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CELEBRATED '"' 
 CAMBRIDGE MEN 
 
 A.D. 1390—1908. 
 
 BY 
 
 C. G. GRIFFINHOOFE, M.A. 
 
 S. John's College, Cambridge. 
 
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PREFACE. 
 
 AN attempt has been made in the following pages 
 to furnish some account, at once chronological 
 and connected, of the many great men, famous 
 both in Church and State, who have been trained at 
 the University of Cambridge. 
 
 Some sort of idea is doubtless commonly held, that 
 certain *' worthies " were connected with certain colleges, 
 but the knowledge on such matters is, as a rule, vague 
 and indefinite, and far from being exact. The 
 endeavour, therefore, has been to give an ordered list 
 of famous men, now departed, arranged according to the 
 date at which they came to Cambridge, to record the college 
 or colleges with which they were connected, the friends 
 with whom they associated, the honours and positions 
 to which they attained in the University, and therewith 
 also to convey some brief account of the achievements 
 in later life for which they are renowned. 
 
 Viewed in this way, it is hoped that, for some, at 
 least, the story of the days that are past will gain in 
 clearness, and the doings of the men who once trod 
 the familiar courts will stand out in less uncertain light, 
 so that " he who runs may read," and may know how 
 great a part the Cambridge training has played in fitting 
 men to be good servants of the Kingdom and Empire. 
 To the list as presented, many names might still be 
 added ; the question of space has, however, had to be con- 
 sidered, and restraint to be exercisedso as to keep the 
 book within reasonable limits 
 
PREFACE. 
 
 The dates placed within brackets refer to the years 
 of the man's life. There is also prominently given the 
 name of the college to which he was attached, and the 
 year of matriculation thereat. In cases where high pre- 
 ferment at another college subsequently followed, the 
 name of that college, as well as the date, is given. 
 
 My thanks for many valuable hints are due to R. F. 
 Scott, M.A., Master of S. John's College, to Canon 
 C. H. W. Johns, LittD., Master of S. Catharine's 
 College, to E. W. Naylor, Mus.D., of Emmanuel College, 
 and to J. B. Sterndale-Bennett, of S. John's College. 
 
 C. G. G. 
 
 Cambridge, 
 
 August^ rgro. 
 
LET US NOW PRAISE FAMOUS MEN, AND OUR 
 FATHERS THAT CEGAT US." 
 
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 CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 While it must be difficult to state exactly how 
 the University of Cambridge took its rise, it may 
 with confidence be asserted that learning was con- 
 nected with Cambridge before the 13th century 
 opened. There were already stationed in the 
 town the secular Canons associated :with the 
 Church of S. Giles; there were also clergy con- 
 nected with the Church of S. Benet. In 11 12 the 
 Canons of St. Giles removed to Barnwell Priory, 
 and made a new and enlarged home. The 
 Nunnery of S. Rhadegund, on the spot where Jesus 
 College now stands, took its rise in 1133, and the 
 Hospital of S. John the Evangelist, with its body 
 of Augustinian Canons, was founded in 1135. 
 But the college system was not yet. In 1224 
 Franciscans settled on the present site of Sidney 
 Sussex. Fifty years later Dominicans took up 
 their abode on land now occupied by Emmanuel. 
 Soon after there Were Carmelites near the present 
 site of Queens', and the Augustinian Friars had 
 a house some way further East. These various 
 bodies seem to have been instrumental in foster- 
 ing learning. 
 
 Although, on the whole, it cannot be said 
 with truth that the University was the direct 
 outcome of monastic influence, it is, however. 
 
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 a fact, that the founding of the first College 
 at Cambridge was due to the love for education 
 and the general activity of a bishop of Ely. The 
 connection between subsequent occupants of the 
 See and the University has been close and event- 
 ful, and Cambridge owes much to their fostering 
 care in the past, and will, we doubt not, be under 
 a similar debt of gratitude in the future. 
 
 Hugh Balsham, born in the village of that 
 name, hard by Cambridge, entered in due course 
 the order of S. Benedict and was, in the year 
 1258, elected Bishop of Ely by the Benedictine 
 Monks who gathered round the monastery which 
 had been founded by Etheldreda in the fens. 
 
 The Bishop's rule was at once quiet and 
 prudent, and his desire for learned clergy led him 
 to try the experiment of incorporating a body of 
 secular scholars along with the professed AugusT 
 tinian regulars of the Hospital of S. John in 
 Cambridge. The plan proved a failure, and in 
 order to improve matters the secular scholars 
 were removed to another home in what is now 
 Trumpington Street. 
 
 Thus in 1284 was started the College known as 
 Peterhouse, which was later on provided with 
 statutes based on the model of those prevailing 
 at Merton College, Oxford. Balsham's new 
 foundation led the way for still further extension, 
 but the inception of the College system is really 
 due to the good bishop whose body rests before 
 the high altar in Ely Cathedral. 
 
 Forty years later Hervey de Stanton obtained 
 
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 from Edward II. leave to found, at Cambridge, 
 Michael House; this foundation, which is now 
 merged in Trinity College, was another step to- 
 wards the College system. In 1347 Pembroke 
 Hall was founded by Mary de Valence; in 1348, 
 a clergyman, Edmund Gonville, towards the clos- 
 ing days of his life obtained permission from 
 Edward III. to found a college near what is 
 now Freeschool Lane, in honour of the Annun- 
 ciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. The founda- 
 tion was known by the name of Gonville Hall. 
 
 While Edmund Gonville was carrying out his 
 conception of founding his college, William Bate- 
 man, an ecclesiastic who had been already trained 
 at the University in the study of Canon and Civil 
 Law, and who, by his knowledge of diplomacy, 
 hiad gained the favourable notice of the Roman 
 Pontiffs, was consecrated Bishop of Norwich by 
 Pope Clement VI. 
 
