North as being introduced to science subjects The results and feedback were so East and hosted three groups of Year they had not encountered before. positive that we will be extending the 12 Oxford Experience residential In April, the college hosted Target programme to work with 40 more visits for students from the region. In Oxbridge teaching sessions and a dinner trainee teachers in the coming academic Oxford, we worked with 54 different for around 90 students, and in July 50 year. year groups in their schools and hosted Year 12 pupils taking part in the UNIQ In July and September, we delivered 23 Trinity and Oxford Experience Days. summer school stayed in College for two Continuing Professional In total, we delivered or supported a week. We are looking forward to Development residential events 192 outreach events and engaged with supporting both programmes again in to teachers from the North East over 5,000 pupils. We also received a 2020. and Oxfordshire. Both were heart- significant number of visits from groups At the end of June, we welcomed warming experiences for everyone, of primary- and secondary-aged pupils the John Mason School Symposium, with highly valued contributions from supported by the IntoUniversity Centre which celebrated work from 30 pupils Fellows James McDougall and Luke in Blackbird Leys, which is a partnership from Years 7 to 9, with parents, peers Rostill, and the feedback shows we greatly valued by all. and academics. This was a fabulous celebration of young academic curiosity and provided a valuable opportunity for ‘In total, we have delivered the college to engage with parents as or supported 192 outreach well as pupils. We also hosted, jointly events and engaged with with St Anne’s and Lincoln, 80 Year 12 pupils on the North East Open Day over 5,000 pupils.’ Residential. A number of participants successfully challenged misconceptions have already successfully applied to and developed a knowledge and Trinity, and elsewhere. Of course, we understanding of Oxford and the also welcomed thousands of potential application process, and motivated these Oxford applicants, during two fantastic teachers to support talented students Open Days. in making informed and competitive August saw the return of our OxLAT applications to the University. Extension Programme in Classics and Trinity has also accepted an invitation the Ancient World, which builds on a to sponsor the Lord Glenamara Classics Faculty scheme teaching Latin Memorial Award for Teacher or ab initio up to GCSE. Trinity offers Team Excellence in English. This the programme to Oxfordshire school government prize recognises the most students who have completed OxLAT, The first Offer Holder Day was held in March, inspiring teachers and other education continuing their language acquisition in giving an introduction to Trinity for those with professionals who are helping to ensure Latin and introducing other aspects of an offer of a place on undergraduate courses

27 THE COLLEGE YEAR Classics. We have already seen former specialist CCLA and three new participants take up places at Trinity Estates Bursar’s ‘satellite’ managers were appointed and other colleges. Report (Lindsell Train, Fundsmith and Baillie Gifford). In the property portfolio, the Looking ahead acquisition of 60 acres in Bodicote near The University is supporting colleges in Banbury added land with a long term taking a more coordinated approach to or the Bursary team, the key event development potential and, importantly, their outreach activities with schools, for the year was the start of work in June 2019 a resolution to grant and colleges have started the process Fon the Levine Building. After 10 planning consent was received for the of forming consortia enabling each years of scheme development, planning college’s housing development site at to concentrate and target collective consent was granted in October 2018. Drayton Lodge. resources where they are most needed. Since then, we have been working hard The Bursary team saw some changes Trinity, St Anne’s and Christ Church with our professional advisors to turn in the year. We said sad goodbyes to have now launched the University’s first the beautiful plan into a beautiful the excellent Caroline Anderson and consortium, Oxford for North East. reality. Our demolition contractor, Jessica Andrews as they both moved The summer Open Days saw the Erith, started on site on 1 July 2019 and on to promotions in new jobs. I am official launch of our new fully paid as I write this report I am listening to delighted to say that their successors, Ambassador Programme, which has the merry sound of their bulldozers! Kate Cummins and Robin Rutterford seen contributions from undergraduates There will now be two years of hard have settled in quickly under the expert supporting our access and recruitment work, preparing the Levine Building guidance of College Accountant Nasera activities. We hope to encourage new to welcome the new generation of Cummings. membership and engagement from a students in October 2021. Our Domestic Bursar, Jo Roadknight, broader range of current undergraduate Meanwhile, plenty of other challenges also left in October 2018. Experienced students to help inspire more students and opportunities arose. Providing domestic bursar Linda Irving-Bell from under-represented and/or financial support, when required, (formerly of The Queen’s College) disadvantaged backgrounds to consider for students remains a priority. It kindly came out of retirement to applying to Oxford University and is clear that this is a key issue for a help for a while until a permanent Trinity. small but significant minority of our replacement for Jo could be found, Finally, looking ahead, we are hosting undergraduates who fall through the and we are very grateful to Linda for a celebration of Trinity’s outreach and cracks in the Student Loan system—and her sterling work during a busy time. access work on Saturday 7 March 2020. for the majority of postgraduates, for In August we were pleased to welcome Our partners, including teachers and whom securing adequate income is a Lynne Adam into the role. Coming charities, will be sharing news of our constant battle. At around £0.5m/year from a background of 20 years working collaborative work and future projects. this is a significant cost to the college for the English National Opera at the Anyone who would like to attend and we are very grateful to all those who London Coliseum, Lynne brings a should please get in touch with the support Trinity for the generous help wealth of experience of running a high- Alumni & Development Office for more that they provide. profile and pressurised operation whilst information. The college’s investment portfolio retaining her sense of humour—skills has made good progress during the Hannah Rolley which will stand her in good stead at year. The ‘core’ of the liquid portfolio Head of Access Trinity! switched management to charity

28 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 love the gardens, the environmental impact was mitigated where possible: a beautiful birch tree was relocated (and amazingly seems to have survived the experience, see page 52) and the college committed to the permanent enhancement of a meadow in Marston to provide an offset for the changes at Broad Street. Next, at Easter came the arrival of a large temporary building to house a library reading room and a function room. Our contractor, Neptunus, did an excellent job, enabling the new building to quickly become popular with undergraduates studying for their Trinity term exams. The temporary building (now named the ‘Lawns Pavilion’) will be with us for three years, converting in the summer of 2021 to provide a temporary Hall and The Lawns Pavilion under construction Kitchen in order to facilitate our next major refurbishment project. Section 106 agreement in order to put Investment Funds Stage 4 design for the Levine Building The overall value of the college’s the site on the market from October was also completed during Trinity investment portfolio increased in the 2019. The buyer will be required to term, showing the proposed detail of year from £150m to £168m. The single adhere to the college’s design guide, the interior. With high ceilings and greatest contributor to the growth which will ensure that the quality of the the tasteful, restrained use of natural has been the Drayton Lodge planning end product will be of a high standard. materials, a timeless ‘wow’ factor consent, leading to a significant uplift in Meanwhile, equity performance has has emerged in keeping with the the land value. Our valuation remains been strong, generating a total return of beautiful exterior. The works have been speculative until a buyer is found and 10 per cent for the year, net of fees. The divided into two packages, demolition obviously macro-economic uncertainty college has fully implemented its Socially and construction. The demolition associated with Brexit is unwelcome Responsible Investment Policy and the contractor, Erith, has been engaged until for this project. However, the design new funds which we have introduced late 2019 to remove the Cumberbatch for the Drayton Lodge scheme met have performed well on our behalf. Building, divert underground services with widespread approval—not a and generally prepare the site. It will single public objection to the planning College Buildings be succeeded by the main contractor in application was submitted—and this The Levine Building project got December 2019. seems to have translated into interest underway in February with the removal The building site is fully enclosed from potential buyers. We are working of trees to clear the site. Although by hoarding, but interaction between with the planning officer to conclude a this was a rather sad sight for all who the works and the rest of the college

29 THE COLLEGE YEAR will undoubtedly bring challenges all buildings, including the outside for everyone over the next two years. Domestic Bursar’s properties. However, it is already fascinating to Report The rest of the team were managing see the project taking shape and there 200 American summer school students is considerable excitement about the across the six week period. In addition, facilities which the new building will we hosted seven weddings and a series provide. Fundraising is ongoing and we arrived in post at the end of August, of September residential conferences. are very grateful to the many people and have been made to feel very With very few exceptions, conference who have contributed so kindly. Iwelcome. I’m delighted to be part guests have been pleased with the The new facilities which the project of such a dedicated team—surrounded temporary facilities in the Lawns will deliver are long overdue and will by inspiring colleagues and students— Pavilion and demolition noise has bring about a significant change in the with the opportunity to care for such a not been an issue. We continue to way that Trinity meets the needs of its beautiful estate. I’m also thrilled to be receive consistently excellent feedback students and academics. Details of the part of the Levine Building project, and regarding quality of food and service; project are shown on the website—and a greatly look forward to the challenges it is certainly a source of great pride series of graphics on the hoardings have ahead, as we begin the construction of amongst the team, and rightly so. brought the scheme to life for visitors. what looks set to be a fitting addition to Trinity. We hope that Old Members and Friends Supporting the Levine project will drop in to monitor our progress and As Erith, the demolition contractor, see part of the college’s history under Summer 2019 arrived on site, there was a great deal of construction. I’ve spent my first few months getting coordination required to re-configure to know my excellent team, and also the library entrance. We have been very Chris Ferguson focusing on compliance and safety grateful to Sharon Cure and the Library Estates Bursar generally. This has included a full review of the Business Continuity Plan, Health & Safety Strategy and other policies and procedures. In the meantime, the team reported one of the busiest summer periods, with a range of activity being managed very successfully. The Maintenance staff were kept busy with the decommissioning of Staircase 4, along with a programme of repair and re-decoration across The demolition of Staircase 4

30 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 team for their consistently positive Report, bi-annual newsletter and termly support despite the noise and disruption Director of e-Newsletter. The college’s first Head of to the library across the summer period. Development’s Report Communications, Julia Paolitto, who has The demolition work was not as responsibility for communications with noisy as anticipated, and caused limited staff, students and potential applicants, disruption. We continue to work closely has worked closely with Tom and Old with the Bodleian and Blackwell’s his year, much of the work of Member Mark Schulz (1992) on a teams to minimise disruption to our the Alumni & Development rebranding exercise that included a new- neighbours wherever possible. We’re TOffice has been concentrated style Newsletter and this Report. Old also beginning detailed planning on the Levine Building, especially Members and Friends have reacted very related to the Levine Building, in terms since the college was granted planning positively to the changes. of capacities, pricing for commercial permission. In communications, events For Sarah Jenkinson, Alumni & events, and the practical use of the and fundraising, the focus has been on Events Officer, the first part of the year building. this project, which will transform the was dominated by Benefactors Lunches life of the college. and organising the concert in support of Staff news Tom Knollys, Alumni Relations the building appeal given by Honorary Linda Irving-Bell was a great asset Officer, has continued to sit on a Visiting Fellow Maxim Vengerov. It to the team over the year as Acting University working party to respond to took a great deal of time to arrange, but Domestic Bursar, and I’m enormously GDPR and other legislative changes and was one of those magical events that grateful to her for a detailed and at the same time, he has produced the will stick in people’s memories for many thorough handover. Linda spent many years as Domestic Bursar at The Queen’s College, and so has a wealth of experience (and amusing anecdotes!); we hope she will continue to be a regular visitor and friend to Trinity. Meanwhile, Gary Kinch, College Painter and Decorator, celebrated 40 years with the college, and we were delighted to host a small celebration to mark the occasion. Lynne Adam Domestic Bursar

The reception preceding the concert given by Maxim Vengerov; Susan Singer, John Singer (1969), and Hugh Petter, architect of the Levine Building

31 THE COLLEGE YEAR years to come. Alongside this, Sarah sent to all Old Members and Friends. Building. To help with this addition to also ran a range of other, very successful When the first batch was posted, it his workload, Tom was for this edition events for Old Members and Friends, was accompanied by letters that not of the Report being ably assisted in its including graduations, three gaudies, only asked for support, but presented preparation by Old Member Tom Bewley an MCR Reunion, Classics and Law a range of relevant facts and figures in (1961). Society dinners, the Trinity Weekend, a a colourful and interesting way. It is a In July, Alex Pound joined the office for day to celebrate the anniversary of the testament to Miriam’s effort that the the period of Miriam’s maternity leave admission of women, carol services, the appeal is proving to be so successful. and he is now responsible for the data William Pitt and Ralph Bathurst Society Miriam went on maternity leave in entry and banking that previously fell to events, and visits to Asia and the USA. July and we were delighted to hear of Andrew. We are very grateful to Alex for When I wrote my report last year, the arrival in August of Ethan Samuel taking on what is a challenging role. I said that the Development Officer, Hallatt. In her absence, Andrew Clinch, I have also been busy. In addition to Miriam Hallatt, was looking at the who usually works behind the scenes on arranging ongoing presentations about college’s fundraising materials and gift administration, has taken on a large the building for small groups of Old thinking about applications to trusts part of Miriam’s role and he is enjoying Members and Friends in the UK, the and foundations. She worked for several meeting Old Members and Friends. Tom President and I went to Hong Kong and months on the brochure for the Levine Knollys has taken on Miriam’s work Singapore in the spring, where we gave Building and the result is a fine piece on trusts and foundations, as we make presentations and dinners. At the end of of fundraising literature that will be applications in support of the Levine the summer, we went to San Francisco and Los Angeles and after flying to the East Coast, we were joined by Estates Bursar Chris Ferguson; together we gave presentations and dinners in Boston, New York and Washington. We are waiting to see if these efforts will result in further donations for the Levine Building or other projects. Alumni & Development would not flourish without the commitment of the President and the Estates Bursar and all our colleagues in College who provide such a warm welcome to Old Members and Friends. Thank you to all of them and to everyone who supports Trinity so generously. Sue Broers Director of Development

A break between courses at the 1994-1997 Gaudy

32 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 1947 Mr R B Hadlee Mr D J Weight Benefactors Mr R M Griffiths† Dr C R T Hughes FRACP Mr C M J Whittington† Mr G V Holliday Mr W N M Lawrence 1958 Dr A M Smith Mr M R Ludlow Mr J B Adams The Revd A F Williams† Mr P S Trevis Mr M F Attenborough August 2018 to 1948 Mr J F E Upton Mr J H Bottomley Dr B Warburton July 2019 The Rt Revd R O Bowlby† Mr C G R Cary-Elwes Mr T W E Fortescue Hitchins 1954 Sir Anthony Cleaver FRCM Hon The list of Benefactors records Mr A G S Grellier Mr F G Cochran FREng those who have given a gift Mr A R Macneal† Mr D F Gray† Mr R A Daniell or bequest in the college’s Mr P P J Sterwin Mr N J T Jaques Mr A C J Donaldson Mr P B Farmer financial year, 1 August 2018 1949 Mr F M Merifield† Mr C A Fry to 31 July 2019. Every effort Mr S G Errington CBE DL† Mr A H Morse Mr D Smith Mr A F Hohler is made to ensure the list is Dr A D Ferguson FRCP Mr A G P Lang Mr H J M Hambrook Mr D M Wilson complete—please contact the Dr D G Parks-Smith Dr D T D Hughes 1955 Alumni & Development Office Mr I S T Senior Mr T B Owen CBE† Dr M C Brown to inform us of any errors or Mr J A B Thompson Mr A D Jenkins omissions. 1950 Dr G A Tindale OBE Anonymous Mr M J V Wilkes † Now deceased. Mr R B Wainwright† Mr J H F Bown 1956 Mr R D Welham 1940 Mr J F Duke Anonymous Mr N H G Armstrong-Flemming Major J Harper-Nelson Sir John Hall Bt† Mr M D Channing FCA (honorary 1958) Mr J F Mann 1941 Mr D J F Fecci 1959 Mr K M A Ryves-Hopkins Dr A N Frankland CB CBE DFC† Professor J M B Hughes FRCP Anonymous Mr M H Sturt† Mr D le B Jones CB Mr B R Rea Mr P M H Andreae DL Mr D J Walker 1942 Mr A Richardson Mr D F Beauchamp Mr B G W Weldon 1951 Dr T W Roberts† Mr R J M Butler Major General H G Woods CB Mr T B H Brunner Mr S L Tanner Dr M J Elliott MVO MBE MC DL† The Revd R E G Hughes† Mr J B Walker Mr A C Hutton CB Mr H W Joynt Mr P F J Macrory 1943 Mr R E Mavor 1957 Professor D E Minnikin Mr R C Bond Mr G S P Peacocke Mr E A Bates The Hon P H Parsons Mr J M P G Campbell Mr J A Strover Mr D J Culley Dr H E R Preston Mr A V Fontes 1944 Mr I G Thorburn FCA 1952 Mr G N Guinness Mr G L Ackers Mr P W Tilley Dr J D Bell Mr L D Jenkins Professor G I Bonner† Mr H W Turcan Mr C A K Cullimore CMG Mr C N Lainé† 1945 The Revd A W Morrison Mr R M McNaught 1960 Mr J W Bateson Mr G C Smith Mr J M Morton Mr T A Bird Mr J A Morrell TD Mr P W Watson Mr E J Smalman-Smith Mr J D Blake The Revd E N Staines 1953 Dr R D Thirkell White Professor T R Brown Mr J C Woodcock OBE Mr F C G Bradley Mr M G L Thomas Professor Sir Malcolm Green DM Mr D F C Evans† The Revd G F Warner FRCP Professor M C E Jones DLitt FSA

33 THE COLLEGE YEAR Mr D F G Lewis Mr W N F Walsh Mr P I Luson Mr A J Cary CMG Mr M S Rainbow Mr S W Westbrook Mr B A McAndrew Mr J H T Chatfield Dr J B Rossell Dr N A Dunn 1964 The Revd Dr R A Roberts Mr F A Smith Dr D R Grey Anonymous Mr I D P Thorne Mr S J Hurwitz 1961 Mr J A F Alexander The Very Revd R A Wilkes Mr H B Inman Mr R P F Barber OBE Mr J Chiswell Jones Dr M C K Wiltshire Mr J P Kennedy-Sloane Mr R O Bernays Mr M R C Gatehouse 1967 Mr A P Kirby Mr P S Bradford The Revd D H Hamer Mr C J Cook Mr M L L Lapper Mr C J S Brearley CB Mr A C Johnson Mr P K O Crosthwaite Mr M A Milner Mr C J Hemsley The Revd Professor W K Kay Mr C F Hatton Mr J G Hill Mr N E Melville Mr D W Parker 1971 Mr J S Jeffrey The Revd Professor J Morrill Mr R S Parker CB FRSA FSA Anonymous Dr J G Loken Mr V J Obbard Mr S A Renton Mr W J Annan Mr P B Morgan The Revd Canon J S Richardson Mr G M Strawbridge Mr P D Coleridge Smith FRCS Mr M E Pellew CVO Mr G A R Sawday Professor G L Thomas Dr A E C Cowan The Lord Petre Professor L C L Skerratt Dr E F X Tivnan Mr M Franklin Mr A D Stewart Mr J H Stroud Mr S E Jones 1968 Mr C E Sundt Dr C H Vaillant Mr S Lau Mr P J Bretherton Mr R H Sykes Mr P J Lough 1965 Mr A J Z Czerniawski Mr A W Warren Mr R L Nathan Mr J R Abbott Mr O N F Fairclough Dr N E Reynolds 1962 Dr L H Bailey Mr A A D Grant Anonymous The Revd Canon M G P Insley Mr J A H Greenfield 1972 Mr A M Bark Mr D P Jones Dr S H Large The Rt Revd John Arnold Mr F D Garaway Mr P C Keevil Mr A J G Moore Mr H D Burnett Mr M J Hatch Mr M A Lavelle The Revd R R D Spears Dr J D H Chadwick Mr W J M Huntley Mr H L Mallalieu Mr A E E Webster Mr E A Doran Dr J T Marlin Dr S A Mitton Mr J C Gibb 1969 Mr C J Marsay Professor D N Sedley FBA Mr S J Mitson Mr A G Donald Mr C P Robinson The Revd Dr F J Selman Mr C H Parker Mr M F Doswell Professor Emeritus J D Sheridan Mr K A Stevenson Mr C J Salter Dr N C Elliott Mr C J Simpson Mr R C Turcan Mr H Shohet Mr R S Goodall Mr A G Thorning CEng FRAeS Mr D C Unwin QC Dr C D G Stuart-Buttle Mr P A Hill Mr M J B Vann 1963 Dr C S Keeling-Roberts 1973 Mr W I Wolsey Anonymous Dr P V D Leblanc Anonymous (2) Sir Stephen Young Bt QC Mr M B Baldwin The Revd D M Lindsay Mr A G K Bicknell Mr J J Baxter 1966 Mr B W MacNay Mr A N Buckley Mr R E B Browne Anonymous (2) Dr S J S Martin Mr N C Chew Mr N M Fraser Mr R G Asthalter Mr C M D Setterington Sir Roger Gifford Dr R D Hinge Mr G A Barton The Ven Professor M F West Mr P N Gysin Dr S V Hunt FHEA Mr J L A Cary OBE Mr J B H C Singer Mr A J Hewitt Mr A J S Jennings Mr I P K Enters Professor R G E Wymer Mr A J Hindle Colonel R L Klass Professor D Fairer Mr C R L Low 1970 Sir Andrew Laurie Bt Mr M S E Grime QC Dr K A Manley Anonymous Mr M H C Symonds Mr W Hood Mr A A Murphy Mr J C Boothman

34 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 Professor M B Ndulo Mr P M C Forbes Irving Dr C G Oakley 1980 Mr A S Newman Mr C J Foy Mr R M Parlour Anonymous Mr O C North Mr J S Huggett Mr J N Platt Ms L Butterwick Professor R C Peveler Mr C A Pember Mr A G Ruxton The Revd Professor M D Mr R J B Rhodes Mr G L A Riddiford Mr N R Williams Chapman Mr R J R Seligman Dr J E Tabor Mr S P Williams Mr D J W Fleming Mr R V Y Setchim Mr C P Tompsett Mr E J Wood Mr J M Karas QC Mr J W Shaw Mr D G Williams Mrs A J Laurence 1978 Mr A Shivdasani Mr S R Martin 1976 Anonymous (3) Mr N F Taylor Miss L H Mason Anonymous (3) Mr J N Atkins Mr A J F Tucker Mrs S M O’Brien Mr M J Bowe Mr S J Bruce Mr R A Wood Mr J S Saunders Dr R H Bull Dr G N F Chapman Professor M A Weiss 1974 Mr S M Coombes† Mr A Goddard Mr A J Williams Anonymous Mr P N C Davies Mr C H Hanson Mr M B Alloway Mr H J Emmens Mr J N D Hibler 1981 Mr S F T Cox Professor M G Everett Mr J B Hunter Dr C J Astbury Dr E R P Edgcumbe Mr M J Haddrell Mr D W Jones Lady Butcher Mr M C W Ferrand Mr R A E Hunt Mr S M Lord Ms L L A Clay Mr J M Foster Mr P J Lamphee Mr R M M Trapp The Revd T M Codling Mr P J Horsburgh Mr R J Milburn Professor R M R Tulloh Dr I Dunham Mr R M Hunter Professor J N Newton Dr P D Warren Mr A S Gillespie Mr C D Leck Mr A Pickup FORS Mr G D J Hayward-Cole 1979 Mr P M Levine Mr D I Reynolds Mrs C J Jackson Mr I N Abrey Mr R H Levine Mr R C Sagrott Mrs J M Lashly Dr C M Beck Mr P W Lodge Mr R D M Sears QC Mrs L MacKinnon Professor V Brendel Mr J S W Partridge Mr P D Strawbridge Mr J D B McGrigor Mrs G Chapman† Mr M H Ridley Mr C W Parshall 1977 The Revd Prebendary I C Mr H Shulman Mr C J Reilly Dr P R Abbott Czerniawska Edgcumbe Mr G G Sinclair Mr A S C Rix Mr B T Axe Dr M C Davies Mr M Vincent Mr M C Taylor Mr R Barron Ms S E Ejsmond Professor J C Wyatt Mr J F Tilbury Mr M J Beavis Mr J P Folkes Mr D T W Young FRSA 1975 Mr P S Beck Mr M St Gibbon Anonymous (2) Mr D C Boyle Mr A R Henry 1982 Dr R N B Cary Mr S J Charles Miss O M E Hetreed Anonymous (6) Mr J C B Chancellor Mr R E Cobbett Mr T B LeBon Mrs P A P Alexander Mr J Clipper Mr M H S De Pulford Mr D Moffat Dr N J Astbury DM Mr A J Cooper Professor S A Field Mr H E J Montgomery MBE DL Ms S P Avens Mr C T Couzens Dr M Fowles Mr J R Pascall Dr R G Barton Dr D B Darby Mr T K Holman Lady Sants Mrs D J Chalmers Mr R L Dawson Scott Mr R D Hunt Mr L C Wolff Mr M O Chapman Mr M Edelsten Mr S F P Morecroft Mr R C Wright Dr G D Coughlan Mr J D Eyre Mr A J Morgan Mr D R Davies Mr D H Fitzherbert The Revd D M Morris Mrs G A Gallois Dr S Fitzsimons Mr P Nicol Mr N J Gibson

