a member of the Japanese Imperial Family; Aaron Porter, President, National Union of Students (United Kingdom) 2010–11; Peter Bedford (politician) Member of Parliament for Mid Leicestershire; Jen Craft Member of Parliament for Thurrock;Edem Tengue Togolese minister of maritime economy.
Alumni in the arts include Sir Malcolm Bradbury, author; Pete McCarthy, writer, broadcaster, comedian; Bob Mortimer, comedian; Bob Parr MBE, multi Emmy Award-winning television producer; C. P. Snow, author; John Sutherland, Guardian Columnist, Emeritus Professor of English Literature, University College London; author, television presenter and archaeologist John-Henry Phillips.
=== The Attenboroughs ===
The University of Leicester is commonly associated with the Attenborough family. Richard and David Attenborough (with their younger brother John) spent their childhood in College House, which is now home to part of the Engineering department (and is now near to the Attenborough tower, the tallest building on the campus and home to many of the arts and humanities departments). Their father Frederick Attenborough was Principal of the University College from 1932 until 1951. The brothers were educated at the adjacent grammar school before attending the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and the University of Cambridge respectively.
Both have maintained links with the university—David Attenborough was made an honorary Doctor of Letters in 1970 and opened the Attenborough Arboretum in Knighton in 1997. In the same year, the Richard Attenborough Centre for Disability and the Arts was opened by Diana, Princess of Wales. Both brothers were made Distinguished Honorary Fellows of the university at the degree ceremony in the afternoon of 13 July 2006.
== See also ==
Armorial of UK universities
List of universities in the UK
National Space Centre
Peer English, an academic journal published by the Department of English
Stanley Burton Centre for Holocaust Studies
University of Leicester Botanic Garden
== References ==
=== Further reading ===
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