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at major music festivals, UK, Europe, USA and Asia. Music albums: Annie on One, 1995;
y4K Presents: Annie Nightingale, 2007. Publications: How to Form a Beat Group, 1965;
Chase the Fade (autobiog.), 1982; Wicked Speed (autobiog.), 2000; contrib. The
Guardian, Punch, Radio Times, etc. Recreations: studying architecture and tall buildings.
NIKOLAJEVA, Prof. Maria, PhD; Professor of Education, University of Cambridge,
since 2008; b Moscow, 16 May 1952; d of Alexei Nikolajev and Natalia Nikolajeva (née
Tiain); m 1981, Staffan Skott; two s one d. Educ: Moscow Linguistic Univ. (MA 1973);
Stockholm Univ. (PhD 1988). Jun. Researcher, Film Research Inst., Moscow, 1974–81;
Stockholm University: Post-doctoral Researcher, 1991–94; Sen. Lectr, 1994; Associate
Prof., 1995–99; Prof., 1999–2008; Associate Prof., Åbo Akademi Univ., 1997– (Vis. Prof.,
1998–99). Visiting Professor: Univ. of Massachusetts, Amherst, 1993; San Diego State
Univ., 1999–2001; Hon. Prof., Univ. of Worcester, 2007. Publications: Den förlorade
tiden och andra fantastiska berättelser, 1985; Masjas ryska kokbok, 1986; (with Bo
Dellensten) Upptäck datorn!, 1987; The Magic Code: the use of magical patterns in fantasy
for children, 1988; Selma Lagerlöf ur ryskt perspektiv, 1991; (ed) Modern litteraturteori
och metod i barnlitteraturforskningen, 1992; (ed) Voices from Far Away: current trends
in international children’s literature research, 1995; (ed) Aspects and Issues in the History
of Children’s Literature, 1995; (ed) Återkommande mönster i Selma Lagerlöfs
författarskap, 1995; När Sverige erövrade Ryssland: en studie i kulturernas samspel, 1996;
Children’s Literature Comes of Age: toward a new aesthetic, 1998; Barnbokens
byggklossar, 1998, 2nd edn 2004 (trans. Danish); (with Ulla Bergstrand) Läckergommarnas
kungarike, 1999; From Mythic to Linear: time in children’s literature, 2000; Bilderbokens
pusselbitar, 2000 (trans. Danish); (with Carole Scott) How Picturebooks Work, 2001; The
Rhetoric of Character in Children’s Literature, 2002; The Aesthetic Approach to
Children’s Literature, 2005; (ed with Sandra Beckett) Beyond Babar: the European
tradition in children’s literature, 2006; fiction: Var är solen?, 1987 (trans. Finnish, Danish,
Dutch); Vem sa det först?, 1989; Nedräkningen, 1993 (trans. Danish, Lithuanian); Det
finns inga kungar, 1994; contribs to essay collections; articles in academic jls incl.
Children’s Lit. Assoc. Qly, Children’s Lit. in Educn, The Lion and the Unicorn, Canadian
Children’s Lit., Marvels & Tales, Papers, Style, Para*doxa, Compar(a)ison, Neohelikon.
Recreations: travel, nature, animal and bird watching, gardening, papermaking, doll-house
decoration.
NIMMO, Very Rev. Dr Alexander Emsley; Dean of Aberdeen and Orkney, since
2008; b Glasgow, 28 Feb. 1953; s of Alexander Emsley Nimmo and Christina Agnes
Nimmo (née Roff). Educ: Univ. of Aberdeen (BD 1976; PhD 1997); Univ. of Edinburgh
(MPhil 1983). FSA (Scot.) 1993. Edinburgh Theol Coll., 1976–78; ordained deacon,
1978, priest 1979; Precentor, Inverness Cathedral, 1978–81; Priest-in-Charge, 1981–83,
Rector, 1984, St Peter’s, Stornoway; Rector: St Michael and All Saints, Edinburgh,
1984–1990; St Margaret’s, Aberdeen, 1990–. Canon, St Andrew’s Cathedral, Aberdeen,
1996; Synod Clerk, 2001. Chaplain: Saughton Prison, Edinburgh, 1987–90; HM Theatre,
Aberdeen, 1990–; Episcopal Vis. Chaplain, Peterhead Prison, 2004–07. Mem., 1745
Assoc. Publications: (contrib.) Dictionary of Scottish Church History and Theology, 1993;
(contrib.) After Columba - after Calvin, 1999. Recreations: music, hill-walking, cooking,
gardening, languages. Clubs: Aberdeenshire Theological.
