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English engraver.

Belgian politician, publicist and philanthropist.

Born in Helston, Cornwall in 1778, son of Edward
Schools - Helston and Shacklewell

Admitted sizar at Jesus College on 10 July 1794
Matriculated Michaelmas 1795; Scholar, 1796; B.A. 1799; M.A. 1802

Fellow of Magdalene, 1803; Tutor

Vicar of Bishopstone, Wilts., 1816
Vicar of Constantine, Cornwall, 1817-56
Prebendary of Salisbury

He married:
(1) Sophia
(2) 22 Nov, 1821, Catherine Groube, daughter of John Boulderson, of St Mawnan, and had issue

Died at Constantine on 25 Aug 1856

An English portrait painter. He was the most fashionable artist of his day, painting many leading society figures – including his artistic muse, Emma Hamilton, mistress of Lord Nelson.

British noblewoman.

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

Born in Willenhall, Staffordshire and was the son of an engineer.
Educated at West Bridgford Grammar School and Nottingham University.

In 1936 he moved to Cambridge where he taught for the University Correspondence College. He produced a number of editions for the University Tutorial Press.

In 1956, a chance meeting with John Stevens (Director of Studies at Magdalene) secured an invitation to supervise for the College.
1965 - became a Lecturer in English
1980 - he retired and was made a Fellow-Commoner

He met his first wife, Nell, at local meetings of young socialists during the 1930s. They married in 1936 and had two sons.
After her death in 1989 he married Penny Moffett.

He died in Girton in 2000.

Obituary in the College Magazine, 1999-2000, pp. 14-15

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)