List of people educated at Dame Alice Owen's School explained

Dame Alice Owen's School is a partially selective secondary school and sixth form with academy status located in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire in southern England. The school was founded in Islington as a boys' school for 30 students in 1613, which makes the school one of the oldest in the United Kingdom. It is named after its founder, the 17th-century philanthropist Alice Owen. Over time, the boys' school expanded. A girls' school was built in 1886, and the two were merged into a mixed school in 1973; after this, the school moved to its current location gradually between 1973 and 1976.

Pupils

• Arthur Blok (1882–1974), English first administrative head of the Technion – Israel Institute of Technology
• Kacey Clarke, actress
• Suzanne Cox, TV presenter, Gladiator
• Gabrielle Jupp, Senior British Gymnastics Champion (2013)
• Paul Robinson,formerly played for AFC Wimbledon
• Fiona Wade, actress^[1]
• Al Fletcher, Drummer for the metal band Die So Fluid, Lee “Scratch” Perry, Jamaican reggae superstar (2003) and for ska legends The Selector.
• Jodie Williams, sprinter for Great Britain

Grammar schools in Islington

• Owen Aaronovitch, TV actor^[2]
• Joss Ackland, film actor
• Tony Ball, Chairman of Kabel Deutschland and Chief Executive of BSkyB, 1999–2003
• Ronald Chamberlain, Labour MP for Norwood, 1945–50
• Leslie Reginald Cox, palaeontologist
• Harold Darke, English composer and organist
• Edmund Dell, politician and businessman
• Florence Desmond, actress
• Chris Foreman, guitarist of the band Madness
• Gary Kemp, singer, songwriter, musician in new wave band Spandau Ballet and actor
• William Foyle, founder of Foyles bookshop fencer]] at the 1950 and 1954 editions of the Commonwealth Games
  • Prof Frederick Gugenheim Gregory, Professor of Plant Physiology, 1937–58 at Imperial College London
  • Professor Sir Theodore Gregory, Professor of Economics at the London School of Economics
  • Dame Beryl Grey CBE, Prima Ballerina, 1941–57 with the Sadler's Wells Ballet; Artistic Director, 1968–79 of the London Festival Ballet
  • Prof Peter Jupp, former Professor of History at Queen's University Belfast
  • Edmond Xavier Kapp, British artist
  • Alan Keith, broadcaster who presented Your Hundred Best Tunes for 44 years
  • Most Rev Alan John Knight, Archbishop of the West Indies, 1950–79
  • Arnold Lynch, engineer, designed Colossus computer during World War II
  • Millie Miller, Labour MP, 1974–77 for Ilford North, and Leader of Camden Council, 1971–3
  • David Nabarro, co-discoverer of the causes of African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) and former president of the Association of Clinical Pathologists
  • Prof David Newman OBE, Professor of Political Geography and Dean of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev
  • Prof Leslie Orgel, Professor of Chemistry 1964–2007 at the University of California, San Diego and Salk Institute for Biological Studies, known for Orgel's rule
  • Sir Alan Parker, film director
  • Louis van Praag, fashion designer
  • Denis Richards, historian
  • Andrew Rothstein, Marxist historian and journalist
  • Rev Prof Ernest Gordon Rupp, Dixie Professor of Ecclesiastical History, 1968–77 at the University of Cambridge
  • Jessica Tandy, Oscar-winning actress^{[3] [4]}
  • Geoff Travis, founder of Rough Trade Records
  • Ronnie Waldman, television executive
  • Tom Watt, actor

  Teachers

  • Alan Amos (born 1952), politician, Conservative MP for Hexham, 1987-1992 (head of the school's economics and politics department, 1976–84)^[5]
  • Michael Duane (1915–1997), teacher known for his progressive views on education (taught at the school 1939–40, then in 1946)^[6]
  • Dame Helen Metcalf (1946–2003), headteacher of Chiswick Community School, 1998-2001 (taught history at Dame Alice Owen's School, 1971–75)^[7]
  • Reg Tricker (1904–1990), footballer who played for Arsenal (head of sports at the school)^{[8] [9]}

  References

  Bibliography

  • Book: Survey of London: Volume 46, South and East Clerkenwell . . Temple . Philip . 2008 . Rawstorne Street to the Angel . http://www.british-history.ac.uk/survey-london/vol46/pp336-357 . London . British History Online (BHO) . 336–357 . 9780300137279 . 28 July 2017 . .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Emmerdale star Fiona Wade reveals racist bullies picked on her at school because she was on TV . Palmer . Alun . 16 July 2014 . . London . https://web.archive.org/web/20170710153343/http://www.mirror.co.uk/tv/tv-news/emmerdale-star-fiona-wade-reveals-3867313 . 10 July 2017 . live . 10 July 2017 . she was attending Dame Alice Owen’s School in St Albans, Herts.
2. Web site: Owen Aaronovitch . . . corrie.net . https://web.archive.org/web/20181227122322/http://www.corrie.net/profiles/actors/aaronovitch_owen.html . 27 December 2018 . live . 27 December 2018 . Owen was educated at the Dame Alice Owen School in Islington where he excelled at English..
3. Web site: Jessica Tandy . . London . 11 September 1994. https://web.archive.org/web/20090505182145/http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article5710553.ece . dead . May 5, 2009 . subscription . 20 September 2009.
4. Web site: Tandy, Jessica . Kalfatovic . Mary C. . . https://archive.today/20170717131448/http://www.anb.org/articles/18/18-03341.html?from=../18/18-03870.html&from_nm=Cronyn,%20Hume . 17 July 2017 . live . 17 July 2017 . Tandy attended Dame Alice Owen's Girls' School .
5. Web site: Vote2001: Candidates . . 2001 . British Broadcasting Company (BBC) . 10 July 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20040421113607/http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/static/vote2001/candidates/candidates/6/66423.stm . 21 April 2004 . live . Head of Economics & Politics Dept, Dame Alice Owen's School 1976–84.
6. Web site: Michael Duane (1915 – 1997) . . . Risinghill Revisited . https://web.archive.org/web/20170710122723/http://www.risinghill.co.uk/md.htm . 10 July 2017 . live . 10 July 2017 . took up a teaching post at Dame Alice Owens School, Islington.
7. Web site: Dame Helen Metcalf . Mabey . Christine . 8 December 2003 . . London . https://web.archive.org/web/20170710115234/https://www.theguardian.com/news/2003/dec/08/guardianobituaries.highereducation . 10 July 2017 . live . she went to Dame Alice Owen's School...to teach history.
8. Web site: Old Owenians Newsletter . Davison . Alan . Dame Alice Owen's School . 18 December 2013 . Dame Alice Owen's School . PDF . https://web.archive.org/web/20170710105237/https://damealiceowens.alumni-online.com/StaticFiles/DameAliceOwensITW_0000000113.pdf . 10 July 2017 . live . 10 July 2017 . Reg Tricker our sports master and former Arsenal player in the 1920s.
9. Web site: Reg Tricker: came from India, signed by Chapman, moved on to Margate. . Atwood . Tony . 13 April 2016 . The History of Arsenal . https://web.archive.org/web/20160602190926/http://www.blog.woolwicharsenal.co.uk/archives/13454 . 2 June 2016 . live . 10 July 2017 . Reg became a teacher, and was for many years Head of PT (physical training) and Sport at Dame Alice Owen’s School.