Academics
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Academics
Jersey has produced many famous people who were true academics, and some who might loosely be described as such. The meaning of the noun is 'a teacher or scholar in a university or other institute of higher education' but it has come to be applied to all of the following, whose achievements deserve the adjective 'academic', 'relating to education and scholarship'
- James Bandinel, university lecturer Added 2016
- William Laurence de Gruchy, antiquary who published L`Ancienne Coutume de Normandie
- James Henry Ball de Gruchy, military scientist and environmentalist
- David Durell,Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University
- Hugh Godfray, mathematician Added 2016
- Philippe Le Geyt, commentator on Jersey Law
- John Lempriere, headmaster and writer
- Philip Janvrin Marett, Army surgeon and medical researcher
- Robert Ranulph Marett, anthropologist and archaeologist
- Arthur Mourant, anthropologist and geologist
- Abraham John Valpy, Latin scholar Added 2016
- Edouard Valpy, headmaster Added 2016
- Richard Valpy, headmaster
- Joseph Sinel, naturalist and archaeologist
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