NOBLE, Prof. (Julia) Alison, DPhil; CEng; FIET; Professor of Engineering Science,
University of Oxford, since 2002; Fellow of Wolfson College, Oxford, since 2005; b
Nottingham, 28 Jan. 1965; d of James Bryan Noble and Patricia Ann Noble; m 2001, Mark
Louis Durand; two d. Educ: St Hugh’s Coll., Oxford (BA Hons 1st Cl. Engrg Sci. 1986;
DPhil Engrg Sci. 1989). CEng 1995; FIET 2001. Res. Scientist, GE Corporate R&D
Center, Schenectady, NY, 1989–94; Lectr, 1995–2000, Reader, 2000–02, in Engrg Sci.,
Univ. of Oxford. Sen. MIEEE 2006. Publications: articles in professional jls. Recreations:
pilates, attending live concerts and sports events.
NOKES, Stephen Anthony; Headmaster, John Hampden Grammar School, High
Wycombe, since 2000; b Portsmouth, 31 Aug. 1952; s of Alan and Sheila Nokes; m 1984,
Diana Rose; two s. Educ: St John’s Coll., Southsea; University Coll. Swansea (MA); St
John’s Coll., Oxford (PGCE 1978); Univ. of Hertfordshire (AdvDip 1982). Teacher of
Hist., Chiswick Sch., 1978–86; Hd of Hist. and Pols, Chesham High Sch., 1986–89; Hd
of Humanities, 1989–92, Sen. Teacher, 1992–96, Dep. Hd, 1996–99, Beaconsfield High
Sch. Chm., Bucks Sch. Forum, 2008–; founder Mem., Professional Assoc. of Selective
Schs, 2007–; Member: High Achieving Sports Schs, 2007–; Internat. Boys’ Schs Coalition,
2007–. Chm., Thames Valley Politics Assoc., 1997–2000. Governor: Davenies Sch.,
Beaconsfield, 2005–; Westfield Sch., Bourne End, 2005–. Publications: (jtly) Guide to First
World War Battlefield Sites, 1987. Recreations: watching, analysing, discussing sport
especially Rugby; theatre, ballet and travel (with wife); collecting and driving sports and
classic cars (with sons); watching movies, playing with techno gadgets (middle-aged male).
NUSSBAUM, David Simon Matthew; Chief Executive, WWF-UK, since 2007; b
Stoke on Trent, 13 July 1958; s of Gerald and Enid Nussbaum; m 1983, Kathleen
Kinderman; two s two d. Educ: Queens’ Coll., Cambridge (BA Theol. 1980); Univ. of
Edinburgh (MTh 1981); Heriot-Watt Univ. (Dip. Accounting 1982); London Business
Sch. (MSc Finance (Distn) 1998). CA 1985; CTA 1985. Audit Sen./Asst, 1982–86, Asst
Manager, 1986–87, Price Waterhouse; Investment Controller, 3i plc, 1987–90;
Commercial and Business Develt Manager, Reedpack Ltd, 1990–91; Corporate Develt
Dir, 1991–92, Finance Dir, 1992–97, Field Group plc; Dir, Finance, Inf. and Planning,
and a Dep. Chief Exec., Oxfam, 1997–2002; Man. Dir, 2002–03, Chief Exec., 2003–07,
Transparency International. Non-executive Director: Traidcraft plc, 1991–2006 (Chm.,
1999–2006); Shared Interest, 2006–; Low Carbon Accelerator, 2006–. FRSA. MInstD.
