Peter Noble (academic)

Sir Peter Scott Noble 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 language. He was made a fellow of St John's College in 1928.

Career

Noble was a lecturer in Latin at Liverpool University from 1926 to 1930. He then became professor of Latin language and literature at the University of Leeds from 1930 to 1938 and then Regius Professor of Humanity at the University of Aberdeen from 1938 to 1952. He served as principal of King's College London from 1952 to 1968. He was joint editor of Kharosthi Inscriptions.

Personal life

In 1928 he married Mary Stephen and they had two sons and one daughter. He was knighted on 1 January 1967.