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English engraver. Pupil of the celebrated mezzotint engraver Samuel William Reynolds (1773–1835).

Educated at St Paul's and matriculated from Trinity College in 1905.
He came to Magdalene to teach history (his main field being sixteenth-century economic history) and was elected a Fellow in 1910.
He was a Tutor from 1927 to 1945 and President of the College from 1951 to 1957.
Appointed University Lecturer in History in 1926.

Unsuccessfully contested the Cambridge constituency seat as a Liberal in the 1924 Election. Warden of Madingley Hall, 1954 - 1961.

Obituary: College Magazine, No. 12, 1967-68 pp. 2-6 (F. McD C Turner)

Mentioned by George Mallory in letter to his wife Ruth Mallory

Educated at Pembroke College. Lecturer in Natural Sciences at Magdalene, and University Demonstrator in Chemistry, from 1931. Made a Fellow in 1938.
Research on chemical warfare during the war, working on various ‘ nerve gases’; and after the war a regional scientific adviser on Civil Defence.
Director of Studies in Natural Sciences and Medicine, 1931-1973. Praelector or Deputy Praelector, 1949-1978. President, 1967-1973. Senior Proctor, 1943-1944.

Further reading:
Obituary: College Magazine No. 28 (1983–84) pp. 1-3 (P. J. Grubb)
Article: 'The Chemistry of B. C. Saunders', College Magazine, No. 56 (2011–12), p. 64-68

Alwyn Faber Scholfield was educated at Eton College and then studied Classics at King's College Cambridge. After graduating, he travelled and taught for a year at Eton. He worked in Cambridge University Library on classical and early printed books in 1911–12 and in 1913 he went to Calcutta as keeper of the records of the Government of India and officiating librarian of the Imperial Library, Calcutta. From 1919 to 1923 he was librarian at Trinity College, Cambridge. He was elected librarian of the University of Cambridge in 1923, and held that post until 1949. During his tenure he supervised the removal of the library from Old Schools to its current site and managed it on restricted resources during the Second World War.

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)

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.

American novelist.

Belgian physician and surgeon. Took part in the Battle of Waterloo as a doctor. Professor at the Université Libre de Bruxelles.