King Edward VII Science and Sport College

History

Grammar school

Comprehensive

Notable former pupils

King Edward VII Grammar School

• Prof John Dowell FRS FInstP, Poynting Professor of Physics from 1997–2002 at the University of Birmingham
• Prof Norman March, Coulson Professor of Theoretical Chemistry from 1977–94 at the University of Oxford
• Prof Peter Odell, Professor of Economic Geography from 1968–81 at Erasmus University Rotterdam, North Sea oil economist
• Prof John A. Pickett CBE FRS, insecticide researcher at Rothamsted Research
• Prof Fred Smith, carbohydrate chemist, Professor of Biochemistry at the University of Minnesota winning the C. S. Hudson Award in 1962, Professor of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham who worked with Maurice Stacey on the Tube Alloys uranium-refinement project, and went to work on the Manhattan Project at Oak Ridge National Laboratory with Harry Julius Emeléus and Sir Mark Oliphant