authority on risk compensation Richard Blundell, Ricardo Professor of Political Economy; Director, Institute for Fiscal Studies Catherine Hall, Professor of Modern British Social and Cultural History Gordon Hillman, Honorary Visiting Professor in Archaeobotany (Palaeoethnobotany) Simon Hornblower, Grote Professor of ancient history and editor of the Oxford Classical Dictionary Amélie Kuhrt, Historian of the ancient Near East. Martyn Rady, Professor of Central European History John Reid, Chairman of the Institute for Security and Resilience Studies at UCL, and a member of the UK Parliament. Christopher Tilley, Professor of Anthropology and Archaeology, he is known as one of the pioneers of the post-processual archaeology movement. Alumni Academics Roy Clive Abraham (Certificate in Anthropology, 1927), scholar of African languages Israel Abrahams (MA), Jewish scholar Sir Walter Adams (History and later lecturer), historian and former Director of the London School of Economics Hutton Ayikwei Addy, Professor of Public Health, first dean of the University for Development Studies Medical School Momtazuddin Ahmed (PhD Philosophy, 1937), Bangladeshi philosopher and academic Mark Allinson (PhD in German history), academic and historian of German history Ali Ansari (BA), historian and founder of the Institute for Iranian Studies Emmanuel Quaye Archampong, Emeritus Professor of Surgery at the University of Ghana Robert Arnott, medical archaeologist John Baker, UCL (LLB, PhD): Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge Trevor J. Barnes, Professor of Economic Geography at the University of British Columbia Peter Birks, former Regius Professor of Civil Law, University of Oxford Edith Clara Batho (English, 1915), Principal of Royal Holloway College Bernard Crick, British political theorist David Crystal, Professor Emeritus, UWB, prominent linguist Stephen Daniels (PhD), Professor of Cultural Geography at University of Nottingham Stephen Guest, Professor of Legal Philosophy, UCL Noreena Hertz, associate director, Judge Business School at Cambridge University David Gwilym James, Vice-Chancellor 1952-1965 University of Southampton Eleanor Janega (PhD), American mediaeval historian, author and broadcaster William Jevons, Professor of Political Economy, UCL Timothy L. Killeen (BSc, PhD), President of the University of Illinois system R.J.B. Knight, naval historian Victoria Lemieux, Associate Professor at University of British Columbia David Llewellyn, Vice-Chancellor of Harper Adams University Julie Maxton, Registrar at Oxford University Lillian Penson, first woman Vice-Chancellor of London University Chung-Kwong Poon (潘宗光), GBS, JP, President of The Hong Kong Polytechnic University since 1991 Henry Enfield Roscoe, former Vice-Chancellor of the University of London (1896-1902) Lord Randolph Quirk, Quain Professor of English Literature Stefan Reif, studentship, later