Sir Walter Durnford (b Middleton 21 February 1847 – d

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7 April 1926) was an English academic. The son of Bishop Richard Durnford he was educated at

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. He entered

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in 1865, graduating B.A in 1869 and

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in 1890. He was appointed a

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of Kings in 1869. He was on the staff of Eton from 1870 to 1899. He was Mayor of Cambridge in 1905; and Provost of King's College, Cambridge from 1918 until his death.

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