List of Masters of Christ's College, Cambridge
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Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.With a reputation for high academic standards, Christ's College averaged top place in the Tompkins Table from 1980-2000 . In 2011, Christ's was placed sixth.-College history:...
- 1505–1507 John Sickling
- 1507–1510 Richard Wyot
- 1510–1517 Thomas Thompson
- 1517–1530 John Watson
- 1530–1548 Henry Lockwood
- 1548–1553 Richard Wilkes
- 1553–1556 Cuthbert ScotCuthbert ScottCuthbert Scott was a Catholic bishop and academic at the University of Cambridge.-Cambridge University:Scott was made a Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge in 1537, became M.A. in 1538 and was Master of Christ's College from 1553 to 1556.In 1554 he became Vice Chancellor of the University of ...
- 1556–1559 William Taylor
- 1559–1582 Edward Hawford
- 1582–1609 Edmund Barwell
- 1609–1622 Valentine CaryValentine CaryValentine Cary was an English clergyman, who became bishop of Exeter.-Life:He was an illegitimate son of Henry Carey, 1st Baron Hunsdon...
- 1622–1646 Thomas Bainbridge
- 1646–1654 Samuel BoltonSamuel BoltonSamuel Bolton was an English clergyman and scholar, a member of the Westminster Assembly and Master of Christ's College, Cambridge.-Life:...
- 1654–1688 Ralph CudworthRalph CudworthRalph Cudworth was an English philosopher, the leader of the Cambridge Platonists.-Life:Born at Aller, Somerset, he was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, gaining his MA and becoming a Fellow of Emmanuel in 1639. In 1645, he became master of Clare Hall and professor of Hebrew...
- 1688–1722 John CovelJohn CovelJohn Covel was a clergyman and scientist who became Master of Christ's College, Cambridge and vice-chancellor of the University....
- 1723–1745 William Towers
- 1745–1754 George Henry Rooke
- 1754–1780 Hugh Thomas
- 1780–1808 John Barker
- 1808–1814 Thomas Browne
- 1814–1830 John KayeJohn Kaye (English bishop)Bishop John Kaye was an English churchman.-Life:He was born the only son of Abraham Kaye in Hammersmith, London and educated at the school of Sir Charles Burney in Hammersmith and then Greenwich. He entered Christ's College, Cambridge and graduated Senior wrangler in 1804...
- 1830–1848 John GrahamJohn Graham (bishop)John Graham was an English churchman and academic. He was master of Christ's College, Cambridge from 1830 to 1848 and Bishop of Chester from 1848 to 1865.-Life:...
- 1849–1849 Joseph ShawJoseph Shaw (Christ's College)Joseph Shaw was Master of Christ's College, Cambridge.Shaw was the son of the Rev. Edward Shaw, headmaster of Loughborough Grammar School, where he received his early education....
- 1849–1881 James Cartmell
- 1881–1887 Charles Anthony SwainsonCharles Anthony SwainsonCharles Anthony Swainson was an English theologian, Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity and Master of Christ's College, Cambridge.- Works :* - References :*...
- 1887–1910 John PeileJohn PeileJohn Peile was an English philologist.-Life:He was born at Whitehaven.He was educated at Repton, St. Bees School and Christ's College, Cambridge...
- 1910–1927 Sir Arthur ShipleyArthur ShipleySir Arthur Everett Shipley GBE FRS was an English zoologist and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge....
- 1927–1936 Norman McLean
- 1936–1939 Charles Galton DarwinCharles Galton DarwinSir Charles Galton Darwin, KBE, MC, FRS was an English physicist, the grandson of Charles Darwin. He served as director of the National Physical Laboratory during the Second World War.-Early life:...
- 1939–1950 Charles RavenCharles RavenCharles Earle Raven was an English theologian, Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University, and Master of Christ's College, Cambridge...
- 1950–1963 Brian Downs
- 1963–1978 Alexander R. Todd, Baron ToddAlexander R. Todd, Baron ToddAlexander Robertus Todd, Baron Todd, OM, PRS FRSE was a Scottish biochemist whose research on the structure and synthesis of nucleotides, nucleosides, and nucleotide coenzymes gained him the 1957 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.Todd was born near Glasgow, attended Allan Glen's School and graduated from...
- 1978–1982 Sir John PlumbJ. H. PlumbSir John Harold Plumb, FBA , known as Jack, was a British historian, known for his books on British 18th century history. He wrote over thirty books.-Biography:...
- 1982–1995 Sir Hans KornbergHans KornbergProfessor Sir Hans Leo Kornberg, FRS is a British biochemist.-Early Life, Education and Career:Kornberg was born in 1928 in Germany of Jewish parents. In 1939 he left Nazi Germany , and moved to the care of an uncle in Yorkshire...
- 1995–2002 Alan MunroAlan MunroAlan James Munro is a British immunologist and entrepreneur.Munro was born in Madras, India and educated at the Edinburgh Academy. He attended the University of Cambridge, specialising in biochemistry...
- 2002–2006 Malcolm BowieMalcolm BowieMalcolm McNaughtan Bowie FBA was a British academic, and Master of Christ's College, Cambridge from 2002 to 2006. An acclaimed scholar of French literature, Bowie wrote several books on Marcel Proust....
- 2006– Frank KellyFrank Kelly (professor)Francis Patrick "Frank" Kelly, FRS is professor of the Mathematics of Systems in the Statistical Laboratory, University of Cambridge, and Master of Christ's College, Cambridge....