 As Bishop he encountered considerable trouble 
 owing to the prevalence of the disease known as 
 the " black death," a scourge which devastated 
 the Eastern Counties and seriously depleted the 
 number of Bateman's clergy. To remedy this 
 loss of men, and in thanksgiving for his own 
 preservation, he set himself to place at Cam- 
 bridge, in the early years of his episcopate, the 
 foundation of Trinity Hall. 
 
 Edmund Gonville had by this time died, and 
 Bateman acted as his executor. He removed 
 Gonville*s foundation to the present site of Gon- 
 ville and Caius. But he did more than this: he 
 
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 considerably altered the statutes of Gonville Hall, 
 and made them more like those of his own 
 foundation of Trinity Hall. In effect he thus 
 became the second founder of that College which 
 already bore the name of Gonville, and was in 
 due time to owe so much to the munificence of 
 Caius. 
 
 For Cambridge Bateman ever had a great 
 regard. Dying suddenly on the Continent, he 
 was buried before the high altar of Avignon 
 Cathedral, at a service over which the Patriarch 
 of Jerusalem presided. 
 
 More years passed by, and two confraternities 
 connected with Cambridge, the Guild of Corpus 
 Christi, and the Guild of the Blessed Virgin, 
 aided in starting what is now known as the Col- 
 lege of Corpus Christi. A little later the Coun- 
 tess of Clare enlarged a previously existing 
 Hall, and gave to us what is now known as 
 Clare College. 
 
 Cambridge was thus already endowed with 
 
 several useful foundations in working order, and 
 
 the fostering care of Peterhouse, Michael House, 
 
 Pembroke Hall, Gonville Hall, Trinity Hall, Cor- 
 
 pus Christi, and Clare Hall rapidly aided the 
 
 further advance of learning. 
 
 William Gonville's foundation was soon to prove its 
 
 Lyndewode usefulness. William Lyndewode, who obtained 
 
 (c. 1375-1446) his education there, became Fellow later on of 
 
 Gonville Hall p^nibroke. Being interested in ecclesiastical 
 
 affairs and in diplomatic work, he was treated 
 
 with much favour by Henry VI. and wrote a 
 
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 great compendium of Canon Law. As a good 
 
 lawyer and capable man of business, he 
 
 was raised to the Bishopric of S. David's, and 
 
 assisted largely in the foundation of Eton 
 
 College and of King's College, Cambridge. By 
 
 his will his body was buried in the Chapel of 
 
 S. Stephen, at the Palace of Westminster, where 
 
 he had been consecrated. During excavations 
 
 on the spot in January, 1852, the body of a man 
 
 was found, and by it lay a crozier: the remains, 
 
 which were probably those of Lyndewode, were 
 
 removed to the north cloister of the Abbey.* 
 
 The founding of the college of S. Catharine Eobert 
 
 was due to the care and enthusiasm of Robert Wodelarke 
 
 Wodelarke, who, as Provost for 27 years of the ^J''^,"^^]^^^ 
 
 King s 1441 
 neighbouring foundation of King's College, had 
 
 been largely instrumental, as master of the works 
 
 there, in bringing about the building of the mag- 
 
 niticent chapel, so well known as one of the chief 
 
 treasures of Cambridge. 
 
 Thomas Rotherham, who probably had been Thomas 
 
 at Eton, and was one of the original Fellows of Rotherham 
 
 Kinar's College, rose to high rank in Church and \ " ' _/' 
 
 ^ ° ° Kmg s 1444 
 
 State. Chosen for the Bishopric of Rochester, pe^^broke 
 
 he later on passed to Lincoln, and finally became 1480. 
 
 Archbishop of York and Chancellor of England. 
 
 For a time he fell under the displeasure of those 
 
 in power, owing to his support of the Queen 
 
 Ehzabeth Wydeville, and was imprisoned for a 
 
 short period. His connexion with the University 
 
 * Stanley, *« Westminster Abbey," p. 309. 
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 was noteworthy : he became Master of Pembroke 
 
 in 1480 and Chancellor of the University. The 
 
 building of the Library frontage of that period 
 
 was due to him, and Great S. Mary's Church 
 
 profited by his zeal for restoration. He greatly 
 
 benefited his native town of Rotherham, and 
 
 both there and in Cambridge is remembered for 
 
 his learning, humility, and nobility of character. 
 
 He lies buried in York Minster. 
 
 Jolin Alcock John Alcock, who was a friend of Rotherham, 
 
 (1430-1500) entered the University about the middle of the 
 c 1448 
 
 fifteenth century. He was destined to leave a 
 great name as the virtual founder of Jesus 
 College. Trained, as he was, at Beverley Gram- 
 mar School, it may have been that the ideal 
 beauty of the great Minster of that town left a 
 strong impression on his mind; certainly in all 
 he did in later years the excellence of his know- 
 ledge of ecclesiastical architecture, and of his 
 artistic taste, stood him in good stead. The 
 episcopal palace at Ely, and Great S. Mary's at 
 Cambridge, were restored by him, and the beauti- 
 ful chantry which he constructed in the north 
 choir aisle of Ely Cathedral, where he lies 
 buried, is regarded as a treasure by all ecclesi- 
 ologists. He was highly esteemed by Henry 
 VH., and, together with Fisher, Colet, and 
 Rotherham, was a real and sensible reformer. 
 He held successively the Sees of Rochester, 
 Worcester, and Ely, and was twice Lord Chan- 
 cellor; and as Bishop of Ely founded the college 
 at Cambridge which has such a great name, and 
 
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 from the beauty of its buildings and the charm 
 of its grounds gained the well-known appreciation 
 of James I. His life was closely linked with 
 that of Rotherham: for a time, in 1474, they 
 conjointly held the post of Lord Chancellor, and 
 Alcock succeeded to the See of Rochester when 
 Rotherham vacated it. Both were Yorkshiremen 
 and connected with Beverley, and both died in 
 the same year. 
 
