Peter Noble (academic)

Sir Peter Scott Noble (17 October 1899 – 12 May 1987) 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.

[1][2] Noble was educated at Fraserburgh Academy, Scotland, followed by 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, Cambridge.

He served as principal of King's College London from 1952 to 1968.

In 1928 he married Mary Stephen (died 1983) and they had two sons and one daughter.