Smits, Jean-Baptiste (1792-1857), politician
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- 10 April 1792 - 3 May 1857
Smits, Jean-Baptiste (1792-1857), politician
Smith, Sydney (1771–1845), author and wit
Smith, Sir James Edward (1759–1828), botanist
Smith, Richard (active 1841), engraver
Smith, John (c. 1654-1742), engraver
An English mezzotint engraver and print seller. Closely associated with the portrait painter Godfrey Kneller, Smith was one of leading exponents of the mezzotint medium during the late 17th and early 18th centuries, and was regarded among first English-born artists to receive international recognition, alongside the younger painter William Hogarth.
Smith, John (1799-1870), transcriber of the diary of Samuel Pepys, clergyman
An undergraduate at St John’s College, Cambridge, who matriculated in 1817. Smith was invited by the Master of Magdalane College to transcribe Samuel Pepys's diary in readiness for publication - a task which he commenced in 1819 and completed in 1822. A clergyman by profession, Smith became Rector of Baldock in 1832 and continued there until his death in 1870.
In the College Magazine
Photograph - a much later photograph (full length and bearded) as frontispiece - this photograph was presented to the College, but is now lost, College Magazine, No. 52 (1926) pp. 65-66
Latham, R. C. Pepys and His Editors (Occasional Paper No. 6, 1992) p. 2.
Smith, James (1775–1839), writer and humorist
Smet, Eugène de (1787-1872), politician
Skinner, Mary (c.1653-1714), partner of Samuel Pepys
Mary Skinner became Pepys' mistress after the death of his wife and remained with him until the end of his life, accepted by his friends and his family as his partner.
Simonau, Peter (active 1822-1827), lithographic printer
Sigourney, Lydia Howard (1791-1865), poet
Lydia Huntley Sigourney published over dozens of volumes of poetry and essays. Her poetry frequently engages native American and anti-slavery concerns within a religious context, and often takes the form of elegy.
Sigart-Goffin, Joseph (1798-1869), physician, philologist and politician
Sidgwick, Frank (1879-1939), publisher and writer of light verse
Sidgwick was a founding partner of Sidgwick and Jackson, the well-known publishers of the Edwardian era. He was also a prolific writer in his own right.
Short, Sir Francis Job (1857–1945), engraver
A British printmaker and teacher of printmaking. He revived the practices of mezzotint and pure aquatint, while expanding the expressive power of line in drypoint, etching and engraving. Short also wrote about printmaking to educate a wider public and was President of the Royal Society of Painter Etcher & Engavers (now styled the Royal Society of Painter-Printmakers) from 1910 to 1938. He was a member of the Art Workers' Guild and was elected Master in 1901.
Shee, Sir Martin Archer (1769–1850), portrait painter and writer
Shebbeare, Edward Oswald (1884-1964), mountaineer, naturalist and forester
Edward Shebbeare was a member of the 1924 British Mount Everest Expedition, serving as transport officer. He was the deputy leader and transport officer of the 1933 expedition and served as transport officer on the 1929 German Kanchenjunga expedition. In 1928, he was a founding member of The Himalayan Club. He was also a keen naturalist, particularly interested in rhinoceros and elephant conservation. In 1940, he was the founding president of the Malayan Nature Society.
Shawe, Merrick (active 1803-1842), colonel and secretary to Marquess Wellesley
Sharp, William (1749–1824), engraver
Seymour, Sir George Hamilton (1797–1880), diplomatist
Seutin, Louis (1793-1862), physician, surgeon and professor
Belgian physician and surgeon. Took part in the Battle of Waterloo as a doctor. Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.
Senior, Nassau William (1790–1864), political economist
Sedulius, Henricus, (approximately 1547-1621), Franciscan writer on theology
Secus, Frédéric de (1787-1862), politician
Searle, Ronald William Fordham (1920 – 2011), artist and satirical cartoonist
An English artist and satirical cartoonist, comics artist, sculptor, medal designer and illustrator. He is perhaps best remembered as the creator of St Trinian's School and for his collaboration with Geoffrey Willans on the Molesworth series.
Scriven, Edward (1775–1841), engraver
Scott, Fairfax (1897-1969), classicist and President of Magdalene College, Cambridge
Educated at Lancing College and in 1916 joined the Royal Artillery serving in France during the First World War.
In 1919 he matriculated at Magdalene and studied Classics. He achieved Firsts in both parts of the Tripos and was President of the Boat Club.
In 1923 he was elected a Bye-Fellow and joined the University Press as Assistant Printer.
In 1927 he returned to Magdalene as a Fellow and Tutor and Lecturer in Classics.
WWII - Temporary Administrative Officer, Air Ministry, 1940 - 44.
In 1942 he married Louise May Bywaters and they had two sons and a daughter.
Senior Tutor, 1945 - 1964
Director of Studies in Classics, 1945 - 1969
President, 1962 - 1967
He continued to interview admissions candidates after reaching the age of 70, and died in the middle of one such interview.
Obituary: College Magazine, No.13, 1968-69, pp. 1-5 (F. McD Turner)
Schwarz, Christoph (c. 1545-1592), painter