 Another of those men who seem to have an Nicholas 
 innate love for architecture and church-building West 
 came to King's in 1477. Nicholas West had (H61-1533) 
 been at Eton, and is said to have been the son i'^ing'si477. 
 of a Putney tradesman. He became Fellow, and 
 was later in life largely taken up with diplomatic 
 work, for which he had a great taste and apti- 
 tude. Born with a love of pomp, this great man 
 became Dean of Windsor and afterwards Bishop 
 of Ely. He was in close intimacy with Bishop 
 Fisher, Sir Thomas More, and Cardinal Wolsey, 
 and is remembered as having built the " West " 
 Chapel in his Cathedral. 
 
 The Rede lecture is one of the looked-f or Sir Robert 
 events of the May Term. Sir Robert Rede, who Rede 
 founded it,* was at Buckingham (Magdalene) Col- ( ? -1519) 
 lege, and later Fellow of King's Hall (Trinity), Magd.c.l477. 
 and he rose to be Chief Justice of the Common 
 Pleas. Great men have lectured on his founda- 
 tion, among them Owen, Willis, Airy, Tyndall, 
 Thomson, Ruskin, Max Miiller, Norman Lockyer, 
 E. A. Freeman, Tait, Samuel Baker, Henry Maine, 
 Dr. Birch, Clerk Maxwell, and Henry Irving. 
 
 * The original Lectures have undergone some modification. 
 
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 John Fisher John Fisher is one of whose memory Cam- 
 
 (c. 1459-1535) bridge is justly proud. A Yorkshireman, and 
 
 Michael probably, like Alcock, educated at Beverley, 
 
 , .oA sometime about 1480 he entered Michael House, 
 0. 1480. ^ 
 
 and became Fellow and Senior Proctor. The 
 Mastership was soon after conferred upon him, 
 and he became Vice-Chancellor and Confessor 
 to Margaret, Countess of Richmond, mother of 
 Henry VH. Fisher did much to put new life 
 into Cambridge: accepting the Margaret Profesr 
 sorship of Divinity, which had just been founded 
 by his pious and far-seeing patroness, he soon 
 became Chancellor of the University, a post 
 which he held for life, and also was appointed 
 Bishop of Rochester. His connexion with Cam- 
 bridge continued, although he held the Bishopric, 
 for we find him shortly after accepting the 
 Presidentship of Queens', and taking interest in 
 Margaret's desire to found Christ's College. 
 Henry VH. passed away in 1509: Fisher 
 preached his funeral sermon in S. Paul's : and to 
 the regret of all the Lady Margaret herself 
 died only three months later. It had been her 
 eager wish before she died to found S. John's. 
 Fisher carried out her desire, and, in place of the 
 suppressed Hospital of S. John, the College was 
 duly started in 151 1, and some fellowships were 
 endowed by Fisher himself. For Wolsey, Fisher 
 had a qualified approv^al, but with true desire 
 for the welfare of Cambridge, and as a means 
 to gain Court influence for the University, he 
 offered to resign the Chancellorship if Wolsey 
 
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 would take it. The offer, however, was refused. 
 It was Fisher who induced Erasmus to come to 
 the University; it was he who supported the 
 study of Greek, and even went so far as to learn 
 the language, although advanced in life; it was 
 he who was in favour of wise ecclesiastical reform 
 and yet remained convinced of the value of 
 Papal rule; it was he who saw difficulties ahead 
 in some of the reformed doctrines, and desired 
 in all things to avoid dangerous extremes; it 
 was he who advised Convocation, when accepting 
 the fact of the royal supremacy over the Church, 
 to insert the explanation " so far as is allowable 
 by the law of God: " and owing to the strictly 
 conscientious line which he pursued, he felt 
 obliged to oppose Henry's divorce and re- 
 marriage. Trouble gathered round him late in 
 life: together with More he was charged with 
 treason and imprisoned in the Tower, and his 
 library, which might have been of such value to 
 Cambridge men, was confiscated. He suffered 
 in health during his confinement, and, to their 
 honour be it said, the Fellows of S. John's, 
 scorning the danger which might ensue, wrote 
 to condole with their revered benefactor. The 
 end came quickly — the offer of a Cardinal's hat 
 to the worthy Bishop inflamed the King, who 
 is reported to have said, " the Pope might give 
 Fisher a hat, but he would take care he had no 
 head to put it on." He was beheaded, and 
 buried in the Church of S. Peter ad Vincula in 
 the Tower. So passed away one of the best of 
 
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 Cambridge men, not supremely great perhaps, 
 but sincere and single-souled, given over to love 
 of learning, governed always by good motives, 
 and desirous all his life to be true to his calling, 
 and to serve his fellow-men. 
 Cnthbert After residing for a time at Balliol College, 
 
 Tunstall Oxford, Cuthbert Tunstall, the Yorkshireman, 
 (H74-1559) came to Cambridge, and was enrolled at King's 
 Kings Hall j^^j| (afterwards Trinity). He held a foremost 
 ""^^^ position in England, and while strongly in favour 
 of reform, never lost his head, and stood out 
 as one of the most sensible of those who had to 
 do with the changes of the Reformation period. 
 He was the friend of War ham, Erasmus, and 
 More, and was rapidly raised first to the Deanery 
 of Salisbury and then to the Bishoprics of Lon- 
 don and Durham. He was very widely respected, 
 and had much to do with the Six Articles, and 
 also with the Bishops' Bible, which was published 
 in English in 1541. A genuine churchman, he 
 yet, owing to his belief in the kingly power, went 
 a long way in accepting the various changes 
 which Henry was forcing on; his learning on 
 questions of theology was great, and he published 
 a treatise on the Sacrament of Christ's body and 
 blood. On the King's death trouble arose: the 
 Bishop had consented to all that Henry wished, 
 but his belief in the royal prerogative was 
 strained by the vagaries of Edward, and he 
 was placed in the Tower and deprived of his 
 See. Under Mary he once more found free- 
 dom, but he refused to agree to the Queen's 
 
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 desire for the persecution of Protestants; under 
 Elizabeth also he conscientiously refused to 
 consecrate Parker, whom the Queen desired 
 should be Archbishop of Canterbury, and he was 
 once again deprived and imprisoned, under mild 
 rule, at Lambeth, where he died and was buried. 
 He is remembered as a prelate of unstained 
 character and acknowledged wisdom, who 
 throughout adhered firmly to what he believed 
 to be right. 
 