35 THE COLLEGE YEAR Mrs S D Hardcastle Mrs M A Coughlan Ms A Nicholls Mr A H Forsyth Ms A Henderson-Begg Brigadier J D Daniel CBE Mrs H T Reeve Dr A R Graydon Miss K D Lassila Mr D D Eaton Mr M D Skelley Dr E F Griffin Mr J P H Lawrence Mr N R Excell Mrs A H L Smith Mrs E A Heycock Mr R A Lindsay Mr J M R Glasspool Mr J Spence Mr S P Jebb Ms S M Lloyd Mrs A L Goodison Mr M D T Tennant The Revd Professor M A Ludlow Ms V Loxton Mr B P Hollins Ms P E Walsh Mrs R L Sestini Mr J E Macpherson Mr J M Hughes Mr B P Watkins Dr J C Steward Mr J A J Parker Ms L A Jury Mr I D G Whittaker Mr D P Tomlinson Dr J D G Phillips Ms E A Kidd Mr D J Yeoward Jonkheer H J van Steenis Dr R C Ratnavel Ms J G Lewis The Revd Dr S M Wood 1986 Ms C J Reay Ms P J Locke Anonymous 1989 Mr P J Stevens Mr S E Martin Mr S J Cordell Anonymous (2) Mr C D A Tchen Miss P M K Mayfield Mr A J De Groose Mr C Bull The Revd Dr H A Warren Ms A C McElwaine Mr D N Evans Mr S J B Clarke Mr J S Zray Mr R L Michel Dr S A Galloway Mr T Drew CMG Mr C A S Patrick 1983 Mrs F R C Hall Mrs G C James Mr A H Pearson Anonymous (8) Dr L A Khoo Mr D A Lawson Ms R Rendle Mr J A Abbott Ms D A Meyler Mr D C Magliocco Dr R R Schulze Jr MD Mr R J Baron Dr B J Murray Mr M A J Pitt Mrs J A Smithers Excell Mr J R Barty Mr M T Oakeley Mr G P C Strafford Mr W A Carter Dr K W Y Tan Bhala Mr P Springett 1990 Mr J R Cashen Dr D J Tombs Mr N J Thompson† Anonymous (5) Dr I A Castellano Mrs H C Williams Professor S J Tucker Mrs H K Balke Mr T A Cook 1985 The Revd M R Wood Mr E A Chadwyck-Healey Mr M C Fewell Anonymous (3) 1987 Ms S Chynoweth-Smith Dr J Fletcher Miss M L Acton Mrs A L Barnard Mr P A Coffey Mr C A Hedgcock Mr N H F Andrews Mrs J K Gallagher Mr J H Grinstead Mr J A Henderson Mr M S Baker Mr J M Gallagher Mr N D Hallows Mr A R Hey Professor R K Bhala Dr A R Gande Ms H S Lowe Mr G F Hurst Mrs G L Blair Mrs K I Gray Mr D S Maitland Mr D H Innes Mr J E Brown Miss E S K Habershon Mr J E G McLean Dr R R Kaprielian Dr M J C Brownlow Mr C W Hammon Mr R B Melvin Mrs H J McDonald Professor J J Cooper Mrs A F Hutchinson Mrs H R Murray Mr R P Paretzky Mr P L Cunningham Mr K E J Jordan Ms S Ng Dr E C Richardson Mr P A Davies Dr N P Ludlow Mr I D Oliver Mrs A C Sheepshanks Mr C M Decker Ms A L Thompson Dr J C Pinot de Moira Mrs F M Tchen Mr R I C Denman Mr M G Tubbs Mr D N Robinson Mrs C L M Wilkes Mr A P S Gee Dr S A Weaver Mr I K Shawyer 1984 Ms R A Grant Mr A L Wilkins 1988 Anonymous (5) Miss C M Harrison Anonymous 1991 Mr M W Andrews Ms R Jordano Shore Mr W J Bayer Anonymous (3) Mr P C P Bourdillon Mr P M Kerr Dr E C Boswell Mr C W Barlow FRCS Mr J M Callow Mr R O Lloyd-Jones Mr B E Masojada Mr R S Dinning Professor D L Burrows

36 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 Mr P A Cleaver Mr A J Gross Mr C P O Taylor Mr A H Anderson Mr N W Gummerson Mr R D Hadley Mr A D Timlett Miss S Brodbeck Mr B Hall Mr T H R Hill Mr M Weekes Dr M C Carson Mr T E W Hawkins Mr J S Horn-Phathanothai MBE Mr F J D S Wheeler Mrs H Chen Dr P M Hayton Mr S K Kay Mrs J J Wilson Mrs C V Clough Mrs N S Huet Dr M Li Mr S D Wilson Mr A J Comrie-Picard Miss S E Oakley Mr A R Smardon FCA Ms E Yiolitis Miss X L Craddock Mr R J See Mr C J Smart Mrs K J Craig 1995 Mrs M S Townsend Ms S C C Sotheran Dr T J Craig Anonymous (3) Mr M J White Dr C A Suthrell Mrs F V Dawson Dr L Bemand-Qureshi Dr B K Woodcock Dr R L Thompson Mr P A G Dillon Mrs E C R Bosley Miss A P Tree Mr J M Ellacott 1992 Mr P J Clamp Mr A R Walton Ms J K Ellis Adwan Anonymous Mrs R E J Clarke Mr R E Francis Mr M T Bavinton 1994 Dr J O J Davies Dr R Goodall Mrs P A Bavinton Anonymous Mrs C de Jongh Ms A R Hall Mr R E Bonner Mrs C C Alexander Mr N M E Dempsey Mr J D Harrold Mr P C Collins Mr R M H Baird Mrs J C Dennis Mrs P Harrold Dr C B Davidson Mr W E Bennett Mrs T A Doyle Dr E R Hayton Ms S Dupagny Miss I S C Berkeley Professor Dr M W Dusinberre Dr C E Hinchliffe Dr R Forster Mrs D S Bisby The Hon M C Finlay Miss H E A Horseman Mr B Giaretta Mr T R Blundell Ms J C Fisher Mrs H A Hudson Mr M J W Green Dr R O Bowyer Mr D R Fontes Professor Dr M Kuijer Dr R A Grimble Mrs C M Brear Ms L C Forster Mr P Kuncinas Ms M C Jenkins Mr S J Chiavarini Mrs S P Francis Miss J C Lutteroth Dr A R Lyon Mr G Clough Mr S I Goldberg Mrs P Madina Dr J R Mosedale Dr H Corbett Mr N J Gray Mr J R Maltby Ms A S Parr Mr T A Dobbs Mr A J S Hutchinson Ms K L Mearns Mrs S M Rayment Mr P G Dodd Mr L G Large Mr T W Mills Mr M P Rendell Ms R G Garland Ms R L M Lawrence Mrs S L Nowell Dr P E Richens Mrs E Georgiou Loizides Mrs S J Lewis Dr R A Oliver Mrs S M Riley Mr T W Greeves The Revd Canon A Macham Mrs V C Pike Mr P A S Rozario-Falcone Mrs S J Hawkins Mrs N J Morris Ms S L Richmond Mr N M Steele Mr G R James Ms R K Newton-Smith Mr W F Richmond-Coggan Mr G von Graevenitz Mr R I James Mrs H M North Mr B P Smith Mr G C R Watson Dr C M Lewis Mr T C Ong Professor S C Speller Mr M L Wilson Mr S J Nathan Dr R J Osborne Professor D T Swift Mr D J Nicholson Dr G Petrochilos Mrs M Tsikkini Mr A J North Ms E N Price 1993 Dr D P Vosper Singleton Mr G J Pike Mrs J E Rosser Anonymous Mr M W Webb Mrs N L Reeves Mr D A Shah Dr I G Cummings Miss V Wilson Mr R W Dawkins Mr A Rehany Mrs L C Shand Mr E J Duerr Ms E Segal Mrs S E Smart 1997 Mr B D T Shankland Mrs C L Andrews Dr T R Eykyn 1996 Professor N A L Tamblyn Mrs C J Asawaroengchai Mr P M Gilbert Anonymous (4) Mrs C E Taylor Miss H R Bacon-Shone

37 THE COLLEGE YEAR Dr M E Bate Mrs C D Fraser Ms H S Eastwood 2006 Mr W A J Beck Mr J V G Harvey Dr M H Mathias Anonymous Dr E C J Carr Mrs C M Laing Mr T Pickthorn Mr A Ben-Yousef Mrs R E A Coleman Mr G W Laing Mr S Surendra Miss L Campbell-Colquhoun Mr L C Curren Dr M W McCutcheon Miss A C Tendler Mrs S D J Cherry Mr L Ford Mrs J M Powlesland Dr D A Whittingham Dr M G Choudhary Mrs H R Gauterin Mr M Quieto Mr P Choudhary 2003 Dr T A Gladstone Mr S C Sanham Mrs S G Few Anonymous Mr C J Good Dr E Forestan-Barnes 2000 Miss J M C Chan Dr B M Jenkins Mr W Lough Mr T C Bell Mr S F Chang Mr P J Keane Mr A Mankoo Mr C E H Cook Dr E Flossmann Mr A Krings Miss C S Stratford Mr R B Francis Mrs H J Gunson Mr A G Lewis Mr D Taylor Miss K E L Garbutt Mrs S L Jenkinson Mrs H L Lewis Dr A R Kendal Mr J J S Kueh 2007 Mr T J L Lockley Mr T E Leonard Mr C X Liu Anonymous (2) Dr C Maresca von Beckh Mr J L Meeke Mr G D O’Connor Miss R Batty Mr P McCloghrie Miss L E Orr Mrs L M Otway Miss R D Dalglish Mr D C Metcalf Dr A S Powlesland Mr S K Pulimood Mr D Lloyd Mrs D E Miller Ms C J Renton Mr D A Simon Dr O Y Shvarova Mr S W Miller Mr E Rugman Dr J Whitaker Mr R A Priestley 2008 Mr R Truffer Mr G J Samuel-Gibbon 2004 Anonymous Mrs S A Samuel-Gibbon 2001 Dr L Allan Mr E P Case Ms H R Santer Anonymous (2) Dr E C Border Miss R C Hargrave Mrs S C M Spencer-Brown Mr J A Chesculescu Mrs L J Douglas Mr J A Keiller Mr S V Tabar Mr G R Chesney Mr S Evans Mr A Nawab Miss A L Wright Mrs C A Clipper Mr G M S Macpherson Dr M H Tranter Mrs A C Doyle Bonsall Mr J Mik Dr J N Walker 1998 The Hon A R Fellowes Mr H L G Morgan Mr C D Blair 2009 Mr C M Fitzsimons Mr H G Sheldon Dr P D S Burnett Mr A Badino Mr B J Fletcher Mrs R C Sherlock Mr W A Charles Mr J W Fitzpatrick Dr M J Flowerdew Mr D J Smith Ms S A Ellis-Jones Dr J E Hotham Dr S E Flowerdew Mr K L Townsend Mr R S Holland Mr C E T McMillan Mr A R Johnson Mr J D Wright Dr S M W Jackson Miss C A Meara Mrs E A Osman Mr J G Jansen 2005 Mr J P Middleton Dr K E Shipman Mrs S E Lad Anonymous (2) Mr J O Ross Mr N J Smallwood Mr T M Nelson Miss A Banszky Von Ambroz Ms T Sen Dr E R Waring 2002 Dr J G Best Mr A M Valeanu Dr M Waring Anonymous Dr C L Chow 2010 Mr S J Wrigley Mr H D Biddle Miss D M Cross Mr E M Birkett Mr A S Clipper Dr J W Few 1999 Mr F J Crellin Mr M J Davies Dr B Hu Dr K R Back Miss O Grimshaw Mr M Dewhirst Dr H T Luckhoo Mrs M Bakir Mr J S Ranstrand Mr S A Dhanani Miss A R Partridge Miss H Cartwright

38 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 2011 Professor J Pierrehumbert Goldman Sachs & Co Mr J C E Webster Anonymous Sir Ivor & Lady Roberts Linklaters Dr C J & Dr C B Williams Mr S A Fletcher Dr V P Seidel Netflix Benevity 1960-69 Mr A Long Mr A Stefanescu Pfizer Mr R O Bernays & Mr J Nicholls Ms R Strawson Said Business School Ms R Horwood-Smart QC Mr J G Musson Professor B R Ward-Perkins Santander UK Mr J L A Cary OBE Mr N Pontt Professor J S Wark Mr P K O Crosthwaite 2012 Dr T A Watt Mr S Forster Mr B A Crompton Friends Members of the Sir Charles Gray Dr K E French Anonymous (5) Ralph Bathurst Mr D I S Green 2013 Ms K Auer Mr C J Hemsley Mr B T G de Jager Mr D Cherry Society Mr W Hood Mr H Macpherson Mrs V Cullimore Mr P C Keevil Mr W Darbon Mr R B Landolt Mr T Sumino 1947-49 Mr T S Dowd JD Mr C J Marsay Miss A Westhoek The Lord Ashburton KG KCVO Mrs S J Evans Mr R S Parker CB FRSA FSA DL 2014 Mrs H Furtado† Mr & Mrs J B H C Singer Sir Patrick Moberly KCMG Dr J N Blandy Mr P A M Gilligan-Hackett Mr G M Strawbridge Dr G Caffera Dr J P Hackett 1950-59 Professor G L Thomas Mr J B Adams Miss A Hall 1970-79 Mr J S Allan Fellows (including Emeritus, Mrs J Hill Mr S J Bruce Mr P M H Andreae DL Honorary and Sir Thomas Mrs V Hill Mr K R Craig Mr D F Beauchamp Pope Fellows who are not Old Mr A Hurford Mr F G Doelger Mr J Blackwell DL Members), Former Fellows and Ms J Jerrard Mr C A S Fawcett Mr T B H Brunner Staff Dr J Leheny Mr & Mrs P J Horsburgh Sir Hugo & Lady Brunner Professor N Barber Mr J Matthews Mr J S Huggett Sir Charles Chadwyck-Healey Bt Dame Hilary Boulding DBE Mrs J Oliver Mr P M Levine Sir Anthony Cleaver FLSW FRWCMD Mrs F Pirgon Mr T R Marshall Mr D B Farrar Mrs F S Broers Mrs E Sparkes Mr A W Morgan Sir Christopher Hogg Mr P G M Brown† & Mrs C M Staveley Mr A S Newman Mr A F Hohler Mrs L Brown Dr M Thurston Mr R D Old Mr N J T Jaques Professor K Buckler Mr P Tonkin Mr C H Parker Sir Brian Jenkins GBE Mr A M Clinch Mr C Tuckley Mr N V Radford Professor J W Last CBE Mr & Mrs G de Jager Mr W R van Dijk DDS Mr C D Randell CBE Mr D A Newton Professor P J Fairchild Mr D Ware Dr N E Reynolds Mr J A Paine Mr C Ferguson Ms C C Watter Mr R L Richards Mr J H Pattisson Dr T Franklinos Mr R Willetts Mr & Ms M H Ridley Mr F N P Salaman Mrs M J E Hallatt Mr P Winter Mr D M Salisbury Mr I S T Senior Mr & Mrs R Hunt-Grubbe Mr G Wong Lady Sants Mr J W R Shakespeare CMG LVO Mr T E Knollys & Companies and Trusts Mr R V Y Setchim Mr R S Simpson MBE Professor P E McCullough Anonymous Mr & Mrs A Shivdasani Dr & Mrs C H Smith Mrs J Martin Barclays Bank Plc Mr A J F Tucker Mr S L Tanner Dr P J Moody Element Capital Management LLP The Lord Tyrie PC Mr H W Turcan Dr J Pellew Ernst & Young Foundation Mr S P Vivian

39 THE COLLEGE YEAR Mr & Mrs S C Willes Mr G Koutentakis & Mr A F Hohler Mr G J C Lavelle Professor P W Willman Mrs I Konstantinidou-Koutentakis Professor J M B Hughes FRCP Mr J S Lowings Mr A H & Mrs K Woodman Mr A G McClellan Mr J F D S Lewis-Barned Dr N P Madigan Dr J & Mr M E Pellew 1980-89 Mr P F J Macrory Dr J T Marlin Sir Ivor & Lady Roberts Anonymous Mr R E Mavor Mr C J Marsay Mr W R Saïd Mr & Mrs L Chester The Revd Prebendary D M Morris Mr K J Merron Mr H Shaw Mr S J Cordell The Revd D R Palmer Mr J Metcalf Professor Sir Edwin Southern Mr R Drolet & Mrs M Cameron Mr J H Pattisson Dr S A Mitton Mrs J Steel Mr & Mrs S Edelsten Professor E R Pfefferkorn The Revd Professor J S Morrill Dr T A Watt Mr D S Ewart Mr S D Rangeley-Wilson FBA Dato’ Robert Tan & Mr & Mrs A H Forsyth Mr A P Runge Professor R L Nichols† Dato’ Soo Min Yeoh Mr & Mrs A S Gillespie Mr K M A Ryves-Hopkins Mr E B Nurse Mr J M R Glasspool Mr D Smith & Ms J Jerrard Mr C M O’Halloran Mr V H Grinstead Mr A J Taylor Mr R S Parker CB FRSA FSA Mr K E J Jordan Members of Mr M G L Thomas Mr M E Pellew CVO Mr R L Michel Dr G A Tindale OBE Professor M H Prozesky Mr S B Pearson the William Pitt Dr B R Tolley Mr M S Rainbow Mr J Spence Mr P S Trevis Mr T N A Telford Society Mr H W Turcan Mr A G Thorning CEng FRAeS 1990-2010 Mr R J A C Wallace-Turner† Dr C H Vaillant Mr A Badino 1944-49 Mr J C E Webster OBE Dr S J Wood Mr S J Chiavarini Mr G L Ackers Mr A J Williams 1970-79 Mr P C Collins Mr S J D Corsan Mr M St J Wright Mr I N Abrey Mrs Z King Professor M P O Morford† 1960-69 Mr C D Baxter Mr A W W Slee Mr R A Rees Anonymous Mr A P H Browne The Revd E N Staines Mr M B Baldwin Mr J H T Chatfield Mr P P J Sterwin Fellows (including Emeritus, Mr R M J Baresel Mr P Fay† Honorary and Sir Thomas 1950-59 Mr R O Bernays Mr T Fraser Pope Fellows who are not Old Anonymous Mr P S Bradford Mr A Goddard Members), Former Fellows and Mr J S Allan Mr J F M Clough BM BCh Mr J R Haigh Friends Mr M F Attenborough FRCS (C) Mr C M Henderson-Fairey Anonymous Dr G E J Beckmann Dr J H W Cramp Mr J S Huggett Mr N H G Armstrong-Flemming Dr J D Bell Mr R M Englehart QC Mr S M Lord FCA Dr M C Brown Mr H B L Evans Mr A J Morgan Mrs J Beloff Mr R J M Butler Professor D Fairer Mr R D Old The Hon M J Beloff QC FRSA Mr W P Colquhoun MBE Mr T J B Farmer Mr R J R Seligman Mr P G M Brown† Mr & Mrs C A K Cullimore Dr G Georghallides Mr R Weaver Mr & Mrs G de Jager Mr P B Farmer Mr A A D Grant Professor P W Willman Sir Roger & Lady Fry Mr A G Fathers† Professor C Hall 1980-89 Mr W R Haskell Mr D J F Fecci Mr C J Hemsley Mr D R Amstad Mr & Mrs B and G Howard Mr J Fraser† Dr S V Hunt FHEA Mrs A Ardron Mr & Mrs R Hunt-Grubbe Mr G P Germany† Mr J L Hunter Professor R K Bhala & Mr & Mrs K J S Knott Mr C W M Grose Mr R N Jarman Dr K W Y Tan Bhala Mr D L Harland Mr D P Jones Dr E C Boswell

40 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 Mr M A Brafield Mr S J Cordell Library Report Mr P M Kerr Mrs S A Lewisohn Mrs S C A Maynard he past year has seen the start Mr C W Parshall Mr N A Sloan of some significant changes to Mrs J A Smithers Excell TTrinity’s main (War Memorial) Mr D T W Young FRSA library, in both physical appearance and service provision, with the 1990 onwards Mr B Cooper coming few years promising to be Mrs S L Jenkinson both exciting and, at times, a little Dr C R Reddaway challenging. Dr C A Suthrell The main library has always Professor N A L Tamblyn depended on a large number of people The Revd A J Wellbelove to function, as detailed in past reports. These currently include library scouts Fellows (including Emeritus, Darron Smith and Lee Chapman, Honorary and Sir Thomas student helpers (most recently Gosia, Pope Fellows who are not Old Maxim and Claire), and Fellow Members), Former Fellows and Librarian Stefano Evangelista, covered Friends for on sabbatical this year by Valerie Mr N H G Armstrong-Flemming Worth. However, on a day-to-day Robert Hooke’s Micrographia (1665), in an FCA basis, the library has always been exhibition display case, reflecting one of the Professor F M Ashcroft FMedSci single-staffed and this has proved Old Library’s west windows FRS increasingly challenging, especially The Hon M J Beloff QC FRSA but she approached this, and every with growing interest in the Old and Dr A Bramwell task, with humour, enthusiasm and Mr P G M Brown† Danson Libraries. The appointment energy. Mrs V Cullimore of Sarah Cox as Library Assistant, The changes to the main library Miss A Hall in February, effectively doubled the layout have been made with an eye to Professor J Pierrehumbert library team. Sarah brings a wealth of the enhanced library provision that will Sir Ivor Roberts KCMG experience from her previous post at come with the completion of the Levine Pembroke College and has been able Building. We have enjoyed the ongoing to cast a fresh eye over Trinity’s library interaction with the architects, project provision. With her help, policies manager, and Justin Folliard, College and routines have been reviewed and Surveyor, in fine-tuning the plans for simplified, and the dispiriting piles of the new library entrance hall, reception shelving sorted and cleared. I am sure area, staff office, and mezzanine she did not expect to spend most of the seating area. The prospect of fully summer covered in dust as she weeded accessible reading rooms, more desks, out and moved thousands of books to and a welcoming reception space, is an make the best use of valuable space, exciting one and we will continue to

41 THE COLLEGE YEAR Meanwhile, antiquarian cataloguer Paul Ivanovic positioned right in began a much-needed stock take of the the midst of a noisy Old Library at the beginning of the year. and (sometimes) Paul left us in the summer and our long- vibrating demolition standing rare books cataloguer, Alison site, the War Felstead, is completing the inventory. Memorial Library Alison also continues her excellent work valiantly held firm cataloguing the remaining antiquarian all summer, opening holdings. A highlight for this year has as usual throughout been cataloguing the Danson erotica the vacation. By collection (generously sponsored by mid-September, Sir Charles Chadwyck-Healey, 1958). with Staircase 4 Numbering about 450 volumes, this diminishing daily, is one of the finest private collections the entrance was no of erotica in the country and Alison’s longer accessible work has aroused a great deal of interest John Gerard’s Herball (1633), displayed for an exhibition in the Old Library and an alternative from within Oxford and in the wider discuss the finer details over the coming way in was fashioned via an enormous year as the project moves forward. scaffolding staircase that runs from The road to the sunlit uplands will Library Quad through a window space not, of course, always run smooth and into the upper library. Although fairly our main challenge will be to keep monstrous in appearance, this staircase library provision to a high standard does, after some initial tweaking, during the building works. We have been now feel like an established part of fortunate to have the full support of the the building (although one which we college with this, shown by the arrival, will be glad to see the back of in due during Trinity term, of the spacious course!) It means that we can continue Lawns Pavilion, with its 90-seat Reading to open the library 24/7—essential Room. The building is well appointed both for providing additional desk with toilets that are frankly luxurious space as the academic year progresses compared to the previous facilities in the and for retaining access to the books. library basement! The Reading Room We still need to work on providing a incorporates a print room, staff office practical staff working area in the upper and locker storage space. With lovely library and we are aware that it will be views over the gardens, and the benefit a challenge to keep this room a warm of air conditioning, it has been popular and comfortable place to work over the with readers from day one, providing winter months. a relative oasis of calm away from the With so much else to juggle, the noise and dirt of the construction work. Old and Danson Libraries have We are indebted to Justin Folliard for his taken something of a back seat this The Trinity term Library Treasures talk given by help with the design and fit out. year. Much useful work continues: Alison Felstead

42 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 academic community. We displayed Many thanks to those people who primarily English literature. Some some books from the collection for the have donated books to the Libraries were added to library stock and others, Hilary term ‘Treasures of the Trinity and Archive. These are listed below. The duplicates of books already in the Libraries’ / LGBTQ Month event. names of donors—and college members library, were chosen by students for their For the Trinity term ‘Treasures’ talk, associated with a donation—are in bold, own use. Alison spoke on our three editions of Le with the names of Old Members followed théâtre érotique de la rue de la Santé— by date of matriculation in brackets. Lesley Brown, widow of Peter plays performed at a nineteenth century Brown, Emeritus Fellow, gave a copy erotic puppet theatre in Paris. Alison has Justin Abbott (1983) gave a copy of of Terence’s The girl from Andros worked in conjunction with American the most recent edition of What color (Liverpool University Press, 2019). Peter erotica expert, Patrick Kearney, to is your parachute?: a practical manual translated, introduced, and provided the produce an electronically available for job-hunters and career-changers commentary for this monograph, which annotated bibliography of Trinity’s by Richard N Bolles (Ten Speed Press, was his last published work. collection. Patrick previously authored 2018). an annotated bibliography of the British Dr Peter Carey, Emeritus Fellow, gave Library’s erotica collection (the Private Professor Michael Alexander (1959) a copy of Urip iku urub: untaian Case). Alison will write further about gave The inheritance of Rome: a history persembahan 70 tahun Profesor Peter her work on the erotica collection in a of Europe from 400 to 1000 (Penguin, Carey edited by F X Domini B B Hera forthcoming Newsletter. 2010) by Chris Wickham. Michael also (Kompas, 2019). This 70th birthday We were pleased to continue to gave a copy of These truths: a history of Festschrift, whose 23 contributors welcome a number of groups, and the United States by Jill Lepore (W W are friends and colleagues of Peter’s, individual visitors and scholars to the Norton, 2018). celebrates his achievements and Old and Danson Libraries over the year, influence on the study of Java. and wish to thank Dr Alan Coates, John Baxter (1963) gave a copy of Honorary Librarian of the Old Library, his novel Surviving Napoleon: the Professor Frank Close, University of for his continued help with these and clockmaker’s tale (Charonia Media, Oxford Emeritus Professor of Physics, all Old Library related matters. Some 2017). gave a copy of his novel, Trinity: the events were specifically for Trinity treachery and pursuit of the most members—including an exhibition of The Hon Michael J Beloff QC, dangerous spy in history (Allen Lane, illustrators and illustrated books for President 1996-2006, continued to give 2019). ‘Trinity’ was the codename for Trinity Arts Week. Other openings law papers and journals as well as the test explosion of the atomic bomb in were aimed at interested groups from Betting the house: the inside story of New Mexico in July 1945. outside Trinity. On two such occasions the 2017 election by Tim Ross and Tom we were joined by Dr Paul W Nash, rare McTague (Biteback, 2017). Craig Clunas, Honorary Fellow, gave books cataloguer and long-time friend a copy of Iran: a modern history by of the Libraries, who gave short talks Dr (John) David Bell (1956) gave a copy Abbas Amanat (Yale University Press, about the Loyd Haberly collection—a of his new historical novel, Kallista 2017). collection of private press books (Olympia, 2019). bequeathed to the college by R Guy Dr Alan Coates (1980), Honorary Powell (Paul wrote about this collection Thomas Bewley (1961) gave a large Librarian of the Old Library, continued in the Spring 2019 Newsletter). number of books from his own library, to present a copy of books published to

