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Hills, Edward (1813-1866), College cook
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1813-1866
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Succeeded Charles Prosser as College cook in 1846.
Edward Hills of Littleport.
1851 census – listed as a cook (that is, caterer) employing three men and two women, and living at 6 Magdalene Street.
1861 census - lived at 8 Magdalene Street, and is listed as ‘Master Cook’, employing four men.
His houses stood in the row that was demolished for street-widening in the early twentieth century. Today, their foundations lie under the Master’s front garden and Benson Hall.
Hills died in 1866, aged about 53.
Hills was succeeded by John Hobson.
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'Magdalene‘s Cooks and their Plates' by Tom Licence, College Magazine, No. 67, 22-23