 Gardiner occupied an important position under Stephen 
 the Tudor dynasty, and was for a time much .^^l^^ll. 
 in Henry's favour. Fellow, and subsequently ^^.^jjyjjall 
 Master of Trinity Hall, a post which he held for ^ ^^q^. 
 24 years, he was also, during part of the time. 
 Rede Lecturer in the University, and was the 
 friend of Wolsey and Erasmus. His scholarly 
 attainments were considerable: both in the work 
 of translating the Scriptures into English and in 
 the carrying out of judicious reforms his help 
 was of great service, but in public matters he 
 seemed to waver and to display a want of 
 stability of character. At first he was in favour 
 of renouncing the Papal supremacy, and looked 
 with a favourable eye on Henry's contemplated 
 divorce: but events moved too rapidly for his 
 liking, and he began to take up a more conser- 
 vative position. To the King his advice, as 
 Bishop of Winchester, was often of great value; 
 his hand was possibly to be seen in the drawing 
 up of the Six Articles, and after Wolsey's fall, 
 in the endeavour to save from utter destruction 
 
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CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 the colleges founded by the Cardinal. Succeed- 
 ing Cromwell as Chancellor of Cambridge 
 University, he took up a cautious line aad 
 found himself in opposition to Sir John Cheke 
 on the question of the pronunciation of Greek, 
 and thereby somewhat retarded learning. In Ed- 
 ward's reign he fell on evil days; the posts he 
 held were taken from him, and it was not until 
 Mary came to the throne that he was restored to 
 the Mastership. His learning often proved 
 his safeguard: he certainly assented to most 
 that Mary wished, and was her Lord High Chan- 
 cellor; but he interceded for Cranmer and 
 Northumberland, tried to save Peter Martyr, the 
 Oxford professor, from imprisonment, helped to 
 some extent Smith, who had been tutor to 
 Edward VI., and also his friend Ascham, and is 
 said to have used at least some influence in 
 trying to save Frith, his old pupil, and Bradford, 
 from burning. It is also to be remembered that 
 he used considerable discretion in advising Mary 
 as to the need of caution, and in withstanding 
 many of the desires of Pole. Towards the close 
 of his life, however, he became more of a 
 reactionary, and seemed to detest all idea of 
 reform; he did not scruple to declare Elizabeth 
 illegitimate, and with his dying words regretted 
 that he had ever joined in the revolt against 
 Papal supremacy. 
 Sir William Gonville's foundation was instrumental in 
 (c. 1485-1545) training a most capable man in the person of 
 
 ^°"'''?J^.'^^" Butts. He was popular as a doctor, and held 
 c. 1503. 
 
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 CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 the post of Court physician. Anne Boleyn, Jane 
 Seymour, Princess Mary, and Wolsey were 
 among his patients: he was also in the close 
 friendship of Cranmer, Cheke, and Latimer, and 
 known to all the important people of the time. 
 
 Almost at the same date as Gardiner, Thomas Thomas 
 Cranmer came to Cambridge. He became Fel- Cranmer 
 low of Jesus, and passed altogether about 25 ^^ \^^J 
 years at the University. As to the merits of 
 his character, opinions have all along differed, 
 and while some regard him as a martyr for the 
 right, others look upon him as a weak and 
 vacillating man. A just estimate probably re- 
 gards him as a curious blend of strength and 
 weakness, of far-seeing wisdom and of weak- 
 kneed temporizing, of signal piety and of 
 deplorable connivance in evil courses. Whatever 
 his true character was, he played an important 
 part in England's history. His early marriage 
 to a lady living in Cambridge necessitated the 
 loss of his Fellowship, but the society at Jesus 
 quickly re-elected him when at the end of a 
 year he became a widower. For a time he held 
 the post of reader at Buckingham (Magdalene) 
 College, and early in 1528 he began to attract 
 the notice of Henry VHL His suggestion that 
 the monarch should settle the difficulties as to 
 his divorce from Catharine of Aragon by an 
 appeal to the Universities was gratifying to the 
 King's mind, and in consequence Cranmer's rise 
 was rapid. As Archbishop he again displayed 
 devotion to the cause of the new learning, 
 
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 together with constant change of his own theo- 
 logical position, and, while longing for freedom, 
 he seemed to be hopelessly subservient to the 
 royal will. General opinion cannot be said to 
 approve of his action with regard to the trial of 
 Catharine, or of his wavering testimony as to 
 the validity of the marriage of Anne Boleyn, or 
 of his subsequent procedure with regard to Anne 
 of Cleves and Catharine Howard. He consented 
 to the burning of several so-called " heretics," 
 and agreed to the imprisonment of Gardiner, an 
 old Cambridge man. His doings at Oxford are 
 well known: after signing seven recantations he 
 finally proclaimed a recantation of these recan- 
 tations, and with a sudden determination thrust 
 his hand, " the member that had offended," into 
 the burning flame, and so died. On the other 
 hand, there are those who see in him a fitting 
 instrument for performing necessary but unpalat- 
 able work at a difficult time. " He alone, so 
 far as we know," writes Mr. Pollard, " tried to 
 save the monks of Sion from the block : he alone 
 interceded for Fisher and More, for Anne Boleyn 
 and for the Princess Mary, for Thomas Cromwell 
 and Bishop Tunstall. He told Henry VHI. that 
 he had offended God, and Cromwell that the 
 Court was setting an evil example. He main- 
 tained, almost unaided, a stubborn fight against 
 the Act of Six Articles, and resisted longer than 
 anyone else the Duke of Northumberland's plot. 
 He refused to fly before danger at Mary's acces- 
 sion, and for two and a half years withstood, 
 