43 THE COLLEGE YEAR accompany recent Bodleian exhibitions. Squadron Leader Hugh Dolan (1997) by Elizabeth Hamilton (Broadview His most recent donations were: Babel: gave a copy of his recent graphic novel Press, 2000); Northanger Abbey by adventures in translation by Dennis about the Australian gold fields, Eureka: Jane Austen (Broadview Press, 2002); Duncan et al. (Bodleian Library, 2019); one bloody Sunday, illustrated by Dave and Rights of man by Thomas Paine Talking maps by Jerry Brotton et al. Dye (Newsouth Publishing, 2019). (Broadview Press, 2011). (Bodleian, 2019); and Thinking 3D: books, images and ideas from Leonardo Carlo Dumontet, a friend of the Old Professor Katherine Ibbett, Caroline de to the present edited by Daryl Green Library, gave a copy of his two-volume Jager Fellow and Tutor in French, gave and Laura Moretti (Bodleian, 2019). Determining the format of books: an Recueil des dames, poésies et tombeaux introduction (Biblio-Graphica, 2019). by Pierre de Bourdeille Brantôme Professor Christopher Collard gave a Professor David Fairer (1966) gave a (Gallimard, 1991). She also gave a copy of his Colloquial expressions in copy of his novel, The chocolate house number of interesting books on John Greek tragedy: revised and enlarged treason: a mystery of Queen Anne’s Henry Newman (1816), collected by her edition of P T Steven’s colloquial London (Matador, 2019). father, to the Archive and library. expressions in Euripides (Franz Steiner Verlag, 2018). Professor Collard had Jonathan Glasspool (1984), managing Mike Inwood, Emeritus Fellow, originally planned to present a copy director of Bloomsbury Publishing, gave a copy of his Heidegger: a very to Peter Brown, to thank him for his has made a significant donation of short introduction (2nd ed Oxford help with the research, but sadly was Bloomsbury books and academic University Press, 2019) as well as Hegel’s unable to do so before Peter’s death in services. Books have been selected from philosophical psychology edited by December 2018. Professor Collard has, the Bloomsbury catalogue by Trinity Susanne Herrmann-Sinai and Lucia therefore, presented the book to the Fellows and the library team. Ziglioli (Routledge, 2016) and The library in Peter’s memory. Bloomsbury companion to Hegel edited Dr Richard Goddard (1978) gave his by Allegra de Laurentiis and Jeffrey David Crompton gave a copy of his The early troubadours and the Latin Edwards (Bloomsbury, 2015). biography, Robinson Duckworth: tradition (Universitaire Pers Maastricht, 4th December 1838 - 20th September 2018). The book is based on Richard’s Anthony Jennings (1963) presented 1911 (2018) to the Archive. Robinson 1985 DPhil thesis. a copy of his Shipping and supply Duckworth (Fellow 1860-76) has several contracts (Witherbys, 2018). claims to fame, including being the Dr Anil Gomes, Fellow and Tutor in inspiration for the Duck in Alice in Philosophy, gave a number of books Major Seth Johnston (2003) presented a Wonderland. He was tutor to Queen on philosophy from his own library, copy of his How NATO adapts: strategy Victoria’s youngest son, Prince Leopold, including Knowing by perceiving by Alan and organization in the Atlantic alliance from 1866-70, a post he lost when he Millar (Oxford University Press, 2019). since 1950 (Johns Hopkins, 2017). became romantically involved with Princess Louise. David Crompton Dr Claire Grogan (1981) gave several Professor Michael Jones (1960) gave wrote his biography on behalf of St of her own works including Politics Hubert Guilletel, actes de ducs de Mark’s Church in Maida Vale, where and genre in the works of Elizabeth Bretagne (944-1148), which he co-edited Duckworth was the incumbent from Hamilton, 1756-1816 (Ashgate, 2012) (Presses Universitaires de Rennes, 2014). 1870 to 1906. as well as three books which she edited: He also presented both volumes of The Memoirs of modern philosophers white book (liber albus) of Southwell

44 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 edited by Michael Jones et al. (Boydell its overseas outposts, will be kept in the edited by Joseph Bristow and Josephine Press, 2018). These comprise volume 61 Archive. McDonagh (Palgrave Macmillan, 2016). of the Pipe Rolls, new series. This volume, from the Palgrave studies Tim Mackintosh-Smith (1979) presented in nineteenth-century writing and Dr Liz Kalaugher (1989) gave a copy a copy of his book, Arabs: a 3,000-year culture series, is a tribute to the work of of her Furry logic: the physics of history of peoples, tribes and empires Richard’s late mother, Sally Ledger. animal life, written with Matin Durrani (Yale University Press, 2019). (Bloomsbury Sigma, 2016). Dr Fraser Riddell, Lecturer in English, Patrick Macrory (1959) gave a copy of gave both volumes of The Norton Dr Alexandros Kampakoglou, Lecturer his Liquid poetry: the wonder of water anthology of English literature: the in Classics, presented a copy of his recent (Goff Books, 2019). major authors edited by Stephen book, Studies in the reception of Pindar Greenblatt (W W Norton, 2019). in Ptolemaic poetry (De Gruyter, 2019). Dr Keith Manley (1973) presented a copy of his Irish reading societies and Fred Satow (1976) gave classics and Gary Kahn (1963) gave the latest title in circulating libraries founded before philosophy books from his own library. the Overture Opera Guides series, which 1825: useful knowledge and agreeable he edits, Die zauberflöte: Wolfgang entertainment (Four Courts Press, 2018). Sir Charles Sebag-Montefiore gave, on Amadeus Mozart, translated by Kenneth This is a companion piece to his earlier behalf of Brooks’s Club, The British Chalmers (Overture Publishing, 2019). Books, borrowers, and shareholders: as art collectors: from the Tudors to Scottish circulating and subscription the present (Scala, 2012). Members Professor Martin Kemp, Honorary libraries before 1825: a survey and of Brooks’s visited the Old Library Fellow, gave a copy of Leonardo da listing, which he had already presented in April, the visit organised by Peter Vinci: a mind in motion edited by to the library. Andreae (1959). Juliana Barone (British Library, 2019), to which he contributed a chapter. He Ben Mason (2008) gave Der sandmann Calvin Senning presented a copy of his also presented his books: Leonardo by E T A Hoffmann (Philipp Reclam Spain, rumor, and anti-Catholicism in by Leonardo (Calloway, 2019); Living jun, c1991). mid-Jacobean England: the Palatine with Leonardo: fifty years of sanity match, Cleves, and the Armada scares and insanity in the art world and Patrick Miles, biographer of late of 1612-1613 and 1614 (Routledge, beyond (Thames & Hudson, 2018) and Trinity Old Member George Calderon 2019) to the Archive. This authoritative Leonardo da Vinci: the 100 milestones (1887), presented a copy of Akbar by work gives insights into the turbulent (Sterling, 2019). Sir Laurence Binyon (D Appleton and politics of the seventeenth century, Company, 1932) to the Archive on in which a humble fellow of Trinity Peter Kornicki donated a copy of his behalf of the Calderon Trust. The book momentarily held centre stage. This was book Captain Oswald Tuck and the formed part of George and Katharine Richard Rands (scholar 1605, Fellow Bedford Japanese School, 1942-1945 Calderon’s library and is inscribed to 1610-23 and library benefactor) who (Pollino Publishing, 2019) to the Archive. Katherine by Binyon (1888, Honorary in 1613 published a satirical verse that Four Trinity graduates served in this Fellow 1933). caused ripples through the courts and largely unknown theatre of the Second embassies of Europe. World War, working in cryptography Richard Porteous (2011) gave a copy of and translation at Bletchley Park and Nineteenth-century radical traditions

45 THE COLLEGE YEAR Patrick Spread (1963) gave a copy of his He also gave the two-volume History of new translation (2018); Mithras to publications; Getting it right: economics England during the Early and Middle Mormon: a religious history of London and the security of support (Book Ages by Charles H Pearson (Bell and by Philippa Bernard (2018). Guild, 2004) and A theory of support Daldy, 1867). Bryan has always been a and money bargaining (MacMillan great supporter of Trinity’s libraries— Sue Whitehead, a member of the Press, 1984). having served as Fellow Librarian as well Whitehead family, gave R J Acheson’s as Fellow Archivist. We wish him well The Whitehead letters 1914-18 (Clifton Derek Smith (1952) and Jane Jerrard in his retirement and hope that he will College, 2018). This is an evocative gave a copy of Sir Walter Scott’s continue to attend library events. edition of the wartime letters home of Ivanhoe: a romance published as a James Whitehead (1909) and George pirated edition by ‘Baudry’s Foreign Robert Weaver (1976) gave a copy (accepted for admission in 1914). In Library’ in 1831. The book will be of Latin and English poems by ‘a March 1919 James succumbed to an shelved in the Danson Library as will gentleman of Trinity College Oxford’ untreatable lung disease contracted in their donation of a bound copy of [Benjamin Loveling] (London, 1738) the trenches, while George had qualified volume 90 of Punch (1886). Derek and for the Danson Library. Loveling (1728) as an RAF pilot, and was shot down Jane also continue to donate back- was born in 1711 in Banbury. Little is over enemy lines in October 1918. They copies of political journals to the main known of his life, although J Nichols in are commemorated in College by the library. his Biographical anecdotes of William James and George Whitehead Travel Hogarth (1785) says that he was Bursary. Richard Wake, stockbroker, gave several ‘ordained deacon, lived gaily and died books that he inherited from his client, young’. Dr Nicholas Wilshere (1996) continued author Gavin Young (1948) on his death to give a range of books, including a in 2001. These include: Return to the Anthony Werner (1960) gave a number number of Very Short Introductions. marshes: life with the Marsh Arabs of recent books from his Shepheard- He also gave: Aristophanes: fragments of Iraq (Collins, 1977); Iraq: land of Walwyn publishing house: On the edited and translated by Jeffrey two rivers (Collins, 1980); Slow boats nature of love: Ficino on Plato’s Henderson (Loeb, 2007); Walter home (Penguin, 1986); Worlds apart: Symposium translated by Arthur Redfern’s Puns: more senses than travels in war and peace (Hutchinson, Farndell (2016); The spirit of self-help: one (rev ed. Penguin, 2000); David 1987); Beyond lion rock: the story of a life of Samuel Smiles by John Hunter Mattingly’s An imperial possession: Cathay Pacific airways (Hutchinson, (2017); Long way from Adi Ghehad: Britain in the Roman Empire (Penguin, 1988); In search of Conrad (Penguin, journey of an asylum seeker, Dr Teame 2007), and The Ides of March by Valerio 1992); From sea to shining sea: a Mebrahtu by Stan Hazell (2017); Folly Massimo Manfredi (Macmillan, 2009). present-day journey into America’s and malice: the Habsburg Empire, the past (Hutchinson, 1995); A wavering Balkans and the start of World War The following students donated books grace: a Vietnamese family in war and One by John Zametica (2017); A world from their own libraries: peace (Viking, 1997); Eye on the world in two minds: why we must change our (Viking, 1998). thinking to change our future by K W Mia Neafcy (Law, 2015) Jamieson (2018); The letters of Marsilio Ellena Slade (Chemistry, 2016) Professor Bryan Ward-Perkins, Fellow Ficino, volume 1 ed by Valery Rees, and Tutor in Medieval History, donated Adrian Bertoluzzi and Arthur Farndell Sharon Cure a number of books from his own library. (2nd ed, 2018); The laws of Manu: a Librarian

46 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 Body to appoint a professional archivist: archive, while the walls of the Reading Archive Report a one-year part-time contract was Room have been put to good use in advertised, and Clare Hopkins joined the displaying an attractive range of archival Trinity staff in September 1985; her post photographs, prints and posters. One his is the end of an era: Bryan’s was to go through multiple extensions particularly significant development came last ever Archive Report. before it finally became permanent. In in 2004, when Trinity joined the Oxford TAs chronicled on page 8, he 1987 a mezzanine floor was constructed Conservation Consortium. This has given retired at the end of September 2019, in the chapel tower and the dusty dump the Archive and Old Library access to the and the mantle of Fellow Archivist for old ledgers was transformed into two advice of a team of expert conservators has been handed on to his History levels of well-shelved storage: a vital and on a one day a week basis, and enabled us colleague James McDougall. As well visionary improvement that would have to repair, rehouse, and where appropriate as reporting on gifts and loans to the been impossible without the support of digitize, damaged and broken bindings, Archive in the past year, therefore, John Wright (Estates Bursar 1955–97). maps, letters and more. we are taking this opportunity to The college is also indebted to Nigel We are equally proud of what has reflect on the history of the Archive Armstrong-Flemming through whose been achieved with regard to the content since Bryan was given charge of it, generous support the mezzanine floor of the Archive. In his first ever Archive back in 1984—the pre-internet age, has since been extended and the shelves Report, published in the 1982-4 Report, when letters were typed using carbon renewed, and essential environmental Bryan wrote: paper and some of our archive donors monitoring and controls introduced. It may seem ironic to appeal weren’t even born! Trinity’s once forlorn heaps of ledgers for yet more papers, when the The past 35 years have seen a and assorted administrative volumes now tower-room is already flooded remarkable transition from a deplorable sit snugly in made-to-measure protective with boxes of unsorted material, state of neglect to an archive of which all boxes, while the 23-page typed hand list but I would like to do precisely college members can be proud. Bryan’s produced by the Historical Manuscripts that. College archives are where a first act was to persuade the Governing Commission in the 1960s—‘Condition: college’s history is kept, and areas Mostly Good. of life that are not adequately Facilities: Possibly recorded in them quite simply on application to disappear for ever. I am very the bursar.’—has aware that Trinity’s archive, in been replaced by common with other colleges, is an an ever expanding excellent record of certain aspects and searchable of college life—its food and database catalogue. drink, its facilities, its finances and In 2007 the its staffing—but much less good Douglas Flemming for other extremely important Reading Room areas—in particular the daily opened, providing pattern of student and staff life, comfortable and and what precisely is, or was, commodious space being taught and learnt. These for readers and small things tend to appear only in groups to use the passing in the sort of official and Fellow Archivist then and now

47 THE COLLEGE YEAR current and former members, and friends of Trinity, and the creation of an invaluable historical resource. More than 650 individuals have given or loaned material, and every one of the ‘gaps’ that Bryan identified has been well and truly filled. It is not a boast but a mere statement of fact that Trinity has the best collection of undergraduate ephemera in the University. The College History, published in 2005, would have been so much the poorer without it. This year’s gifts and loans to the Archive are pleasingly eclectic and wide- ranging in their dates. From Mrs Eileen Ramsay of Burton-on-Trent, we received a fascinating photograph of ‘Dame Paulet’s alms-houses’—charitable homes

Archive Room, then and now financial records that a college confidential we would be happy ‘It is not a boast but a keeps. to receive it with a five-, ten-, mere statement of fact I would like therefore to appeal fifty-, or even hundred-year ban that Trinity has the best to old, and present, members, on its use—… This last sentence collection of undergraduate for material that would help fill implies that I am looking for the these gaps. In particular, on the exceptional and the scandalous— ephemera in the University.’ academic side, I am interested in it would be interesting to have collections of reading-lists, notes some of this; but I’d like to for poor women, which were endowed and essays covering a student’s emphasise that it is the mundane by our ‘foundress’ Lady Elizabeth under career… On the ‘daily life’ side, I’d and seemingly trivial that will the name of her third husband. A most appreciate anything: in particular probably be of most interest welcome gift came from the daughters diaries or letters written from to future generations, and any of Trevor Williams (Chaplain 1970– College; but also reminiscences information that records any 2005): a set of nine prints of Trinity of college life written after the areas of college life will be that formerly graced his North Oxford event. I’d also be grateful for any gratefully received, and will be home. Some the college already owned, collection of photographs—above carefully stored and preserved. and we are therefore able to make these all snapshots… [We] could be Please write to me if you think available to fellows and staff members lent material…and photos for you can help. for their rooms and offices, but Hanslip copying, rather than being given In the three decades since we have Fletcher’s rather lovely hand-tinted it. If any material is private and seen a magnificent response from engraving of the chapel interior in 1908

48 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 was completely new to us, and we were get an insight into things episcopal moving was the understated description delighted to add it to the collection of & foretaste of your own elevation to of his everyday heroism in the trenches, architectural and garden images on the the Bench that I think you ought not sent to his brother by a chaplain from walls of the clock room. to weigh the liberal or Broad Church the battalion: ‘When your brother fell Delightful in an entirely different view of the Bishop…’ Wilfrid declined he was at the top of the trench, engaged way were a group of letters sent in by politely—his views on the direction in thinning out the men to reduce the late Robert Ingham (1955). Robert of the Church were very different casualties… I have heard him make was a good friend to the Archive over to Percival’s—but he preserved an remarks in very trying times which put many years, donating and loaning obituary of Raper, also the thanks he heart in all around him.’ photographs, letters and ephemera received for a donation to the bursar’s A glimpse of trying times in a later of his own, and of his father Wilfrid memorial window in Hall. conflict has come in a letter sent by (1906). Wilfrid was ordained soon Equally polite are six charming Julia Allen-Mannheim, who two years after his graduation, and he preserved letters written by Laurence Binyon ago placed in the archive the war-time his correspondence with a group (scholar 1888 and Honorary Fellow diaries and albums of her father, Peter of other young Trinity vicars in the 1933–43) to his Trinity contemporary Allen (1924 and Honorary Fellow 1969- years before and after the First World Archibald Watson, which we have 93). In late August 1940, Julia’s mother War. We would call it ‘networking’, received from Joanna Hobart, the wife wrote to her sister-in-law to describe perhaps, as they shared experiences of Watson’s great-nephew. The letters her husband’s reaction to air raids: of parish cricket teams, wartime represent many years of friendship, ‘Peter looked ghastly, pale and tense & transport, and other burning topics spanning the years 1895 to 1932. In it took the form of him snapping at the of the day. We particularly enjoyed April 1904, Binyon wrote exemplarily children. However he has since been out one revelation by Frank Okell (1905) from his honeymoon in Florence: in his tin hat during Raids and says he that he ‘rashly got a motor-bike…and ‘Thank you very much indeed for the feels much happier outside than in the very bravely rode it from Sheffield [to set of knives. We had not been given Hall with us…’ his vicarage at Bolsterstone some 10 any, & it was exactly what my wife Another regular donor to the Archive miles away], after about a quarter of most wanted so your present was as is Michael Wright (1957), who this year an hour’s instruction’ as he ‘had to welcome as it was attractive: & it was has given the material he amassed as a be in time to take a funeral’. Wilfrid awfully nice of you to think of me & delegate at the international ‘Life for was happily settled as the incumbent send so good a thing.’ the World’ Student Christian Congress of Tarporley in Cheshire, but that We continue to extend our knowledge held in Edinburgh in April 1958. did not stop Trinity’s bursar Robert of Trinity men in the First World War. Michael’s memorabilia included the Raper (Fellow 1871–1915 and founder From Robert Bolton (1977) we received invitation and receipts for registration of the Oxford Careers service) from some welcome information about his fee (a guinea) and return coach fare writing persuasively: ‘The Bishop of great-uncle (Edward) Trevor Bolton (£2 15 shillings). He also preserved Hereford [former Trinity President, (1902) who was killed in action on 10 the Congress’s printed daily prayers John Percival] wants a domestic April 1918, serving with the Suffolk and Bible study notes, pamphlets and chaplain and you would be so close to Regiment near Armentières in Northern discussion papers on the theme of your home [Wilfrid’s family lived at France. A detailed account of his life the Commonwealth, and a sixpenny Sugwas Court in Herefordshire and his was published by Harrow School, guide to Presbyterianism. In addition, friends often addressed him as Sugwas] including photographs of Trevor in Michael donated 19 issues of Oxford & probably have lighter work & yet uniform and of his medals. Particularly Opinion, which we have passed on to

49 THE COLLEGE YEAR the Bodleian, on learning that their set lodge in the shape of a published edition any other 1st years here, and no of this student-published journal was of Tim Holman’s Oxford Diary 1977– one else on my staircase, so the sadly incomplete. 80. Tim has been a great supporter place is very quiet. Did a bit of No Archive report would be complete of the archive over many years, first background reading, but nothing without a menu card or two. This year depositing his letters home, and then at all strenuous. Tomorrow I we received three from Jonathan Brown both a photocopy and transcript of must get some revision done for (1975), who attended the Bump Supper his diary, which somehow, in between Friday’s collection, but apparently in June 1976, and the Darts Club and reading for his history degree, writing Mr Maclagan [Trinity’s other Trinity Monday Dinners in May and for Cherwell, and serving as JCR History tutor, Michael Maclagan June 1977. We were very glad to create food rep, he managed to keep almost (Fellow 1939–81)] is very casual an entry for ‘Trinity College, Sport, daily. His insouciantly narrated details about the exam, so it’s nothing to Darts’ on the archive database, and of undergraduate life make for an get worked up about. Went to bed Jonathan kindly supplied some (slightly entertaining and absorbing read. Here at about midnight. he is returning from the Easter Vacation More fascinating insights into the in his first year: lives of an earlier generation came in ‘If any readers can help Sunny and vaguely mild. Back from James Axtell (1991) who had to Oxford! preserved a useful set of college reports with their own recollections … Walked from Oxford station to and handbooks. He was up at a time of or mementoes of these the college, arriving at 12.30. Had rapid evolution of both student finance popular but archivally lunch almost straightaway. Still in and welfare services, and the handbook 13-6 —didn’t take long to unpack. of 1993 was the first to feature two underrepresented sports, The most startling news is the new appendices: ‘A – Fees’ and ‘B – we would be very pleased death, last Wednesday morning Codes of Practice’. Here we can read to hear from you.’ of Mr Cooper. [John P. Cooper of the complex system of ‘bands 1,2,3 (Fellow in History 1952–78). introduced by the Government for hazy) memories of this perhaps unique Tim’s tutor!] Received a couple Home and EC undergraduates’, and occasion: ‘I am pretty sure we were in of letters and cheques from of the tentative unveiling of policies the main dining hall—a small group Cherwell readers renewing their on safety, AIDS and HIV, Freedom of on one table near High Table… No subscriptions. Made a quick visit Speech, and sexual harassment. idea about the season—maybe we just to the Cherwell office. Did tons Tempora mutantur, nos et mutamur entered Cuppers or there may have been of shopping: soap, toothpaste, in illis. Our very first donors to the other games? To be honest I was more shampoo, biscuits, coffee, milk, Archive included men who matriculated involved in the Bridge Club but I don’t sugar, paper, postcards and a new in the 1920s. Letters home came in small think we ever rose to the height of a book, A History of Economic envelopes and neatly tied bundles— dinner!’ If any readers can help with Thought... Enjoyed being able to does anybody even write letters home their own recollections or mementoes listen to my cassettes again. Since anymore? We have observed lecture of these popular but archivally the laundry was hardly being notes evolve from lined notebooks underrepresented sports, we would be used, I was able to get all my to ring-binders, and college notices very pleased to hear from you. washing done. Although quite a from elegant printed sheets to smudgy A particularly vivid resource for few other people have come back foolscap rolled off the reprographic historians of the 1970s arrived in the to college early, there’s hardly machine in the college office. We cherish

50 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 our earliest piece of Perspex—thank can be precious heirlooms to be handed gratefully received, and will be carefully you Huon Mallalieu (1965) for that down the generations—and for that stored and preserved’ on a dedicated magnificent ball poster in its home-made reason we would like to invite those who server. Please email Clare and James if frame—and we reminisce about how we own such treasures to consider creating you think you can help: digital.archive@ used to send photographs for copying digital back-ups that, besides being trinity.ox.ac.uk onto large film plates at the studio in the Ashmolean museum. Some college Clare Hopkins, Archivist members gave us cine films, and we ‘We are using this Report Bryan Ward-Perkins, Fellow Archivist paid to get them copied onto video— to launch another appeal, short-sightedly, as it turned out. What and we are daring to hope an exciting day it was when the first ‘born digital’ photographs arrived in the that Trinity Old Members Archive—when in 2004 James Cockrill and others will respond as Garden Report (2002) cleverly, as it seemed, got some magnificently now as they pictures of the naming of the ‘Judith Beloff IV’ off his camera onto a CD. did in 1984.’ ooking out from my window onto the gardens, I don’t think A new venture in ephemera good security in their own right, could Lany of us could have imagined the collecting be added electronically to Trinity’s full extent of the change in the gardens The world has changed, and so has body of historical knowledge. Several landscape in the last year. Trinity, and so, therefore, must the very welcome gifts in recent years have For the purposes of this report, Archive. Which is why we are using this also made us aware that those packs of the gardens team’s year typically Report to launch another appeal, and brownish film negative strips that lurk starts by scarifying the Lawns, which we are daring to hope that Trinity Old in boxes in cupboards (over-30s, we are cover an area of approximately Members and others will respond as talking to you!) can be taken to any high 5000 square meters. This operation, magnificently now as they did in 1984. street printing and processing shop and which has become an integral part of The gaps today are emails home—did converted to pdfs. The colours will be our maintenance schedule, involves you, or your parents, save yours; or did so much better than the yellow, faded mechanically raking the thatch you preserve electronic communications prints that you foolishly inserted into and debris from the grass sward about your course work? Perhaps your your sticky plastic albums... creating a more favorable, thatch-free notes and essays are lurking somewhere This is a new venture in ephemera environment. (Perusing my garden on a long-forgotten cloud. Digital collecting. In honour of all that was records, it’s extremely encouraging to photographs—everyone takes them, but achieved in the tenure of Trinity’s first note that since I implemented this lawn has anyone saved, say, selfies in front of Fellow Archivist, it is going to be called programme a few years ago, we have college buildings? We also want recent the Ward-Perkins Digital Archive. We reduced the amount of thatch by 50 per photographs of rooms, and sports, would like to emphasise, as Bryan cent). and meals, and exam celebrations, did all those years ago, that ‘it is the Still on the subject of lawns, one of and parties. In addition of course, we mundane and seemingly trivial that will the tasks which we were also desperate are continuing to appeal for material probably be of most interest to future to do was to enhance the lawn in from the pre-digital age. We totally generations, and any information that Durham Quad. Ideally we would have understand that photographs and letters records any areas of college life will be started the work in September, but with

