List of Masters of Magdalene College, Cambridge
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The following have served as Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge
Magdalene College, Cambridge
Magdalene College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.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...
- 1544-1546 Robert Evans
- 1546-1559 Richard Carr
- 1559-1576 Roger Kelke
- 1576-1577 Richard HowlandRichard HowlandRichard Howland was an English churchman and academic, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge and of St John's College, Cambridge and bishop of Peterborough.-Life:...
- 1577-1582 Degory Nicholls
- 1582-1593 Thomas NevileThomas NevileThomas Nevile was an English clergyman and academic who was Dean of Peterborough and Dean of Canterbury , Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge , and Master of Trinity College, Cambridge ....
- 1593-1595 Richard ClaytonRichard Clayton (dean)Richard Clayton was an English churchman and academic, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge and St John's College, Cambridge and Dean of Peterborough.-Life:He was son of John Clayton of Crook, Lancashire, and was admitted a pensioner of St...
- 1595-1604 John PalmerJohn Palmer (Master of Magdalene College)John Palmer was an English clergyman and academic who was Master of Magdalene from 1597 to 1604, but died in a debtor's prison....
- 1604-1626 Barnaby Goche
- 1626-1642 Henry Smyth
- 1642-1650 Edward Rainbow
- 1650-1660 John Sadler
- 1660-1664 Edward Rainbow
- 1664-1668 John Howorth
- 1668-1679 James DuportJames DuportJames Duport was an English classical scholar.-Life:His father, John Duport, who was descended from an old Norman family , was master of Jesus College, Cambridge...
- 1679-1690 John PeachellJohn PeachellJohn Peachell was an English academic, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge at the moment when James II was aiming to impose his will on the universities.-Life:...
- 1690-1713 Gabriel Quadring
- 1713-1740 Daniel WaterlandDaniel WaterlandDaniel Cosgrove Waterland was an English theologian.Daniel Waterland was born at Walesby Rectory, Lincolnshire, England, and educated in Lincoln and at Magdalene College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1703 and MA in 1706...
- 1740-1746 Edward Abbott
- 1746-1760 Thomas Chapman
- 1760-1774 George Sandby
- 1774-1781 Barton Wallop
- 1781-1797 Peter PeckardPeter PeckardPeter Peckard was an English Whig, Church of England minister and abolitionist.From 1781 he was Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. He was incorporated at Cambridge in 1782, appointed vice-chancellor in 1784, and created D.D. per literas regias in 1785. In April 1792 he became Dean of...
- 1797-1813 William GrettonWilliam GrettonWilliam Gretton , was the master of Magdalene College, Cambridge.Gretton was the son of John Gretton of Bond Street, London, born in 1736, and educated at St. Paul's School and Peterhouse, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1758 and proceeded M.A. in 1761...
- 1813-1853 George Neville Grenville
- 1853-1904 Latimer NevilleBaron BraybrookeLord Braybrooke, Baron of Braybrooke, in the County of Northampton, is a title in the Peerage of Great Britain. It was created in 1788 for John Whitwell, 4th Baron Howard de Walden, with remainder to his kinsman Richard Neville-Aldworth...
, later also VisitorVisitorA Visitor, in United Kingdom law and history, is an overseer of an autonomous ecclesiastical or eleemosynary institution , who can intervene in the internal affairs of that institution... - 1904-1915 Stuart Alexander Donaldson
- 1915-1925 Arthur Christopher Benson
- 1925-1947 Allen Beville Ramsay
- 1947-1966 Henry Urmston Willink, Q.C.Queen's CounselQueen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
- 1966-1978 Walter HamiltonWalter Hamilton (Master of Magdalene College)Walter Hamilton was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was awarded a first-class BA degree in Classics. He was Craven Scholar in 1927, Chancellor's Classical Medallist in 1928 and Porson Prizeman and Craven Student in 1929, and was a fellow of Trinity between 1931 and 1935. He was...
- 1978-1985 Sir Derman Christopherson
- 1985-1994 Sir David Charles CalcuttDavid CalcuttSir David Charles Calcutt QC was an eminent barrister and public servant, knighted in 1991. He was the Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge from 1985 until 1994. He was also responsible for the creation of the Press Complaints Commission.-References:...
, Q.C.Queen's CounselQueen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law... - 1994-2002 Sir John GurdonJohn GurdonSir John Bertrand Gurdon , FRS is a British developmental biologist. He is best known for his pioneering research in nuclear transplantation and cloning. He was recently awarded the Lasker Award.-Career:...
- 2002-present Duncan RobinsonDuncan RobinsonDavid Duncan Robinson, C.B.E., F.R.S.A., D.L., is the Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge. He is also the Chairman of the Henry Moore Foundation and was, until 2007, the Director of the Fitzwilliam Museum....
, C.B.E.Order of the British EmpireThe Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is an order of chivalry established on 4 June 1917 by George V of the United Kingdom. The Order comprises five classes in civil and military divisions...