Old Norvicensians (ONs) are former pupils of Norwich School, an independent co-educational day public school in Norwich, England. It was founded in 1096 as an episcopal school by the first Bishop of Norwich, Herbert de Losinga, and is one of the longest surviving schools in the United Kingdom. It was refounded by royal charter in 1547 by Edward VI. ONs may join the Old Norvicensian Club of former pupils. Predecessors include the Parrian Club, a dining society for former pupils of Samuel Parr's headship in the late 18th century, and the Valpeian Club, after Edward Valpy in the early 19th century. In 1866, the latter gave way to the Norwich School Club, which became the current association for former pupils at the beginning of the 20th century.Harries et al. (1991), p. 225.
Academia
Christopher Andrew, historian William Lawrence Balls FRS, botanist Reyner Banham, architectural historian Robert Blake, Baron Blake, historian and life peer Henry Bond, physician and Regius Professor of Physic, Cambridge University William Briggs, physician and oculistHarries et al. (1991), p. 182 Edward Browne FRS, physician and president of the Royal College of Physicians Sir Edward Bullard FRS, geophysicist John Caius, founder of Gonville and Caius College, CambridgeBayne (1869), p. 726 E. W. W. Carlier, histologist Professor Dr Tom Cavalier-Smith, FRS, FRSC, FRSA, FIBiol, evolutionary biologist Samuel Clarke FRS, philosopher Sydney Copeman FRS, medical scientist responsible for improvements in the smallpox vaccination William Dalrymple, surgeon noted for the successful tying the carotid artery Martin Davy FRS, Master of Caius College, Cambridge Joe Farman CBE, geophysicist, co-discover of the Antarctic ozone hole Sir William Jackson Hooker FRS, botanist and Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew Sir Owen Wansbrough-Jones, chemist and scientific adviser to governmentHarries et al. (1991), p. 224 Mark A. Lemmon FRS, biochemist, biophysicist, and cancer biologist at Yale University One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from the royalsociety.org website where: John Lindley FRS, botanist, gardener and orchidologist Roger Long FRS, astronomer James MacKeith OBE, forensic psychiatrist who played a major part in the successful appeals of the Guildford Four and Birmingham Six John Quelch, professor at Harvard Business School'QUELCH, Prof. John Anthony', Who's Who 2014, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2014; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2013; online edn, Dec 2013 accessed 3 April 2014 Oliver Rackham OBE, botanist and an authority on the British countryside Edward Rigby, physician John Smith, astronomer Sir Richard V. Southwell FRS, aeronautical engineer and rector of Imperial College London Alfred Stephenson OBE, polar surveyor and explorer Benjamin Stillingfleet, botanist and writer Henry Wild, orientalist Henry Woodward FRS, geologist
Artists Several members of the Norwich School of painters were educated at Norwich School and taught by John Crome when he was drawing master.Cundall (1920) pp. 1, 17, 25-27, 31 John Sell Cotman, leading member of the Norwich School of paintersCundall (1920), pp. 1, 17 John Berney Crome, member of the Norwich School of painters, son of John CromeCundall (1920), p. 27 Edward Thomas Daniell, member of the Norwich School of paintersCundall (1920), p. 30 Hugh Welch Diamond, photographer Frederick Sandys, Pre-Raphaelite painter Edward Seago, Post-Impressionist painterHarries et al. (1991), p. 218 James Stark, member of the Norwich School of paintersCundall (1920), p. 25 George Vincent, member of the Norwich School of paintersCundall (1920), p. 26
Athletes
Tom Adeyemi, footballer Emma Pooley, Olympic cyclist Clive Radley MBE, cricketer and former head coach of MCC Stuart Cowie, professional squash player Geoffrey Stevens, cricketer Freddie Steward, rugby union player George Catchpole, rugby union player
Business Steffan Aquarone, entrepreneur and film producerSteffan Aquarone Peter Kindersley, chairman of the publishing company Dorling Kindersley (DK) and Bafta award winner Sir John Quinton, chairman of Barclays Bank and the first chairman of the FA Premier League Richard Twining FRS (1772–1857), tea merchant and chairman of the committee of by-laws at East India House
Clergy