51 THE COLLEGE YEAR other commitments, we were unable Caldris chewings fescue; 40 per cent Scout, who takes time out to create the to start before mid-October. Although Aporina slender creeping red fescue; 10 windowsill displays. only a small lawn, it involved quite a lot per cent Sefton browntop bent; and 10 In early winter, we started work on of work. After spraying off the existing per cent Egmont browntop bent. removing the small trees and shrubs turf with a translocated herbicide, Early in November we started which screened our working area from we lifted the dead turf back to bare pruning the climbing roses that run the rest of the gardens so that the earth. We then applied four tonnes of along our side of Balliol and followed demolition contractors could gain access topsoil, before sowing with grass seed. this by planting a number of David to the site to begin the enabling works The main objective was to change the Austin roses in front of the chapel for the Levine Building. This was shortly existing grass species, which consisted and the President’s Lodgings—they followed by what can only be described of a high percentage of Rye grass, to a established extremely well and we are as a tough day at the office, when a mix normally found in a bowling green. looking at planting a few more. Later in number of trees in the Wilderness I opted for MM10, which produces a the month, we put up Christmas trees, were felled to make way for the new fine, dense sward that is tolerant of in Hall and the President’s Lodgings, building. The contractor responsible was close mowing. It is disease resistant and outside Chapel and in the Beer Cellar. Arborvitae whose owner I have worked hard wearing, and contains: 40 per cent Sincere thanks go to Brenda Bassett, with for almost twenty-five years. As a tribute to the history of the trees, I collected sections of wood from all the species that were felled and gave them to a number of local wood turners in the hope they can create something beautiful from them for the college. The larger sections were taken by Benson sawmills to be planked. From the outset it was always the intention to try to transplant the silver birch in the Wilderness in a new location. For this task, I employed tree specialists Ruskins, who from the get go were absolutely brilliant. Following the initial site meeting to explore the logistics of the transplant and the very narrow window of opportunity, we agreed that adopting a root ball methodology rather than bringing in a large tree spade would probably give the tree the best chance of survival. Investigative work started in order to determine the size of the root ball and subsequent root pruning required. For the root investigation an air spade was The root-balled silver birch, carefully being moved to its new location

52 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 used to blow the soil carefully away SCR Steward Milanka Briggs and her from the roots. Once exposed the roots son Daniel. I am happy to report that ‘In the President’s Garden, can be cleanly cut to the size of the this bench now sits very nicely under the our two Herman Tortoises, chosen root ball. The tree is then back amelanchier in the President’s Garden. filled with soil, watered and mulched. In the middle of March, we crown- Plum and Toby, proved very The pruning of the root system should lifted the yew trees at the top end of popular with the American stimulate root development, so that the long border to allow space for summer schools.’ when the tree has been transplanted it contractors to install the temporary ‘Romance’. In Garden Quad, the window has a better chance of survival than if building on the lawn—it always was boxes were planted with Pelargonium we had done nothing. our intention to raise the crown in order ‘Red Evka’, and it was further enhanced It was just as well that we were not that we could plant underneath. With over the summer with tables and chairs using a tree spade machine, because the top end of the border now clear for and a new Trinity-branded gazebo. during the root balling process it was planting we can now focus our efforts in In the President’s Garden, our two soon apparent that there were two IT lifting everything else along the rest of its Herman Tortoises, Plum and Toby, pipes running right through the roots, length. We have begun lifting the plants proved very popular with the American leaving us with no option other than to from the border, heeling them in at a summer schools and we all very much make the root ball smaller. temporary nursery area at Stanley Road, enjoyed our own in-house tortoise race One of the felled trees was a Turner’s and working through the empty border with visitors Blossom and Torch, owned Oak that had around its trunk a removing as much bindweed possible. by myself and Sharon Cure respectively. memorial tree seat in memory of former Work to design and plant a new border For the building works, our will be done in the coming year. glasshouse, polytunnel, cold frames, My team and I were machine store, office and welfare delighted with the hundreds of space, compost heaps and fertiliser comments we received about store all had to be relocated. My office our summer containers, and and the welfare facilities are currently although I am aware that our above the President’s garage on Parks living walls either side of the Road, whilst a new 8 x 4 metre shed chapel arch are not everyone’s and two polytunnels have been set up cup of tea, we lost count of the in the middle of Library Quad. We number of positive remarks will continue working to fit out the and plaudits that we received. polytunnels to meet our requirements. We are genuinely very touched The Levine Building brings a new and grateful. The living walls chapter of opportunity and we look were planted up with two forward to ensuring that the replanted large-flowering varieties of Wilderness and new gardens that bacopa in pink and purple surround it will be welcomed and and a very dark velvety purple enjoyed by generations to come. verbena. In Durham Quad we planted the containers and window boxes using a flower Paul Lawrence Garden Quad is being enjoyed more than ever before, thanks mix of ‘River Dance’ and Head Gardener to new tables and chairs

53 JUNIOR MEMBERS Access and outreach work has Rich, this most diligent JCR Treasurer, JCR Report dramatically increased not only through not only sorted out reimbursements at the college access team managing top speed, but also organised the Trinity to engage a large proportion of our term punt subscription and sorted the he past year was very eventful student body through the new college JCR accounts—including helping some for the JCR, as it was for the ambassador programme, but also sports clubs with additional funding. Tcollege as a whole. Next to thanks to the JCR Access Officers It has been a real pleasure to get to taming a group of rather wild but Julia Pieza and Bradley Logan. They know the incredibly nice staff at Trinity incredibly nice freshers, the topic have organised a range of access throughout the year. I want to thank dominating the year was a review of events and worked assiduously on the Dame Hilary for lending an ear to issues welfare, mental health, and harassment new alternative prospectus, which has such as the welfare improvements and support services provided in College. not seen a proper update since 2013. seeking the JCR’s input on plans for the Following a JCR survey run in Additionally, many JCR members had Levine Building. Through getting rid of Michaelmas term, the college invited first-hand experience of an actor’s the freshers levy and securing alternative the deputy head of the University’s life, starring in the new access film freshers’ funding, as well as fierce rent Counselling Services to review its productions. negotiations, I have had the pleasure to welfare provision within the context of Our Equalities Reps organised a work with and get to know our Estates an increased volume and complexity range of exciting equalities events. Our Bursar, Chris Ferguson, and Interim of needs. I hope that the work that Communications Rep Junaid Hameed Domestic Bursar, Linda Irving-Bell. has been undertaken will stand Trinity properly kicked off the JCR Instagram Lastly, I don’t know what I would have in good stead for the future. I want account and we saw an incredible Arts done without the MCR president Said to thank our Welfare Reps, Charlie Week organised by Marina Smith and Said by my side throughout a multitude Cossins, Tiri Hughes, Alessandro Mia Testa. The JCR common room of meetings over the past year. Pruegel and Tay Drummond, for has seen a significant upgrade with the I wish all the very best of luck to working tirelessly on improving addition of new furniture, board games, my successor Conrad Kunadu and peer support at the college level and and a much-loved Wii. am looking forward to seeing the new organising so many fantastic welfare It has been a wonderful year and I heights the JCR will climb under his events, as well as giving a special want to thank the whole committee— presidency—hopefully Cherwell won’t thanks to Holly Winch, our Disabilities especially those not mentioned here by need to have his number on speed dial, Rep, who contributed greatly. name—for supporting me throughout as seemed to be the case with mine. Overall, we saw an increased this journey. I want to say a special engagement with JCR events this thanks to the executive committee, who Jonas Sandbrink year—this is not only thanks to a group have been by my side throughout this JCR President of lovely and excited freshers, but year. Kirsty Peacock, our universally also thanks to the increased number loved JCR Secretary, kept the show and regularity of JCR Community running through times of high and low. Events. Thanks to our very committed She not only did a great job organising Entz Reps, Rachel Dauncey and Hope dinners, room ballots, and meetings, Hopkinson, we saw many bops with a but will go into the annals of history as fantastic turnout, even including two taking undoubtedly the best minutes this joint bops with Brasenose. college has ever seen. Callum Brennan-

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he past year has been exceptional for the MCR, not Tleast to say we have continued to foster an uncompromising atmosphere of inclusivity, diversity and an overwhelming sense of community. At the start of the year, Freshers’ Week took place with a spectacular range of events coordinated by our then Social Secretary Chris MacMackin, with something provided for everyone, including scavenger hunts, an afternoon tea, cocktails and a silent disco bop. Further efforts were also put into producing our very own tailored MCR welcome pack. This year also saw the affiliation of Former members of the MCR at the MCR Gaudy in April over 40 postdocs into the MCR—a and raising awareness surrounding arrival of Head of Access, Hannah new, warmly welcomed initiative topics of mental health, feminism, anti- Rolley, and Head of Communications, formulated by the Senior Tutor, with racism, gender equality and LGBTQI+ Julia Paolitto, who have worked closely the aim to better integrate postdocs rights. These discussions were met with with both the MCR and JCR on into a collegiate system. The postdocs open-mindedness and willingness to various initiatives in a collective effort have undoubtedly been invaluable to make a positive change. Johann was to improve college access, outreach and the MCR in enhancing a culture of also behind our first LGBT-themed bop communication at all levels. support, particularly for postgraduates which featured a spectacular drag show. MCR members took part in wishing to pursue similar career paths The MCR celebrated its 55th consultations on the plans for the into academia. We placed further Anniversary, which saw a mix of both Levine Building, which will provide emphasis on bridging the gap between old and current members partake in a facilities to enhance student life, as undergraduates and graduates at Trinity. day of activities and networking. It was well as enabling all first-year graduates This year we hosted an informal event particularly enthralling to see some of to be accommodated on the main aimed at providing key advice to third- the inspiring research that continues to college site. Graduates were also given and fouth-year undergraduates wishing be at the centre of our MCR, including the opportunity to attend talks on the to take postgraduate studies. work by Debbie Malden towards the college’s five-year strategic plan by the Shortly into our first term, we eradication of polio at the frontline in President. were very proud to elect our first ever Papua New Guinea. Other developments, which have Equalities Officer, Johann Paccou, who Beyond the MCR, Trinity saw several involved working closely with various hosted numerous forums on addressing firsts, including the much-anticipated members of Governing Body as well as

55 JUNIOR MEMBERS the JCR president, Jonas Sandbrink, for much of the year and Johann, include successfully increasing graduate our exemplary equalities officer. We Clubs and Societies travel grants, setting a new college code have also been fortunate to have had of conduct, and commissioning plans numerous representatives who have all for a larger and more accessible onsite been incredibly active in organising Boat Club gym. events and representing the MCR ■ TCBC had another fantastic year, Alongside our traditional events, beyond the ability of the committee building on the previous season’s other key events and welfare activities alone, including Marta (Movies and success and putting in some extremely throughout the year included weekly Welfare), Hannah (Photography), impressive performances on both men’s movie nights, introduction of weekly Rachel (Access), Rujual (Sports), Erica and women’s sides. With plenty of yoga, a Christmas ceilidh, introduction (Exchange dinners), Juliana (Library), returnees from all the crews, the club of dinner grants, termly charity Nancy (Charity), Sergio (Academic), has plenty of momentum, and esprit de donations, wet-plate photography, art Rowen (Music and Arts), Cristian corps to go with it. lessons, ‘MCR’s got Talent’ and live (Careers), Louisa (Kitchen), Pascale For the first time in years, Torpids took music events. Our sense of cohesiveness and Leonardo (Environmental), Eilidh place under warm, sunny skies, and the was spread throughout the college as we (SU) and Jo (Postdocs). As the MCR TCBC crews took advantage of it. Both celebrated religious festivities including continues to draw rich meaning and M1 and W1 went up three spots for the Diwali, Hanukkah, Christmas and Eid. foster a lasting community, I am week, and there were some gutsy row- The year closed with a splendid extremely grateful and proud to have overs from M2. W1 were the real stars, annual Gala Dinner and Auction, which served under its name. coming tantalisingly close to Blades helped raise £2,000 for two charities: Said A Said despite many of the crew members the Gatehouse and Thames Valley Air MCR President having only started rowing a few months Ambulance. Auction items donated by MCR members, Fellows and staff included a weekend in the Welsh coastal town of Borth, a personalized tour of the Old Library, a trip up the chapel tower, French lessons, painting lessons, and an Alice in Wonderland-themed tea party held in the Deanery at Christ Church. Such a fruitful year would not have been possible without the tireless efforts of the MCR committee including Ngoni, our devoted vice-president and welfare officer, Cosima, our proficient secretary, Michael, our firm treasurer, who ensured a steady expenditure, Rhiannon, our positive general member, Neale, our easy-going social secretary who single-handedly organised events W2 bumping on their way to getting blades

56 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 before. At Summer Eights, an extremely ‘The Heavens are Telling’. The service Choir high-quality M1 boat climbed to eighth ■ The choir started the year with some also featured the leavers, including on the river, being stripped of a bump on excellent performances at the well- senior organ scholar Max Bennett, Wolfson on Saturday due to a klaxon, attended Remembrance service, which singing ‘God so loved the world’ by with M2 also going up. On the women’s included a very poignant setting of Stainer as a farewell anthem. side, W1 continued to rise, going +2 for ‘For the Fallen’ composed by former At the beginning of July, the choir the week and a fantastic performance organ scholar Solomon Lau (2009). went on its annual tour abroad to a saw W2 gain TCBC’s first Blades for Michaelmas term finished with the European city. This year they roamed some years as they bumped back into choir learning a new Christmas the streets of Prague for six days, and fixed divisions. repertoire, and performing it in three performed a series of spectacular choral For the forthcoming 2019-20 season, superb Christmas services. Highlights concerts and services at a variety of TCBC will continue to move forwards of these services included the stunning churches, with the repertoire including with replacement and modernisation of performances of Peter Warlock’s the famous Byrd mass setting. Mid-tour the Boat Club’s equipment and facilities. ‘Bethlehem Down’ and the rousing the choir did a busking competition In addition, TCBC, along with the renditions of ‘For unto us a child is in the centre of the city and on the college, has partnered with the Fulham born’ from The Messiah. The choir once final night they performed Ešenvalds’s Reach Schools Access programme as we again pulled out all the stops during ‘Salutation’ in a local Czech pub. The seek to make both Trinity and the sport the end of term Christmas dinner, highlight of the tour was considered by of rowing more open to all. We are singing a wide range of carols, as well many to be using rentable lime-coloured extremely grateful to all our sponsors as performing the college Grace to the electric scooters to zoom between and donors for their continued generous tune of Mariah Carey’s ‘All I want for concerts and bars! support in maintaining the club, and Christmas is you’. Maximilian Bennett hope to see as many of you as possible In Hilary term, the choir performed next season. ‘O Thou the central Orb’ by Wood, and ‘God and the Universe’ by Stanford, Cricket Benjamin de Jager ■ Trinity had a turbulent term to say the among some much-loved hymns, in least. Entering a new league and awful a huge multi-college evensong at the weather meant regular college cricket Basketball University Church. At the end of the ■ Trinity men’s basketball had another was a struggle. An ageing but talented term, the choir worked towards a big successful year joined with Merton, team meant we would probably need performance of Wesley’s ‘Ascribe unto going unbeaten in the league before to bolster our side with young talent. the Lord’, culminating in a joyous losing in the semi-finals to the eventual Louis Wright, Jack Cross, Sameer Baig service where they were joined by a Cuppers champions, St Anthony’s. and a few other keen freshers filled the visiting choir from St Mary’s, Merton. The runner-up last year, the Trinity- boots of the leavers well, despite the Moving into Trinity term, the choir Catz women’s basketball team faced adverse weather conditions dampening continued the Trinity tradition of a fiercer challenge this year, especially spirits. We started well, blitzing our singing madrigals from the roof of the from the Rhodes Scholars team. The T20 league and going unbeaten until tower on May Day. When the academic players demonstrated great team work the final game. A combination of year came to an end it finished with a and enjoyed themselves very much over airtight bowling from James Brown and fittingly huge leavers’ service, in which the summer cuppers games. Abdullah Reza, and a string of half- the choir passionately sang Haydn’s centuries from Harry Lawes, hindered Tom Bentley and Rui Bu

57 JUNIOR MEMBERS only by a dodgy shoulder, as well as that early season optimism, as the We had a lot of high-scoring games, great cameos from Dylan Smythe, Sam first and second teams went on a 10- winning 0-13 away against New College Humphrey, Dom Chambers and co. game winning run, including a second (a highlight of the season), but also meant it came down to the final game team 19-1 victory over Balliol, to end losing 5-1 away against Worcester. Next to decide who went to the playoffs. Michaelmas in a very strong position. year, we need to focus on improving our Unfortunately, rereading the fine print Hilary term proved only slightly more consistency, which we struggled with meant we lost out by one bonus point, challenging, with both teams eyeing up this year as we often had new players for but it was a really enjoyable first run out league titles. Despite some victories driven each match. However, midway through in the new league. Sadly, cuppers glory by Sam Humphrey in the middle of the the season, we were fortunate to get a wasn’t to be, with a nail-biting last ball park, and domineering performances at permanent goalkeeper, Mari Johnson, loss to Christ Church, despite Dylan the back from Oscar Barnes and Marcus who helped us obtain some clean sheets Smythe’s efforts in the field. A great Williamson, the first team suffered from and keep the score lines closer. thank you and heartfelt goodbye must setbacks at the hands of Brasenose and As the season progressed, the team go to our departing old boys who are Oriel, but won all other games, achieving was able to settle down, and with a too many to name, and despite Finals, promotion in second place. The second more consistent starting eleven, we put in a massive shift and we would not team, on the other hand, went not only saw our performance likewise improve have been able to put out a side without undefeated, but without dropping a significantly. One of our biggest them. Thanks especially to James single point, to be crowned champions— achievements was in the second round Brown and Harry Lawes, stalwarts of averaging over seven goals a game in of Hassan’s cup, where we had the TCCC throughout, who will be dearly doing so. After such a stellar performance chance to play Worcester away for the missed. Next year’s captain is Louis over the past year, the team will be second time, and this time we won Wright, who will settle us in to the top looking to use this momentum going into 1-3, with goals for Annabelle Evans, of the table in no time. the 2019-20 season. Jessica Mason and Penny Streatfeild. It showed just how much we had Jake Lamplough Bradley Logan improved, and it really was a fantastic game. Unfortunately, having reached Men’s Football Women’s Football the quarter finals of Hassan’s, we were ■ Building on the promising end to the ■ Trinity has a joint women’s football knocked out by Teddy Hall, but we were 2017-18 season, there was a real buzz team with Lady Margaret Hall. proud of how far we had come. around college for the prospects that Having been promoted last year, Overall, we avoided relegation, which the new season had to hold. Keen new we had the challenge of playing in a was a huge success for our team, and captains, Bradley Logan and James harder league this season, as well as the whilst we finished in the bottom half of Winship, were putting together a master added pressure of missing our previous the table, it gives us plenty to aim upon plan to get Trinity back to the top. With captain and striker Mary Hintze. With improving next year! We will miss all the an old guard bolstered with the return this absence in the team, we needed players graduating this year. We would of James Brown in central midfield, other players to step up to the plate, also like to wish our new captains, Niamh and fresh reinforcements in the form particularly with goal scoring. Luckily Fitzgerald (LMH) and Flora Murray of Fred Sturgis and Jack Cross at left Trinity second years Eloise Veys and Bea (Trinity), the very best for next year! and right wing respectively, things were Ralston managed to fill the gap, with looking up. A first game slip-up against Eloise finishing as our team’s top goal Penny Streatfeild Brasenose wasn’t enough to discourage scorer on seven goals!

58 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 Joshi and Veselin Manojlovi´c—to make to partner Andrew Jolly (1992). Over The Gryphon Society ■ The Gryphon Society has had a up for the missed opportunity. dinner, we learnt more about the firm productive year, attracting many new We left the society in the capable hands and the nature of work they undertake regular attendees to the debates and of Oscar Robins and Serena Pennant, thanks to trainee solicitors Ruth Hayhow even sparking more interest where there and look forward to what they have in (2013), Hannah Sheriff (2013), Phoebe perhaps was once less. store for the 2019-20 debating season. McGibbon (2014), and Rebecca Bennane (2014). We were fortunate to get such The year’s opening debate was Veselin Manojlović on the motion ‘This House would an opportunity again at a dinner with rather be a donkey than an elephant’, Freshfields Buckhaus Deringer, which was which happened around the time of The Law Society open to all students. It was a wonderful ■ The Law Society had another fruitful mid-term elections in the USA. The opportunity to connect with and learn year, providing students studying Law, topical motion attracted new faces and from partner Graham Watson (1992), and otherwise, with opportunities to experienced Gryphon debaters alike. associate Rosemary Lobley (2007), and meet Old Members and gain invaluable While the motion’s wording trainee solicitor Kalika Sunger (2010). insight into the legal sector. was intended to be humorous, the Students also attended a workshop Michaelmas was our busiest term as speeches were mostly well thought with Clifford Chance and afternoon tea students prepared vacation scheme and out and serious, sprinkled with witty with Ashurst, both of which received training contract applications. The first remarks. enthusiastic feedback. The Law Society event was a presentation by Slaughter As tradition dictates, the Michael extends its thank to all who were involved and May, for which we are very grateful Beloff After Dinner Speaking in making these events into a reality. Competition took place in Hilary term. The speeches, as usual, were diverse in their themes. From the winning speech ‘Why Eminem should be awarded a Nobel prize for literature’ by Rebecca Cook, to the meta-speech ‘De Rhethorica’ by Frederick Follows, there was something to suit everyone’s tastes. The society would like to thank Cosima Gillhammer, the Hon Michael Beloff QC and Mike Haddrell (1976), chairman of the Trinity Society, for taking the time out of their busy schedules to judge the competition, and we hope they enjoyed the evening as much as the students did. Trinity term unfortunately saw no debate due to scheduling conflicts with Finals. However, there were hopes for a Michaelmas term debate chaired by the outgoing Gryphon Masters—Mahi Lorraine Dindi and Joe Weeks at the Law Society Dinner

59 JUNIOR MEMBERS A highlight of the year was the from The Magic Flute, concluding with Mendelssohn’s The Hebrides Overture Michael Beloff Law Society Dinner a selection of autumn and Christmas and Mozart’s Magic Flute Overture in Hilary term, which was held at songs by the Trinity Singers. in what was a very successful concert Ironmongers’ Hall and attended by A notable new addition to TCMS’s shared with Trinity’s flute quartet. many Old Members from across the roster of events was the jazz evening Lauren Weaver has been appointed the legal profession. As president, it was an that took place in Hall in Hilary term. new treasurer, replacing Andrew Orr, honour to introduce our speaker, the We were lucky enough to enjoy a wide and Benjamin Crowther the new social Rt Hon Sir James Munby, who gave an range of jazz standards and even some secretary. We look forward to another illuminating and entertaining speech adaptations of pop and funk songs. exciting year for the Orchestra, filled titled ‘Fifty years of change—for the Hilary term’s President’s Concert only with music and snacks, as we hope to better’. I would like to extend my thanks presented one classical piano piece, continue growing in size and reputation to Sir James, the Hon Michael Beloff with vocal performances falling into the while maintaining our friendly and QC, and everyone who contributed to spotlight, along with a performance of inclusive atmosphere. making the evening such a success. William Walond’s Voluntary No. 5 in G Bryan Ng I have thoroughly enjoyed my year Major, and the glorious return of as Law Society president, and am the Zimbabwean mbira to college’s chapel. especially appreciative of the help of None of this would have been possible Rugby the Alumni and Development Office. I without the TCMS committee members— ■ Wadham-Trinity rugby has come am confident the society will remain an Sam Miley and Julianna Lee—whose hard on incredibly since October 2018. excellent resource for students interested work and dedication contributed the most Unfortunately we went down two in pursuing legal careers, and I look to the events’ success! divisions as a result of games being forward to hearing of its future successes. cancelled in bad weather, which was a Veselin Manojlović real shame as our demotion to Division Lorraine Dindi 4 was done purely on points difference. Music Society Orchestra However, at the beginning of Trinity ■ This year was an interesting one for ■ This year has been a particularly term, Wad-Trin went on to win the the Music Society, as Trinity welcomed fruitful one for the Trinity College Cuppers Bowl in a great contest its first two music undergraduates, Orchestra. Its reputation across the against Christ Church. There were both of whom were major contributors University has been cemented by a large huge performances from many of the to the community from their first day. number of new and old members from Trinity team, especially Harry Lindsay, The traditional President’s Concerts several different colleges as well as a who despite getting a yellow card in took place in Michaelmas and Hilary good intake from Trinity’s freshers. the semi-final, put in chop tackles left terms—it was not possible to find a date It was also good to see many long- right and centre and Ollie Fox (weighing for one in Trinity term due to Finals, but standing veterans make a return. In around 20kg less than his opposite the diversity and quality of the earlier Michaelmas, we performed Mozart’s number) carried brilliantly, managing to performances more than made up for this. Symphony No. 40 along with Dvořák’s put the ball down in the corner whilst Michaelmas’s one and a half hour set Czech Suite followed, in Hilary term, taking a dangerously high tackle. Other was opened by various jazz piano pieces, by Schubert’s Symphony No. 5 and mentions to Isaac Thurgood who risked followed by a flute quartet, a harp Strauss’s ‘Voices of Spring’ waltz. his life under every high ball and Lewis performance, George Butterworth’s Thomas Griffiths took over the Anderson; his six winning blues explain ‘Is My Team Ploughing’ and an aria baton in Trinity term and conducted enough.

