The Brazen Nose Volume 42 2007-2008 BBrazenrazen CCover.pdfover.pdf 1 118/2/098/2/09 009:02:299:02:29 Cover.indd 1 10/12/08 09:56:11 The Brazen Nose 2007-2008 BBrazenrazen NNoseose 22007-8007-8 22ndnd vversion.pdfersion.pdf 1 118/2/098/2/09 009:04:259:04:25 Brazen Nose 2007-8.indd 1 08/12/2008 12:16:36 2 THE BRAZEN NOSE The object of the Society shall be the advancement of the welfare and interests of Brasenose College by: (i) encouraging closer relations between past and present members of the College and fostering interests which they have in common; (ii) keeping members of the Society informed of events in the College; (iii) any other methods which from time to time appear likely to achieve the Society’s object. (Revised 1999) Fellow Editor - The Rev’d Graeme Richardson Editor - Laura Wu Assistant - Harry Ford BBrazenrazen NNoseose 22007-8007-8 22ndnd vversion.pdfersion.pdf 2 118/2/098/2/09 009:04:259:04:25 Brazen Nose 2007-8.indd 2 08/12/2008 12:16:46 3 CONTENTS Senior Members ................................4 Germany..........................................91 Principal’s Notes .............................11 Niger............................................... 93 Class Lists and Higher Degrees ......17 Spain ...............................................97 Matriculations 2008 .......................22 Central America ............................ 99 College Prizes ................................. 22 Nepal .............................................101 National Prizes ............................... 23 Eastern Europe .............................102 Award Holders ............................... 23 Articles University Prizes ..............................24 Why have a Chaplain? ..................107 Elections to Scholarships ...............25 The Quatercentenary of Brasenose .109 Scholars .......................................... 26 Brasenose and Brain Disease ........118 Blues ................................................27 (Un)Brazen Rhodes.......................120 Reports Prague Spring ................................122 JCR ..................................................31 The Head Butler Speaks ...............125 HCR ............................................... 33 The College Secretary Speaks .......127 The Library .................................... 36 News and Notes Chapel .............................................41 News and Notes ............................143 Staff ................................................ 43 Arts Week ...................................... 45 Obituaries Arts Week Poetry ............................47 Deaths notified .............................151 The King’s Hall Trust for the Arts 49 Nigel Acheson ..............................153 The Ellesmere Society .....................51 Professor J. 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Ackrill ................... 155 The Pater Society ........................... 53 Sir Jonathan Backhouse, Bt. .........161 The Addington Society .................. 55 Matthew Carver ............................163 The ‘Runcie Sermon’ ......................57 The Rt Rev Anselm Genders ........165 Ale Verses .......................................59 Crispin Hill ...................................168 Professor Susan Hurley .................169 Sports Professor Ian Jack ..........................172 The Boat Club ............................... 65 Robert Arthur Jenkinson..............175 Men’s Rowing .................................67 John Anthony Johnson .................179 Women’s Rowing ...........................70 Nicholas Paul Johnson ..................181 Cricket ............................................ 72 Henry Lawrence Seccombe ...........183 Hockey ........................................... 75 Derek Wilson ................................184 Football ...........................................77 Rugby ............................................. 79 Brasenose Society Netball .............................................81 Brasenose Society Minutes ...........189 Ultimate Frisbee ............................ 83 Past Presidents ..............................200 MBATs ........................................... 85 Donors to Brasenose Travel Grant Reports Donors to Brasenose 2007-8 ........205 Ghana ............................................ 