Talk:List of Durham University people

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It would be good to have a uniform style in referring to the colleges. Some entries have 'Castle', 'Mary's', etc., while others have the more formal 'St Mary's'. I believe this should be standardised on the more formal names, although it may be less confusing if an exception were made for University College. What do others think?

On a related point, should 'Ustinov' replace 'GradSoc' for students who studied there under the old name?

Robminchin 18:22, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

I'm not sure; many of them were 'Grad Soc' on the original page, but I replace with Ustinov. To be fair though, if we're calling Newcastle 'Armstrong' then Ustinov could be Grad Soc. As for the names; we could have the first, linked name, formally and then have the others as they are now Robdurbar 18:45, 15 December 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Archbishop Drexel Gomez

Should the Archbishop Drexel Gomez not be on this page. Thought I would ask before going ahead and doing it.

Yep - if anyone's missing its through pure ignorance, not any lack of quality in the person!Robdurbar 11:16, 2 March 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Charles Thorp

I was very suprised that Charles Thorp is missing (indeed there was no article at all), given his crucial role in both the foundation of the university and Castle's early days. Still, I have created an article although it's not up to a great standard. Information is sadly lacking around the Internet. I came to know him through his connections with my hometown of Ryton first before I was aware of his role at the university, so I suppose his exclusion is understanble. I may be back soon to add more to the article, once I have read a few local history books. Just want to draw everyone's attention to it, in case anyone else has anything to add to it.hedpeguyuk 20:52, 2 March 2006 (UTC)