About Peter Noble
Lived 1899 – 1987 (aged 87). Peter Noble was a teacher.
Sir Peter Scott Noble (17 October 1899 – 12 May 1987) was a British academic who was principal of King's College London from 1952 to 1968 and later vice-chancellor of the University of London from 1961 to 1964.
Education Noble was educated at Fraserburgh Academy, Scotland, followed by the University of Aberdeen and then St John's College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a double first in classics and Oriental languages. He was made a fellow of St John's College in 1928.
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British academic
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Peter Noble was born on 17 October 1899.
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Peter Noble died on 12 May 1987.
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Peter Noble was a teacher.
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