60 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 The Cuppers Bowl-winning Wadham-Trinity rugby team Crucially, we would love to recruit was one of the most prolific players, was also challenging, in which Trinity more players of all abilities, and hope whose claims of mediocrity proved an narrowly placed last, despite some for a good turnout at the pre-season elaborate ploy that regularly caught impressive wins. BBQ! I’d like to thank all the boys for his opponents off guard. It was good Finally, the alumni, led by Matthew their hard work this season. We look to see that second-year Tom Gardner Johnston (1999), were victorious in to start Michaelmas term 2019 with had not lost his knack, living up to his the annual Alumni Match, although a a bang, and be in division three by celebrated reputation from last season, delightful dinner at High Table made January and defend our cuppers title. while former captain Luke Bellamy for excellent conciliation. Trinity looks delivered his signature power in forward to the 2019-20 tennis season, Louis Wright singles. eager to prove its reputation again as Although the future of Trinity tennis one of the great tennis colleges. is in safe hands, results proved elusive Men’s Tennis Thomas Griffiths ■ Whereas the 2017-8 season was all this year with a first-round defeat about the old guard, this year has seen a in cuppers against a Univ team that new cohort of tennis players at Trinity went on to make a deep run in the rise to the fore. Alessandro Prügel tournament. Second division League

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Women’s Tennis Blues ■ It was another great year for the Natalie Ng Trinity women’s tennis team. With the Full Blue Badminton women’s cuppers tournament only being Oliver Cantrill Ellana Slade established last year, we went into the Football Women’s Football competition unsure of what to expect Mu-Huan Lee Kirk Smith but enthusiastic, nonetheless. Thanks Boxing Steeplechase to the draw, we made it straight through Lucinda Maxwell Louis Wright Lacrosse to the quarter-finals against Keble. It Ski Racing Charles Pearson was a great afternoon and we left with Rowing a strong 5-1 win, moving us through Henry Smith to the semi-finals against Brasenose. Lightweight Rowing Brasenose could only field two players, Beatrice Webber so I sent off our strongest two to face Lacrosse them. Whilst the Trinity players put Caspar Whitehead in a great effort, coming up against Athletics formidable university-level players, Louisa Zolkiewski they didn’t quite manage a win. Many Swimming thanks, however, to Olivia Harrison, Ottilie Mitchell, Florine Lips and Clare Rawlinson for their outstanding Half Blue contributions this season. I hope that Jason Brickhill next year women’s tennis at Trinity will Table Tennis continue to grow and the team will have Stephen Hoy another successful cuppers! TaeKwon-Do Alice Jackson Pippa Barlow Mixed Lacrosse Harry Lawes Real Tennis Yu Liew Ultimate Frisbee Elena Margetts Karate Neale Marlow Australian Rules Football Lucinda Maxwell Real Tennis

62 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 OBITUARIES Westminster Latin Play, Obituaries and Peter was a leading light in the cast of more than one of these. He Peter Brown walked very convincingly (1945-2018) in high heels. Fellow 1968, Emeritus Fellow 2011 Peter took a year ‘out’ to study at Würzburg Peter Brown, who died on 30 November University, and then came 2018, was Trinity’s Fellow in Classics up to Corpus Christi for 43 years. The portrait of him by Bob College, Oxford in 1963. Tulloch that hangs in the SCR staircase He was an unassumingly (pictured) shows Peter sitting in his excellent student, study, arms folded over his light grey, achieving brilliant sleeveless jumper, fixing the viewer with Firsts in Mods and an attentive, slightly quizzical look. But Greats and a collection in the background, across from the red of university prizes. and green of the Loeb shelves and just Eduard Fraenkel, Corpus above the postcards on the mantelpiece, Professor of Latin, gave there appears another portrait, one that admiring reports to his never really hung in Peter’s room or even colleagues about Peter’s existed outside this painting—a pencil contributions to his sketch of Peter himself, laughing. The seminars. Peter continued artist included it, we were told, to allude to act, and to sing, and to Peter’s work on ancient comedy, but his quick, accurate he made it from the photographs he had memory was a great asset taken as he talked to Peter during his to a Corpus team that portrait sittings. So Peter’s unguarded enjoyed a very successful warmth and enthusiasm are recorded run on University alongside his quiet authority. Challenge. Born on VE Day in 1945, Peter grew In his first term, Peter up in Oxford, where his father was met Lesley Wallace from law tutor at Worcester College. At Somerville. Each was a star among the The position of a Tutorial Fellow Westminster School, he studied with the undergraduate Classicists, and they and University Lecturer (as that part inspirational Head of Classics, Theo were a dazzling couple. They were of the job was called when Peter did Zinn. It was Zinn who introduced Peter married in 1968, and the same autumn it) is both rewarding and demanding to what would become his main research (after another brief period of study to an exceptional extent, because it interest: the New Comedy of the Roman in Germany, at the Freie Universität requires the person who holds it to poets Plautus and Terence and their in Berlin) Peter took up the Tutorial perform several different roles at once, Greek predecessor, Menander. Zinn had Fellowship at Trinity which he held until each in front of an almost completely recently revived the institution of the his retirement in 2011. different audience. In response to the

63 OBITUARIES multifaceted challenge of this post, When I was appointed to succeed Terence’s Andria, which appeared Peter displayed a thoroughgoing him, I was privileged to be given a posthumously in 2019, he produced a integrity. As a tutor, as a member of glimpse behind the curtain: he talked substantial series of important articles Trinity’s Governing Body, as a scholar, me through every necessary detail, on aspects of New Comedy, whether as a colleague in the Classics Faculty, he from the means he had developed for formal (‘Scenes at the door’), social was consistent and true to himself, and gracefully negotiating the sometimes (‘Soldiers: insiders and outsiders’) or he inspired others to be their best selves tortuous timetabling requirements of both (‘Plots and prostitutes’). too. the various Classics courses, to the Peter also published increasingly in His ‘pupils’ (always the word he needs of particular students, to the reception studies, a theme which can be used) remember in particular Peter’s performance conventions of the special linked partly to his involvement with characteristic combination of precision dialogue Grace for Trinity Monday Oxford’s Archive of Performances of and kindness. He was constantly dinner. For his last two decades in post Greek and Roman Drama, but still more leaping up from his chair to consult he had worked closely with the tutor to his ongoing personal experience. books from his comprehensive library, in Ancient History jointly employed Possessed of a clear, elegant baritone but his authorities were the ancient by Somerville and Trinity (a fortuitous voice, and gaining a place in Schola texts themselves, not other scholars, ‘marriage’, as he called it, since Lesley Cantorum of Oxford as a first-year however eminent. Peter would check the was Somerville’s Fellow in Philosophy): undergraduate, he gradually expanded assertions of famous commentaries or first Miriam Griffin, then Beate Dignas. his range as a singer from choral even dictionaries against the original Beate, like me, remembers how helpfully works, to concert solos and opera. He sources, and his favourite word of he anticipated organisational needs, occasionally turned up at the beginning criticism, ‘magisterially’, was a sure yet never came close to treading on his of term with dyed hair after a vacation sign that a big name had got it wrong. colleagues’ toes. performance for Shoestring Opera, Yet the same impartiality made him an In the Faculty of Classics, Peter is and was a member for nearly forty extremely fair and charitable tutor. He remembered with some awe. Here years of Oxford Pro Musica Singers, had boundless patience when confronted was that rare thing, a formidable a choir into which he introduced me. with made-up Latin words in a prose administrator who would take on any He was pleased, I think, that singing composition (‘Let me just check’), demanding task, if not necessarily was something we shared. In the first and when an undergraduate argument with relish, then always with infinite year after Peter’s retirement, the college about Cicero or Catullus was becoming humanity and reasonableness. He music society was organising a gala dubious, he would politely ask, ‘Do you chaired either the Faculty or the concert and asked Peter if he would have the same text as me?’, without a Subfaculty during more than one period perform. His response was, ‘Only if I hint of sarcasm. Still more significantly, of complex change, but could always can do a duet with my successor.’ We he showed no favouritism. He was laugh at bureaucratic absurdity—while sang ‘Il core vi dono’ from Così fan pleased when Trinity Classicists went on still making sure that what needed to be tutte—with blocking and a kiss! to be teachers or to do research, but he right, was right. Other long-serving Fellows of Trinity encouraged all his students, cared about Meanwhile, in research on Roman remember Peter’s perfect knowledge their wellbeing, and respected their comedy, Peter remained the key scholar of the college Statutes, an invaluable achievements in a wide range of fields. in Oxford, and a very significant player resource in Governing Body meetings. Underlying much of this, and in the wider academic world. As well This, however, was no party trick. It largely unseen, was Peter’s meticulous as the Oxford World’s Classics edition sprang from Peter’s commitment to organisation of Classics at Trinity. of Terence, and the commentary on Trinity and its traditions, the same

64 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 motivation that led him to serve the pupils and friends for sharing their in Trinity on an open scholarship after college faithfully as Senior Tutor, Pro- memories of Peter with such generosity, completion of his National Service President, and in all the other college which is itself a fitting tribute to him. (during which he used the time to offices which were then expected of learn Russian). It seems that he had Gail Trimble, Brown Fellow a Fellow. His colleagues knew that if some misgivings about reading Greats and Tutor in Classics Peter was in charge of something, all and that he hovered dangerously close would be well. But if he was seen as to reading PPE but ultimately was the memory of the college, he was also persuaded to pursue his interest in its conscience. In the face of Peter’s Sir Fergus Millar Classics, encouraged, perhaps, by the honesty it was harder to succumb to the (1935-2019) fact that he had won a minor scholarship temptation of obfuscation or fudge. Scholar 1955, Honorary Fellow 1992 in the subject. At Trinity, Fergus excelled Peter had demonstrated a talent for academically, where we may be fairly fundraising with Schola Cantorum, sure that he would have been tutored and was quick to see what might be by Tommy Higham (Fellow in Classics done for Trinity in this area at a time 1914-58) but absolutely certain that he when Oxford colleges were only just was tutored by James Holladay (Fellow beginning to have development offices. in Ancient History 1949-82) of whom he In the 1980s, he took time out of spoke often. teaching to raise the money for much- Fergus was dedicated to his studies needed accommodation in Staverton (he is rumoured later in life to have Road. Latterly, he put a great deal of lamented that the then Ashmolean personal work into securing the future Library would be closed over Christmas) of the Classics Fellowship, which is but as an undergraduate had more now called the Brown Fellowship in his than one string to his bow. The honour. reference from his school writes of After discovering that he had great aptitude in rugby and although terminal cancer, Peter completed his we have no evidence that he ever last book, took part in several operatic played for Trinity it would be a good performances, and calmly carried on Millar Dr Andrew credit: Photo conjecture. Similarly, we know nothing being himself and enjoying the present Fergus Millar was without doubt an certain of any thespian activities but moment until very shortly before his academic of the greatest distinction and in the summer of 1956 he appears as death. Seven years earlier, in the final intellectually as mighty as any Roman the stage manager for Aristophanes’ week of his last Trinity term as a tutor, emperor among scholars of ancient Thesmophoriazusae. The performance he had looked up at the end of an hour’s history. As much is proven by the many was given in translation (the text being discussion of Horace and said to a pair honours conferred on him including, provided by Kenneth Cavander re-titled of third-year undergraduates, with a to pick out just two, the Kenyon Medal as Murder at the Festival) and was smile, ‘That was my last tutorial.’ for Classics from the British Academy staged in the college gardens by the Peter is survived by Lesley, their three (2005) and a knighthood (2010). Trinity Players in collaboration with St children Jonathan, Susannah and Penny, Born in Edinburgh on 5 July 1935 and Hugh’s Dramatic Society. We also find and their grandchildren. I am grateful to educated at Loretto School (Scotland’s Fergus—unsurprisingly—as a member Lesley and to many colleagues, former oldest boarding school), Fergus arrived of the Oxford Scottish Society on whose

65 OBITUARIES behalf he had applied to hold an event ‘The choice of motion was unfortunate. Fergus’ career moved from All Souls in the college gardens, the evidence There is a great deal to be said about to a teaching post at the Queen’s comprising a seemingly dismissive note the function of Oxford dons....’ (was College, from which he progressed by John Cooper that ‘their chief activity this prescient self-interest?). He closes to University College London, before is dancing reels’. with, ‘The earnest strugglers from the arriving at the top of his profession as Fergus also made a major foray floor generally have something to say but Camden Professor of Ancient History into student journalism, contributing have not yet learned how to say it. Those at Brasenose. His academic career, regularly to the Isis, perhaps with a who have learned how to speak have achievements and accolades during view to a career in the profession. This also learned that it is easier to entertain these years have been detailed expertly was an interesting time to be associated than to argue, and abandon debate for in obituaries in the national press and with the magazine as the editorial team entertainment. One was left with a sense elsewhere by his many grateful former included the playwright Dennis Potter, of futility.’ students and colleagues. I will not try to and it was during the years when the For the Trinitarian, however, the compete with these but (to take a leaf magazine published its controversial best find is a review of the college (22 from Plutarch’s Lives) will focus on one issue on the merits and demerits of the January 1958 page 29) which begins, episode that seems particularly telling H-bomb. Fergus progressed through ‘In the popular imagination Trinity as well as admirable given the current various roles, starting as a member of seems to be composed of: (1) Bloodies; fashion for dealing with differences of the news staff, moving on to become a (2) Smarties; (3) Hearties. This is not opinion by hectoring and haranguing in features editor and finally becoming a the case. Everybody’s mum has a much place of respectful dialogue. columnist. He is given a vignette with better idea of it when, dragged hastily Fergus published many works, other members of the editorial team or past Balliol by her reluctant offspring, including The Crowd in Rome in the ‘Guilty Men’ in a double-page spread in she stops, peers through the gates and Late Republic (1998), The Roman Near the edition for 5 December 1956 (page says with a sigh of relief, “Well, that East, 31 BC-AD 337 (1993), based on 21) which describes him as: ‘known is a nice college...”.’ We can be pretty lectures delivered in Harvard in 1987, for his blood-hound look and that certain that this is the piece referred to and A Greek Roman Empire: Power and journalist’s ability to be in the wrong by Norrington when writing a reference Belief Under Theodosius II, 408-450 place at the right time.’ for Fergus in which he says that, ‘Millar (2006), his Sather Classical Lectures I encountered articles penned in his wrote a devastatingly good thumbnail delivered at the University of Berkeley, name on a broad range of subjects, sketch of [Trinity] in the Isis—we all California in 2002-3. Of particular from the state of the National Press to [i.e. the Governing Body] enjoyed it.’ seminal importance was The Emperor Trollope’s Chronicles of Barsetshire, not Very fortunately for the discipline in the Roman World (1977) which, in forgetting a most respectable short story of Roman history Fergus was tempted the words of Alan Bowman writing for (‘The Street’ which involves Scotsmen, of away neither by rugby nor repertoire the Guardian, was ‘a massive book... course). An excellent flavour of his writing nor reeling nor reporting and in 1958 that got to grips in an entirely original is reflected in his reviews of debates at was elected a fellow of All Souls. way with the institutional character of the Oxford Union, for example he frowns Norrington, again writing the reference the empire and the role of its head of disapprovingly when reviewing a debate for Fergus, describes him as ‘a first-rate state’ and asserted that ‘the emperor on the motion, ‘This House considers that person, as well as very clever’ and on was what the emperor did’. No less a Oxford dons could be better employed; another occasion, for a travel grant, that figure than Keith Hopkins raised serious not least the philosophers’ (31 October he had ‘rather the watchful humorous objections to the methodology and 1956 page 21), opening his piece with, air of a small Aberdeen terrier.’ conclusions. Fergus and his adversary

66 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 met for a head-to-head debate at the able to express their appreciation of his Institute of Classical Studies in London achievements and all that he had done but, despite the ferocity of the academic to help so many younger scholars. His discourse, a young Mary Beard sitting funeral took place in the main lecture in the audience was deeply impressed theatre at Wolfson College (the use of by how this was wholly divorced from a religious building would have been any personal animosity. Writing in anathema to him) where we celebrated the TLS (17 July 2019: ‘Remembering his impressive academic scholarship, Fergus Millar—on how to disagree’) his admirable personal qualities, and she recalls that Fergus introduced the his more private passions for music, discussion ‘by saying that we were going rugby, Scotland and his family. He is to be having a free, frank and intense survived by his wife, Susanna Friedmann debate...but that after the session he (an academic psychologist whom he and Hopkins would be having a couple married in 1959), and their children of gin and tonics in the bar as they Sarah, Andrew and Jonathan, and seven regularly did, and they fully anticipated grandchildren. remaining friends whatever their Peter Haarer, Lecturer in Ancient disagreements, and we were all very

History, with the kind assistance of Turner James credit: Photo welcome to come and have a gin and Clare Hopkins, Archivist, and tonic in the bar too.’ This episode also Justin was a good sportsman and Professor Alan Bowman. speaks eloquently for Fergus’ attitude while at Trinity he played Rugby for towards graduate students: he was the college and won a Half Blue for very approachable and willing to assist Polo. He was also an actor, playing the others where possible with advice or Justin Cartwright role of Duperret in the 1966 OUDS encouragement (a fact to which I can (1943-2018) performance of Marat/Sade; after attest personally). More than this he Postgraduate 1965, Honorary Fellow 2015 drinking too much mead before the took a genuine interest in students and dress rehearsal, he apparently showed their subjects and was a prime mover Justin Cartwright was born in Cape unscripted and unwelcome passion in building a community of researchers Town, in 1943. Both his parents were for one of the leading actresses, who in Oxford, especially by organising journalists and his father Paddy slapped him for his efforts. seminars and through the more informal Cartwright became the distinguished After coming down, his first job setting of regular coffee mornings. editor of the anti-apartheid was as an advertising copywriter in Fergus had a long-standing heart Johannesburg-based newspaper, the London. He enjoyed considerable condition to which, as was inevitable, Rand Daily Mail. Justin was educated success (a campaign for Pal dog food he eventually succumbed. Days before at Bishops School in Cape Town won a Lion d’Or at the Cannes Festival his death, by which time it was already and Witwatersrand University in of Creativity) and he managed the clear that the end was near, he was able Johannesburg. He came up to Trinity in Liberal and SDP broadcasts in the 1979, to visit the Oriental Institute one more 1965 to read PPE, before changing to a 1983 and 1987 elections, for which he time for a special coffee morning to BLitt in Social Studies; his dissertation was awarded the MBE. He recounted mark the occasion of his 84th birthday. was on ‘The Political Ideas of Oliver that The Queen asked him why he had Here many friends and colleagues were Cromwell’. received the award and, when he replied

67 OBITUARIES that he had been working with David his past. Justin wrote an amusing novel the book, reviewed it for the Spectator Steel, she said ‘Well done, anyhow’. Other People’s Money about a failing and concluded ‘This elegiac and elegant He tired of advertising and diversified family bank in the 2008 financial crisis. essay shows why so many of the best into film making and writing novels. His One reviewer of this book stated that and brightest still aspire to Oxford and first successful book was Interior, which he had a rare ability to use humour to why Oxford still has so much to offer was shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize confront readers with the tragedy of them’. and like several of his novels was set in human existence. Justin was hugely gratified to be made Africa. Others of his subsequent twelve The book for which the research an Honorary Fellow of Trinity. He felt novels were awarded or shortlisted for probably gave Justin the most that this was the ultimate recognition literary prizes: In Every Face I Meet, satisfaction was This Secret Garden, both of his stature as a writer and of shortlisted for both the Booker and the subtitled ‘Oxford Revisited’, which his love for Trinity. He arranged a very Whitbread Novel prizes; Leading the was part of a series The Writer and the successful literary dinner at the college, Cheers (based on his own experience of City. In the foreword he wrote, ‘From at which he, Selina Hastings, Margaret a reunion of his classmates at a college the moment I arrived at Trinity College MacMillan and Joanna Trollope read in Michigan that he had attended before in the mid sixties, I was in love with extracts from their latest books; the coming up to Trinity) winner of the Oxford. It plumped up my dry colonial event raised funds for the renovation of Whitbread Novel prize; The Promise of heart; I loved the first autumn term, the the chapel. Happiness, winner of the Hawthornden darkness, gowned figures on bicycles, He contributed articles to numerous prize and selected for the Richard and crumpets after rugby, the pale— newspapers and magazines and was a Judy Book Club, which resulted in it although not very numerous—girls, the judge of both the Costa and Booker becoming his best-selling novel; and extraordinary buildings and the water International prizes. He particularly White Lightning, shortlisted for the running through and round the town.’ enjoyed his role as a contributing editor Whitbread Novel prize. The whole book describes the basis, the of Condé Nast Traveller, which took The BBC made a drama of his novel intensity and the many facets of this him on such varied assignments as Look at it This Way, a dark comedy relationship. trout fishing in the Scottish Highlands, about an expatriate writer in London. When preparing to write the book, staying in the Ice Hotel in the Arctic Kristin Scott Thomas played the leading he attended the freshers’ dinner in Circle and scuba diving in the Cayman lady. He also wrote the screenplay. Trinity, walked through the city and Islands. Whenever possible I followed in Justin’s particular skill as a writer visited the museums and the Bodleian his footsteps and in one case I asked him was summed up in a review in the Library. He dwells on the relationship what we were expected to leave as a tip Boston Globe that ‘he knows how to between Isaiah Berlin and Adam von in a luxury boutique hotel. He replied plot intricately and tightly, juggling Trott, a Rhodes Scholar at Balliol that he had no idea because when you several plots magically interwoven’. His who was executed following the 1944 are writing for a leading travel magazine descriptions of different characters and plot to assassinate Hitler; it was the the hotel is more likely to offer you a tip. situations were exceptionally perceptive inspiration for his novel The Song Justin was highly intelligent and and often really funny, especially when a Before it is Sung. He persuaded a don could converse knowledgeably on many reader recognised the type of person or to give him a tutorial which, although subjects, but he was modest about his situation he was describing. He said that not wholly successful, confirmed his abilities. His sense of humour could his books were about people struggling view that the tutorial system is one of be so dry that it was often difficult to to find their way in the world, often a Oxford’s chief merits. Michael Beloff, know if he was being serious, trying to troubled middle aged man recollecting President when Justin was researching provoke a response or gently teasing. He

68 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 had a wide range of friends to whom he against dust. Rarely seen without a Ebbe’s, where he enjoyed many sports, was always supportive and steadfast. duster hanging out of his pocket, he particularly cross country running and Justin met his wife Penny, a special was ready to pounce on the slightest boxing. needs teacher, in Oxford and they were mark when he entered a room. Such After two years in Hall, Bill moved happily married for 45 years. They had attention to microscopic particles was to Staircase 5, where he worked under two sons, Rufus, a doctor who went entirely characteristic of Bill’s career Head Scout extraordinaire Richard to Cambridge, and Serge, a journalist first as a scout and subsequently as Cadman, who had come to Trinity who went to St Peter’s College, and five Head Scout—for he was a perfectionist. in 1901 and retired in 1968 at the age grandchildren, to whom he was devoted. Immaculately turned out and quick on of 94. Here Bill had responsibility for his feet, he liked to do a Proper Job, and cleaning and tidying the JCR, until, Nigel Melville (1964) he expected those around him to do one aged 18, he was called up for his two too. years’ National Service. The post-war Dennis William ‘Bill’ Sloper came to years were in many ways transitional Bill Sloper Trinity from school at the age of 14. in Oxford’s colleges, and the time- (1929-2019) It was 1943. He was ‘Oxford’ through honoured progression from ‘scout’s Scout and Head Scout 1943–95 and through, born, on 13 March 1929, boy’ to scout to butler or porter was in the Nag’s Head in St Ebbe’s, where becoming rarer as men were enticed For more than half a century, Bill his parents were the publicans. Bill away by the shorter hours and better Sloper patrolled the staircases of had one brother and three sisters and wages of local industries. But Bill Trinity College waging a personal war he attended St Ebbe’s School and then came back to Trinity. He enjoyed the South Oxford School. His first job work and appreciated the camaraderie in Trinity was cleaning the Hall and of the scouting fraternity, which laying up for meals—breakfast, lunch saw the staff of Trinity and Balliol and dinner—which were all served, the gathering for a convivial pint in the latter with tablecloths. Service included White Horse in between laying up fetching beer and cider from the beer and serving lunch. Bill met his wife cellar for the undergraduates, and—in Rosemary in College in 1968 when a tradition that came directly from she came to work in the Bursary. the Foundation of Trinity in 1555— They became friendly at the Staff laying ‘commons’ of bread, butter and Christmas Party in 1968, were married cheese on the tables at lunchtime. The the following December, and set up domestic bursar was the formidable home in the college flat on Parks Road. Philip Landon and Bill would help him Rosemary moved to the Balliol Bursary check the college silver every year, a in 1979, while Bill continued staunchly meticulous process of inspecting and at Trinity. He enjoyed walking, played counting every single pot, tankard, knife shove ha’penny in the White Horse and spoon. The hours were long, and team, and was very useful at both the scouts worked seven days a week darts and Aunt Sally. After 22 years in term time. But there was still time the couple moved to a college house in for leisure pursuits, and Bill was very Marston. They took pleasure in many involved with the Balliol Boys Club in St holidays together—and in coming

