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Smyth, Henry (c.1577-1642), Master of Magdalene
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c.1577 - 1642
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Master of Magdalene, 1626-1642
Henry Smyth was a sizar at Trinity College, Cambridge.
BA in 1594 and DD in 1612.
He was chaplain to the Earl of Suffolk [Visitor] and parish priest in Hildersham.
He was Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge from 1626 until his death in 1642.
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1626 until 1627.
Prebendary of Lincoln from 1611 until 1629.
“Competent and diligent, if a little proud and abrasive, he was otherwise undistinguished and played virtually no part in the intrigues and arguments that dominated university politics on the eve of Civil War”. [History of Magdalene College, 1428-1988, By Cunich et al]