Peterhouse is the oldest constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England, founded in 1284 by Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely. Today, Peterhouse has 254 undergraduates, 116 full-time graduate students and 54 fellows. It is quite often erroneously referred to as Peterhouse College, although the correct name is simply Peterhouse.
William Whittlesey was a Bishop of Rochester, then Bishop of Worcester, then finally Archbishop of Canterbury. He also served as Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge.
William Hopkins FRS was an English mathematician and geologist. He is famous as a private tutor of aspiring undergraduate Cambridge mathematicians, earning him the sobriquet the "senior-wrangler maker."
Brian Houghton Hodgson was a pioneer naturalist and ethnologist working in India and Nepal where he was a British Resident. He described numerous species of birds and mammals from the Himalayas, and several birds were named after him by others such as Edward Blyth. He was a scholar of Newar Buddhism and wrote extensively on a range of topics relating to linguistics and religion. He was an opponent of the British proposal to introduce English as the official medium of instruction in Indian schools.
Francis Hodgson was a reforming Provost of Eton, educator, cleric, writer of verse, and friend of Byron.
William Hodgson may refer to:
William Archer Porter was a British lawyer and educationist who served as the Principal of Government Arts College, Kumbakonam and tutor and secretary to the Maharaja of Mysore.
Edward Bather, was Archdeacon of Salop.
Henry Goldsmith Vigne, born Henry Goldsmith, was an English cricketer and clergyman.
William Buckmaster was an English cleric and academic, three times vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge.
The Porson Prize is an award for Greek verse composition at the University of Cambridge. It was founded in honor of classical scholar Richard Porson and was first awarded in 1817. Winners are known as "Porson prizemen".
Francis Barnes was an English philosopher and a Knightbridge Professor of Philosophy.
Thomas Robinson was an English churchman and academic. He became Archdeacon of Madras in 1826, Lord Almoner's Professor of Arabic at Cambridge in 1837, and Master of the Temple in 1845.
James Porter was a British academic in the second half of the 19th century.
Thomas Worsley was an English academic and priest. He was the third Master of Downing College, Cambridge from 1836 until 1885.
Henry Wilkinson Cookson was an English clergyman and academic, who served as Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge from 1847 until his death.
Bernard Hale was a 17th-century English clergyman and academic, who served as Archdeacon of Ely and Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge.
William Burgoyne was an English priest and academic at the University of Cambridge, who served as Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity and Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge.
Henry Hornby was an English priest, academic, and royal official.
John Whalley was an English academic at the University of Cambridge, clergyman, and poet.
