From the Archives

A collection of new writing, from the Trust and other sources, about the legacies of often overlooked Rhodes Scholars in history.

Lucy Banda-Sichone (Zambia & Somerville 1978)

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Zambian civil rights activist, and the first female Rhodes Scholar to have a portrait displayed in Rhodes House.

Lucy Sichone: Zambia’s Famous Dissident Find out more

Willmoore Kendall (Oklahoma & Pembroke 1932)

Image: University of Dallas

"Neglected conservative thinker" and "authentically independent mind" who was not afraid to deviate from mainstream conservative opinion.

(lawandliberty.com)

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Arthur Porritt (New Zealand & Magdalen 1923)

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King's Surgeon, Governor-General of New Zealand, and bronze medallist in the famous "Chariots of Fire" 100m race at the 1924 Paris Olympics.

Arthur Porritt Find out more

Thomas Penniman (Vermont & Trinity 1917)

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Curator of the Pitt Rivers Museum, and instrumental in highlighting the work of Mākereti Papakura, the first indigenous woman to attend Oxford.

Preserving Her Voice: How Penniman Championed Papakura’s Legacy Find out more

Ralph Hartley (Utah & St John's 1910)

Ralph Hartley

Electronics researcher whose work contributed to the foundations of information theory, the mathematical study of the quantification, storage, and communication of a particular type of mathematically defined information.

(allaboutcircuits.com)

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George Hall (Queensland & Lincoln 1910), Frederick Mercier (Jamaica & Jesus 1910)

Hall And Mercier

Much has been written about Alain Locke, the first Black Rhodes Scholar... but who were the Scholars who followed him?

After Locke: A Tale of Two Scholar Cricketers Find out more