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 without flinching, the pressure of a sixteenth 
 century prison. If then, for a month, he wavered 
 between his duty to the State and that to his 
 conscience : if, finally, he tried to concede that 
 impossible change of belief which his inquisitors 
 required, he redeemed his fall by a heroism in 
 the hour of death to which history can find 
 few parallels/'* Undoubtedly Cranmer was ex- 
 tremely learned, he knew Latin, Greek, Hebrew, 
 French and Italian; much of his work done for 
 the Church was very popular and statesmanlike, 
 and has stood the test of time. He was 
 thoroughly loved, his greatest enemies speak of 
 him as a generous foe, and he never courted 
 wealth ; but the darker episodes of his life are like 
 flies in the ointment, and spoil the fair promise of 
 his character. He can hardly be ranked as 
 among the greatest and best of the Reformers. 
 *'He was at once," says Macaulay, ''a divine and a 
 courtier," and it was this attempted combination 
 of the two characters which spoiled his life. 
 
 It is doubtful whether Thomas Audley, who Thomas, 
 became Baron Audley, of Walden, and Lord Lord Audley 
 Chancellor of England, was really a student at °^ Jff.? 
 Magdalene, but the College was, later on, greatly ^^^^^^^^ 
 altered and almost reformed by him. An Essex ^ ^5^3 
 man, he early passed into close connection with 
 the Court, and rapidly rose to eminence, first 
 as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, and 
 then as Speaker of the House of Commons. The 
 question of Sir T. More came before him, as 
 * A. F. Pollard " Thomas Cranmer," p. 328. 
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 also the trials of Bishop Fisher and Anne Boieyn. 
 
 At the dissolution he received grants of several 
 
 monasteries, among them being that of Walden, 
 
 in the church of which town he lies buried. He 
 
 can hardly be regarded as a great character, 
 
 but his name is widely remembered. 
 
 EichardCroke f Richard Croke, who was at Eton and at King's, 
 
 (1489-1558) did much in the course of his life to carry on 
 
 King's 1506. ^Yie work to which Erasmus was to give such 
 
 impetus at Cambridge. Made Fellow at S. John's, 
 
 and also Public Orator, he gained notoriety by 
 
 his Greek lectures. More, Linacre, and Fisher 
 
 were among his friends, though it cannot be said 
 
 that he behaved well to the last. At Henry's 
 
 instigation he undertook, some said by bribery, 
 
 to obtain from various seats of learning statements 
 
 which should be favourable to the royal divorce. 
 
 Hugh Ashton Hugh Ashton, who began his career at Oxford, 
 
 (c. 1480-1522) and came to S. John's, has left behind a revered 
 
 S. John's name. He ably seconded all the efforts made 
 
 ^" ■ by Margaret Tudor for the good of the College, 
 
 and himself established there several Fellowships. 
 
 He became Archdeacon of York in 1516. His 
 
 monument is still in the College Chapel, marked 
 
 by the curious crest or rebus which he chose as 
 
 representing his name. 
 
 Thomas Visitors to Ely may possibly have noticed in 
 
 Goodrich the Cathedral a somewhat ornate brass to the 
 
 ( ? -1554) memory of Bishop Goodrich, who was also Lord 
 
 orp. r. Chancellor. He is reputed to have been for 
 c. 1510. . . 
 
 1 1510 ^ time connected with Corpus Christi, ajid 
 
 was made Fellow of Jesus, and served the office 
 
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 of Proctor. Wolsey recognised his merit, and 
 he was consulted as to the legaUty of the royal 
 marriage with Catharine. He became Chaplain 
 to the King, and was consecrated to the See of 
 Ely. He had leanings to the reformed doctrines, 
 and joined in compiling the Bishops' Book, or 
 the " Godly and Pious Institution of a Christian 
 Man." His well-balanced mind found scope as 
 one of the Commissioners named by the King 
 for the visitation of Cambridge, and further as 
 one of the framers of the First Book of Common 
 Prayer. He knew exactly how far in his own 
 mind he thought it safe for the Reformation to 
 go, and his caution was of great service. Mary 
 deprived him of his Lord Chancellorship, to 
 which he had been appointed in 1551, as she 
 resented his apparent preference for Lady Jane 
 Grey. Goodrich died, however, duly possessed 
 of the Bishopric of Ely. The episcopal palace 
 at Ely was largely restored under his direction. 
 
