List of Masters of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
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Fitzwilliam House, the body established in 1869 for non-collegiate students attached to the University of Cambridge
, was presided over by a Censor. Once the non-collegiate system was ended and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
was established as a full college of the university in 1966 the college head became known as the Master.
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, was presided over by a Censor. Once the non-collegiate system was ended and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Fitzwilliam College is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Cambridge in England.The college traces its origins back to 1869 and the foundation of the Non-Collegiate Students Board, a venture intended to offer students from less financially privileged backgrounds a chance to study...
was established as a full college of the university in 1966 the college head became known as the Master.
Censors of Fitzwilliam House, Cambridge
- 1869 - 1881 Ralph Benjamin Somerset
- 1881 - 1890 Francis George Howard
- 1890 - 1907 Tristram Frederick Croft Huddleston
- 1907 - 1924 William Fiddian Reddaway
- 1924 - 1954 William Sutherland Thatcher
- 1955 - 1959 William Washington Williams
- 1959 - 1966 Walter Wyatt Grave
Masters of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
- 1966 - 1971 Walter Wyatt Grave
- 1971 - 1981 Edward MillerEdward Miller (historian)-Life:He was born at Acklington Park, the son of a shepherd. He attended King Edward VI Grammar School in Morpeth and went on to excel at Cambridge, specialising in mediaeval history...
- 1981 - 1988 James Clarke Holt
- 1988 - 1990 Gordon Cameron
- 1991 - 1999 Alan Cuthbert
- 1999 - 2005 Brian F. G. JohnsonBrian F. G. JohnsonBrian Frederick Gilbert Johnson is a British scientist and former professor of chemistry at Cambridge University. He was also a Master of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge from 1999 to 2005....
- 2005 – Robert LethbridgeRobert LethbridgeProfessor Robert Lethbridge has been the Master of Fitzwilliam College since 2005, during which time the College has fallen to its lowest position in the Tompkins Table since 1997, when the constituent colleges of Cambridge University were first ranked in terms of their results across the full...