Publications: (contrib.) Christianity and the Culture of Economics, 2001; (contrib.)
Charities, Governance and the Law: the way forward, 2003. Recreations: Post-
Christendom orthopraxis.
NUTTON, Prof. Vivian, PhD; FBA 2008; Professor of the History of Medicine,
University College London, since 1993; b Halifax, Yorks, 21 Dec. 1943; s of Eli and
Constance Nutton; m 1973, Christine Clements; one s two d. Educ: Elland C of E Prim.
Sch.; Bradford Grammar Sch.; Selwyn Coll., Cambridge (BA 1965; PhD 1970). Res.
Fellow, 1967–69, Fellow and Dir of Studies in Classics, 1969–77, Selwyn College,
Cambridge; Historian (Ancient), Wellcome Inst., and Hon. Lectr, UCL, 1977–93.
Visiting Professor: Johns Hopkins Univ., Baltimore, 1988; Russian Peoples’ Friendship
Univ., Moscow, 1998; Vis. Fellow, Inst. for Advanced Study, Princeton, 2000; Hooker
Dist. Vis. Prof., McMaster Univ., 2007. Corresp. Mem., Internat. Acad. of Hist. of
Medicine, 1985; Member: Acad. Internat. d’Histoire des Scis, 1993; Academia Europaea,
2000; Deutsche Akademie der Wissenschaften (formerly Deutsche Akademie der
Naturforscher Leopoldina), 2002; Fellow, Studio Firmano per la Storia della Medicina,
2003. Hon. FRCP 1999. Publications: Galen, On Prognosis: text, translation, commentary,
1979; (ed) Galen: problems and prospects, 1981; (ed jtly) Theories of Fever from Antiquity
to the Enlightenment, 1981; John Caius and the Manuscripts of Galen, 1987; From
Democedes to Harvey: studies in the history of medicine, 1988; (ed) Medicine at the
Courts of Europe, 1500–1837, 1990; (jtly) The Western Medical Tradition, 800 BC to
AD 1800, 1995 (Histoire de la lutte contre la maladie, 1999); (ed jtly) The History of
Medical Education in Britain, 1995; Galen, On My Own Opinions: text, translation and
commentary, 1999; (ed) The Unknown Galen, 2002; Ancient Medicine, 2004; (ed)
Pestilential Complexities: understanding medieval plague, 2008; (trans. and ed) Girolamo
Mercuriale, De arte gymnastica, 2008. Recreations: bellringing, singing, playing piano and
organ.
OBAMA, Barack Hussein, Jr, JD; US Senator from Illinois, since 2005; b Honolulu, 4
Aug. 1961; s of Barack Obama and Ann Dunham; m 1992, Michelle Robinson; two d.
Educ: Columbia Univ. (BA Pol Sci. 1983); Harvard Univ. (JD magna cum laude 1991). Ed.in-Chief,
Harvard Law Review. Writer and financial analyst, Business Internat. Corp.,
1984–85; Dir, Developing Communities Project, Chicago, 1985–88; Exec. Dir, Project
Vote, Illinois, 1992; Associate, Miner, Barnhill & Galland, PC, Chicago, 1993–96, Of
Counsel, 1996–2004; Sen. Lectr, Law Sch., Univ. of Chicago, 1993–2004. Mem., Illinois
Senate, Dist 13, Springfield, 1997–2005; US Senate: Member: Envmt and Public Works
Cttee, 2005–06; Foreign Relns Cttee; Veterans’ Affairs Cttee. Democratic Candidate for
Presidency of USA, 2008. Publications: Dreams from My Father: a story of race and
inheritance, 1995; Audacity of Hope: thoughts on reclaiming the American dream, 2006.
