Lienhardt (1921–1993), anthropologist Andrew Milner, Professor of English and Comparative Literature, Monash University Sir Mark Oldroyd (1843–1927), woollen manufacturer, politician and philanthropist David Peace, Author Richard Pearson, former English county cricketer Joseph Priestley (1733–1804), theologian, natural philosopher, and discoverer of oxygen Richard Reed, co-founder of innocent Drinks Sir Owen Willans Richardson (1879–1959), Professor of Physics, Princeton University, 1906–1914, Wheatstone Professor of Physics, King's College London, 1914–1924, and Yarrow Research Professor, Royal Society, 1924–1959, Nobel Prize in Physics (1928) Sir Titus Salt (1803–1876), textile manufacturer and politician David Stiff, professional cricketer Samuel Sugden (1892–1950), Professor of Physical Chemistry, Birkbeck College, London, 1932–1937, and Professor of Chemistry, University College London, 1937–1950 Theodore Cooke Taylor (1850–1952), Businessman, Liberal politician, Profit-sharing pioneer Lawrence Tomlinson, businessman and philanthropist Paul Trepte, Organist of Ely Cathedral Horace Waller VC (1896–1917), First World War Victoria Cross recipient Lukas Wooller, keyboardist with the band Maxïmo Park Thomas Wormald (1802–1873), surgeon See also List of English and Welsh endowed schools (19th century) References External links Official website of Batley Grammar School Free schools in Yorkshire Educational institutions established in the 1610s 1612 establishments in England Secondary schools in Kirklees Primary schools in Kirklees Batley