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Burnet, John Forbes (1910-1989), Bursar of Magdalene College, Cambridge
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- Jock Burnet
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Dates d’existence
1910-1989
Historique
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