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Belgian politician.

The Very Revd Professor Henry Chadwick was an undergraduate at Magdalene College on a music scholarship.

A leading historian of the early church, he was appointed Regius Professor at both the universities of Oxford and Cambridge. He was a noted supporter of improved relations with the Catholic Church, and a leading member of the Anglican–Roman Catholic International Commission. An accomplished musician, having studied music to degree level, he took a leading part in the revision and updating of hymnals widely used within Anglicanism, chairing the board of the publisher Hymns Ancient & Modern Ltd. for 20 years.

French lithographic printer, based in Paris.

Father and son publishers of the same name, the father b. in Cologne, and active in Paris from 1608-c.1666, the son c.1623-1694, who continued the business. Their products are impossible to distinguish, and are catalogued here under the one name.

Stearn and Sons took rowing photographs until 1970 when they joined with Eaden Lilley who then took over taking these photos. Jet Photographic then took up the work where Eaden Lilley left off. Please contact the proprietor is you need a copy of any photograph (https://jetphotographic.com)

Vincent Brooks, Day & Son was a major British lithographic firm most widely known for reproducing the weekly caricatures published in Vanity Fair magazine. The company was formed in 1867 when Vincent Brooks bought the name, good will and some of the property of Day & Son Ltd, which had gone into liquidation that year. The firm reproduced artwork and illustrations and went on to print many of the iconic London Underground posters of the twenties and thirties before being wound up in 1940.

Arthur Clutton-Brock was a lawyer and writer and friend of George Mallory and his wife Ruth. George and Ruth first met at a dinner held in the autumn of 1913 at the house of the Clutton-Brocks in Hindhead Road which wound up from the Wey Valley towards Charterhouse where George was teaching. Ruth lived with her father and two sisters at Westbrook, an elegant mansion, on the far side of the Wey Valley.

He was married to Evelyn who was also a friend of both George Mallory and his wife Ruth.