List of masters of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

Last updated

See also Template:Gonville and Caius Masters.

Masters

Staircaise L at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 2010, housing the offices of former master Neil McKendrick, then future masters Sir Alan Fersht and Pippa Rogerson, and former presidents Iain Macpherson and Sir Sam Edwards. Staircase L Gonville & Caius.jpg
Staircaise L at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in 2010, housing the offices of former master Neil McKendrick, then future masters Sir Alan Fersht and Pippa Rogerson, and former presidents Iain Macpherson and Sir Sam Edwards.

The following have served as masters of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge , or its forerunner, Gonville Hall. [1]

Contents

Gonville Hall
№Master [2] Term of office
1 John Colton 4 June 1349c. 1360
2 William Rougham c. 13601393
3 Richard Pulham 13931412
4 William Somersham 14121416
5 John Rickingale 14161426
6 Thomas Attwood 14261454
7 Thomas Boleyn 14541472
8 Edmund Sheriffe 14721475
9 Henry Costessey 14751483
10 John Barly 14831504
11 Edmund Stubb 15041513
12 William Buckenham 15131536
13 John Skypp 15361540
resigned
14 John Styrmin 15401552†
15 Thomas Bacon 15521557
Gonville and Caius College
№MasterPortraitTerm of office
(15) Thomas Bacon D.D. No image.svg 4 September 1557
(continued)		1 January 1559†
16 John Caius M.D. John Caius G&C.jpg 24 January 155927 June 1573
(nominated Legge)
17 Thomas Legge LL.D. Portrait of Thomas Legge LLD by Sylvester Harding.jpg 27 June 157312 July 1607†
18 William Branthwaite D.D. William Branthwaite.jpg 14 December 1607January 1619†
19 John Gostlin M.D. John Gostlin G&C.jpg 16 February 161921 October 1626†
20 Thomas Batchcroft D.D. Thomas Batchcroft G&C.jpg 22 October 162615 April 1649
(expelled)
21 William Dell M.A. William Dell by Peter Lely.jpg 4 May 164911 May 1660
(resigned)
(20) Thomas Batchcroft D.D. Thomas Batchcroft G&C.jpg 11 May 1660
(restored)		1 December 1660
(resigned)
22 Robert Brady M.D. Robert Brady by Daniel de Koninck.jpg 1 December 166019 August 1700†
23 James Halman M.A. James Halman G&C.jpg 24 August 170023 December 1702†
24Sir John Ellys M.A. John Ellys G&C.jpg 1 January 170329 November 1716†
25Sir Thomas Gooch D.D. ThomasGooch.jpg 29 November 171614 February 1754†
26Sir James Burrough M.A. Sir James Burrough by JT Heins.jpg 27 February 17547 August 1764†
27 John Smith D.D. John Smith by Joshua Reynolds.jpg 17 August 176417 June 1795†
28 Richard Fisher Belward D.D. FRS Richard Fisher Belward by John Opie.jpg 1 July 179516 May 1803†
29 Martin Davy M.D. D.D. FRS Martin Davy by John Opie.jpg 31 May 180318 May 1839†
30 Benedict Chapman D.D. Benedict Chapman by Thomas Phillips.jpg 11 June 183923 October 1852†
31 Edwin Guest LL.D. FRS Edwin Guest by John Watson Gordon.jpg 4 November 18528 October 1880
(resigned)
32 Norman Macleod Ferrers D.D. FRS Norman Macleod Ferrers by John Collier.jpg 27 October 188031 January 1903†
33 Ernest Stewart Roberts M.A. Ernest Stewart Roberts by Arthur Hacker.jpg 16 February 190316 June 1912†
34Sir Hugh Kerr Anderson M.D. FRS Hugh Kerr Anderson.jpg 2 July 19122 November 1928†
35 John Forbes Cameron M.A. No image.svg 23 November 192830 September 1948
36Sir James Chadwick Ph.D. CH FRS James Chadwick.jpg 19481959
37Sir Nevill Francis Mott M.A. CH FRS Mott,Nevill Francis Heisenberg 1952 London.jpg 19591966
38 Joseph Needham Ph.D. CH FRS Joseph Needham in Cambridge 1965 04.jpg 19661976
39Sir William Wade LL.D. QC FBA No image.svg 19761988
40 Peter Gray Ph.D. Sc.D. FRS No image.svg 19881996
41 Neil McKendrick M.A. FRHistS No image.svg 1 October 19962006
42Sir Christopher Hum M.A. KCMG No image.svg 20062012
43Sir Alan Fersht Ph.D. FRS FMedSci Alan Fersht.jpg 1 October 201230 September 2018
44 Pippa Rogerson Ph.D. No image.svg 1 October 2018Incumbent

Presidents of Fellows

The following have served as the president of Fellows of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge from the given date.

