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  3. Professor Tom Reilly 1941 – 2009

    A leader in the development of sport and exercise science study in the 1970s and the first ever Professor of Sports Science in the UK.

  4. Julia Carter Preston (1926-2012)

    A British potter who was responsible for reviving the art of ‘sgraffito’ in the UK in the 1950s. She studied at Liverpool College of Art in the 1940s where she discovered a passion for ceramics and later went on to teach at the college too.

  5. Professor Stafford Beer 1926 – 2002

    Stafford Beer was a scientist, poet, painter, founder of management cybernetics and world leader in operational research. He was appointed Honorary Professor of Organisational Transformation at Liverpool Polytechnic in 1989, and today the Collection bearing his name is among the most prized of LJMU's archives.

  6. Fanny Louisa Calder 1838 - 1923

    Fanny Louisa Calder was a pioneer of domestic science and famously called the 'saint of laundry, cooking and health' by Florence Nightingale.

  7. Jane Williams (1898 - c. 2016)

    Jane was a student at the F.L. Calder College of Domestic Science, one of LJMU’s historic colleges, where she qualified as a teacher. She went on to teach at schools in Wales thanks to a personal reference from Fanny Calder herself. Records from her life help to tell the significant history of LJMU as an institution that supports the training of teachers, always placing importance on providing education for all. The records are held within LJMU’s Special Collections and Archives.