Magdalene College AtoM

Stepney [née Pollok], Lady Catherine (1778–1845), novelist

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23 December 1778 - 14 April 1845

Sigourney, Lydia Howard (1791-1865), poet

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1791-1865

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.

Sedgwick, Catharine (1789-1867), novelist

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28 December 1789 - 31 July 1867

American novelist.

Davy, Sir Humphry (1778–1829), baronet, chemist and inventor

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17 December 1778 - 29 May 1829

Perkins, Cyrus (1778-1849), professor of anatomy and surgery

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1778-1849

Professor of anatomy and surgery at Dartmouth College.

Goche, Dr Barnaby, Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge

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c. 1568 - 29 January 1626

Master of Magdalene College, 1604-1626

Former undergraduate, admitted Pensioner in 1582. BA in 1587. Wray Fellow 1588.
He had been granted special dispensation to study civil law in 1591.

Wellmore, Edward (active 1834-1867), engraver

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active 1834-1867

Fox, Charles James (1749–1806), politician

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13 September 1749 - 24 January 1806

Whig politician.

Basilico, Andrew, King's Messenger

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King's Messenger from 1782-1813

Wellesley [née Caton], Marianne (1788-1853), Marchioness Wellesley, Lady of the bedchamber to the queen dowager Adelaide

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1788-1853

From 1830, Lady of the bedchamber to the queen dowager Adelaide.

Davies, William (d. 1820), bookseller

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d. 28 April 1820

Assistant to the elder Thomas Cadell (1742–1802), bookseller and publisher, when he was chosen by him in 1793 as a partner for his youthful son Thomas Cadell the younger (1773–1836) in the management of his business. From that time the business traded as Cadell and Davies, and Cadell the younger left the management of the business to his partner until Davies fell ill in 1813.

Talleyrand-Périgord, Charles Maurice de (1754-1838), Prince de Benevento and diplomat