Roger Makins, 1st Baron Sherfield
Roger Mellor Makins, 1st Baron Sherfield, GCB GCMG FRS DL, was a British diplomat who served as British Ambassador to the United States from 1953 to 1956.
Makins in 1952
Makins (left) with the Soviet ambassador Zarubin and U.S. diplomat Wadsworth in Washington in 1956
Alice Davis with three of her six children in 1952: Cynthia (17 years old, right, one of twins), Patricia (6 years old, left), and Dwight (18 months).
The University of Reading is a public research university in Reading, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1892 as University College, Reading, a University of Oxford extension college. The institution received the power to grant its own degrees in 1926 by royal charter from King George V and was the only university to receive such a charter between the two world wars. The university is usually categorised as a red brick university, reflecting its original foundation in the 19th century.
The University of Reading War Memorial clock tower, designed by Herbert Maryon, on the London Road Campus
Students take notes at the museum in the Faculty of Science at Reading University in 1945
The ICMA Centre
Sir David Bell faces student protests
