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Bright, Mynors (1818-1883), hebraist and President of Magdalene College, Cambridge
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1818 - 1883
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Son of the physician who first diagnosed Bright’s disease.
He matriculated from Magdalene College in 1835. Hebraist. The proctors resigned after his defence of an offending undergraduate, and their resignation was accepted by the Senate after a long discussion.
c. 1843 elected Fellow
1851 - 1872 Tutor
1853 - 1873 President of Magdalene College.
From middle-life, his mobility was impaired and he was confined to a sofa. He spent much of his time making a new transcription of the Pepys Diary of which he was the second editor. He was paralysed from 1880, having retired to London in 1873.
His benefaction to the College made possible the erection of Bright’s Building (1909).
Arms in Hall glass, W1.