O’BRIEN, Prof. Michael, PhD; FBA 2008; Professor of American Intellectual History,
University of Cambridge, since 2005; Fellow, Jesus College, Cambridge, since 2002; b
Plymouth, 13 April 1948; s of John McCarthy O’Brien and Lilian Isabella O’Brien; m
1969, Patricia Caroline Mary Bacon. Educ: Trinity Hall, Cambridge (BA 1969; PhD
1976); Vanderbilt Univ. (MA). Jun. Fellow, Michigan Soc. of Fellows, 1976–79;
University of Arkansas: Asst Prof., 1980–82; Associate Prof., 1982–85; Prof., 1985–87;
Shriver Prof., Miami Univ., Ohio, 1987–2002; University of Cambridge: Sen. Mellon
Schol., 1993–2002; Lectr, 2002–03; Reader in American Intellectual Hist., 2003–05;
Fellow Commoner, Jesus Coll., 1993–2002. Visiting Professor: Univ. of S Carolina, 1980;
Univ. of Alabama, 1985. Fellow: Huntington Liby, 1987; Liguria Study Center, 2008.
Publications: The Idea of the American South, 1920–1941, 1979; (ed) All Clever Men,
Who Make Their Way: critical discourse in the Old South, 1982; A Character of Hugh
Legaré, 1985; (ed with D. Moltke-Hansen) Intellectual Life in Antebellum Charleston,
1986; Rethinking the South: essays in intellectual history, 1988; (ed) An Evening When
Alone: four journals of single women in the South, 1827–67, 1993; Conjectures of Order:
intellectual life and the American South, 1810–1860, 2 vols, 2004 (Bancroft Prize,
Columbia Univ.; Merle Curti Award, Orgn of American Historians; Hugh Holman
Award, Soc. for the Study of Southern Lit.; Owsley Award, Southern Historical Soc.;
Amer. Studies Network Book Prize, Eur. Assoc. for American Studies); Henry Adams and
the Southern Question, 2005; Cosmopolitismo e Località, 2006; Placing the South, 2007.
Recreations: golf, squash, supporting Tottenham Hotspur. Clubs: Gog Magog Golf.
O’BRIEN, Una; Director General, Policy and Strategy, Department of Health, since 2007;
b Solihull, 23 Dec. 1957; d of Patrick O’Brien and Margaret O’Brien (née Langtry). Educ:
Convent HCJ, Birmingham; St Anne’s Coll., Oxford (BA Hons Modern Hist.); Harvard
Univ. (Kennedy Schol.); London Sch. of Econs (MSc Econ Internat. Relns). Parly res. asst
to Lab. frontbench spokesmen on NI, 1980–82; Res. Officer, Inst. of Educn, Univ. of
London, 1984–86; Corporate Services Manager, London Lighthouse, 1987–90;
Department of Health, 1990–: Policy Manager, for people with physical disability,
1990–92; Performance Manager, NHS W Midlands, NHS Mgt Exec., 1992–93; Private
Sec., Minister of State for Health, 1993–94; Principal Private Sec., Sec. of State for
Transport, 1994–95; Dep. Dir, Prime Minister’s Efficiency Unit, Cabinet Office,
1996–98; Sec., Public Inquiry into Paediatric Cardiac Surgery in Bristol (Kennedy
Inquiry), 1998–2001; on secondment to NHS as Dir, Develt and Clin. Governance, UCL
NHS Foundn Trust, 2002–05; Dir, Provider Reform, Policy and Strategy Directorate,
2005–07. Non-exec. Dir, Govt Legal Service. Gov., Jack Tizard Sch., Hammersmith,
2006–. Recreations: travel, theatre, walking, the River Thames.
OBRIST, Hans Ulrich; Co-Director, Exhibitions and Programmes, and Director,
International Projects, Serpentine Gallery, since 2006; b Zurich, 21 May 1968; s of Fritz
Obrist and Ella Obrist (née Bernegger). Educ: Univ. of Gallen (Economy and Soc. Scis).
