List of Masters of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
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The following have served as Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
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Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Corpus Christi College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. It is notable as the only college founded by Cambridge townspeople: it was established in 1352 by the Guilds of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary...
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- 1352-1376: Thomas de Eltisle
- 1376-?: Richard Treton
- ?-1389: John Kynne
- 1389-1398: John de Necton
- 1398-1432: Richard de Billingford
- 1443-1474: John Botwright
- 1474-1477: Simon Grene
- 1487-1515: Thomas Cosyn
- 1515-1516: John Edyman
- 1516-1523: Peter Nobys
- 1523-1544: William Sowode
- 1544-1553: Matthew ParkerMatthew ParkerMatthew Parker was Archbishop of Canterbury from 1559 until his death in 1575. He was also an influential theologian and arguably the co-founder of Anglican theological thought....
- 1553-1557: Lawrence Moptyd
- 1557-1569: John Porie
- 1569-1573: Thomas Aldrich
- 1573-1587: Robert Norgate
- 1587-1590: John Copcot
- 1590-1602: John JegonJohn JegonJohn Jegon was an English academic and Bishop of Norwich. He supported uniformity of Anglican doctrine and worship, and strong government. This led him into conflict with John Robinson, later of the Mayflower. On the other hand, he made efforts to satisfy local Puritans by the appointment of...
- 1602-1618: Thomas Jegon
- 1618-1626: Samuel Walsall
- 1626-1632: Henry Butts
- 1632-1661: Richard LoveRichard LoveRichard Love was an English churchman and academic, Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity, member of the Westminster Assembly, and Dean of Ely.-Life:...
- 1661-1661: Peter GunningPeter GunningPeter Gunning was an English Royalist church leader, Bishop of Chichester and later of Ely.-Life:He was born at Hoo St Werburgh, in Kent, and educated at The King's School, Canterbury, and Clare College, Cambridge, where he became a fellow in 1633. Having taken orders, he advocated the Royalist...
- 1661-1667: Francis Wilford
- 1667-1693: John SpencerJohn Spencer (Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge)John Spencer was an English clergyman and scholar, Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. An erudite theologian and Hebraist, he is now remembered as the author of De Legibus Hebraeorum, a pioneer work of comparative religion, advancing the thesis that Judaism was not the earliest of...
- 1693-1698: William StanleyWilliam Stanley (dean)William Stanley was an English churchman and college head, Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Archdeacon of London and Dean of St Asaph.-Life:...
- 1698-1716: Thomas GreeneThomas Green (bishop)-Life:He was born in Norwich, and educated at Norwich grammar school and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1679 and became a Fellow in 1680....
- 1716-1724: Samuel BradfordSamuel BradfordSamuel Bradford was an English churchman and whig, bishop successively of Carlisle and Rochester.-Life:He was the son of William Bradford of London and was born in St. Anne's, Blackfriars. He was educated at St Paul's School; and when the school was closed, owing to the Great Plague and the Great...
- 1724-1744: Matthias MawsonMatthias MawsonMatthias Mawson was an English churchman and academic, Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Bishop of Llandaff, Bishop of Chichester, and Bishop of Ely.-Life:...
- 1744-1750: Edmund Castle
- 1750-1764: John GreenJohn Green (bishop)John Green was a British clergyman and academic.Green was born at Beverley in Yorkshire in 1706.Having been schooled in his home town, he was admitted to St John’s College, Cambridge in 1724. Green graduated B.A. in 1728 and was awarded a fellowship in 1730.Green joined the priesthood in 1731 and...
- 1764-1778: John Barnardiston
- 1778-1795: William Colman
- 1795-1822: Philip Douglas
- 1822-1850: John Lamb
- 1850-1879: James Pullin
- 1879-1906: Edward PerowneEdward PerowneEdward Henry Perowne was an English clergyman and college head, Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.-Life:...
- 1906-1914: Robert Townley CaldwellRobert Townley CaldwellRobert Townley Caldwell was the Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridgefrom 1906 to 1914.-Biography:Born in Barbados on 16 March 1843, he was educated at St John's College, Winnipeg, King's College London and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. as 10th wrangler in 1865...
- 1914-1927: Edmund Courtenay PearceEdmund Courtenay PearceEdmund Courtenay Pearce was the inaugural Bishop of Derby from 1927 until his death in 1935. His brother Ernest was the Bishop of Worcester from 1919 to 1930.Born on 17 December 1870 and educated at Christ’s Hospital and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1899. His career began...
- 1927-1952: William Spens
- 1952-1962: George Paget ThomsonGeorge Paget ThomsonSir George Paget Thomson, FRS was an English physicist and Nobel laureate in physics recognised for his discovery with Clinton Davisson of the wave properties of the electron by electron diffraction.-Biography:...
- 1962-1971: Frank Godbould LeeFrank Godbould LeeSir Frank Godbould Lee was a British public servant and Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.Lee was born on 26 August 1903 in Colchester, Essex to Joseph Lee and Florence née Brown....
- 1971-1980: Archibauld Duncan WilsonArchibauld Duncan WilsonSir Archibald Duncan Wilson was a British diplomat and Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.Wilson was born on 12 August 1911 in Winchester to Archibald Edward Wilson and Ethel Wilson...
- 1980-1994: Michael William McCrumMichael William McCrumMichael William McCrum CBE was an English academic and ancient historian who served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge, Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and Head Master of Tonbridge School and Eton College.-Life:McCrum was born at Alverstoke in Hampshire...
- 1994-2000: E. A. WrigleyE. A. WrigleySir Edward Anthony Wrigley, , commonly known as Tony Wrigley, is a historical demographer. Wrigley and Peter Laslett co-founded the Cambridge Group for the History of Population and Social Structure in 1964....
- 2000-2006: Haroon AhmedHaroon AhmedDr. Prof. Haroon Ahmed is a prominent British Pakistani scientist in the fields of Microelectronics and electrical engineering. He is an Emeritus Professor of Microelectronics at the Cavendish Laboratory, the Physics Department of the University of Cambridge....
- 2006-2007: Alan Wilson
- 2007-2008: Oliver RackhamOliver RackhamOliver Rackham OBE is a Life Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He is also Keeper of theCollege Silver.An acknowledged authority on the British countryside, especially trees, woodlands and wood pasture, Rackham has written a number of well-known books, including The History of the...
- 2008-present Stuart LaingStuart Laing (diplomat)Stuart Laing is a British diplomat.He graduated from Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1970 having studied Classics. He entered the diplomatic service in 1970....