Manchester University

of the discipline of chemical engineering), Alan Turing (influential in theoretical computer science, and notable figure in gay rights history), Marie Stopes (pioneer of birth control and campaigner for women's rights), Bernard Lovell (a pioneer of radio astronomy), Tom Kilburn and Frederic Calland Williams (who developed the Manchester Baby, the world's first stored-program computer), and physicist and television presenter Brian Cox.
Notable politicians and public figures associated with the university include: two current presidents - Michael D Higgins of the Republic of Ireland and Samia Suluhu Hassan of Tanzania - and two current prime ministers - Abdalla Hamdok of Sudan and Gaston Browne of Antigua and Barbuda - as well as several ministers in the United Kingdom, Malaysia, Canada, Hong Kong, and Singapore. This includes the United Kingdom's current Secretary of State for Business and Trade, Jonathan Reynolds. Chaim Weizmann, a senior lecturer at the university, was the first president of Israel. Irene Khan …