tells of the pre-reformation school, the foundation of King's by Henry VIII, and of the times when the school was close to bankruptcy and when some Headmasters felt obliged to resign. In 2005, the 1966 edition was restored and updated. Notable alumni Former pupils are known as Old Petriburgians. General Sir John Archer OBE, Commander-in-Chief, Land Forces (1978–80) Sir Thomas Armstrong, Principal of the Royal Academy of Music (1955–68) and organist of Christ Church, Oxford (1933-1955) Andy Bell, member of the pop group Erasure Paul Barber, Olympic hockey gold medallist (1988) Sir John Benstead, CBE, well-known trades unionist J. D. Beresford, science fiction writer and father of Elisabeth Beresford, who invented The Wombles Peter Boizot MBE, entrepreneur and founder of Pizza Express in 1965 Prof Frank Close OBE, Professor of Theoretical Physics since 2001 at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Exeter College. Winner of the 2013 Michael Faraday Prize. Sir Robert Cotton, English politician and founder of the Cotton library James Crowden, Lord Lieutenant of Cambridgeshire (1992-2002) Jamie Day, Crawley Town FC football player Rebekah Duffy, a promising consultant and leading member of the Duffy clan John Fletcher, son of a former Dean of Peterborough, the famous Jacobean dramatist and one-time collaborator Brian J. Ford, scientist and writer Neil Hubbard, guitarist with Juicy Lucy and Roxy Music Gray Jolliffe, Wicked Willie cartoonist Robert Johnson, Archdeacon of Leicester, Founder of Oakham and Uppingham Schools Prof Barry Kay, Professor of Clinical Immunology (1980-2004) at Imperial College London David Lammy, MP for Tottenham since 2000 Roger Manvell, film historian Tulip Mazumdar, British journalist Claude Morley, entomologist Edward Rainbow, Dean of Peterborough and later Bishop of Carlisle Archie Robertson (athlete) Heaton Spires MBE, county hockey player and holder of the England Football Association's referee badge. Awarded an MBE for services to British Gas in 1993. Sir St Clair Thomson, throat specialist to King Edward VII, (after whom Thomson's House was named) Lieutenant-General Sir Herbert Watts, eminent soldier Harry Wells, professional rugby player for Leicester Tigers and England Rugby Aidan White (journalist), General Secretary 1987-2011 of the International Federation of Journalists Societies The school has a number of societies which Sixth Form students can attend and partake in academic discourse and activities. The majority of these are student led. Medical Society Literature Society Feminist Society History Society Law Society Debate Society Environmental Society Miscellaneous There has been an historic rivalry between King's pupils