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List of School of Oriental and African Studies people

List of School of Oriental and African Studies people

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This is a list of School of Oriental and African Studies people, including alumni, former and current members of staff. The School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) at the University of London has many notable alumni in positions of authority around the world. The university is particularly well known for educating royalty, diplomats and academics.

Royalty and nobility

Government and politics

Hammad Azhar, former Finance Minister of Pakistan

Media/writers

The Chinese-born British writer Jung Chang, who is best known for her family autobiography Wild Swans.


Academics

Jeyamalar Kathirithamby-Wells, Southeast Asian Historian on trade and environmental history

Bernard Lewis, renowned orientalist

Music and the arts

Paul Robeson, musician and civil rights activist

Business and finance

Religion

Mirza Tahir Ahmad, fourth Khalifa of the Ahmadiyya

Others

Notable faculty and staff

See also: Category:Academics of SOAS, University of London

Faculty of Law and Social Sciences

Faculty of Arts and Humanities

Alexander Piatigorsky, Russian philosopher

Faculty of Languages and Cultures

Reginald Johnston, Chinese linguist and tutor to the last Emperor of China

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