David Parr matriculated in 1955 to study Mechanical Sciences at Jesus College, where he won the Sir George Nelson Prize for Applied Mechanics. Upon retirement in 1994, he returned to pursue a PhD in Theoretical Physics at Essex University from 1996-2000. In the early 2000s, he began creating art inspired by mathematical elements which he brought to Jesus, such as the Five Regular Solids. The work displays an insistence on superb finishes, and an artist remote from actual construction of the items. David's work is detailed in the book 'Archive' which can be found in the Webb library.
Basil Cowley Morton Palmer was born 9 March 1908 in Teignmouth, the son of Dr Frederick W. Morton, a Jesuan, and was the cousin of Jesuan Michael Sydney Morton Palmer (1935).
He attended Charterhouse between 1922 - 1926, where he played on the football and cricket teams.
He matriculated at Jesus College in 1926 and was a member of the soccer and cricket teams, and completed his Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Medicine between 1926 - 1936, receiving a third class degree in Psychology in 1929, and also completed a Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery of the Society of Apothecaries, at Guy's Hospital, in the opthalmology department.
He was married to Betty.
During the Second World War, he was a captain in the Royal Army Medical Corps, and was wounded in action in Anzio, Italy in Spring 1944.
He went on to become a general medical practioner in Copthorne, Sussex, and also worked in the opthalmic department in Charing Cross Hospital.
He died in 1995.