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List Of Masters Of Magdalene College, Cambridge
The following have served as masters of Magdalene College, Cambridge: * 1544–1546: Robert Evans (Dean of Bangor), Robert Evans * 1546–1559: Richard Carre * 1559–1576: Roger Kelke * 1576–1577: Richard Howland * 1577–1582: Degory Nicholls * 1582–1593: Thomas Nevile * 1593–1595: Richard Clayton (dean), Richard Clayton * 1595–1604: John Palmer (Master of Magdalene College), John Palmer * 1604–1626: Barnabas Gooch * 1626–1642: Henry Smyth (Master of Magdalene College), Henry Smyth * 1642–1650: Edward Rainbow * 1650–1660: John Sadler (1615-1674), John Sadler * 1660–1664: Edward Rainbow * 1664–1668: John Howorth * 1668–1679: James Duport * 1679–1690: John Peachell * 1690–1713: Gabriel Quadring * 1713–1740: Daniel Waterland * 1740–1746: Edward Abbott (Master of Magdalene College), Edward Abbott * 1746–1760: Thomas Chapman (Master of Magdalene College), Thomas Chapman * 1760–1774: George Sandby * 1774–1781: Barton Wallop * 1781–1797: Peter Peck ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Magdalene College, Cambridge
Magdalene College ( ) is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary Magdalene. Magdalene counted some of the most prominent men in the realm among its benefactors, including Britain's premier noble the Duke of Norfolk, the Duke of Buckingham and Lord Chief Justice Christopher Wray. Thomas Audley, Lord Chancellor under Henry VIII, was responsible for the refoundation of the college and also established its motto—''garde ta foy'' (Old French: "keep your faith"). Audley's successors in the mastership and as benefactors of the college were, however, prone to dire ends; several benefactors were arraigned at various stages on charges of high treason and executed. The college remains one of the smaller in the university, numbering around 400 undergraduate and 200 graduate students. It has maintained stron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daniel Waterland
Daniel Waterland (14 Feb 1683 – 23 December 1740) was an English theologian. He became Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge in 1714, Chancellor of the Diocese of York in 1722, and Archdeacon of Middlesex in 1730. Waterland opposed the latitudinarians of his time. He was an acute controversialist on behalf of the orthodox doctrine of the Trinity, on which he wrote several treatises. He was also the author of a ''History of the Athanasian Creed The Athanasian Creed—also called the ''Quicunque Vult'' (or ''Quicumque Vult''), which is both its Latin name and its opening words, meaning "Whosoever wishes"—is a Christian statement of belief focused on Trinitarian doctrine and Christolo ...'' (1724). Early life The second son of Henry Waterland, rector of Walesby, Lincolnshire, Walesby and Flixborough, Lincolnshire, by his second wife, he was born at Walesby on 14 Feb 1683. He was educated at the Lincoln Grammar School. At Magdalene College, Cambridge, he was admitted on 30 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derman Christopherson
Sir Derman Guy Christopherson (6 September 1915 – 7 November 2000) was a British engineering science academic. Early life and education Christopherson was born the son of a clergyman, Derman Christopherson (the vicar of Plumstead in southeast London), and Edith Frances Christopherson. Soon afterwards, the Christopherson family moved to Porlock in Devon, where his father was vicar of Clovelly. As a boy, Christopherson suffered from asthma. He was educated privately until, at age 14, he was sent to Sherborne School in Dorset. He gained a scholarship at University College, Oxford, initially to read Mathematics. Later, in 1937, he achieved a first class degree in Engineering Science. The following year he went to Harvard University in the United States as a Henry Fellow, gaining an SM master's degree in 1938. He returned to Oxford University as a research assistant to Richard Southwell, working on numerical methods for applied mechanics. He contributed to Southwell's relaxati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Walter Hamilton (Master Of Magdalene College)
Walter Hamilton (10 February 1908 – 1988) was the son of Walter George Hamilton, a tea trader in the City of London, and his wife, Caroline Mary Stiff, a schoolmistress. He was educated at St Dunstan's College in London followed by university at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was awarded a first-class BA degree in Classics. He won the Craven University Scholarship in 1927, Chancellor's Classical Medal in 1928 and Porson Prize in the same year. He was awarded a distinction in Part II of the Classical Tripos in 1929. He was a fellow of Trinity between 1931 and 1935. He was also an Assistant Lecturer at the University of Manchester from 1931-32. He was an Assistant Master at Eton from 1933 to 1946, and was Master in College there from 1937 to 1946. In 1946 he returned to Trinity College, serving as Fellow and Classical Lecturer until 1950, and as a tutor from 1947. In 1950 Hamilton became headmaster of Westminster School, and in 1957 became headmaster of Rugby School, a posi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Willink
Sir Henry Urmston Willink, 1st Baronet, (7 March 1894 – 20 July 1973) was a British politician and public servant. A Conservative Member of Parliament from 1940, he became Minister of Health in 1943. During his time in power he was appointed Special Commissioner for those made homeless by the London Blitz and was involved with the production of the Beveridge Report. The details of the report proposed a comprehensive free healthcare system, this led to the white paper ''A National Health Service'', published in 1944, suggesting the creation of such a service, which did not include the nationalisation of hospitals. Such a policy was later implemented by the Labour Party through the creation of the National Health Service which differed from the proposals suggested by Willink. At the time he claimed the nationalisation of voluntary hospitals "will destroy so much in this country that we value". Early life and wartime service Willink was born in Liverpool. He was educated as ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allen Beville Ramsay