89 The Alexander Nowell Circle .......213 BBrazenrazen NNoseose 22007-8007-8 22ndnd vversion.pdfersion.pdf 3 118/2/098/2/09 009:04:259:04:25 Brazen Nose 2007-8.indd 3 08/12/2008 12:16:46 4 THE BRAZEN NOSE BRASENOSE COLLEGE 2007-2008 VISITOR The Bishop of Lincoln PRINCIPAL Cashmore, Roger John, CMG, MA, DPhil, DSc, (MA Cantab.), FRS Professor of Experimental Physics FELLOWS Bogdanor, Vernon Bernard, CBE, MA, FBA Professor of Government, Tutor in Politics Courakis, Anthony Stylianos, MA, (BA Manc.) Tutor in Economics Haydon, Richard Geoffrey, MA, (MA, PhD Cantab.) Professor of Mathematics, Tutor in Mathematics Cooper, Richard Anthony, MA, DPhil Professor of French, Tutor in Modern Languages, Vice Principal Boyd, Charles Adam Richard, MA, BSc, DPhil, (BM Lond.) P.V. Curran Tutor in Physiology Daniel, Ronald William, MA, (BSc Brun.; PhD Cantab.), CEng, MIEE Professor of Engineering Science, Tutor in Engineering Science Burd, Harvey John, MA, DPhil, CEng, MICE Tutor in Engineering Science Ingram, Martin John, MA, DPhil Tutor in Modern History Houlsby, Guy Tinmouth, MA, DSc, (PhD Cantab.), FREng, FICE Professor of Civil Engineering Robertson, Jeremy, MA, DPhil Tutor in Organic Chemistry Edwards, Anne, MA, MRCP Adviser to Women Students Swadling, William John, MA, (BA CNAA; LLM Lond.) Tutor in Law Morgan, Llewelyn William Goronwy, MA, (PhD Cantab.) Tutor in Classics BBrazenrazen NNoseose 22007-8007-8 22ndnd vversion.pdfersion.pdf 4 118/2/098/2/09 009:04:259:04:25 Brazen Nose 2007-8.indd 4 08/12/2008 12:16:47 SENIOR MEMBERS 5 Eltis, Sos Ann, MA, MPhil, DPhil Tutor in English Klenerman, Paul, BM, BCh, DPhil, MRCP Professor of Immunology, Fellow in Clinical Medicine Bispham, Edward Henry, MA, DPhil Tutor in Ancient History, Librarian Green, Abigail Frances Floretta, MA, (PhD Cantab.) Tutor in Modern History McKenna, Christopher Davis, MA, (BA Amherst; MA, PhD Johns Hopkins) Tutor in Management Studies James, William Siward, MA, DPhil, (BSc Birm.) Professor of Virology, Tutor in Physiological Sciences Davies, Anne Caroline Lloyd, MA, DPhil Reader in Public Law, Tutor in Law Knowland, John Sebastian, MA, DPhil Bursar Groiser, David Simon, MA, DPhil, (BA Sussex) Tutor in Modern Languages Jones, Jonathan Alcwyn, MA, DPhil Professor of Physics, Tutor in Physics Bowman, Alan Keir, MA, (MA, PhD Toronto), FBA Camden Professor of Ancient History Krebs, Thomas, MA, (LLB Kent), BCL, DPhil Tutor in Law Herz, Laura, MA (Dipl. Bonn; PhD Cantab.) Tutor in Physics Vogenauer, Stefan, MA, MJur Professor of Comparative Law, Tutor in Law Wiggs, Giles Frederick Salisbury, (BSc, PhD Lond.) Tutor in Geography, Dean Sharp, Robin Elisabeth, (BA Denison) Director of Alumni Relations and Development Thun, Eric, (BA, PhD Harvard) Peter Moores Tutor in Chinese Business Studies Palfrey, Simon David, MA, DPhil (BA ANU) Tutor in English BBrazenrazen NNoseose 22007-8007-8 22ndnd vversion.pdfersion.pdf 5 118/2/098/2/09 009:04:259:04:25 Brazen Nose 2007-8.indd 5 08/12/2008 12:16:47 6 THE BRAZEN NOSE Olson, (Carl) Jonas Peter, MA, (MA Lund.; PhD Uppsala) Tutor in Philosophy Stockley, Andrew, MA, (BA Canterbury, New Zealand; LLB Victoria University of Wellington; PhD Cantab.) Senior Tutor, Tutor for Admissions Lea, Susan Mary, MA, DPhil Reader in Structural Biology, Tutor in Biochemistry, Tutor for Graduates Wills, Abigail Grace, (BA, PhD Cantab.) Career Development Fellow in History Gaffney, Eamonn Andrew, (BA, PhD Cantab.) Tutor in Mathematical Biology Johansen, Thomas Kjeller, (BA, PhD Cantab.) Tutor in Ancient Philosophy Esteves, Rui Pedro Ferreira da Costa, (BA, MA do Porto; PhD Berkeley) Tutor in Economics Wilson, Mark, MA, DPhil Tutor in Theoretical Chemistry Timpson, Christopher Gordon, BA, BPhil, DPhil Tutor in Philosophy Lewis, Owen Thomas, MA, (PhD Leeds) Tutor in Zoology SUPERNUMERARY FELLOWS Chevska, Maria, MA status Fellow in Fine Art Popplewell, David Arthur, MA status, (PhD Sussex) Fellow in Psychology Crook, Joseph Mordaunt, CBE, MA, DPhil, Hon DLitt, FBA, FSA Parrott, Melanie Jane, LLB Domestic Bursar Dennis, Paul David, BA, BSc, BM, BCh Richardson, The Rev’d Graeme, BA, MPhil, MTh Chaplain Goulder, Philip Jeremy Renshaw, MA, DPhil, (BA, BChir, MB Cantab.) MRCP, FMGEMS, MRCPCH, FRCPCH Professor of Paediatrics BBrazenrazen NNoseose 22007-8007-8 22ndnd vversion.pdfersion.pdf 6 118/2/098/2/09 009:04:259:04:25 Brazen Nose 2007-8.indd 6 08/12/2008 12:16:47 SENIOR MEMBERS 7 WILLIAM GOLDING AND NICHOLAS KURTI FELLOWS Zisserman, Andrew, MA status (MA, PhD Cantab.) Senior Kurti Research Fellow, Professor of Engineering Science Somogyi, Peter, (MSc, PhD, DSc Hungary), FRS Senior Kurti Research Fellow Higgs, Douglas Roland, MA status, (MB BS, DSc Lond.), FRCP, FRCPath, FRS Senior Kurti Research Fellow Marzano, Annalisa, (BA, MA Florence; MPhil, PhD Columbia) Junior Golding Research Fellow Robinson, Damian Jason, (BSc, PhD Bradford) Junior Golding Research Fellow Weir, Alexander, BA, DPhil Junior Kurti Research Fellow Foster, Russell Grant, (BSc, PhD Bristol) Senior Kurti Research Fellow Fries, Steven Michael, MPhil, DPhil, (BSc Pennsylvania) Senior Golding Research Fellow Dawe, Helen Rebecca, (BSc Manc.; PhD Lond.) Junior Kurti Research Fellow van der Merwe, Philip Anton, (MBChB, BSc, PhD Cape Town) Senior Kurti Research Fellow Carbonell, (Warren) Shawn, (BS Washington;