Two former Sevenoaks School pupils honoured

By SevenoaksHol | Tuesday, January 10, 2012, 15:05

Sevenoaks school has sent its congratulations to two former pupils who were recently recognised in the new year's honours list.

Former Sevenoaks School pupil Professor Simon Donaldson who received a Knighthood.
Emma Hope received an MBE for services to the fashion industry.

Professor Simon Donaldson, the Royal Society Research Professor in Pure Mathematics at Imperial College London, received a Knighthood for services to Mathematics.

He attended Sevenoaks School between 1970 and 1975 before going up to Pembroke College, Cambridge. He later became the Wallis Professor of Mathematics at Oxford in 1985 and was awarded the Fields Medal by the International Congress of Mathematics in 1986, generally regarded as the Nobel Prize of Mathematics. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society.

Emma Hope received an MBE for services to the fashion industry. After leaving Sevenoaks School in 1980, Emma studied at Cordwainers College and began her career designing ballet pumps for Laura Ashley.

She then worked for Betty Jackson and Jean Muir before opening her first shop in Islington. There are now three Emma Hope shops in London and her shoes and bags are sold in over 150 stores worldwide.

Emma designed shoes for the film Pride and Prejudice (2005). She has won five Design Council Awards, the Martini Style Award, and the Harpers & Queen Design Award.