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This is a list of University of Southampton people, including famous officers, staff (past and present) and student alumni from the University of Southampton or historical institutions from which the current university derives.
Southampton is a city in Hampshire, England.The area has been settled since the Stone Age. Its history has been affected by its geographical location, on a major estuary on the English Channel coast with an unusual double high tide, and by its proximity to Winchester and London; the ancient and modern capitals of England.
Sarah J. K. Pearce is Ian Karten Professor of History and Head of the School of Humanities at the University of Southampton.She is known in particular for her work on Jews in the Hellenistic world and the Roman Empire, especially the life and work of Philo of Alexandria.
Southampton as a port and city has had a long history of administrative independence of the surrounding County; as far back as the reign of King John the town and its port were removed from the writ of the King's Sheriff in Hampshire and the rights of custom and toll were granted by the King to the burgesses of Southampton over the port of ...
Local history & maritime digital archive - a collection of over 10,000 items reflecting the merchant shipping connections of Southampton and its port. [6] [7] "Titanic Voices" oral history collection. [8] A collection relating to this ship which departed from Southampton on its final voyage, extracts from which were published in book form in ...
The following is a list of Southampton managers from the founding of Southampton F.C. in 1885 until the present. The first secretary manager of the club was Cecil Knight from 1892 to 1895; the first full-time manager of the club was George Swift from 1911 to 1912.
The Titanic Engineers' Memorial is a memorial in East (Andrews) Park, Southampton, United Kingdom, to the engineers who died in the Titanic disaster on 15 April 1912. The bronze and granite memorial was originally unveiled by Sir Archibald Denny, president of the Institute of Marine Engineers [1] on 22 April 1914. [2]
1855 – Southampton School of Art, [11] and the prison on Ascupart Street are established. 1856 – Netley Hospital, a.k.a. Royal Victoria Hospital, opens. 1860 – The Southampton Times newspaper begins publication. [14] 1861 – 10 September: Red Funnel ferries start operating ferry services between Southampton and Cowes on the Isle of Wight.