69 OBITUARIES home, when Bill would march into the after his 90th birthday and seven house and start dusting. months short of his Golden Wedding. Old Members During his career Bill worked Meticulous to the last, he had prepared variously in Marriott House, Staircase some very useful notes for his obituary, 7, the gatehouse, and the top of the and, very fittingly, he was cremated with The college has learned recently of SCR, but for many years he had charge a duster in his pocket. the deaths of the following members, of Staircase 4, or the Cumberbatch obituaries of whom it is hoped will Clare Hopkins, Archivist, with thanks to Building North as it was officially appear in the 2019-20 Report: Rosemary Sloper and Valerie Parslow named on its opening by Tony Crosland on Trinity Monday 1966. The geometric Michael Rawstone Caroe, (1942), on design of Library Quad suited Bill’s 27 September 2019 love of order and he would have been Anthony ‘Tony’ William Corbett, horrified to witness its demolition— (1979), on 9 September 2019 but let us not be maudlin; he would Philip Charles Tattershall Dodd, (1950), surely have appreciated the massive on 25 July 2019 grandeur of Staircase 4’s forthcoming replacement just as much if not more. (David) Robin Lowson Erskine, (1954), Bill was proud of his long association on 1 August 2019 with Trinity, and of being ‘part of the George Patrick Germany, (1955), on Trinity family’. In 1975 he appeared 29 September 2019 in the Oxford Mail, the youngest in a Andrew George Aitken Gray, (1962), on group of eight members of staff with 16 October 2019 312 years’ service between them. Some (Anthony) George Huntley, (1965), on years after his retirement he gave to 3 November 2019 the Archive a fine collection of sports photographs, rugby and hockey teams Professor Mark Percy Owen Morford, and rowing crews of ‘his’ men who had (1948), on 14 October 2019 done well. Donald William Charles Morrison, Bill retired in 1995, at the age of 66, (1953), on 13 August 2019 but would pop back regularly, to see Professor Raymond ‘Ray’ Lindley how the place was doing. A family Nichols, (1960), on 27 September 2019 connection continued through his The Hon Mr Ralph Telford O’Neal cousin Eric Godfrey, scout of the Chapel OBE, (1964), on 11 November 2019 and college offices, 1989–97. Bill and Rosemary looked forward to reading Robert Noel Ponsonby CBE, (1948), on the College Report each year, and 3 November 2019 continued to enjoy their holidays during Anthony ‘Tony’ Molesworth Stuart- many years of good health. Sadly, Bill’s Smith, (1946), on 15 August 2018 final years were not easy as he fought a Richard Barry Wainwright, (1958), on long and brave struggle against cancer, 18 October 2019 and he died, at home, just two months

70 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 The Revd Canon Trevor S M Williams, nearly every play produced at the Globe Patrick Leigh Fermor Society, which he Chaplain 1970-2005, Emeritus Fellow, Theatre. In his retirement he combined threw himself into with typical energy, 5 November 2019 his keen interest in bird watching with not least the trips to visit the house in Major General Henry ‘Henry’ Gabriel a project to research how Shakespeare Greece. Charles’ cancer was caught late Woods CB MVO MBE MC DL, (1942), knew about birds without the aid of and his illness was mercifully short, but on 19 September 2019 binoculars. he continued working right to the end. Rob died on 16 October 2017, leaving He is much missed by his sons, Tom and his wife Cynthia, two sons and a Matthew, and by all those who had the (1964) daughter, and six grandchildren. pleasure to know him. Robert ‘Rob’ John Anderson was born in 1944 and came up to Cynthia Anderson, widow Tom Arnold, son Trinity in 1964 as a South African (1962) (1945) came Rhodes Scholar to read English. Charles Anthony Lewis Arnold (Frederick) John Barrett After he graduated in 1967, he spent came up to Trinity from Winchester up to Trinity at the end of the war. a year supply teaching in London, College to read Greats (he would have it Son of a Royal Marine bandsman, he and then embarked on an MPhil in known by no other name). After a brief had been brought up in Portsmouth Town Planning at University College, spell teaching, he found his place in the and educated at Portsmouth Northern London. The rest of his career was spent City as a merchant banker for Kleinwort Grammar and Winchester, to where in the town planning field, first as a Benson, where he rose up through the he was evacuated during the war. He consultant, then teaching on a planning ranks, quickly becoming their youngest read Geography and during his time course at what was then the South Bank ever director. With finance ‘conquered’, at Oxford joined the RAF cadetship Polytechnic. He became interested in he moved to industry where he spent scheme. He much enjoyed his flying and the huge potential of computers to another happy decade. decided to make the RAF his career. capture and use data to enable planners In 1994, he started a travel book Training in Rhodesia, Devon and to make better-informed decisions. This distribution business, Portfolio Books, Kent, John soon displayed qualities led to his setting up his own business, which chimed with his passion for travel, to become a fast jet pilot. His early computer systems for local authorities; and Greece in particular; a passion that tours of duty saw him at North Weald, after a difficult start, he was rewarded culminated in the publication of a book Tangmere and Odiham flying the with success, and was able to retire on the Mediterranean Islands, covering RAF’s recently acquired Vampire and in 2008 after nearly 30 years in the over 1,000 of them (not quite all of Venom aircraft. He also became a business. which he had visited). He was never senior training pilot for the air force’s His time at Trinity made a quite as happy as when on a Greek auxiliary pilots on No 604 Squadron. great impression on him. As an island, exploring some long-forgotten It was at this time that he met Norman undergraduate, he loved the traditions, goat track (by dodgy rental car), with (now Lord) Tebbit who was one of his the elegance of the buildings and the family and a picnic in tow, and the students. John used to recount the time gardens, the sconcing, the bump promise of an undiscovered beach at the that Norman had taken his colleagues suppers, the calling out of the Balliol end. out for a booze-up the night before a men next door, and friendships. He was Although he continued to dabble in training flight and John had to rouse a keen rower, and captained the Trinity publishing, enthusing anyone he met them all from bed for their flight brief boat in 1966 and 1967. He never lost with his ‘can do’ attitude, Charles the next morning! his enthusiasm for English literature, dedicated his last few years to the Early on in his flying career John in particular Shakespeare and saw establishment and running of the married Rita and they had two

71 OBITUARIES boys, Andrew and Michael. The John thoroughly enjoyed his last appreciate tea bags and appreciated family travelled the world with John, few years in Lyndhurst, retaining his learning about different teas and coffees completing overseas tours at Singapore independence and becoming a familiar from an expert. and Penang, where he led the Venom figure about the village and the local tea Apart from French and German aerobatic team at air shows throughout rooms. In his later years, though, he was Robert had a working knowledge of the Far East. In the early 1960s he failing in health, and after a short illness several other languages and had an re-roled to multi-engine aircraft and he died peacefully, aged 91, on 9 January excellent ear for accents. Many a waiter spent two tours flying the Shackleton 2019. or taxi driver was astounded when maritime patrol aircraft in Malta as a he correctly guessed their country of Andrew Barrett, son flight commander. origin. His interests covered a broad Still in his 40s, John retired from (1951) range: an excellent gymnast and Robert Duncan Cameron the RAF and returned to Trinity to was born in 1932 in Shanghai, the swimmer, he also loved skiing and complete a Certificate in Education as a son of a doctor, and the youngest of water skiing. He read widely about mature student. three children. Fortunately, the family both World Wars and researched deep He taught Geography at Magdalen managed to leave the country on one of into his family’s history. He had an College School, specialising in the last ships to sail before the Japanese encyclopaedic knowledge and love Meteorology and Geology. He became a invasion. of opera, which he often managed to housemaster and a careers master, and Back in Britain, Robert was sent to combine with his love of travel. He was responsible for encouraging many the Dragon School in Oxford, where was an usher at Glyndebourne for ten boys onto long and fruitful careers. he made many life-long friends, before years. John’s wife Rita died in 1983, but moving on to Sherborne and then An extremely caring, charming and he continued to live in his big house Trinity to read Modern Languages. amusing man, Robert was interested in in Bagley Wood Road, Kennington. His National Service was spent in everything and everyone he met. As a He had become a stalwart of the local Cyprus and the Canal Zone, and he result, he had a wide circle of friends, community and the church, where he joined the Queen’s Own Oxfordshire but family always came first. was a church warden. He ran the yearly Hussars (TA Regiment) on his return. Robert died in October 2018, leaving village fun run, taught computing skills His interest in the regiment lasted for a widow, Joanna, two children, three at ‘Headway’ and found time to learn the rest of his life; in later years he was stepchildren and eleven grandchildren, both Spanish and Italian, joining an as much involved in the setting up of all of whom find life much quieter and Italian speaking club—through which the Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum in emptier without him. he made very good friends with a family Woodstock as distance and his health Joanna Cameron, widow in Vicenza. allowed. He married Jeanne in 1985, and Robert enjoyed a successful career (1951) was born Philippe Chevalier they became a popular couple on the with the Distillers Company during on 8 July 1927. He studied Civil local social scene. The two of them which he travelled extensively in the Engineering (Mining) and Economics unfortunately parted company after Middle East. However, a major heart at the Catholic University of Louvain 30 years of happy times, but remained attack when he was 53 meant early (UCL), and then continued his studies in married and very good friends. John then retirement; unable to do nothing, Economics at Trinity. moved to Lyndhurst in the New Forest to he started a specialist tea and coffee As a member of the Groupe de la be close to his son Andrew. His younger company in Brighton. This proved Société Générale de Belgique (now son Michael had sadly died a year earlier. very popular with people who did not Suez), he worked in Matadi, in the

72 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 Congo. In 1957, he married Marie- He died on 4 April 2019. He had Juliet. She shared his sense of fun and Françoise Duvieusart, a social worker. nine grandchildren, and six great love of travel. Nothing gave them more They had four children together. grandchildren. pleasure than to drive abroad with no He then moved to Brussels with set destination. They enjoyed visiting art Marie-Françoise Chevalier, widow, and responsibility for the management galleries, exhibitions and particularly Anne Chevalier, daughter of the group, particularly Congolese appreciated the ballet at the Royal and Canadian affairs. He continued (1976) died Opera House and at many opera houses Stephen Mark Coombes his career within SIBEKA, a company at the Hammersmith Hospital on 23 abroad. specializing in industrial diamonds: February 2019, aged 61. His funeral His work colleagues held him in exploration and production in the service took place at Reigate parish the highest esteem. One of his former Congo (MIBA), Brazil, Venezuela, church, accompanied by the Godfrey bosses at HSBC noted how he was commercialization and utilization of Searle Choir, of which he had been a always frank with his thoughts and diamond tools and machines (Diamant trustee and a former choir boy himself. refused to adapt to the common Boart). He had a special responsibility Stephen was a Reigate man through view and was prepared to ask the for relations with the DeBeers- and through. He attended Reigate St tough questions whenever he deemed Oppenheimer Group for shared Mary’s Prep School where he was a it necessary. This was particularly production and commercialisation of choral scholar, excelled academically important in risk management, with synthetic industrial diamonds. and became School Captain in his final history showing that problems arise Philippe was also a member and later year. He went on to Whitgift School, when no one challenges the common president of the board of Casterman catching the train from Reigate Station. view. (which edited Tintin). He was also From Whitgift he came up to Trinity to Stephen bore his illness with much involved in associative and church life. study Classics, where he made many grace and dignity, eventually being From the start of the sixties, for 50 friends, was a popular member of the diagnosed with leukaemia. As he grew years, he was committed to promoting JCR and played tennis. His Christian weaker physically, his Christian faith dialogue among the different Christian faith matured and developed through became stronger. Now, he is not home churches in Brussels (Catholic, his attending St Aldate’s Church. in his beloved Reigate, but truly home, Protestant, Anglican, Orthodox). For After graduating, he spent a year in with his Lord and Saviour for eternity. over 20 years he was chairman of the Hong Kong helping the elderly, where Peter Carr, friend, board of the Institut Saint-André (pupils he met Anne, whom he married in 1984. Christopher Coombes, son, from 3 to 18 years). Together with his He then trained as an accountant with and Juliet Coombes, widow wife, he was committed to the service Price Waterhouse and during his time of local politics in the Centre democrate with them he spent two years auditing (1955) Hilary Ronald Michael Currey humaniste. Those who worked with him in Washington DC. Later he spent time was born in 1933 in Natal, South Africa, appreciated his spirit of cooperation, with Barclays, HSBC and Sunlife of the third son of Ronald Fairbridge his prudence but also his innovating Canada, before working finally working Currey (1914). His father was a Rhodes daring, his openness and his humanism with Unum. Scholar, who came back to complete nourished by a deep Christian faith. Stephen and Anne were married his Greats degree after distinguished Throughout his life he cultivated many for over 20 years, sharing the joy of service in World War I with the Argyll friendships. He was sensitive to social bringing up their two children, Laura and Sutherland Highlanders and questions and supported the work of and Christopher, who followed him to being awarded the MC. He was later many associations. Oxford. Later, in 2011, Stephen married Headmaster of St Andrew’s College,

73 OBITUARIES Grahamstown. Hilary himself came Championships several times and won enjoyed bar billiards at the King’s Arms, up to Trinity in 1955, after attending many sailing events throughout East table tennis, tennis, cricket, bridge and Michaelhouse School and Rhodes Africa. He also devoted much time to impromptu croquet. University to read PPE, completing his encouraging the younger generation to On graduating he joined Proctor degree in 1957. He died in April 2019. sail. and Gamble, and from there enjoyed Outside his professional life, Bill was a successful career in business, during (1957) a devoted father and family man who part of which he worked for James William ‘Bill’ Shirley Deverell was born in Oxford in May 1938, the relished the social and outdoor life Goldsmith, as managing director of second son of Colville and Margaret which Kenya offers. some food divisions, and then of Now Deverell. Later that year he and his A fearsome competitor in court or Magazine. He ended his working life brother John accompanied their on a boat, Bill had a mischievous sense as a management consultant and was parents on their return to Kenya. Bill of humour; his family and friends able to guide struggling companies. spent much of his first twelve years remember him as a gentle, generous As he reduced his working days, there, where his father worked in the and mild-mannered man. He is survived gradually moving into retirement, he Administration. by his wife Susan, whom he married was always busy with bridge, croquet, In 1950 he returned to school in in 1967, by their son Nick, and two opera and gardening. After his wife Liz England, first at Swanbourne House grandchildren. died, he lived with his daughter and in Buckinghamshire and later at St grandchildren for 13 years, and he was Mark Deverell, brother Edward’s School, Oxford. He came up a much-loved source of grandpa jokes. to Trinity in 1957, graduated with an (1953) He was adopted by Liz’s friends and was David Francis Campbell Evans LLB and was called to the Bar at Gray’s was born in Burma in 1935, the eldest delighted to be an ‘honorary lady’ at Inn in 1961. He then returned to Kenya, son of Harry Evans, who served in the their lunches. where he joined Kaplan & Stratton, a Indian Civil Service. He came to Trinity His love of history was evident as major firm, where he was admitted as an from Bromsgrove School to read Law. he continued reading throughout his Advocate in 1963, becoming a Partner in He was president of the JCR, played life and was an excellent customer of 1965. He was Senior Partner for many cricket for the Trinity Triflers and Bibliophile. He loved Trinity and was years until, in 2004, he was appointed a rowed. proud to bring us all to a family day in Judge of the Court of Appeal. He worked for law firms Simmons summer 2015. In his latter decades, he Widely regarded as a very fine lawyer, and Simmons and Pritchard Englefield, managed a growing number of health Bill won the respect of all who worked and served as a deputy district judge. conditions, including Type 1 diabetes, both with him and against him. He He died in June 2018, survived by but despite these, at the age of 85 he specialised in commercial litigation and his wife Sue, two daughters and five was still getting himself into town for arbitration and was an astute advisor on grandchildren. concerts and operas. A friend noted at tax matters. his funeral, ‘He was proud and amused Sue Evans, widow Despite having contracted polio that he had been drawing his pensions at the age of two, Bill was a keen (1950) for many years after his presumed Antony ‘Tony’ Gordon Fathers sportsman. As a teenager he played came up to Trinity from Charterhouse actuarial death date. He loved beating cricket and he later held his own on to read History. He was not allowed the odds.’ He died in January 2019. both tennis and squash courts. However, to join the army because he was stone Vicky Fathers, daughter sailing was undoubtedly his greatest deaf in one ear, so he went to teach at interest. He competed in the World 505 a prep school for a year. At Trinity he

74 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 (1971) died, aged 65, on 12 (1953) came background research for historical films Peter Fay Michael John Fleming January 2019, after bravely battling to Trinity from Campion Hall to and to check film scripts. John worked against cancer for a number of years. read History, as well as taking part in on 31 of Winner’s feature films between Peter was born in Liverpool on Trinity Players productions—in a 1954 1961 and his retirement in 2006, his 7 March 1953 and during his childhood production of Everyman, he played favourite being The Wicked Lady (1983) he lived in Liverpool, Paignton (Devon) the title role. He then spent seven starring Faye Dunaway, Alan Bates and and then Bristol. All his family years training to be a Jesuit priest. A John Gielgud. were very proud of him getting a change of direction saw him move to Apart from historical research for place at Trinity to read English. His employment with the Institute of the Winner, John had a keen interest as management career with British Rail Motor Industry in Birmingham. a military historian, becoming an started soon after he gained his degree, When he was 36, he married Carol, expert on the Crimean War and the originally in London, before quickly whom he had met acting in a play at works of Felice Beato (1832-1909), moving up to York. Peter continued the Little Theatre in Swansea, and they an Italian photographer. John wrote working on the railways for Network had two children. His work took the an unpublished book on the Indian Rail until his retirement. family to the north of England and then Rebellion based on Beato’s photographs. Peter was very active throughout Switzerland, and later on Michael spent Another of John’s interests was his life and he had a broad range of some years working in Zaire, where the European political propaganda. He interests which included walking, family visited him regularly. was an omnivorous collector, visiting cycling, motorbikes, trains and dancing. Michael enjoyed reading, different postcard fairs and wandering the book It was through dancing that he met Jane types of music and sport, playing tennis stalls along the Farringdon Road. His in 2002 and they married in 2007. into his seventies. He died in May 2018, collection, the largest in Europe, was Peter was always a very caring and and Carol died soon after, survived by given to the John Johnson Collection compassionate person with a great sense a daughter, Gabrielle, a son, Matthew, of Printed Ephemera at the Bodleian of humour. He was also an extremely and three grandchildren. Library. He gave his eighteenth century sociable person with a very wide range political cartoons to Trinity. He was a of friends made from his many interests. (1952) was born in keen supporter of the Trinity archives John Fraser Peter was exceptionally close to his Putney on 16 October 1933, the third and was one of the first to respond family, especially his sister, nephews son of Harold and Kathryn Fraser; to Bryan Ward-Perkins’ appeal for and great nephews and niece. He was John’s father was a banker. From St material. also really proud of his Liverpudlian Christopher School, Letchworth, John The long-term effect of his childhood roots and stayed in touch with a number came to Trinity, for a BA in Modern polio saw him retire in 2006 to his of his cousins from the Fay side of the History. elegant South Kensington apartment, family. A bout of polio in childhood made where he continued military research Peter spent most of his adulthood John unfit for National Service. and collecting propaganda material, living in York and had a great love for When he left Trinity he worked in until dementia and cancer ended his the city and surrounding area. He spent insurance until, in 1961, Michael life on 10 October 2018. John’s twin many hours walking and cycling around Winner, his former contemporary at St brother, Allan, died in 2010; he is the beautiful local scenery. He was a Christopher’s, who had set up a film survived by an elder brother, Douglas, very special person who will be greatly company called Scimitar, suggested that two nephews and a niece. missed by his family and friends. he work for him as Executive Assistant, Howard Fraser, nephew where his task was to carry out the Mark Harris, nephew

75 OBITUARIES (1993) was born (1954) was born enjoyed swimming, horse racing and Daniel Martin Gould David Francis Gray and raised in Twickenham, came up in 1936 and educated at Bilton Grange fine wine. Sadly, he was left considerably to Trinity in 1993 and earned a First prep school and Rugby School before weakened following a severe stroke in in Modern History. After graduating, coming up to Trinity, where he read 2012 but never lost determination to Daniel worked as a journalist at a law and played hockey for the Oxford make the most of life. He died on 3 betting newspaper, The Racing and Occasionals. He was admitted as a October 2018, aged 82. Football Outlook, and then at Rainbow solicitor in 1960 and spent most of his James Gray, son Network, a gay news website. He legal career at Lovell White & King/ retrained as a secondary school history Lovell White Durrant, becoming their (1947) came Richard Millward Griffiths teacher, earning his PGCE at the youngest-ever partner in 1966. He up to Trinity from the Fleet Air Arm, Institute of Education. He was very played an active part in a number of where his most notable achievement was well liked by his pupils at The Latymer legal organisations: he was assistant being reported by King George (and School and North Bridge House, if treasurer of the International Bar subsequently ‘arrested’ and grounded) the mix CDs and the nickname (‘Solid Association and a trustee of their for low flying over Balmoral whilst the Gould’) they gave him were any Educational Trust; for a long time he Royal family were having tea on the indication! was an assistant to the Court of the City lawn. Dan’s dabbling in Eurovision of London Solicitors’ Company and Although supposedly reading Modern betting led him to become a full-time was Master for a year in the mid-1980s; Languages (French), Richard quickly professional gambler. His winnings on he had various roles in the City of became a regular on the Dean’s Book Eurovision and X Factor exceeded his London Law Society; and was honorary of Misdemeanours, notching up teacher’s salary, and his blog Sofabet.com auditor of The Law Society for a time. substantial fines for his transgressions attracted a devoted following. He retired from the law in 1993 and including holding illegal parties. In an Dan remained loyal to North London went into the financial world, working annotation on a copy of the registers, for over 20 years, swimming regularly in at Fieldings Investment Management Richard exclaimed ‘What fun we had. the men’s pond on Hampstead Heath Limited for several years. O tempora, O mores!’ In the summer and keeping the coffee shops of Kentish Outside work, David was a liveryman of 1948 Richard joined the Trinity Town in business. He travelled as of the Worshipful Company of Glaziers, Players’ first production, Susannah and widely as the schedule of a professional and throughout much of his adult life the Elders, where he met his future wife Eurovision expert allows (i.e. very he was a governor of Bilton Grange. He Jeannie (née Pearson), who played a widely), was a voracious consumer very much valued his time at Oxford dancing girl—a fortuitous encounter, of literature, the arts and history, and and was a trustee of the Trinity Society producing a marriage lasting 58 happy enjoyed a close—albeit geographically for many years, including being its years and three children. widespread—circle of friends, including honorary secretary from 1979 to 1988. In their early years, the couple many old Trinitarians. David married Rosemary in 1970, honeymooned and lived in Paris Daniel died of a seizure related to they moved to Haslemere, Surrey and (flouting Unilever’s rules that Richard, brain cancer, in Florida, in December had three children. Later in life the as a management trainee, should be a 2018, and is much missed by family and marriage broke up and David formed a bachelor) and subsequently Brussels friends. He is survived by his mother close friendship with a German friend, (where, with so many Oxbridge Corinne, father Martin, and brothers Susanne Baas. contemporaries, he was involved in Richard and Simon. David was a keen golfer and a Intelligence escapades that were more member of Liphook Golf Club; he also ‘Boys Own’ than John Le Carré). Katie Sotheran (1993)

76 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 After the family’s return to England, of St Alban’s Diocesan Synod and Edward’s to teach for several years and they settled in Gerrards Cross. Whilst Board of Finance as well as Bishops then spending a short time as assistant his professional life flourished, Richard Stortford Deanery Synod; Master of headmaster of All Hallows preparatory became a popular and loved member of the Clothworkers Guild; member of school, he and his friend Hugh Watts, the community. He formed numerous the Court of the University of Leeds; with their wives in support, started new friendships, as well as keeping alive member of the Lord Mayor of London’s Moor Park, which was to become one those he had garnered over the years, as No. 1 Committee; as well as being on of the most successful mainly Roman attested by the 200 plus Christmas cards the board, or running numerous other Catholic prep schools in the country. that he sent and received each year. charitable institutions/committees. Derek’s son Stephen captained Richard’s love of France and of flying He enjoyed his time in South and Cambridge at cricket as well as playing were a constant in his life. He remained Central America, his travels throughout for Worcestershire and Glamorgan. fit and active, travelling widely and the world and the good friends he made John Woodcock (1945) intrepidly (through India, Sri Lanka, everywhere; but he was also blissfully the Baltics) until his sudden death in happy on his own on the River Inver, (1974) Henry ‘Hank’ L Henderson January 2019, aged 93. The outpouring with a rod in his hand. was born and raised in Illinois. After of love and sorrow from young and old He was married twice: first to Delia gaining degrees in Theology at Kenyon at that time was testimony to the mark Innes (died 1997), and secondly to College, Ohio, and Trinity, followed by he had made on all those whose lives he Diana Sorley (died 2016). He lost both a Master’s at the University of Chicago, had touched. wives to brain tumours. he went on to get a Law degree at He was a great companion, always Washington University in St Louis. Susan Thompson, daughter listened intently, had a wonderful sense This led to a career concentrating (1950) of humour, and was a true support to on law and the environment, and posts Sir John Bernard Hall My father was huge like a bear. many. He died in August 2018. he held included Assistant Attorney You certainly knew he was there. General for the State of Illinois, Caroline Dixon-Ward, daughter He was interested; kind, founding Commissioner of Environment Gen’rous; brainy, well-dined; (1947) spent most of for the City of Chicago, and a principal Derek Henderson Never mellow; could bellow; great the three years after leaving St Edward’s in Policy Solutions, an environmental fellow. School in 1944 learning to fly in North and public policy consulting firm. He Sir John Hall was born in 1932, brought America, only the final peace treaty also taught Environmental Law and up in Argyllshire, came up to Trinity sparing him from becoming a wartime Policy at the University of Chicago and via Eton, and then spent a career in pilot. Instead he came up to Trinity in the University of Illinois. merchant banking. He was variously 1947 to read History and shared a room In 2007 he was appointed head of a Director of JH Schroder Wagg; a in Garden Quad with Micky Jones, who the new Midwest office of the Natural Director of the Antofagasta (Chile was later to became bursar successively Resources Defense Council (NRDC), & Bolivia) Railway Company Ltd; at the Dragon School, Shrewsbury the New York City-based international Vice-President of Bank of America School and Radley College. environmental advocacy group. During NT & SA; Managing Director of A fine natural games player, Derek his decade in office he fought against the European Brazilian Bank; chairman won a cricket Blue as a medium-pace construction of coal plants in Michigan of the Association of British bowler in 1950, as well as playing at and Ohio and used the Clean Air Act Consortium Banks; chairman of the fly half for the Trinity team that won to push for pollution controls on oil Anglo-Colombian Society; member rugby cuppers. After going back to St sands refineries. He also used the law to