 S. Edward's Church, where Latimer preached Hugh Latimer 
 his stirring sermons, is still with us. He had (c 1485-1555) ' 
 been Fellow of Clare and one of the Twelve ^^^"^^^^ ^^^°- 
 Preachers of the University, and also carried 
 the University cross in processions. Gradually 
 the new learning more and more attracted him, 
 and his eagerness for reform became widely 
 known; his approval of the royal divorce pro- 
 cured for him Court favour, and he was quickly 
 made Bishop of Worcester. His sturdy manli- 
 ness and belief in practical Christianity made 
 him become the foe of every abuse: wonder- 
 
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CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN 
 
 working images and miraculous relics excited his 
 wrath, and he determined to do away with all 
 such things and expose the deception, if decep- 
 tion there was. He was hardly born for the 
 purple: his eagerness made him too ready to 
 undo; he would have succeeded better, possibly, 
 as a simple clergyman. Wisely recognizing that 
 he was little suited for a bishop, when the Six 
 Articles were promulgated, he found he had 
 travelled too far on the road of reform to accept 
 them, and resigned his See without regret. Then 
 his sermons became almost coarse in their 
 strenuous denunciation, and his fiery appeals 
 possibly overshot the mark. Mary's accession 
 boded him no good; together with Ridley and 
 Cranmer he went to Oxford to defend himself. 
 The day of execution came : he embraced Ridley 
 and spoke of the candle he was about to hght, 
 and then, infirm and bent with age, met his 
 death by fire. Latimer was one who lived when 
 strong measures were needed — " he acknow- 
 ledged the Catholic Church," he said, " but not 
 the Romish part of it," and he appealed to 
 the next General Council in support of his 
 views. For him the old state of things seemed 
 to obscure the truth and to cloud the beauty of 
 the Christian life; he longed for fresh air and 
 light; for liberty to get out of the groove in 
 which alone, it seemed to him, the Church per- 
 mitted her members to walk. His line was, as 
 he said, " a revolt against the schoolmen and 
 such tomfooleries " ; and so he struck for free- 
 
 i8 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 dom. Deeply religious and a great worker, of 
 uncouth appearance and homely speech, he 
 contended in a bold and intrepid way, like a pro- 
 phet of old, for the right, and carried through with 
 a strong hand the work he felt constrained to do. 
 
 Thomas Bilney, the man of tender heart and Thomas 
 scrupulous conscience, who died at the stake, Bilney 
 
 •, J T^ • • TT 11 T -r r (c. 1495-1531) 
 
 was an undergraduate at Trinity Hall. Lite for . 
 him was no bed of roses. Stirred to his soul's ^ ^^^^ 
 depth b}^ religious fervour in early manhood, he 
 came under the teaching of Erasmus, but yet, 
 while he accepted additional light, clung closely 
 to the truths he learned from the teaching of 
 the Church. He abjured his Lutheran convic- 
 tions later on, then doubted whether he had 
 done right, and finally was burnt at Norwich for 
 heresy. That this quiet-minded man, with his 
 refined and reasonable desire for the reform of 
 abuses, should have met with a hard death may 
 well sadden us, but his was only the lot of many. 
 He was intimate with Latimer and Parker, and 
 the Latin Bible used by him is preserved in the 
 library of Corpus Christi College. 
 
 Erasmus, who was born at Rotterdam, was for Desiderius 
 years renowned as a great man of letters. Erasmus 
 Trained at Utrecht, Deventer, and Gouda, he U 467-1536) 
 was destined for the monastic career : but, finding 
 the life uncongenial, he accepted an offer which 
 eventually led to his being placed at the great 
 University of Paris. He liked this no better, 
 and so removed to Oxford, where he knew 
 Colet and Linacre, and subsequently More, 
 
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 Fisher, Latimer, and Cranmer. Then he returned 
 to Paris, but came again to England with a 
 great literary name. He published the " Praise 
 of Folly," which, according to Milton, 
 was in the hands of everyone at Cambridge, and 
 to Cambridge he eventually removed, and resided 
 in the small triangular court at Queens'. By 
 Fisher's help he became Margaret Professor, 
 and he was also Professor of Greek. Living still 
 constantly abroad, he published his most famous 
 work, " CoUoquia," which was a series of 
 attacks on the Monastic Orders. His Greek 
 Testament, brought out about the year 1516, and 
 probably while Tyndale was in residence, first 
 led the way to a critical editing of the New 
 Testament. Of refined thought and delicate 
 mental fibre, he did much for the Reformation, 
 and yet a true Reformer he never was. The 
 teaching of the extreme Protestant school raised 
 his contempt just as much as did the obscur- 
 antism of the schoolmen. A born critic, and 
 of scholarly habit, he kept conspicuously aloof 
 from the coarser methods of controversy, and 
 yet, by his scholarly lucidity, incited others on to 
 the keenness of party strife. He may be said to 
 have given a new tone to the whole of theological 
 learning by his methods; but although an advo- 
 cate of reform, his nature was too refi.ned to allow 
 of his taking up an extreme line. His favourite 
 walk is still shewn at Queens'. 
 
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CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Miles Coverdale, widely known as the first Miles 
 translator of the Bible into English, after being Coverdale 
 connected with the house of the Auerustinian ^^^^-i^^^) 
 
 c 1514 
 Friars in the University, took a degree in law, 
 
 in 1 531, and studied philosophy and theology. 
 
 Of quiet, studious habits and upright character, 
 
 he became quite an important person in England. 
 
 As life went on he leaned more than at first to 
 
 Protestant views. He was intimate with Cranmer, 
 
 T. Cromwell, and Grindal, and after being Bishop of 
 
 Exeter for two years was deprived by Queen Mary. 
 
 Training and natural bent fitted Sir Thomas sir Thomas 
 
 Wyatt for high diplomatic work. Educated at Wyatt 
 
 S, John's, he did good service for the State, and ^^'- 1503-1542) 
 
 to some extent controlled the King. He had been 
 
 ^ c. 1517. 
 
 brought into contact with Anne Boleyn, and 
 
 eventually, as did many in those days, fell unddr 
 
 the royal frown and was imprisoned. Some of 
 
 his poems remain, which are chiefly in the form 
 
 of love songs. 
 
