Identity area
Type of entity
Person
Authorized form of name
Burnet, John Forbes (1910-1989), Bursar of Magdalene College, Cambridge
Parallel form(s) of name
- Jock Burnet
Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules
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Description area
Dates of existence
1910-1989
History
Educated at Christ’s College. Bursar of St George’s Choir School, Windsor.
Fellow, 1949-1989; Bursar, 1949-1977.
Director of A & C Black, publishers. For forty years editor of the Public and Preparatory Schools Yearbook/Independent Schools Yearbook. A bibliophile who was well read in the history of the Victorian church. The University Fives Courts are named after him.
Obituary by R. Hyam in the College Magazine vol. 34 (1989-90) pp 2-6