77 OBITUARIES protect vulnerable communities from training. Other life-long interests Robert Benjamin Fuller Ingham the dumping of toxic chemicals in their (1955) came up from Wellington to read included travel on the continent, bell neighbourhoods, as well as paving the Modern History. He was the elder son of ringing, history and biographies, way for Illinois’ Future Energy Jobs Act. Canon Wilfred Ingham (1906). While at heraldry and baroque music. He was He died in November 2018, aged 66, school he contracted osteomyelitis and very hospitable and no mean cook. survived by his wife of almost 20 years, was secured to a frame for two years, Robert enjoyed gardening all his Jacqueline Souroujon Henderson, two able only to move his head and arms. life, most especially with his brother sons, and a sister, Ann Henderson The illness left him permanently lame, James while they shared a house in Tonks (Wadham 1978), widow of Julian but he rarely alluded to his disability and Leamington Spa after Elisabeth died, Tonks (Trinity 1971). did not allow it to get him down. and also had an allotment. Besides After Oxford, Robert became a having green fingers for vegetables, Chartered Accountant with Peat Robert had a quirky passion for a good (John) Charles Whitworth Hulse (1950) died in the John Radcliffe Marwick Mitchell and later held bonfire which was not always popular hospital, Oxford, on 6 November 2018. important positions with various with neighbours! Known as John to close family and national businesses and charities. A meticulous researcher of his family Charles to everyone else, he came up In 1969 he married Elisabeth history, Robert discovered many items to Trinity, aged 21, following two years Manning, a lively and spirited lady. in his father’s papers relating to life in of National Service in the Air Force. Robert was devoted to her and their five early twentieth century Trinity and Old He left without sitting Finals, having children, whom he greatly loved and to Members, which he kindly donated to convinced himself he wasn’t going to whom he was a hands-on father from the college archives. get a First. It’s fair to say that Trinity their infancy, sharing and encouraging After a painful but mercifully short bestowed on him brothers, though not a their interests. After Elisabeth died in illness, Robert died in June 2019. Bachelor’s Degree: Charles left without 1999 the children in their turn were a John Allan (1955) a degree, but took with him lifelong great comfort and support to Robert. friendships. With his generous spirit and calm and Christopher Arthur Hugo Kemp Charles had an eclectic working cheerful imperturbability, Robert was (1955) was educated at Cothill House life, working as a property prospector, excellent company and enjoyed sharing and then won a scholarship to Harrow running a chemmy game (a variant of the good things in life with his family School, where family members had baccarat) in Chelsea gambling clubs, and many friends. His strong Christian preceded him. He then came up to carpentry, teaching English in Rome, faith was central to his life and he was a Trinity, where he read History. The London and Oxford, and a stint as a steady supporter of his local church. pleasure he took in learning more chauffeur. He married Cecilia in 1967, He was an expert archer with the about History and English Literature, had two children, Apricot and Digory, longbow and in the University team combined with his enjoyment of cricket, and spent the last 43 years of his life which beat Cambridge in 1958. Like stayed with him all his life, as did his in a seventeenth-century Oxfordshire his father, he was a member of the interest in political debate and in Hitler cottage, finding his joy in family, friends, Woodmen of Arden, a society dating and Stalin. food and music in all their splendid back to the eighteenth century of At Trinity he enjoyed the friendship variety, the Financial Times, and apple traditional archers who shoot only of several Rhodes Scholars and students trees. If it hadn’t been for a dodgy with the yew longbow at the statutory from Rhodesia, and he was particularly ticker, he’d be there still. distances prescribed by Tudor inspired by the lectures of A J P Taylor, legislation for compulsory military whose masterly delivery and brevity— Apricot Hulse, daughter

78 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 ‘He would arrive on the dot, speak for against joining the firm in London, at Upper Canada College and Trinity an hour without notes and then leave largely because his life-long loves of College School, followed by Trinity on the dot!’—was to influence him playing cricket and golf drew him College at the University of Toronto. He in his own career as a teacher, first at to Hampshire, where he became a joined the Royal Canadian Navy, and Hayleybury School and then at Lancing senior partner in the firm and ran the then from Trinity, Toronto, he made his College. He said that he always enjoyed Southampton office for many years. way to Trinity, Oxford. being challenged by and debating with He went on to become chairman of his He joked that much was expected his own pupils! He married Jenny, a District Society and then in 1996, he from him at Oxford—he followed nurse, and their daughter Nicola is also was honoured to be appointed National in the footsteps of a talented fellow a dedicated and devoted teacher. President of the Institute of Chartered Canadian—and he recalled that the Christopher also served his local Accountants, an achievement of which senior tutor told him that he was hoping community as a Conservative councillor he and his family were incredibly proud. for ‘another First’ from him. Whilst and was an admirer of Winston Christopher died after a short illness he did not graduate with a First, he Churchill and Clement Attlee, both in March 2018, just over a year after his did leave Oxford with many firm and of whom he met. ‘What I enjoyed as beloved wife Sally had died suddenly, a lifelong friends, securing him in the UK a councillor,’ he would say, ‘was that, loss he never fully recovered from. His for the rest of his life. although you fight for votes for your two children Tom and Arabella were by He led a university delegation of local party, at the end of the day you his side constantly during his last months. international students to India and focus on the needs of all the local Christopher was universally adored— post-war Germany, then considered the people of Lancing.’ After his death his his charisma and wit, his integrity and diplomatic service, settling on a career contribution to Adur District Council kindness, his wonderful oratory and in business with Wall Street firms in was marked by a minute’s silence, and, written skills, his natural ability to New York and London, and later in the with the clever way he had with words, hear and respond to people from all emerging UK cable television industry. he was described as the most eloquent walks of life, and above all his unique In 1957 another Trinity entered his life speaker the council had ever had. sense of humour, were just some of the when he wed AnnMari Olsson at Trinity Finally, he wore his learning lightly things that he was loved for. He was a Church in Wall Street, beginning over and with modesty, and lived a quiet gentleman through and through. 60 years of marriage. He and AnnMari scholarly life to the full. had two daughters and, with their Arabella Lainé, daughter gift for entertaining, many will have Virginia Kemp, sister happy memories of their parties and William ‘Bill’ Graham McDougall (Scholar (1951), born in October 1927, was gatherings. Bill died in August 2018. Christopher Norman Lainé 1960) came up to read Modern History a proud Canadian, with an echo of Sarah McDougall, daughter at Trinity, following his national service, pre-war Canada in his voice. One during which he was commissioned in of his forebears was a Father of (1945) read Bruce David Ian McKenzie the Royal Artillery. Confederation, William McDougall PPE at Trinity, where he was also a keen After completing his degree and of Manitoba, and his childhood was oarsman. After graduating he joined qualifying as a chartered accountant, in the Canada of late empire, with Imperial Tobacco and became a tobacco Christopher embarked on a long an instinctive allegiance to Britain, buyer in what was then Rhodesia. He then and distinguished career with particularly as the War formed part of left to further his education at the Harvard PriceWaterhouseCoopers, or Coopers the backdrop to his teenage years. Business School and after one year and Lybrand as it then was. He opted He found his early direction in life endeavoured to be an ‘entrepreneur’ with

79 OBITUARIES a modicum of success and failure, which had also escaped serious injury. When service in Germany. He ran for Trinity, led him to return to England and become his instructor got wind of the accident, was a member of the Achilles Club, a shipbroker on the Baltic Exchange, of he was suitably unimpressed, dryly and played fives and cricket. His twin which he was a member for 48 years. suggesting that David should be reported brother Anthony studied at Wadham. He was Managing Director of an for unauthorised low flying. After Trinity, Michael spent a year active firm of brokers which was owned David subsequently enjoyed a long studying for the colonial service at by an American Trading company. career with ICI, becoming general Magdalene College, Cambridge, before He left at the age of 53 and became a manager of the agrochemicals division. spending seven years as a colonial Maritime Arbitrator. He was also a He travelled the world, frequently with administrator in what was then Liveryman of the Worshipful Company his good friend and fellow Oxford Northern Rhodesia. He was private of Arbitrators. He died in December alumnus John Mitchell and, together, secretary to the last Governor and was 2018, survived by his widow Hilary. they pioneered the use of bartering with then on Kenneth Kaunda’s staff when Soviet Bloc customers who couldn’t Zambia became an independent nation. (1954) pay in hard currency—some deals Michael returned from Africa in David Francis Manning attended Bramcote School and regrettably not seeing the light of day, late 1965 and then returned to Lagos, Uppingham before coming up to such as one requiring all ICI staff to Nigeria, accompanied by his wife, Sue, Trinity to read Chemistry. He often purchase Czech spanners, or another and young son, Mark, in 1971. This had a slightly different way of looking where Kellogg’s would be challenged was followed by postings to Northern at things and, frustrated by his bicycle with cut-price Ukrainian rice puffs. Ireland and Ottawa, with the Ministry being ‘borrowed’ outside lecture On retirement, David and his wife of Defence. His love of exploring theatres, he remounted his pedals so Joan split their time between Sussex and continued into his retirement, during that they rotated together, as a single Sutherland, and the family continued to which he followed the old Silk Route platform. Impossible—without the holiday together, enjoying the walking, from China to Europe, as well as visiting David ‘knack’—to cycle uphill, and the golf courses and long summer days in his children in New Zealand, the United bike duly stayed put. the north of Scotland. States and South Africa. He had fond memories of his time David will be remembered for his Michael was part of the fabric of life at Oxford—whether it was as part of quiet determination and unassuming in Dulwich for over 40 years. He was an the winning rugby cuppers team in style. He wore his intellect loosely, was active member of St Barnabas Church, 1955, playing five rounds in a day at a loyal friend to many and never failed a patron and active volunteer for Link Huntercombe Golf Club (the home of to make those around him feel at ease. Age Southwark, and made many friends Oxford University golf) or of qualifying He would, of course, wish to say a fond as part of a walking club, book group, as a pilot with the University Air farewell to those of you that knew him. bible study, Scottish Dancing society and Squadron. Things did not always go to as a supporter of Sue’s quilting talents. Robert Manning, son plan, however, and, on one occasion, he He was always a generous and was a passenger in a car crash on the way (1954), interested host, able to talk to anyone (Francis) Michael Merifield back to College from flight training. His who was born in 1934, died, aged 85, and make them feel welcome and at ease, head was the first thing to punch through in Kiev, Ukraine, having been taken ill while just as happy to talk to passers- the windscreen at speed. Landing in a while on a cruise. by over his admired roses. Michael is field 30 yards away, he was able to brush Michael studied history at Trinity, survived by Sue, their children Mark, himself down and run back to check on having been at Shrewsbury School, Ruth and Alison, and two grandchildren. his friends who, extremely fortuitously, and then did two years of military Alison Merifield, daughter

80 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 (1956) came composer Zelenka, and on other in the North Sea and North America, David Cedric Nelson from Nelson (‘in the County Palatine of eighteenth-century music; and an usher as well as the Middle East. He was Lancaster’ as he occasionally referred to at Glyndebourne for over 20 years. chief executive of BP Exploration from it, tongue-in-cheek—but accurately) and Coin-collecting, photography and work 1986–9, and on the central board of the was the first Oxbridge entrant from his for the Pestalozzi Foundation filled any company until his retirement in 1995. local grammar school. Reading History, niches in his spare time. His analytical mind was much valued. he had two distinguished, but very David died on 2 February 2019 at Hugh was prescient in realising the different, tutors in John Cooper and Newhaven, aged 81. He is survived implications of climate change for the Michael Maclagan. His open sociable by a son and a daughter, and four oil industry. In retirement, Hugh was a nature ensured that he found friends— grandchildren. trustee of Shelter and a board member some of them destined to be lifelong— of the Schumacher Sustainability David Fecci (1956), with tributes from among his Trinity contemporaries. Institute in Bristol. his family and other friends, including Ben After Oxford, David’s first job was Hugh was born in 1936, the youngest Hopkinson (1956) as a graduate management trainee in of three sons of Edward and Joyce industry, the best-paid work in those (Scholar 1956) Norton. He was a scholar at Winchester Hugh Edward Norton days. He joined the firm of Blundell came up to Trinity to read Classics. and did National Service in the Spence, where he soon discovered that Intellectually, he was, without argument, Royal Horse Artillery. His father, as selling paint was not for him, and that head and shoulders above the rest Colonel Norton, led the third British the field of education was where his of us in our year. He chose Classical Everest Expedition in 1924, climbing real talents and social conscience lay. Prelims over Mods, and achieved a first without added oxygen to 28,126 feet Typically, he opted to begin his new in Greats after three years. Hugh was on the North face of Everest (an career at the educational coalface, modest, almost self–effacing, but he incredible achievement for its time). teaching at a very large comprehensive had a ‘steely’ core, and followed his On this expedition Mallory and Irvine school in south-east London before own path. In the summer of 1958, five tragically died. One of Hugh’s finest moving to Sussex and switching to local of us from Trinity drove from London achievements, in my opinion, was the authority administration. As deputy to Istanbul, before visiting the Hittite, biography of his father, Norton of chief education officer for East Sussex Classical and Islamic sites of Anatolia. Everest (2017, Vertebrate). Beautifully he established a schools funding formula We acknowledged Hugh as our leader, written, it is a sympathetic portrait which was admired and adopted further even if he did not. In his last year, he of a quiet–spoken and courageous afield, while his professional grasp and was president of the Trinity Players. man, many of whose qualities and quietly authoritative manner could, Hugh never wanted an academic hobbies (watercolour painting, in the words of a colleague, ‘hold a life. He went into business/commerce birdwatching, climbing and walking) room of headteachers while delivering with British Petroleum (BP). He joined Hugh inherited. a difficult or uncomfortable message the company in 1959 and was selected Hugh married Jan (Johnson) in 1965. without so much as a peep from them’. in 1962 to study Arabic at Mecas, the She was, to our surprise, an extrovert, David’s leisure interests were varied: Foreign Office language school in the but she unlocked a hitherto suppressed he made several treks up to 18,000 feet Lebanon. So, he became an Arabist and side of his character. They had one son, in the Himalayan foothills of Nepal, assumed managerial roles. He lived in Mark. Jan died in 1993. Hugh later Bhutan, Tibet and Burma, two of the Middle East, North Africa, and later married Joy (Harcup) in 1998, whom them in company with Ben Hopkinson in Singapore. He became a BP director he had met on a walking holiday in (1956). He was an expert on the Czech in 1980, and policy advisor for projects Bhutan. It was his Indian Summer. Joy

81 OBITUARIES survives him with a daughter, Gemma, Maudsley Special Hospital Authority, spellings, history dates and important and a son, Ben. and of the Institute of Psychiatry. He events, Latin case endings and the order Hugh’s last letter to me mentioned, greatly valued his home life and golf of books in the Old Testament. His ‘Ravens are also regularly seen or heard, and gardening at a country cottage, Sunday sermons in the school chapel often over or actually in the garden, which he only left to stay full time in achieved considerable fame, and he still where they steal our apples just before London in 2016. He died peacefully, preached on Remembrance Sunday into they’re ripe.’ I can hear his voice. proud of the distinguished careers of his nineties. both his daughter and son, Jane and Jo. Above all, he delighted in instilling Mike Hughes (1956) self-esteem in the most nervous of his Gaie Owen, widow charges. Hours were spent patiently Trevor ‘Toby’ Bryan Owen CBE (Scholar 1949) was educated at Rugby (1942) rehearsing the smallest roles in Mark Douglas Kinneir Paterson School, where he became head of School was born in 1924 and attended Trinity his renowned school productions, House, and was awarded a scholarship to College, after Radley, breaking his studies helping with balsa-wood aeroplanes, Trinity, coming up after National Service for the last two years of the Second cheering on the 4th XI or the like. that he found somewhat depressing. World War, during which he served as ‘Find what makes a boy tick,’ ran his He gained a First in Greats and began one of the army’s youngest captains in mantra, ‘invent a prize for it, award it a DPhil, but in 1955 changed his mind, the 60th Rifles. After graduating with a in Assembly, and watch him grow in married Gaie Houston, and joined ICI. 2nd class honours degree in History, he stature.’ And it worked, over and over In his career with the company, among was awarded his Diploma of Education again. much else he headed the Owen Report in 1947 and started to work for his He was succeeded as headmaster on business schools, sat on the Chilvers father, Douglas, at Woodcote House, by his eldest son—‘Mr Nick’—and Committee on education in Northern his family’s preparatory school in remained on site, advising and Ireland, served on the National Council Windlesham, Surrey. supporting him throughout his 20-year for Academic Awards, was made a In 1950 he married Angela Lyle, who tenure. He was delighted when one of director of Paints and then Agricultural had been raised by her Swiss mother his twin sons, David, took over the reins, Divisions of ICI itself. in Vevey, on Lake Geneva. In 1958, on and when Nick’s son, Oliver, joined the One of his special interests was Mark’s parents’ retirement, they built on staff just before Mark died in June 2017. worker participation, which he the success of this small, idiosyncratic He is survived by Angela, Nick, Rowan studied all over the world, even using school and quickly established a and David, and seven grandchildren. a sabbatical in 1978 to visit China, a reputation as a dedicated and caring Nick Paterson, son country barely accessible to outsiders couple, known by all as ‘Mr and Mrs at that time. Another enduring interest Mark’, who put their charges’ health and (1945) (Henry) Robert Fairfax Perrin was theatre, as spectator and occasional happiness first—rather at odds with the was born in August 1927, the son of a actor. He even appeared as a singer style of many prep schools of the time. clergyman and one of four children. He in amateur opera in Italy during his For more than 30 years, Mark was educated at Wellington College, retirement. managed to combine headmastership which he left in 1944 to join the RAF. He left ICI to become CEO of with a good deal of teaching—English, By the time he qualified as a pilot the Remploy, which at that time had over History, Latin and Scripture. To this war was over and he came up to Trinity. a hundred factories all over the British day, there are hundreds of old boys At Oxford he met his future wife Beryl. Isles. After 10 years he retired in 1989 who will remember his original and Happily married, they had twin sons, and was made chair of the Bethlem and amusing mnemonics for difficult Roger and Martin (both Trinity 1972).

82 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 His early business career was spent and then Physics. He served in the Royal services. He outlined his ideas in a book, initially with Unilever and then with Corps of Signals and later worked as Stewardship Economy: Private Property PA Consulting, which required periods a self-employed defence consultant. Without Private Ownership (2011) and working in Dublin and Toronto. Back in He died in November 2018, survived on his website. He described how the the UK he advised major corporations by a daughter, three sons and four transition to a stewardship economy and government bodies on strategic granddaughters. could be made, and last year contributed planning, eventually setting up the to a Liberal Democrat policy paper, Long Range Planning Society. In 1976 (1966) was Taxing Land, Not Investments (2018). Dr Julian Charles Pratt Robert moved to the Stanford Research born in London, the son of Richard Following his time in Africa, Julian Institute, based in California. He was Pratt, a psychiatrist, and his wife, Penny, took on a single-handed practice in a key adviser to Racal when launching and was educated at Westminster School Sheffield, job-sharing with Rosemary. its mobile telephone service; later to before coming up to Trinity. He trained He led the development of a new become Vodafone. The following year in medicine at UCH, London, where he surgery building, working with experts Beryl died unexpectedly. met Rosemary Field in 1974 when they in green architecture on the design of Nearing retirement, he formed his were both working as junior doctors. the UK’s first super-insulated non- own consultancy, which worked with a The following year they went to South residential building. The practice range of overseas clients. He also found Africa together. They married in 1977. expanded and developed a community time to work with The Prince’s Youth As a young doctor in rural South health project which, among many other Business Trust, helping young people Africa (1975-76), Julian questioned activities, trained and supported local to set up their own businesses. In 1990 the underlying cause of the diseases people to become counsellors. Julian he married Hannah and they moved to he was treating and identified how the was keen that patients should have Storrington, where they lived together grossly unequal distribution of land for access to their own medical records and for nearly 30 years. agriculture was having a devastating saw the positive effects of this. He was a keen and active member of effect. As a result, he became passionate Increasingly interested in systems of his local church. He took considerable about land reform and pursued this care, in 1993 he moved to work for the pleasure in his extended family of interest for the next 40 years. King’s Fund health policy think tank. sons, in-laws, grandchildren and great Julian researched, proposed and He wrote a book, Practitioners and grandchildren. He was proud to have campaigned for a radical approach to Practices: A Conflict of Values? (1995), been a Liveryman of the Merchant the market economy, replacing private about the conflicts facing GPs seeking Taylors Livery Company, a Fellow of ownership of land with a system he to be advocates for individual patients the Royal Geographical Society and in described as stewardship. He built on while being required to ration access to particular retained a life-long affection work by Thomas Paine and Henry resources. With colleagues at the King’s for both Wellington and Trinity. He died George, and advocated that everyone Fund, he developed a ‘whole system’ on 31 May 2019. should be entitled to an equal share of approach to improving healthcare, the wealth of the natural world. In a which drew on complexity theory and Roger Perrin (1972), son stewardship economy, ‘stewards’ would viewed organisations as living systems. (1946) pay a fee (a land tax) for the exclusive Through carefully designed conferences, Major John Deane Plummer was born in 1928, the only son of right to use land. The fee, gathered by they enabled conversations between William Plummer, a bank official in government in place of conventional service providers and their communities, Banbury. Educated at St Edward’s taxes, would be used to provide a seeing both as important co-creators School, Oxford, he read Maths (Mods) universal basic income and fund public with the ability to effect change.