PresidentTerm of office
James Burrough 1751–1754 (elected Master)
John Smith 1754–1764 (elected Master)
Joshua White1764–1766
Charles Carver [3] 1766–1767
James Hicks [4] 1767–1769
Bartholomew Edwards1769–1782
Samuel Reeve [5] 1782–1789†
Richard Fisher Belward [6] 1790–1795 (elected Master)
Thomas Cooke Burroughes [7] 1795–1797
Martin Davy 1798–1803 (elected Master)
John Drew Borton [8] 1803–1805
Jeremy Day [9] 1819–1821
Hamnet Holditch [10] 1835–1867†
Benjamin Heath Drury [11] 1868–1875
Alfred George Day [12] 1875–1877
Benjamin Heath Drury1877–1894
Ernest Stewart Roberts [13] 1894–1903 (elected Master)
John Venn 1903–1923†
Edward John Gross [14] April–Aug. 1923†
William Warwick Buckland [15] 1923–1946†
F. J. M. Stratton [16] 1946–1948
Edwin Keppel Bennett 1948–1956
Sir Ronald Fisher 1956–1959
Joseph Needham 1959–1966 (elected Master)
Philip Grierson 1966–1976
Michael Prichard1976–1980
Iain Macpherson1980–1992
Sir Sam Edwards 1992–1997
James Fitzsimons [17] 1997–2005
W. Yao Liang 2005–2013
John Mollon [18] 2013–2021
Peter Robinson [19] 2021–

Deans

The following have served as dean of the college.

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Caius</span> English physician (1510–1573)

John Caius, also known as Johannes Caius and Ioannes Caius, was an English physician, and second founder of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">William Branthwaite</span> English scholar and translator

William Branthwaite (1563–1619) was an English scholar and translator.

Edmund Gonville founded Gonville Hall in 1348, which later was re-founded by John Caius to become Gonville and Caius College. Gonville Hall was his third foundation. Before this he had founded two religious houses, a College at Rushford, Norfolk, 1342 and the Hospital of St John at Bishop's Lynn, Norfolk. The origin of his wealth is obscure.

Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900 is a biographical register of former members of the University of Cambridge which was edited by the mathematician John Venn (1834–1923) and his son John Archibald Venn (1883–1958) and published by Cambridge University Press in ten volumes between 1922 and 1953. Over 130,000 individuals are covered, with more extended biographical detail provided for post-1751 matriculants.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge</span> Constituent college of the University of Cambridge

Gonville and Caius College, often referred to simply as Caius, is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1348 by Edmund Gonville, it is the fourth-oldest of the University of Cambridge's 31 colleges and one of the wealthiest. In 1557, it was refounded by alumnus John Caius. The college has been attended by many students who have gone on to significant accomplishment, including fifteen Nobel Prize winners, the second-highest of any Oxbridge college after Trinity College, Cambridge.

George Leonard Jenyns was an English priest, a landowner involved both in the Bedford Level Corporation and in the Board of Agriculture.

Thomas Bacon was the fifteenth master of Gonville Hall, Cambridge from 1552.

Physwick or FishwickHostel is a former constituent of the University of Cambridge located on the south side of the present Trinity Great Court, between the Queen’s Gate and Trinity Street. It was founded in 1393 when William Fiswick, the first esquire or armiger bedel of the university, bequeathed his Trinity Lane hall to Gonville Hall.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">John Ellys (Caius)</span> English academic (d. 1716)

Sir John Ellys or Ellis (1634?–1716) was an English academic, Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge from 1703.

Rev. Hamnet Holditch, also spelled Hamnett Holditch, was an English mathematician who was President of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. In 1858, he introduced the result in geometry now known as Holditch's theorem.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Richard Fisher Belward</span> English scholar (1746–1803)

Richard Fisher Belward was an English priest and academic. He was born Richard Fisher, adopting the name Belward in 1791.

John Styrmin was a 16th-century priest and academic.

Thomas Attwood was a 15th-century priest and academic.

William Buckenham was a 16th-century priest and academic.

Edmund Stubb was a priest and academic at the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th.

John Barly, D.D. was a priest and academic at the end of the 15th century and the beginning of the 16th.

Henry Costessey, B.D. was a priest and academic in the 15th century.

Edmund Sheriffe was a priest and academic in the 15th century.

William Somersham, D.D. was a priest and academic in the late 14th and early 15th centuries.

Richard Pulham, D.D. was a priest and academic in the 14th century.

References

  1. ↑ 'The colleges and halls: Gonville and Caius', A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 3: The City and University of Cambridge. (1959), pp. 356-362. British History Online.
  2. ↑ 'The colleges and halls: Gonville and Caius', A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 3: The City and University of Cambridge. (1959), pp. 356-362. British History Online.
  3. ↑ "Carver, Charles (CRVR741C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  4. ↑ "Hicks, James (HKS742J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  5. ↑ "Reeve, Samuel (RV756S)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  6. ↑ "Fisher (post Belward), Richard (FSR765R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  7. ↑ "Burroughes, Thomas Cooke (BRHS773TC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  8. ↑ "Borton, John Drew (BRTN785JD)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  9. ↑ "Day, Jeremy (DY790J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  10. ↑ "Holditch, Hamnett (HLDC818H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  11. ↑ "Drury, Benjamin Heath (DRRY835BH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  12. ↑ "Day, Alfred George (DY843AG)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  13. ↑ "Roberts, Ernest Stewart (RBRS865ES)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  14. ↑ "Gross, Edward John (GRS862EJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  15. ↑ "Buckland, William Warwick (BKLT881WW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  16. ↑ Vistas in Astronomy. Vol. 1. p. xv. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
  17. ↑ College News Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine . babylon.acad.cai.cam.ac.uk
  18. ↑ College news
  19. ↑ College news
This page is based on this Wikipedia article
Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license; additional terms may apply.
Images, videos and audio are available under their respective licenses.