Armitage, Sir Arthur Llewellyn (1916–1984), jurist and university administrator, was born on 1 August 1916 at Town Gate, Marsden, Yorkshire, the elder son of Kenyon Armitage (d. 1972), master draper of Oldham, and his wife, Lucy Amelia Beaumont (d. 1968). He attended ...
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Armitage, Sir Arthur Llewellyn (1916–1984), jurist and university administrator
Peter Stein
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Armstrong, Edward (1846–1928), historian and college administrator
Benjamin G. Kohl
Armstrong, Edward (1846–1928), historian and college administrator, was born at Tidenham vicarage, Gloucestershire, on 3 March 1846, the second son of John Armstrong DD (1813–1856) and his wife, Frances Whitmore (d. 1908). In 1853 his father was made the first bishop of ...
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Armstrong, Sir Thomas Henry Wait (1898–1994)
Maker: Walter Bird
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Sir Thomas Henry Wait Armstrong (1898–1994) by Walter Bird, 1968 © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Armstrong, Sir Thomas Henry Wait (1898–1994), organist and college administrator
Richard Stoker
Armstrong, Sir Thomas Henry Wait (1898–1994), organist and college administrator, was born on 15 June 1898 at Peterborough, the only son of Amos Ebenezer Armstrong (1878–1950), an organist and choirmaster, and his wife, Elizabeth Annie West, née Handford (1880–1939), a former headmistress. He had two younger sisters, ...
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Babington, Humphrey (bap. 1615, d. 1692), college administrator
Jon Parkin
Babington, Humphrey (bap. 1615, d. 1692), college administrator, was baptized on 5 November 1615 in the village of Cossington, Leicestershire, the younger of two sons of Adrian Babington, rector of that parish, and his wife, Margaret Cave. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge, as a sizar in 1634. He graduated BA in 1639, becoming a fellow of ...
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Baker, John (1677/8–1745), Church of England clergyman and college administrator
Thompson Cooper
revised by S. J. Skedd
Baker, John (1677/8–1745), Church of England clergyman and college administrator, was born in Burley, Rutland, the son of John Baker. He was admitted to Westminster School, on the foundation, in 1691, and thence elected to Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1695, aged seventeen. Having matriculated in 1696 he graduated BA in 1699 and proceeded MA (1702), BD (1709), and DD ...
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Beverley, John (1743–1827), university administrator
Thompson Cooper
revised by S. J. Skedd
Beverley, John (1743–1827), university administrator, was born in Norwich, where his father, William Beverley, was in the wine trade. Having been educated at Norwich School he matriculated from Christ's College, Cambridge, at Michaelmas 1764; he graduated BA in 1767 and proceeded MA in 1770. He was elected an esquire bedell of the university in 1770, through the influence of ...
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Blackburn, Hugh (1823–1909), mathematician and college administrator
A. J. Crilly
Blackburn, Hugh (1823–1909), mathematician and college administrator, was born on 2 July 1823 at Craigflower in Fife, the seventh and youngest son of the eight children of John Blackburn (1756–1840), Glasgow sugar merchant, and his wife, Rebecca Leslie (b. 1788), daughter of ...
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Bodington, Sir Nathan (1848–1911), Greek scholar and university administrator
G. S. Woods
revised by M. C. Curthoys
Bodington, Sir Nathan (1848–1911), Greek scholar and university administrator, born at Aston, Birmingham, on 29 May 1848, was the only son in a family of one son and one daughter of Jonathan Bodington (1794–1875), miller, and his wife, Anne Redfern (1818–1894). He entered ...
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Burrows, Christine Mary Elizabeth (1872–1959)
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Christine Mary Elizabeth Burrows (1872–1959) by unknown photographer Principal and Fellows of St Hilda's College, Oxford
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Burrows, Christine Mary Elizabeth (1872–1959), educationist and college head
R. F. Butler
revised by Margaret E. Rayner
Burrows, Christine Mary Elizabeth (1872–1959), educationist and college head, was born at New Street, Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire, on 4 January 1872. She was the only and posthumous child of Henry Parker Burrows (1833–1871), a partner in Langton Burrows Breweries, Maidenhead, and his wife, ...
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Burrows, Montagu (1819–1905)
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Montagu Burrows (1819–1905) by James Russell & Sons © National Portrait Gallery, London
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Burrows, Montagu (1819–1905), historian and university administrator
A. H. Johnson
revised by Peter R. H. Slee
Burrows, Montagu (1819–1905), historian and university administrator, born at Hadley, Middlesex, on 27 October 1819, was the third son of Lieutenant-General Montagu Burrows (1775–1848) and his wife, Mary Anne Pafford, eldest daughter of Joseph Larcom, captain RN, and sister of Sir Thomas Aiskew Larcom...
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Butterfield, (William) John Hughes, Baron Butterfield (1920–2000), medical researcher and university administrator
Robert Mahler
Butterfield, (William) John Hughes, Baron Butterfield (1920–2000), medical researcher and university administrator, was born on 28 March 1920 at 22 Yew Tree House, Station Road, Stechford, Birmingham, the son of William Hughes (Billy) Butterfield, engineer and businessman, and his wife, Doris, née Pritchard...
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Caine, Sir Sydney (1902–1991), colonial official and university administrator
Patricia M. Pugh
Caine, Sir Sydney (1902–1991), colonial official and university administrator, was born on 27 June 1902 at 58 Gresham Road, Hendon, London, the son of Harry Edward Caine, railway clerk, and his wife, Jane Harker, née Buckley. He was educated at Harrow county school...
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Chapman [née Bayley], Georgiana Charlotte Clive, Lady Chapman (1855–1941), college administrator
Janet Sondheimer
Chapman [née Bayley], Georgiana Charlotte Clive, Lady Chapman (1855–1941), college administrator, was born at 77 Cambridge Terrace, Paddington, London, on 11 May 1855, the daughter of Sir Edward Clive Bayley (1821–1884), Bengal civil servant, and his wife, Emily Anne Theophila Bayley (1830–1911)...
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Christopherson, Sir Derman Guy (1915–2000), engineer and university administrator
R. Hyam
Christopherson, Sir Derman Guy (1915–2000), engineer and university administrator, was born on 6 September 1915 in Plumstead, south-east London, the only son of the Revd Derman Christopherson (1875–c.1943), Church of England clergyman, and his wife, Edith Frances, née Leighton (c...
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Clark, John Willis (1833–1910), university administrator and antiquary
M. R. James
revised by John D. Pickles
Clark, John Willis (1833–1910), university administrator and antiquary, born at Cambridge on 24 June 1833, was the only child of Dr William Clark, professor of anatomy at Cambridge, and his wife, Mary Willis, sister of Robert Willis, Jacksonian professor. In 1847 he entered ...
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Combridge, John Theodore (1897–1986), mathematician and university administrator
Michael H. Price
Combridge, John Theodore (1897–1986), mathematician and university administrator, was born on 28 August 1897 at 5 Leopold Road, Brighton, the son of Daniel Thomas Combridge, a retired butcher, and his wife, Rhoda Rebecca Gardner. Educated at Brighton College (1912–17), he served in France...
