List of Masters of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
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This is a list of Masters of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
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Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay on the site of a Dominican friary...
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- 1584–1622 Lawrence Chaderton
- 1622–1628 John PrestonJohn Preston (clergyman)John Preston D.D. was an English puritan minister of the church, and master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.-Upbringing:John Preston was the son of Thomas Preston, a farmer, was born at Upper Heyford in the parish of Bugbrook, Northamptonshire, and was baptised at Bugbrook church on 27 October...
- 1628–1637 William Sandcroft
- 1637–1644 Richard HoldsworthRichard HoldsworthRichard Holdsworth was an English academic theologian, and Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge from 1637 to 1643...
- 1644–1645 Thomas HillThomas Hill (Cambridge)Thomas Hill was an English Puritan divine. Born at Kington, Herefordshire, he took a B.A. in 1622 at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, an M.A. in 1626, a B.D. in 1633 and a D.D. in 1646....
- 1645–1653 Anthony TuckneyAnthony TuckneyAnthony Tuckney was an English Puritan theologian and scholar.-Life:Anthony Tuckney was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and a fellow there from 1619 to 1630...
- 1653–1662 William Dillingham
- 1662–1665 William SancroftWilliam SancroftWilliam Sancroft was the 79th Archbishop of Canterbury.- Life :Sancroft was born at Ufford Hall in Fressingfield, Suffolk, son of Francis Sandcroft and Margaret Sandcroft née Butcher...
- 1665–1676 John Breton
- 1676–1680 Thomas Holbech
- 1680–1719 John Balderston
- 1719–1736 William Savage
- 1736–1775 William Richardson
- 1775–1797 Richard FarmerRichard FarmerDr Richard Farmer was a Shakespearean scholar and Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He is known for his Essay on the Learning of Shakespeare , in which he maintained that Shakespeare's knowledge of the classics was through translations, the errors of which he reproduced.-Life:He was born at...
- 1797–1835 Robert Towerson Cory
- 1835–1871 George John Archdall
- 1871–1895 Samuel George Phear
- 1895–1911 William ChawnerWilliam ChawnerWilliam Chawner was an educational reformer and the first layman to be appointed as Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.-Life:...
- 1911–1935 Peter GilesPeter Giles (philologist)Dr Peter Giles was a distinguished philologist and Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.-Life:...
- 1935–1951 Thomas Shirley Hele
- 1951–1964 Edward Welbourne
- 1964–1977 Gordon SutherlandGordon SutherlandSir Gordon Brims Black McIvor Sutherland FRS was a Scottish physicist. In 1964 he became Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.-External links:* http://www.archiveshub.ac.uk/news/03041101.html...
- 1977–1990 Derek BrewerDerek BrewerDerek Stanley Brewer was a medieval scholar, author and publisher.-Life:Born in Cardiff, Wales, the son of a clerk with General Electric, Brewer read English at Magdalen College, Oxford, where he was taught, among others, by C.S. Lewis...
- 1990–1990 Charles Peter Wroth
- 1991–1996 Norman St John–Stevas, Baron St John of Fawsley
- 1996–2002 John Ffowcs WilliamsJohn Ffowcs WilliamsProfessor John Eirwyn Ffowcs Williams BSc PhD Hon DSc Soton MA ScD Cantab FREng is Emeritus Rank Professor of Engineering at the University of Cambridge and a former Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge ....
- 2002– Richard Wilson, Baron Wilson of DintonRichard Wilson, Baron Wilson of DintonRichard Thomas James Wilson, Baron Wilson of Dinton GCB is a cross bench member of the British House of Lords.-Career:...