 We shall probably never know the full extent John Island 
 
 of the loss to literature which resulted from the (c. 1506-1552) 
 
 enforced scattering of the monastic libraries in "^^ ^ 
 
 England. A tew precious manuscripts saved, 
 
 here and there, from destruction, give sad 
 
 evidence of the way in which much good material 
 
 must have been allowed to pass away, never to 
 
 be regained. Some men there were at the time 
 
 who saved what they could: one of them was 
 
 John Leland, who, after being at S. Paul's 
 
 School, matriculated at Christ's. Holding later 
 
 on the post of " King's Antiquary," together 
 
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CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 with several livings, he made it his business to 
 gather from the whole of England all the infor- 
 mation he could about all things. He was a 
 master in the art of collecting facts, and was 
 helped in his work by Cranmer. His great work, 
 *' Collectanea," is now in the Bodleian. All the 
 noted antiquarian writers since his time, Stow, 
 Camden, Dugdale, owe much to the care and 
 interest with which he did his work. 
 Nicholas Pembroke provided a home for Ridley — 
 
 Ridley another of the foremost Reformers. Born of 
 (c. 1500- 555) g^^ J family at Newcastle, and a competent 
 Pembroke ^ , , , , , j , 
 
 .--J, Greek scholar at an early age, he graduated as 
 
 4th Wrangler, and became Fellow. For a time 
 he travelled, and then returned to Cambridge 
 to be proctor, Chaplain of the University, and 
 Master of his College. Appointed Vicar of 
 Soham, and then raised to be Bishop of Roches- 
 ter, two years later he was one of the officials 
 for the visitation of Cambridge, and read a 
 learned judgment advocating the Reformation. 
 Consistently in favour of the new learning, and 
 the friend of Cranmer and Peter Martyr, he 
 avoided extreme statements, and aimed at being 
 a wise and instructed Reformer. He was en- 
 gaged in drawing up the First Book of Common 
 Prayer, and was one of the commissioners 
 for depriving Gardiner, the Bishop of Winchester, 
 and a former Master of Trinity Hall, and also 
 Bonner — whom he eventually succeeded in the 
 See of London. In all his ways he was a 
 gentleman ; when the Evangelical party in Cam- 
 
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CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 bridge wanted, a few years ago, a worthy name 
 for their new foundation, they called it Ridley 
 Hall, and they were wise in their choice. The 
 good Bishop played the gentleman's part in 
 behaving admirably to the relatives of the de- 
 prived Bonner; he urged the incautious Hooper 
 to greater moderation; he helped on at the 
 same time the two Cambridge men, Bradford 
 and Rogers, who were eventually put to death; 
 he scolded the King's courtiers who fattened on 
 the spoils of monasteries; and his defence of the 
 poor helped largely to bring about the founda- 
 tion of those London institutions of which we 
 are proud at the present day, the Hospitals of 
 Christ, S. Thomas, and S. Bartholomew. He 
 took the unwise step of advocating the cause of 
 Lady Jane Grey, and in consequence found him- 
 self in prison and Bonner installed in his See. 
 He was at this time drawing closer to the 
 reformed position, and shortly he was forced to 
 Oxford along with Cranmer and Latimer. Two 
 Cambridge " heads," Glyn, of Queens', and 
 Watson, of S. John's, were among his judges. 
 Trial after trial befell him, as well as eighteen 
 months of prison life ; then, excommunicated and 
 degraded, he passed to the stake. His Patristic 
 knowledge, his able scholarship, and the modera- 
 tion which, as a refined and educated churchman, 
 he displayed, were unavailing to gain a hearing 
 for him; the times were out of joint, it was the 
 day of brutal measures, party spirit ruled in 
 place of reason, and thus the end came. 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 John Bedman Redman, the relative of Tunstall, was Fellow 
 (1499-1551) of S. John's, Public Orator, and Margaret Pro- 
 S. John's fessor. When King's Hall was dissolved he 
 ^" ^^^^" became first Master of Trinity: he is remem- 
 bered as a very learned and moderate-minded 
 man, and a compiler of the First Order of Com- 
 munion. He lies buried in Westminster Abbey. 
 Robert Pember, another Fellow of S. John's, was the 
 
 Pember rnan who taught Ascham Greek. He was inti- 
 (c. 1504-1560) mate with all the great Greek scholars of his 
 
 ■ ■'° " ^ day. He was much beloved owing to his 
 c. 1522. 
 
 charming disposition, and became the hrst ap- 
 pointed reader in Greek at Trinity College. 
 Matthew Matthew Parker, a lad of humble birth, who 
 
 Parker was destined to play an important part as Arch- 
 (1504-1575) bishop of Canterbury, was entered at Corpus, 
 orp. c r. ^jj j^-g j-£g j^g j^^^ been studious, and a Fellow- 
 1522. 
 
 ship came to him. While he was in residence he 
 
 was held in high favour as a preacher, and 
 gained the friendship of Wolsey, Cranmer, 
 Latimer, and Martin Bucer. For some years 
 he was away from the University, at Stoke by 
 Clare, and again at Ashdon, and Landbeach: 
 he then returned to be Master and Vice-Chan- 
 cellor. His attachment to the cause of Lady 
 Jane Grey did him no good, and he ceased to 
 be Master. Elizabeth and Cecil fixed upon him, 
 against his will, for promotion to the See of 
 Canterbury, which had been vacant for some 
 time. It was an important occasion: the former 
 Roman rite of consecration was not used; the 
 new rite was, however, perfectly valid and formal, 
 
