A French sculptor. He was born in Lille, France, and died in Paris. He studied at the Accademia Albertina in Turin. One of his teachers was Odoardo Tabacchi. From 1885, Villanis lived in Paris and became one of the most productive sculptors towards the end of the 19th century. His female bronze busts, cast by the Society de Bronze de Paris, were exported all over the world from Paris, particularly to the United States. Today his sculptures can be found regularly in auctions.
French congressman.
Was a member of Magdalene from 1919 - 1922. He went on to become the Chairman of Shell-Mex and BP and for a brief period was Chairman of Governors at Sedburgh School. He was a close personla friend of Fairfax Scott, Frank Salter, and Owen Morshead. HIs son Michael and five other members of his family have attended Magdalene.
Duchess of Kent and mother of Queen Victoria. The fourth daughter of Franz Friedrich Anton (Francis), duke of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld (b. 1750), and his wife Augusta Caroline Sophia.
Daughter of Prince Ferdinand of Saxe-Coburg and Gotha and Maria Antonia Koháry de Csábrág.
Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and empress of India.
Son of John Verrall of Southover, Lewes, Sussex. Privately educated.
Admitted pensioner, Magdalene College in 1880 aged 23.
Educated at King’s College. Made a Fellow at Magdalene in 1900. Director of Studies in Classics, Senior Tutor, Praelector, President (1937-1946). A good Greek scholar, though a somewhat eccentric character, obsessed by all matters digestive.
Obituary - College Magazine, October 1956
Belgian lawyer and politician.
Professor Helen Vendler was an American academic, writer and literary critic. She was a professor of English language and history at Boston University, Cornell, Harvard, and other universities. Her academic focus was critical analysis of poetry and she studied poets from Shakespeare and George Herbert to modern poets such as Wallace Stevens and Seamus Heaney. Her technique was close reading, which she described as "reading from the point of view of a writer".
She was the Parnell Fellow at Magdalene College from 1994-1995 and was elected as an Honorary Fellow in 1997.
Her portrait, by Mrs Mary Minifie, is the first of a female Fellow to hang in Hall (2024).
Belgian lawyer, banker and politician. Member of the Chamber of Representatives of Belgium.
Mayor of Brussels (1840-1841).
Minister of Justice (1841-1842).
Belgian lithographer.