Thomas Ainger, clergyman Theophilus Brabourne, clergyman and writer Nicholas Clagett the Younger, controversialist John Clarke, Dean of Salisbury and mathematician John Cosin, Bishop of Durham Richard Charles Coxe, canon of Durham Richard Fletcher, Bishop of Worcester (1593–1594) and Bishop of London (1595–1596)Harries et al. (1991), p. 170 Thomas Green, Bishop of Ely and Norwich, vice-chancellor of Cambridge University John Groome, clergyman Robert Hindes Groome, archdeacon of Suffolk Thomas Gumble, clergyman and biographer Henry Kett, clergyman and scholarHarries et al. (1991), p. 222 Edward Maltby FRS, Bishop of Durham James Henry Monk, Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol and classical scholar James Martineau, Unitarian philosopher Charles Moss FRS, Bishop of St David's and Bishop of Bath and Wells Robert Moss, Dean of Ely Dudley Narborough, Bishop of ColchesterHarries et al. (1991), p. 219 John Perowne, Bishop of Worcester William Purcell, Archdeacon of DorkingCrockford's Clerical Directory 1975–76 p. 806 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 John Gooch Robberds, Unitarian minister John Stoughton, Congregational minister Thomas Tenison, Archbishop of Canterbury 1694 to 1715 Edward Walpole, Jesuit preacher Henry Walpole, Jesuit martyr, one of the Forty Martyrs of England and Wales Michael Walpole, Jesuit Cecil Wilfred Wilson, Bishop of Middleton
Law
Sir Richard Aikens, Lord Justice of Appeal Sir Henry Bedingfield, Chief Justice of the Common Pleas Sir Edward Coke, Elizabethan and Jacobean jurist, judge, and politician Erasmus Earle, serjeant-at-law to Oliver Cromwell Sir Forrest Fulton, Conservative MP, Common Serjeant, and Recorder of LondonHarries et al. (1991), p. 216 Sir Thomas Richardson, Speaker of the House of Commons, later Chief Justice of the Common Pleas and Chief Justice of the King's BenchHarries et al. (1991), p. 174 Sir Edward Stracey, Counsel to the Chairman of the Lords Committees Lord Wilberforce, law lord Sir Ernest Wild, judge and Conservative MPHarries et al. (1991), p. 217
Literature
Robert Baron, poet and playwright George Borrow, author John Brereton, chronicler Edward Forster FRS, writer Robert Greene, poet, novelist and critic of Shakespeare Henry Kett, educator and writer Henry William Massingham, journalist and editor of The Nation Thomas Monro, writer Richard K. Morgan, acclaimed author of science fiction and fantasy novels Thomas Starling Norgate, writer, journalist and newspaper editor Henry Reeve, journalist and translator of Alexis de Tocqueville's Democracy in America D. J. Taylor, critic, novelist and biographer
Media
Leslie Cheung, Hong Kong singer-songwriter and actor (Archived version) Simon Cook, actor and politicianSimon Cook Becky Mantin, model and television presenter Peter Kennerley, TV journalist & documentary maker Paul Spurrier, actor Tim Westwood, BBC Radio 1 DJ 1994 to 2013
Military
Major Alexis Charles Doxat VCHarries et al. (1991), p. 211 Sir Vincent Eyre, army officer in the East India Company Philip F. Fullard, First World War flying ace Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount NelsonSugden (2004), p. 464 Lt Col Derek Seagrim VC Major Hugh Seagrim GC Major General Greg Smith, Assistant Chief of the Defence Staff (Reserves and Cadets) Col John Manners Smith VCHarries et al. (1991), p. 210 Lt Col Charles Stoddart, army officer and diplomatHarries et al. (1991), p. 205 Sir Archdale Wilson, commander in the Siege of Delhi
Politicians and civil servants
Michael Ashcroft, Baron Ashcroft, former Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party Sir Jacob Astley, 1st Baronet, High Sheriff of Norfolk and Conservative MP Sir James Brooke, Rajah of Sarawak Richard Harman, MP for Norwich in the Long Parliament John Ives FRS, antiquarian and officer of arms Christopher Layer, Jacobite conspirator Charles Marsh, MP and barrister Sir Robert Naunton, MP and Secretary of StateHarries et al. (1991), p. 176 Arthur Samuel, 1st Baron Mancroft, Conservative politician Sir Oliver St John, chief commissioner of Baluchistan Sir Graham Savage, educational administrator Arthur Christopher Watson, British High Commissioner to Brunei
Miscellaneous Vernon William Blythe, stage name Vernon Castle, ballroom dancer Kit Downes, jazz pianist Peter le Neve Foster, secretary to the Royal Society of Arts Humphry Repton, landscape gardener George H. Widdows, architect of over 70 schools in Derbyshire William Wilkins FRS, Greek Revivalist architect of the National Gallery among others
Wrongly identified as alumni Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury 1559 to 1575 is incorrectly identified in Bayne's A Comprehensive History of Norwich (1869) as attending the school. The confusion may have arisen out of Parker's role as a benefactor of a number of scholarships at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge to the school and the city of Norwich.Harries et al. (1991), p. 221
References
Bibliography
External links Norwich School website