Charles Walter Moule (9 February 1834 – 11 May 1921) was an English academic, who was librarian and president of

Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Corpus Christi College (full name: "The College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary", often shortened to "Corpus") is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. From the late 14th c ...

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He was born on 9 February 1834 at Fordington, Dorchester, where his father

Henry Moule Henry Moule (1801–1880) was a priest in the Church of England and inventor of the dry earth toilet, a type of pail closet. Life Education and priesthood Moule, sixth son of George Moule, solicitor and banker, was born at Melksham, Wiltshir ...

was the incumbent. He was the fifth of eight sons; amongst his brothers were Arthur Evans Moule, George Evans Moule, and Handley Moule. Educated at Corpus Christi, he graduated BA as senior classic in 1858 and was elected to a fellowship. After a brief spell as an assistant master at

Marlborough College Marlborough College is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English private boarding school) for pupils aged 13 to 18 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. It was founded as Marlborough School in 1843 by the Dean of Manchester, George ...

he returned to Corpus as tutor in 1879, then became college librarian in 1895 (looking after the

Parker library The Parker Library is a library within Corpus Christi College, Cambridge which contains rare books and manuscripts. It is known throughout the world due to its invaluable collection of over 600 manuscripts, particularly medieval texts, the ...

), and president from 1913 until his death in 1921. He was buried in the college churchyard at

Grantchester Grantchester () is a village and civil parish on the River Cam or Granta (river), Granta in South Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about south of Cambridge. Name The village of Grantchester is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as ''Granteset ...

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Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 1834 births 1921 deaths People from Dorchester, Dorset {{England-academic-bio-stub