Curator in Residence, Cartier Foundn, Paris, 1991; Founder and Head, Migrateurs prog.,
1993–2006, Curator, 2000–06, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Curator,
Museum in Progress, Vienna, 1993–2000. Lectr, Univ. of Lüneburg, 1993–2000; Prof.,
Univ. of Venice, 2000–. Founder and Ed. in Chief, Point d’Ironie, 1997–; special
correspondent, Domus, Milan, 2003–. Has curated of over 150 exhibitions. Publications
include: (ed) Gerhard Richter’s Sils, 1992; (ed) Gerhard Richter’s Text: schriften und
interviews, 1993; (ed) Paul-Armand Gette’s Nymphaeum, 1993; (ed) Bertrand Lavier’s
Argo, 1994; (ed) Christian Boltanski’s Les Vacances à Berck-Plage (About 1975), 1995;
(ed) Annette Messager’s Nos Témoignages, 1995; (ed) Gerhard Richter’s The Daily
Practice of Painting: writings and interviews 1962–93, 1995; Do It, 1995; (ed) Gilbert &
George’s Oh, the Grand Old Duke of York, 1996; (ed jtly) The Words of Gilbert &
George, with Portraits of the Artists from 1968 to 1997, 1997; (ed jtly) Unbuilt Roads,
107 Unrealised Projects, 1997; (ed jtly) Sogni/Dreams, 1999; (ed jtly) Weltwissen
Wissenwelt: Das globale Netz von Text und Bild, 2000; (ed jtly) Interarchive: archival
practices and sites in the contemporary art field, 2002; (ed jtly) Bridge the Gap?, 2002;
Hans Ulrich Obrist: interviews, vol. 1, 2003; (ed) Do It, 2004; (ed jtly) Prefaces by Hans
Ulrich Obrist 1989–2005, 2005; (ed jtly) Smithson Time: a dialogue, 2005; (ed jtly)
Matthew Barney: drawing restraint 1987–2002 v.1, 2006; (jtly) Anri Sala, 2006; (with
Pedro Reyes) El Aire Es Azul/The Air is Blue, 2006; (jtly)
donststopdontstopdontstopdontstop, 2006; (with Robert Violette) The Words of Gilbert
& George, 2006; (ed jtly) Barry Flanagan: sculpture 1965–2005, 2006; Hans Ulrich Obrist:
everything you always wanted to know about curating but were afraid to ask, 2007; (with
Nicolas Trembley) The Secret Files of Gilbert and George, 2007; (with Pedro Reyes) The
Air is Blue—Art Meets Architecture: Luis Barragan revisited, 2007; The Future Will Be...,
2007; (jtly) Ryan Gander: intellectual colours, 2007; (with Adrian Notz) Merz World:
processing the complicated order, 2007; (ed jtly) Rirkrit Tiravanija—A Retrospective,
2007; (jtly) Olafur Eliasson: the Goose Lake Trail (Southern Route), 2007; (jtly) Thomas
Bayrle: 40 years of Chinese rock ’n’ roll, 2007; Formulas for Now, 2008; (jtly) Susan
Hefuna: Pars Pro Toto, 2008; (jtly) Victor Man, 2008; The Conversation Series: Rem
Koolhaas, 2007; Yona Friedman, 2007; Wolfgang Tillmans, 2007; Gilbert and George,
2007; Zaha Hadid, 2007; Thomas Demand, 2007; John Chamberlain, 2007; Olafur
Eliasson, 2008; Nancy Spero, 2008; Philippe Parreno, 2008; Rosemarie Trockel, 2008;
Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, 2008; contributing editor for internat. art magazines incl.
Artforum, Atlantica, Flash Art Internat., der Freund, Paradis Mag., Numero d and Trans.
O’CONNELL, Stephen; Member (C) Croydon and Sutton, London Assembly, Greater
London Authority, since 2008; b Dulwich, 9 Sept. 1956; s of Ronald John and Phyllis Jean
O’Connell; m 1999, Michele Cook; two s. Educ: Brockley Co. Grammar Sch. CeMAP
2000; CeFA 2001. Barclays Bank, 1976–2005. Mem. (C) Croydon Council, 2002–
(Cabinet Mem., Safety and Cohesion, 2006; Dep. Leader, 2006–08). Mem., Metropolitan
Police Authy, 2008– (Chm., Finance Cttee, 2008–). Recreations: dog walking, real ale,
political literature, Crystal Palace Football Club.