 LSE has a long list of notable alumni and staff, spanning the fields of scholarship provided by the school.The school has over 50 fellows of the British Academy on its staff, while other notable former staff members include Brian Barry, Maurice Cranston, Anthony Giddens, Harold Laski, Ralph Miliband, Michael Oakeshott, A. W. Philips, Karl Popper, Lionel Robbins, Susan Strange, Bob Ward and Charles Webster.Mervyn King, the former Governor of the Bank of England, is also a former professor of economics.