Renford Bambrough

John Renford Bambrough (29 April 1926 – 17 January 1999) was a British philosopher.

He was fellow of St John's College, Cambridge from 1950-1999, where he held the positions of Dean (1964–1979) and President (1979–1983).

John Renford Bambrough was born in Silksworth, Sunderland, England on 29 April 1926.

[1][2] He was born into a mining background, his father having been an electrician at Silksworth Colliery.

[2] And he himself worked, as part of his national service, in a coalmine at Wearmouth Colliery from 1944 to 1945 as a Bevin Boy.