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Gascoigne, Bamber (1935-2022), television presenter and Honorary Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
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Arthur Bamber Gascoigne, CBE, FRSL
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Dates of existence
24 January 1935 – 8 February 2022
History
Educated at Eton and Magdalene College. While still an undergraduate, his show 'Share my lettuce' was performed in the West End (1957-1958); meanwhile he took a double first in the English Tripos. He might have then become a Research Fellow, but instead went to Yale as a Commonwealth Fund Fellow (1958-1959). Author, theatre-critic, broadcaster; and publisher of scholarly editions of nineteenth-century prints; best known as TV presenter of 'University Challenge', 1962-1987. Sandars Reader in Bibliography, Cambridge, 1993-1994. Honorary Fellow, 1996. Co-founder and editor-in-chief of 'www.historyworld.net' (2000).
College Magazine
Obituary by James Raven, College Magazine, No. 66 (2021-22), pp. 20-25