and Trade, Jonathan Reynolds. Chaim Weizmann, a senior lecturer at the university, was the first president of Israel. Irene Khan is a former secretary general of Amnesty International.
In the arts, alumni include: the author Anthony Burgess and Robert Bolt (two times Academy Award winner and three times Golden Globe winner), actors including Roger Allam, Benedict Cumberbatch, Toby Jones and Parineeti Chopra. The university also educated some of the leading figures of alternative comedy: Ben Elton, Ade Edmondson and Rik Mayall.
== See also ==
Third-oldest university in England debate
== References ==
== Further reading ==
Jones, Stuart (ed). Manchester Minds: A University History of Ideas (Manchester University Press, 2024)
Powicke, Maurice. "University of Manchester." History Today (May 1951) 1#5 pp 48–55 (online)
== External links ==
Official website
