Curated playlist
Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge
- John Hall (physician)Physician John Hall and his wife Susanna sued a man who accused her of adultery. Susanna was Shakespeare's daughter.
- Charles Villiers StanfordCharles Villiers Stanford could not persuade Cambridge's music society to admit women, so he started a rival choir.
- ErasmusErasmus, born to a priest and orphaned by plague, became the most read author of his age.
- Thomas DiggesIn 1576, Thomas Digges printed that stars have no outer shell and stretch on without end.
- Alexander AlesAlexander Ales went to argue a Lutheran out of his beliefs and left convinced.
- Demis HassabisDemis Hassabis changed one letter to turn a Greek word for butcher into his surname. He later won a Nobel Prize.
- Jeremy Black (historian)Historian Jeremy Black wrote a book on Sherlock Holmes and another on Poirot in 2022.
- Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of OxfordEdward de Vere, Earl of Oxford, was buried in an unmarked grave in 1604. Some still say he wrote Shakespeare's plays.
- Tom ShippeyA borrowed copy of The Hobbit changed Tom Shippey's life when he was 14. He became a leading Tolkien scholar.
- Abba EbanAbba Eban changed his first name to the Hebrew word for "Father."