William Herbert Cam

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William Herbert Cam (1850-1927) was an English teacher and clergyman, who was headmaster of Dudley Grammar School (1897-83) and Abingdon School (1883-93), and the father of the historian Helen Cam.

Life

William Herbert Cam was born on 10 November 1850, the son of William and Emily Anne Cam of Dursley, Gloucestershire. [1]

William Herbert Cam was at Bedford School and a scholar of New College, Oxford. He was a master at Wellington College, headmaster of Dudley Grammar School (1897-83) and Abingdon School (1883-93). [2] He was then rector of Birchanger and rector of Paulerspury.

Cam married Kate Scott and they had nine children. [3] Their daughter Helen Maud Cam (1885-1968) who initially was educated by her father at School House, Abingdon School, became vice-mistress of Girton College, Cambridge (1944–48) and professor of medieval history at Harvard University (1948–54).

He died on 3 October 1927 aged 76. [4]

References

  1. ↑ "No. 1626.". Baptisms solemnized in the Parish of Dursley. 1851. p. 204 – via Ancestry. Born Novr. 10th 1850, 1851 January 19th, William Herbert son of William & Emily Anne Cam, Dursley, Woollen cloth manufacturer, S. W. Wayte Trinity College Oxford
  2. ↑ "OA Notes" (PDF). The Abingdonian. Vol. 6, no. 22. Abingdon School. December 1927. p. 336.
  3. ↑ Taylor, Euan; Weaver, Gina (2005). "19. Helen Cam (1885–1968)". In Chance, Jane (ed.). Women Medievalists and the Academy. University of Wisconsin Press. pp. 255–257. ISBN   9780299207502.
  4. ↑ Preston, Arthur (1929). St.Nicholas, Abingdon and other Papers, page 379. Oxford University Press.


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