List of people from Kingston upon Hull

List of notable people from Hull, England
This list is incomplete; you can help by adding missing items. (February 2011)

This is a list of people from Kingston upon Hull in the north-east of England with a Wikipedia page. Groups and sub-groups are in alphabetical order; persons likewise.

Arts and humanities

Architecture

  • George Frederick Bodley[1]
  • Cuthbert Brodrick[2]
  • Alfred Gelder, architect and five-times mayor of Hull[3]

Education

  • James Evans, Hull-born missionary and amateur linguist; best remembered for his creation of the "syllabic" writing system for Ojibwe and Cree, later adapted to other languages such as Inuktitut[4]
  • Margaret Kissling, missionary to Sierra Leone and New Zealand[5]
  • Joseph Malet Lambert (1853–1931), author, Canon of York, Chairman of Hull University Board, educationalist, social reformer[citation needed]

Entertainment

Literature

Music

Visual arts

  • Henry Dawson, 19th-century landscape painter, born in Hull[69]
  • John Ward, early 19th-century painter of marine seascapes[70]

Politics

Science and scholarship

Chemistry

Computer science

Geology

History

Mathematics

Physics

Physiology and medicine

Sports

Other

See also

References

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