83 OBITUARIES Julian is survived by Rosemary, their After graduating he served his (Thomas) Bruno Ryves OBE FLS two children, Richard and Eleanor, and infantry attachment to the Prince of (Scholar 1949) was born on 1 October six grandchildren. Wales’s Own Regiment of Yorkshire; 1930, the son of a doctor, and raised in further postings took him to Northern Lewisham, south east London. In May Based on the Guardian ‘Other Lives’ Ireland, Germany and the Intelligence 1940 he was evacuated to Cheltenham obituary, by Eleanor Jubb, daughter Centre, Ashford. He attended the and educated at Cheltenham College, Army Staff College, being promoted where he remained until 1949, when Roger Melville Taunton Raikes (1945) was born in 1927 and came up to Major in 1977. He served in the he came up to read Physics at Trinity. to Trinity from Radley College to read Adjutant General’s Secretariat at the However, much time was spent playing Engineering. He was a keen oarsman, MoD for two years, before being posted bridge and chess, and botanising! The rowing both for the college and for back to Germany in 1980. In 1982 he degree he achieved reflected this. the University, getting a Rowing Blue was promoted to Lt-Col and became National Service followed, and in in 1946. His oars from the Boat Race Executive Officer of the Joint Air 1954 he married Ann, then going on to were highly treasured memorabilia from Reconnaissance Centre at Brampton complete an external degree at London his university life. He died in August but, shortly after a move back to the University, from where he graduated 2018, survived by his wife Rosanne, MoD, he was diagnosed with diabetes. with the top marks in the country. He sons Roderick, Anthony, Jonathan and No longer eligible for promotion he started his scientific career at Harwell Andrew, and several grandchildren and decided to take early retirement. and was head-hunted to the National great-grandchildren. Peter made a new life for himself Physics Laboratories in Teddington, setting up the Laurels Rest Home in carrying out experiments in Nuclear (1944) was born Market Deeping, and then he purchased Physics and becoming a world expert in John Eden Ricketts in Weymouth in 1926, the younger son a banqueting and restaurant business his field of measurement, for which he of the Revd Clement Mallory Ricketts, next door, which he ran until 2002. He was awarded the OBE in 1990, shortly Canon Missioner of Gloucester retained his contact with the Intelligence before his retirement from the NPL. Cathedral. He initially came up to Corps and became a regular speaker at However, his real passion was botany, Trinity in the summer of 1944 as a ICAREC meetings on setting up one’s specifically alien grasses, a subject Naval Probationer with the Royal own business. Despite a busy job, Peter on which he published frequently Marines, before leaving to serve in was very active in his local community, in collaboration with many of the World War II. He returned in 1947 to serving as a Conservative councillor country’s professional experts. He read Modern Languages and in 1950 for Lincolnshire County Council for 20 even identified a grass collected in stayed on an extra year for his Diploma years. Angola and named it after his wife— of Education. He died in February 2019. Sadly, his last year was blighted by a Styppeiochloa Catherineana! form of Alzheimer’s, which he managed He was a pleasingly eccentric and (1965) bravely until his death on 4 November very kind man, an innocent in a world Lt-Col Peter Allan Robinson was born in 1944 in Halifax, where he 2018. He is survived by his wife Judy of greed. In his last conversation with attended grammar school before being and his two sons. his son Tom, he said that the most selected for RMA Sandhurst in 1962. important quality in life was kindness, Abridged from the obituary that On passing out two years later he was a principle he practised to the full. appeared in the 2018 edition of commissioned into the Intelligence Sadly, his health declined quite rapidly Rose & Laurel, the journal of the Corps and then sent to Trinity, where he after a stroke, but he remained at home Intelligence Corps read Russian and French. being cared for by Ann and his sister

84 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 Marga, and he recognised all of his was his vintage Fordson tractor which On his return to England, he was family visitors until the end. He died he used to deliver manure to friends introduced to his beloved wife to be, peacefully in his sleep on 10 May 2019, and neighbours. Another was his gaff Jennifer Sandeman, at a point-to-point a much loved husband, father of four rigged cutter, Tarana, which allowed at Cowdray Park, where she was riding. and grandfather of twelve. His body, as him to indulge his lifelong passion for Further postings took him to Madrid, was his wish, was donated for scientific just messing about in boats. All those Lima, Mexico and then back to research. things had to go with time, but his great Moscow as Head of Chancery 1964-6. affection for Trinity persisted to the He then took up a home posting as Taken from a eulogy given end. He died, aged 90, on 12 May 2019, Head of the North American and by his son Tom Ryves survived by his wife Janet, his children Caribbean Department, and then (1949) came up David, Sarah and Simon, and three in 1972 transferred to the Ministry (Robert) Murray Sears to Trinity to read Law, having completed grandchildren. of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food his national service in the Welsh Guards, (MAFF), where he played a key part in David Sears QC, son (1976) which he did immediately after he left the negotiations for Britain’s entry into Sherborne School. the EEC. Thomas ‘Tom’ Robert McKie Sewell He always loved being on the water (Scholar 1946) was born in India in After retirement, he founded an and it was not long before he gravitated 1921. At the age of 10 he came to international grains and consultancy to the river, where he soon bumped live with his family in West Sussex, business, and with Jennifer he was into David Callender and Christopher attending St Nicholas Prep School in involved in various charities, especially Davidge with whom he was fortunate to Littlehampton and then Eastbourne on the equestrian side; always an row in the last Trinity VIII to be Head College. Awarded a scholarship to enterprising couple, they ran the of the River. He rowed in Isis, and also Trinity to read Modern Languages in Shamley Green Horse Trials at their won the University Pairs competition. 1940, he deferred his place until the end farm near Guildford for 12 years. He On coming down, he qualified as a of the war and joined the Scots Guards even found time on two occasions lawyer by doing his articles at Slaughter as a private, later to be commissioned to stand as a candidate in European & May, before briefly becoming an in- into the Indian Armoured Corps, where Parliamentary Elections. He was also a house lawyer with Unilever Plc. However, he rose to the rank of Major. keen skier, as well as having a passion it was not long before he was back in While at Trinity he took advantage of for canals, restoring not one but two private practice, this time with a small a bursary to spend a winter at Lausanne narrow boats. firm in Gray’s Inn known as Taylor University, and after leaving Trinity with Sadly, Jennifer died in 2006, but Tom & Humbert. He spent the rest of his a good Honours degree he accepted continued to keep himself busy with working life with the firm, although it a Swedish government scholarship to friends and family, until he died in 2018, underwent several mergers to become, spend a year at Stockholm University greatly cherished by his family. first, Taylor Joynson Hicks and then, reading Political Science and Economics. Abridged from the funeral tribute given subsequently, Taylor Parker Garrett, This, combined with his various by his daughter, Alexandra Cookson where he ended up as joint senior partner. linguistic skills, helped him in his Home was a small farm in Surrey, preparation to join the Foreign Office. (1972) was Robert Norman Smith where he was often to be found outside, He then spent six months at the School born in 1954 and came up to Trinity looking after the many ponies and other of Slavonic Studies, becoming fluent from Hanley High School, Stoke-on- animals that he and his wife Janet, in Russian before being posted to the Trent, to read Physics. He died in 2018. used to keep. One of his great loves British Embassy in Moscow.

85 OBITUARIES presses, which he used for his Gryphon pursuits. From his homes in north The Revd Michael John Staines (1949) came up to Trinity to read Press productions; I gave Trinity his Buckinghamshire and Gloucestershire, Botany just after I, his brother, came collection of miniature booklets (now he would support the local hunting down. He had done military service in in a case in the Danson Library), which and shooting communities. Among his the Royal Artillery and told me that, he produced every Christmas for a few many contributions to field sports, he abandoned on Mount Carmel, his unit years. On his 90th birthday, attended by was proud to serve for many years as lived on tinned beetroot for three weeks. children and grandchildren from all over a deputy governor of the Hunt Staff He then joined the Forestry Commission the world, his latest acquisition was a Benefit Society, for which he organised and helped plant Friston Forest on the Coptic Church Cross at the top of his many charity events. He was also a South Downs near Eastbourne. walking stick. member (and a former master) of the Because of the high number of He died peacefully in his sleep in Salters’ Livery Company, one of the students, he never lived in College November 2018. Great Twelve City Livery Companies. when he came up and complained for Peter married Joanna in 1957 and Noel Staines (1945), brother the rest of his life that he didn’t know is survived by Joanna and their three anyone in Trinity. However, with others, children Fiona, Clive and Belinda. Peter Laurence Bowring Stoddart he managed to make his mark with (1954) died peacefully on 19 April Clive Stoddart, son weed killer on the college next door! At 2019 aged 84. He was educated at Oxford he met his wife Phyllis, who was Sandroyd and Eton before coming up (Minor (Michael) Humphrey Sturt reading Botany at Somerville. to Trinity, where he lasted the one year, Scholar 1950), always known as After graduation he taught for some and left after Trinity term 1955. He Humphrey, was born in 1931 in Kuala years, first at Solihull, and then at King’s captained the Eton 1st XI and captained Lumpur to parents stationed in the School, Taunton, before, with a family Buckinghamshire in the Minor Counties Far East. As a boy in 1940 he travelled of five children, he trained at Wells League from 1955-1967. He played a west to east by sea from England to Theological College for two years. He single first class match for the MCC Singapore, via Canada and the Pacific served in the parishes of Southwick against Ireland in 1958. and thence to Australia for the duration in West Sussex and East Harling in He did his National Service with of WWII. After the War, he returned to Norfolk, before being appointed rector the 14th/20th King’s Hussars and was England and started at Marlborough of St Lawrence in West Wycombe, with prised away from army life by his father, College. Spartan post-war conditions its famous Golden Ball on the tower who was already upset that he had not notwithstanding, he finished top of and links with the infamous Hell Fire obtained a degree from Oxford. He his history class and won an open Club. He retired in 1993 to a village started a career in insurance, firstly with scholarship to read History at Trinity. near St Michael’s College, Tenbury, and CT Bowring (which became Marsh & While at Oxford, two good Trinity helped in the Worcester and Hereford McLennan) and then Robert Fleming friends (both 1950) were Charles Hull dioceses. Phyllis died in 1999, and their Insurance Brokers (RFIB). He founded (later his best man), and Robert ‘Buzz’ five children are now distributed around RFIB and was chairman of the company Baldwin, a Rhodes Scholar from the the world. until his retirement. He spent much of United States, with whom he shared Throughout his life Michael was an his professional life travelling, making rooms. Buzz, a distinguished biochemist avid collector: Brough motorcycles, friends and earning respect in many at Stanford University, remained a Morgan three-wheelers, kilts (he had parts of the world. friend of the family, whom we met over 20 different ones, some of which He was a great supporter of the occasionally over the years when on his he had made himself), and six printing countryside and of countryside visits to the UK. While at Trinity, we

86 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 know that Dad played golf, co-founded qualified as a navigator in 1945, seeing to achieve fair and just treatment for a cricket team to play matches against the tail-end of the war and becoming all people of South Africa. In the time teams from surrounding villages and involved in transporting returning leading up to the changes in 1994, Tony did brass rubbings in local churches. He soldiers between Egypt and South was part of a group of business and used to recall saying the college Grace Africa. political leaders who travelled to Lusaka and for the remainder of his life could After a few months at the University to hold talks with emerging ANC recite it (very rapidly!) whenever asked. of Cape Town, he took up a Rhodes leaders—essentially to try to promote After Trinity, Humphrey did National Scholarship to Trinity, where he read cooperation and gain insights that Service in the Army (best cadet in his Mathematics. He was awarded his would benefit inclusion of all races in a class) and was posted with the Royal rugby Blue and eventually played three post-apartheid South Africa. Corps of Signals in Singapore. His inter-varsity matches against Cambridge He will be remembered by many as a first civilian job was with the Union at Twickenham, as well as going on most generous and caring person, loving of Canton Insurance Company, also to tour the Argentine in a combined unconditionally, of free spirit, and with in Singapore, and he met our mother, Oxford and Cambridge team. On a a profound sense of justice and fairness Anne, on one of the sea trips out there few occasions too he played cricket for for all people. from London. They were married in Oxford. He died in August 2018, outliving Lil, 1960 and had three children (Xanthe, He continued to play sport at a high his wife of 60 years. He is survived by Tasha and Richard) for whom he was level when he returned to South Africa his four sons, and seven grandchildren. the best father imaginable. He had a in 1949 and qualified as an actuary at John van Ryneveld, son varied career in business, founding a Old Mutual, rising steadily through successful company and also working the ranks towards his appointment as (1943) came Julian Edward von Bergen for IBM for many years. In retirement he general manager of the pensions and up to Trinity from Radley College, to compiled a book of amusing quotations investment division. He spent four read Medicine, following in his father’s ‘Humphrey’s Commonplace Book’, years in Johannesburg as the managing footsteps. He was probably given no developed a fantastic garden at the director of Mutual and Federal choice of college: his parents were great family home in Berkshire and continued Insurance Company, but returned to the friends of Reggie Weaver, then president to play golf (18 holes once or twice a Cape and eventually took up the role of Trinity, although his late great week, weather permitting), until he was of joint general manager of the Urban uncle, Percy Allen, had been president diagnosed with motor neuron disease Foundation in 1980. As well as being of Corpus. It was also said that the at the age of 85. He died in September a business leader, he held numerous admissions tutor at Trinity had a keen eye 2018, aged 86. other posts including: president of the for a good oarsman and, having rowed at Actuarial Society of SA; trustee of the Radley, Julian fitted the bill, eventually Natasha Neef and Xanthe Sturt-Taylor, SA Nature Foundation; board member captaining the Trinity boat to Head of daughters of the National Botanical Gardens of the River and rowing in the Blue boat. SA; chairman of the John and Charles Julian thought that going up to Anthony ‘Tony’ John van Ryneveld (1946) was born in Cape Town in 1925, Bell Trust. Oxford was marvellous after the and after attending Diocesan College In politics he was an influential comparative austerity at Radley. He was (Bishops) where he was a remarkable fundraiser for the Progressive Federal given one of the best rooms in college all-rounder, excelling both academically Party and became an active member of looking across the gardens towards and at various sports, he joined the the Democratic Alliance, through which Wadham. He used to recount that when South African Airforce in 1944; he he felt he could best influence policy he went back up for a Gaudy he would

87 OBITUARIES sleep in the same room, probably in the School and education were very gentleman, always courteous, always same bed: ‘It was not much good then, it important to him and an escape from good-tempered, always generous. He is awful now.’ the financial challenges his childhood was also always associated with the It was in the inorganic chemistry experienced. School reports tell the best. Educated at the best school, labs that Julian met Sheila Thomas story of a boy who climbed a steep near Slough, indeed in one of the best (LMH 1943) and it was not long before learning curve and began to impress. houses, presided over by the eccentric they became engaged, going on to A place at Trinity to read Modern G A D Tait, he joined the best regiment get married when they were studying History was an intimidating and hard- for national service, the Grenadier medicine together at Barts. This was earned reward. He mastered the art of Guards. Being tall, he was in the best accompanied by an undertaking to ‘gobbets’, came to love the beautiful (1st) battalion, which required at least their respective parents that they would architecture and heritage of Oxford, 6 ft in height, but perhaps Tripoli was not have children until they were both took up rowing and formed friendships less than the best posting. Thereafter qualified—a promise that they just that would accompany him to the he went, naturally, to the best college about managed to keep. Parthenon and back. in the best university, which needs no After qualifying and a stint of After graduating, Michael was elaboration. Having read Law, Robert National Service, Julian and Sheila articled to Price Waterhouse. He began his career as a solicitor with became general practitioners, initially became a chartered accountant and his Dawson’s, but quickly gave that up in in a practice in Watford and latterly later career in telecoms included senior favour of accountancy. That led to a in Dunster on the edge of Exmoor, European and global roles. Michael was successful career in banking, usually eventually handing the practice over always a citizen of the world, taking the best-dressed banker in either New to their eldest daughter and son-in- countries, cultures and diverse cuisines York or London, generally sporting a law. Julian and Sheila raised four in his stride. splendid sapphire tiepin. For many years children who in turn provided them In retirement Michael served on he made an invaluable contribution with a good crop of grandchildren and the Western Advisory Committee to the fortunes of Bankers Trust in great grandchildren—23 at the last responsible for the selection of new London. count. Retirement took them to Hatch magistrates, became an approved court In due course, he married Sabine, Beauchamp in Somerset and then chairman and also a member of the a daughter of a noble French family. to Capel in Surrey. Julian died in Family Panel. He was also a Trustee for With her there came the best barn in July 2018. Care for Veterans Hospital Home. the Cathar country of southern France, Those who knew Michael would mysteriously called Cayenne, for some Hugh von Bergen (New College, 1977) describe him as a gentleman: kind, unknown reason. Robert was a most (Scholar considerate and humble. He was warm, enthusiastic and meticulous practitioner Michael Anthony Walker 1963) was diagnosed with cancer approachable and always enjoyed a joke. of DIY and used his considerable skill in September 2018 and, true to Michael died in July 2019, survived by and imagination to transform the barn character, he didn’t want anyone to his wife Heather, three sons and two into a very cosy and comfortable house. worry too much and pressed on with granddaughters. In his latter years Robert suffered treatment, praising hospital staff and from debilitating ill-health of one sort Mark Walker, son all professionals throughout. As he and another, which caused steadily gradually withdrew physically, the space (1951), increasing immobility. Fortunately, Robert John Wallace-Turner we shared with him was instead filled who died on 25 May 2019, was the they had moved in time from their with stories and relived memories. epitome of a traditional English large house near the All-England Club

88 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 in Wimbledon to a flat in Notting Tim remained single until 55, He left in 1961 and joined Cooper Hill, which was much more suitable. when he married Stephanie, a clinical Brothers, where he qualified as an Throughout his, no doubt, painful embryologist who shared his interests accountant and briefly moved on to disability, he remained unfailingly both in foetal medicine and in sailing. Unilever. He found his métier when cheerful, alert, interested in current They would regularly sail together to he joined Morgan Grenfell, where affairs and details of the (often the Scilly Isles or Brittany. Their two he worked for more than 20 years. infuriating) management of the block sons had a fantastic introduction to life He retired in 1990 as deputy chair of of flats. He leaves three delightful on the waves as well as to Cornwall. Morgan Grenfell Group, taking on a daughters, Sarah, Serena and Sophia, Tim was delighted to see each of them diverse portfolio of public, private and and numerous grandchildren. go to Exeter University—with Barnaby charitable roles. He continued to have sharing his love of fly fishing and an ongoing connection with the bank, Christopher Hordern (1951) Dominic his love of cricket. retiring from his position as chair of (1960) grew After retirement Tim continued as the trustees of the Morgan Grenfell and Dr Timothy ‘Tim’ Wheeler up in Reading, with holidays in Cornwall, a much-respected clinical teacher for Deutsche Bank Pension Schemes only an area which remained important to several years. He immersed himself in months before his death. him. After Sherborne School, he came life at Wellow as school governor, parish Although he frequently said to us, his up to Trinity in 1960 to read medicine. councillor and church bellringer. He children, ‘everything in moderation’, He already had wide interests, a ready joined three Trinity contemporaries— this is not how he chose to live his curiosity and made friends easily. David Colvin, David Lewis and Frank life. He had a passion for playing After graduating, he went on to Smith, in an enjoyable week each and watching sports and joining the Barts Hospital, qualifying in 1966. summer exploring the wine producing numerous clubs with which they are Tim followed his father into obstetrics, areas of Italy and France by bicycle, thus associated. Rugby, which he had enjoyed taking up training posts at King’s completing a cycle of travel as the group so much at school and Trinity, was a College Hospital, then Oxford. had holidayed there together in Tim’s central focus; he played for Harlequins He was appointed Senior Lecturer father’s Dormobile in 1962. third XV until he was 35 and then (subsequently Reader) and NHS Sadly, Tim developed motor spent countless Saturdays as a spectator Consultant to Southampton Hospital. neurone disease in 2015, which he at the Stoop and Twickenham. As Tim was committed to clinical care and endured stoically, lovingly cared for by well as cricket, golf, tennis, squash, clinically related research centred on Stephanie. He loved Christmas and died rackets and real tennis, less predictably foetal physiology, heart rate and growth. peacefully on Boxing Day 2018. He was Christopher took up motor racing in his He always kept the perspective of a a committed clinician and researcher, a fifties, racing Renault Turbos against clinician, focusing on the well-being of loving husband and father, and a great a field of drivers all half his age. He mothers and their unborn babies. friend to many people. continued to enjoy buying and driving Tim was a lifelong sailor, taking his inappropriately brash cars from Ford Frank Smith and Malcolm Green (1960) first sailing cruiser, Joanda, across to Cosworths to Nissan GTRs, long after Sweden in 1977 for a sabbatical year at he stopped racing. In later life many of Christopher Mark John Whittington Lund University, where he lived on the (1957) was born in 1938 and came up to our father’s passions focused around boat. On the return journey Joanda Trinity from King’s School, Canterbury Italy—learning the language, listening survived a heavy storm in the North Sea, to read Greats, loving the intellectual to the music, drinking the wine eventually being rescued with a broken challenge and competitive sports of and Negronis, and travelling the mast by a friendly fishing vessel. college life. country.

89 OBITUARIES Throughout this time he was Pressed Steel car body factory (later part accompanied by his wife Sue, whom he of British Leyland and Rover) in Cowley. worshipped. They met in 1964 and made Tony’s workmates treated him as a their permanent home in Highgate, colleague, and he saw his worker priest where they were always entertaining role as solving practical problems. a broad church of friends and family. He was a union leader at a time of Our father was a loyal, generous and industrial conflict and UK car industry loving man, and we adored him. He died decline, chairing the TGWU’s largest peacefully at home in March 2018 after union branch for 16 years. a long illness which he bravely faced over Always well-briefed, Tony was two years. He was still at the top of his a housing expert on Oxford City game mentally, full of spark and wit, the Council between 1961 and 1988. He laughter and irreverence visible in the became council leader and joint leader twinkle of his eye. of Oxfordshire County Council. As Lord Mayor in 1982-83 he mixed civic Joanna, Tessa and Jont, duties with clocking in daily at Pressed daughters and son Steel at 7.15am. An Oxford street, Photo credit: Oxford Mail Oxford credit: Photo Williamson Way, was named after him. Canon Tony William Williamson OBE (1953), who has died aged 85, was Tony Williamson at work on an industrial tractor (For some time, among Tony’s fellow DL one of Britain’s leading ‘worker priests’, in the Pressed Steel factory city councillors were Michael Maclagan, seeing his job as a forklift driver in a easily replaceable; my clock number is Trinity’s Fellow in History, and Edgar car factory as his Christian calling. A 261092.’ Dickins, the college boatman.) lifelong activist, he was a prominent He was born in Fenny Drayton, Barbara, his wife of 56 years and a Labour politician, council leader, Lord Leicestershire, the youngest of three Somerville graduate, shared his life fully Mayor of Oxford and trade unionist. children of Fr Joe Williamson, an and gave Tony vital advice and support. In 1960 Tony became the first Anglican minister, and Audrey, a nanny. Driven by Christian Socialism rather Anglican priest to be ordained while in Fr Joe campaigned in the 1950s in east than deeper theology, he took church factory work. Tony was a founder of London to clear slums and open refuges services in Cowley and in Watlington, the Worker Church Group, a network for prostitutes, and Tony inherited his the Oxfordshire town where he later of clergy and their spouses inspired by father’s instinct for fighting injustice. settled. In 1989 he became Oxford French Catholic priests who had taken Tony gained a place at Trinity to Diocesan Director of Education, factory jobs. He was a pioneer in this study Classics but forgot his Latin and managing 270 church schools. Even group in taking on prominent political Greek while on National Service in while living with cancer, in his final and trade union roles. Suez. Three weeks into College, his weeks he was active as a union During Britain’s post-war boom Tutor suggested he change subject; he representative for the Faith Workers’ he was incensed that the Church was switched to Geography immediately. branch of Unite. ignoring the alienation of ordinary Tony was part of the hockey cuppers- Both Barbara and Jill, his second wife, workers. In a 1961 sermon he said: winning team and competed at tennis predeceased him. He is survived by his ‘Instead of being an individual of at a national level. After Trinity, Tony children Ruth, Hugh, Ian and Paul, and the utmost value to God, I am one of joined Cuddesdon Theological College eight grandchildren. 12,000 [car factory] employees, each but left early to start work in 1958 at the Paul Williamson (1980), son

90 TRINITY COLLEGE OXFORD | REPORT 2018-19 REVIEWS from this new material are adeptly woven both historically detailed and incredibly Book Review into the narrative to convey more than moving, especially when discussing the just what Moseley did, but something of effect of Moseley’s death on his mother. his character, of who he was. The personal accounts of the events The opening two chapters of the leading up to his death, printed in full in For Science, King and book, first Clare Hopkins’ chapter on Appendix II, are also well worth reading. Country: the life and legacy Moseley’s education, then Neil Todd’s The second section aims to grapple of Henry Moseley chapter on his time in Manchester, with Moseley’s legacy; how his work are fine examples of this. Some of and death were received, how his work Edited by Roy MacLeod, Russell G Egdell, Moseley’s experiences, such as hunting impacted the fields of physics and and Elizabeth Bruton for bird’s eggs in the grounds of Eton, chemistry, and what might have been Uniform Press, 2018 will be difficult to relate to for the had he not been killed in 1915. The modern student. His complaints at how first two chapters consider Moseley n view of what he might still have hot weather and a noisy bird affected from the view of his contemporaries, ‘ accomplished…his death might well his Finals results show, however, that within the context of the Nobel prize Ihave been the most costly single some things really don’t change. One and the Matteucci medal, with the death of the War…’. So wrote Isaac also hopes that no Oxford Asimov of Henry Moseley, who in 1915, tutor would sympathise at the age of 27, was killed at Gallipoli. with his comments, In four short years of academic while at Manchester, that research, Moseley’s work shaped the teaching is ‘a chore that modern periodic table and laid the must be got through’. The foundations of X-ray spectroscopy. next two chapters provide Today, the impact of his work and an invaluable window into the tragedy of his death are no less scientific research in the significant, though Moseley’s name has early twentieth century; sadly faded from the recollection of indeed, in chapter three even much of the scientific community. especially, the wealth of In this book, 13 academics have come archive material, including together in common cause, to shed letters from Moseley to much-needed light on the life and family and colleagues, legacy of this remarkable man. allows us to follow his The first section of the book traces experiments and thought Moseley’s life; from his education at Eton processes as though we and Oxford, to his research at Manchester were in the room working and finally his military service. The alongside him. book has benefited from a trove of newly The first section is discovered material, and makes excellent completed by Elizabeth use of the personal correspondence Bruton’s chapter on between Moseley and his mother and Moseley’s military service. The chapter is sister. Throughout the book, extracts Henry Moseley in the Trinity Lab

91 NOTES AND INFORMATION discussion of the inner machinations of the Nobel Committee providing a Information for Editor’s Note powerful reminder of the dangers of Old Members political interference in science. The The Trinity College Report is edited book then moves forward, with Russ by Tom Knollys, the college’s Alumni Information for Old Members on Egdell masterfully guiding us through Relations Officer. The Obituaries of Old Degree Days, dining on High Table, the hunt for the missing elements Members in this edition were compiled having Lunch in Hall, and staying Moseley predicted, to the modern field and edited by Tom Bewley (1961). in or visiting college, is available of X-ray spectroscopy. Combined with on the website, John Heilbron’s chapter, they consider The editor welcomes feedback, and can www.trinity.ox.ac.uk/alumni-information, Moseley’s impact on science, and how be contacted by post or email: thomas. or by telephone, 01865 279933. he has been remembered over the last [email protected]. He is grateful hundred years. The book is completed by to his colleagues, and especially to Clare a chapter on the Dear Harry Exhibition Hopkins, Archivist, and to the Alumni Contacts & Development team for their help and that inspired the book itself; this chapter Trinity College, Oxford OX1 3BH is in many ways a conclusion for the advice in producing this edition, and to Porters Lodge book as a whole, bringing together the all who contributed reports, articles and +44 (0)1865 279900 central themes, enriched with material obituaries. from the exhibition. Alumni & Development Office This book, like Moseley’s life, brings +44 (0)1865 279933 The next edition of the Report will together may different strands. Science, [email protected] cover the academic year 2019-20. The politics, history, war; Moseley’s life and [email protected] editor is always pleased to discuss legacy affected, and were affected by, Conference & Events Administrator possible articles for the Report. He is each of them. Each author examines (to hold events in College) particularly grateful for contributions of that life and legacy from a different +44 (0)1865 279888 obituaries. angle, but the book never loses its [email protected] overall narrative; a credit indeed to the diligence of the editors. As highlighted www.trinity.ox.ac.uk in the last chapter, that narrative divides itself into three distinct but inseparable parts. The loving son and brother, the gifted and lauded scientist, the loyal and dedicated soldier; Moseley is both ordinary and extraordinary, representative of his generation but unquestionably unique within it. In these pages, Moseley both speaks for the many, and takes his rightful place as one of the twentieth century’s greats. Marcus Williamson (Physics, 2015)

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