List of Masters of Selwyn College, Cambridge
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Masters of Selwyn College, Cambridge
Selwyn College, Cambridge
Selwyn College is a constituent college in the University of Cambridge in England, United Kingdom.The college was founded by the Selwyn Memorial Committee in memory of the Rt Reverend George Selwyn , who rowed on the Cambridge crew in the first Varsity Boat Race in 1829, and went on to become the...
- 1882 - 1893 Arthur LyttletonArthur Temple LytteltonRt. Rev. Hon. Arthur Temple Lyttelton was the first Master of the newly established Selwyn College, Cambridge and the third Anglican Suffragan Bishop of Southampton....
- 1893 - 1898 John Richardson SelwynJohn Richardson SelwynJohn Richardson Selwyn was a rower and became the second Bishop of Melanesia and the second Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge. He made significant financial contributions along with others to the construction of the Southern Cross No...
- 1898 - 1907 A. F. KirkpatrickAlexander Francis KirkpatrickAlexander Francis Kirkpatrick was Regius Professor of Hebrew at Cambridge University and the third Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge .-Life:...
- 1907 - 1909 Richard AppletonRichard AppletonRichard Appleton was an Australian poet, raconteur and editor who became editor-in-chief of the Australian Encyclopaedia and, in 1987, was co-editor with Alex Galloway of the posthumous Lex Banning poetry collection There Was a Crooked Man...
- 1909 - 1928 John Murray
- 1928 - 1934 George Ernest Newsom
- 1934 - 1946 George Armitage ChaseGeorge Armitage ChaseGeorge Armitage Chase MC was Bishop of Ripon and Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge.He served as an army chaplain in the first world war and was decorated with the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry in helping the wounded at Ypres on 4 October 1917.The son of Frederic Henry Chase, George...
- 1947 - 1956 William TelferWilliam TelferCanon William Telfer was Dean of Clare College, Cambridge , Ely Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University and Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge .-Publications:...
- 1956 - 1983 Owen Chadwick
- 1983 - 1993 Sir Alan CookAlan CookSir Alan Hugh Cook FRS was a British physicist who specialised in geophysics, astrophysics and particularly precision measurement.-Early life and family:Cook was born in Felsted, Essex in 1922...
- 1994 - 2000 Sir David HarrisonSir David HarrisonSir David Harrison CBE, FREng is a chemist and academic, who has been Vice Chancellor of the University of Keele , Vice Chancellor of the University of Exeter and Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge , and Pro Vice Chancellor of the University of Cambridge .He was educated at Selwyn College,...
- 2000 - Richard BowringRichard BowringProfessor Richard John Bowring PhD, Litt.D is Master of Selwyn College, Cambridge, Professor of Japanese Studies at the University of Cambridge and an Honorary Fellow of Downing College.-Education:*1960-64 Blundell's School...