of Cornell University Frank H. T. Rhodes; Government Chief Scientific Adviser Sir Alan Cottrell; and former astronaut Rodolfo Neri Vela.
Alumni in sport include: sailor Lisa Clayton; team pursuit cyclist Paul Manning; former footballer Izzy Christiansen; Warwickshire and England cricketer Jim Troughton; skeleton racer Adam Pengilly; triathletes Chrissie Wellington and Rachel Joyce; field hockey players Lily Owsley and Sophie Bray; and middle-distance athlete Hannah England and Luke Gunn.
== See also ==
Armorial of UK universities
List of modern universities in Europe (1801–1945)
List of universities in the United Kingdom
== Notes ==
== References ==
Bibliography
== External links ==
Media related to University of Birmingham at Wikimedia Commons
Official website
Guild of Students (The Guild functions as the Students' Union)
University of Birmingham Foundation (archived)