Allen Beville Ramsay (3 August 1872 – 20 September 1955) was an English academic and Latin poet. He was Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge. He was the son of Beville and Sarah Maria Ramsay of Croughton House, Brackley, Northamptonshire. Ramsay was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge. He matriculated in 1891 and received an M.A. in 1901. From 1895 to 1925 he taught at Eton, returning to Cambridge as Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, 1925-47. The College Fellows preferred another candidate, A. S. Ramsey, but the Hereditary Visitor of Magdalene, Lord Braybrooke chose to appoint Ramsay. He served as Vice-Chancellor, 1929–31 and President of Cambridge University Cricket Club between 1933 and 1947. Ramsay Hall, the largest room in Bright's Building in Magdalene, is named after him; it was refurbished in 1949 to become the college canteen. Ramsay has been described as "probably the most significant Britis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stuart Alexander Donaldson
Stuart Alexander Donaldson (born 4 December 1854 in Sydney, Australia, died 29 October 1915) was a schoolmaster, clergyman and Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. Life Donaldson was born in Sydney, the oldest son of Sir Stuart Alexander Donaldson, the first Premier of the Colony of New South Wales. After education at Eton College Donaldson went to Trinity College, Cambridge as a scholar in 1873, graduating with first class honours in Classics in 1877. From 1878 to 1904 he served as a master at Eton, during this time being ordained as deacon in 1884 and priest in 1885. While a schoolmaster he published, with Edward Lyttelton, ''Pontes'', a book of elementary Latin exercises. In 1904 he was elected as the Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, a position he held until his death in 1915, and was awarded the degrees of Bachelor of Divinity in 1905 and Doctor of Divinity in 1910. He served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1912 to 1913. Donaldson married ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Latimer Neville, 6th Baron Braybrooke
Latimer Neville, 6th Baron Braybrooke (22 April 1827 – 12 January 1904), styled the Hon. Latimer Neville until 1902, was a British peer, clergyman and academic, for half a century Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. Neville was the fourth son of Richard Griffin, 3rd Baron Braybrooke. He was educated at Eton College and Magdalene College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1845 aged 18, gaining a Fellowship in 1848, and graduating M.A. in 1849. He was ordained deacon in 1850 and priest in 1851. Neville's father Lord Braybrooke was the Visitor of Magdalene College; his uncle George Neville-Grenville was the Master. In 1846 Neville-Grenville was appointed Dean of Windsor and offered to resign the Mastership; Lord Braybrooke, as Visitor, refused the resignation, intending that Latimer Neville (then aged 19) should eventually succeed him as Master. With some diplomacy needed to manage the Fellowship, this transition was achieved in 1853, and Latimer Neville became Master at the age ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Neville-Grenville
George Neville-Grenville (17 August 1789 – 10 June 1854), named George Neville until 1825,''Burke's Peerage 2003'', page 490 was Dean of Windsor in the mid nineteenth century. Early life Neville was born a younger son of the Hon Richard Griffin MP (later 2nd Baron Braybrooke) and the Hon Mrs Griffin (née Catherine Grenville and later Lady Braybrooke, a daughter of prime minister George Grenville); his elder brother was (later) Richard Griffin, 3rd Baron Braybrooke. He was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. Career In 1813, he was nominated by his father, as owner of Audley End, as Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. He served in this role for forty years. An Honorary Chaplain to the Queen, he was also register of the Order of the Garter. On being appointed Dean of Windsor in 1846, Neville-Grenville offered to resign the mastership of Magdalene, but was blocked by the Visitor, his brother Lord Braybrooke, who had earmarked the post for his fourth son Lati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Gretton
William Gretton (1736–1813), was the master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. Gretton was the second son of John Gretton, a retailer of Bond Street, London, and his wife Jane. Born in 1736, he was educated at St. Paul's School and Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1758 and proceeded M.A. in 1761. Having taken holy orders in 1760, he served as curate of St Neots before obtaining the living of Littlebury, Essex, in 1761 and Saffron Walden, Essex, in 1766. In 1784 Lord Howard de Walden, owner of Audley End House, appointed him his domestic chaplain. Gretton served as a JP for Essex and was made Archdeacon of Essex on 2 December 1795. In 1797 he was elected master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and was vice-chancellor of the university in 1800-1. He died on 29 September 1813. His memorial is in the chapel of Magdalene College. A later Master of Magdalene College, the novelist A. C. Benson Arthur Christopher Benson, (24 April 1862 – 17 June 1925) was an Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Peckard
Peter Peckard (c. 1718 – 8 December 1797) was an English Whig, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University, Church of England minister and abolitionist.Peter Peckard: Biography and bibliography - Brycchan Carey 2002. Retrieved 29 March 2010. From 1781 he was Master of . He was incorporated at in 1782, appointed |
Barton Wallop
The Hon. Barton Wallop (5 November 1744 – 1 September 1781) was Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge from 1774 until 1781. The third son of John Wallop, Viscount Lymington, he was educated at Eton and Magdalene. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. vi. Square – Zupitza, (1954) p331">> (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. vi. Square – Zupitza, (1954) p331/ref> He held livings in Portsmouth Portsmouth ( ) is a port city status in the United Kingdom, city and unitary authority in Hampshire, England. Most of Portsmouth is located on Portsea Island, off the south coast of England in the Solent, making Portsmouth the only city in En ... and Cliddesden. In 1771, he married Camilla Powlett Smith with whom he had two childre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