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 and every detail of it was carried out with great 
 care that no possibility of cavil as to the episcopal 
 succession being duly ensured should by any 
 chance arise. Barlow, formerly Bishop of Bath 
 and Wells; Scory, formerly Bishop of Chiches- 
 ter; Coverdale, formerly Bishop of Exeter; and 
 Hodgkins, Suffragan Bishop of Bedford, were 
 his consecrators : and with that .educated en- 
 lightenment which characterised him through 
 life, Parker himself caused an account of the 
 ceremony to be drawn up in Latin, which is now 
 of great historic value, and is preserved in the 
 Lambeth Register: a transcript also exists in the 
 Library of Corpus Christi. His enemies were not 
 idle: they circulated a tale known as the " Nag's 
 Head Fable," which purports to relate that at 
 the Nag's Head inn, in Cheapside, Parker was 
 half in farce and half in pretence, dubbed a 
 bishop in a service, if such it could be called, of 
 the greatest irreverence and mockery. The story 
 was exposed by both Archbishop Bramhall and 
 Morton, the learned Bishop of Durham, and is 
 now universally discredited. Parker took up 
 the line of the other great Anglican divines, and 
 steered a course midway between Romanism 
 and Lutheranism, avoiding the innovations of 
 the extreme Protestants, while, at the same time, 
 stoutly affirming that at the Reformation the 
 Church of England had no intention to depart 
 from Catholic truth and order. He had much to 
 do with the 39 Articles, and the subsequent Adver- 
 tisements which went far to produce decency in 
 
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CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 public worship. His academic mind made him 
 all along aim at restoration in its truest sense. 
 Affairs at Cambridge troubled him; Cartwright's 
 Puritan leanings were becoming notorious, and 
 the Primate and Cecil had to intervene. Parker 
 upheld the use of the surplice, which was not 
 liked at Trinity and S. John's, and at the same 
 time stood firm against the action of John Caius. 
 A conference was held in which Whitgift, Grindal, 
 Sandys, and Parker took part, and the Primate 
 again refused any further concessions to the 
 Protestant party. This made him unpopular, but 
 he went serenely on his way. At Cambridge he 
 advanced the cause of learning, and in a 
 thoroughly practical form, for many important 
 MSS. were saved by him from destruction, and 
 at his death his library of 3,000 volumes, much 
 other precious matter, and many valuable auto- 
 graphs passed to Corpus. He was modest and 
 immensely hospitable, and his quiet goodness 
 gained the respect of the greatest in the land. 
 After his death, until 1648, his body rested in 
 Lambeth Chapel; it was dug up by the Puritans 
 and buried under a dunghill; still later Arch- 
 bishop Sancroft restored it to its proper place, 
 where it now rests. Much of Parker's plate 
 passed to Cambridge, and several portraits of the 
 primate exist. It was owing to his activity and 
 zeal that the edition of the Scriptures in English 
 known as " The Bishops' Bible " was put forth 
 with full authority. 
 
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CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Nicholas Bacon, the father of the great sir Nicholas 
 philosopher, was at Corpus, and it was by his Bacon 
 endeavour that the original Chapel of the Col- (1509-1579) 
 lege was built. Possessed of the friendship of ^, 
 Burghley, Parker, and Cranmer, and a staunch 
 defender of the new learning, he proved of great 
 value to Henry, and also aided Elizabeth in her 
 endeavours to establish the Church on a firm 
 and lasting basis. A strong man and a good 
 lawyer, he rose to be Lord Keeper, and his 
 policy was well suited for the times in which he 
 lived. The Queen visited him at Gorhambury, 
 and after she had entered his house he caused 
 the doorway to be nailed up, that none of lower 
 rank might use it. On the mansion was inscribed 
 the verse, in memory of his knighthood — 
 
 Haec cum perfecit Nicholaus tecta Baconus, 
 
 Elizabeth regni lustra fuere duo: 
 Factus eques, magni custos fuit ipse sigilli. 
 
 Gloria sit soli tota tributa Deo. 
 
 John Rogers, the first of the Marian martyrs, John Rogers 
 was educated at Pembroke. Early in his career (c. 1500-1555) 
 he was impressed by Tyndale's translation of the ^^ ^^ ® 
 Scriptures, and after the latter's death, by 
 burning, Rogers took up the unfinished task, 
 using Tyndale's MSS. where possible, and also 
 the translation originally brought out by Cover- 
 dale. He was himself rather an annotator than 
 a translator, and used, for publication purposes, 
 the name of Matthew: thus bringing out what 
 may be called the Second English Bible. He 
 
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 held the friendship of Cheke, Hooper, and Brad- 
 ford: and, though he disliked the questionable 
 doings of Edward VI., he yet adhered to the 
 new learning. He was eventually tried before 
 Gardiner in Mary's reign, and burnt at Smith- 
 field. 
 Richard Taverner, the writer in favour of the Refor- 
 
 Taverner mation, and the compiler of an edition of the 
 (c. 1505-1575) English Bible, which was really a revision of 
 
 °^P- ^- Matthew's, was at Benet (Corpus), and later at 
 c. 1523. . 
 
 Gonville Hall. He was originally an Oxford 
 
 man. Several commentaries and other writings 
 
 came from his pen. 
 
 Sir John It was Cheke who, in company with his pupil, 
 
 Cheke Ascham, and with Smith, revived the study of 
 
 ^ ' Greek in the University after the departure of 
 
 S. John's 
 
 ,-„^ Erasmus. ■ Born somewhere in Petty Curv, his 
 
 c 1526. J . ^ 
 
 King's 1548. father being one of the esquire bedells, he was 
 elected to a Fellowship at S. John's, and v/as 
 tutor to Burghley, who married his sister.^ His 
 lectures as first Regius Professor of Greek at 
 Cambridge were greatly valued, and later on he 
 was Public Orator and Provost of King's, and 
 also tutor to Edward and to Elizabeth. In com- 
 pany with Smith he favoured the new pronunci- 
 ation of Greek, which w^as somewhat different from 
 that in use on the Continent, and was rebuked by 
 Gardiner, the Chancellor. On Mary's accession 
 he went abroad, but was seized and flung in the 
 Tower; then, through trouble and anxiety, he 
 abjured his reformed opinions, an act which 
 t:aused him keen remorse and brought about 
 
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CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 his death. He was one of the most influential 
 
 men of the time, and accepted as a great 
 
 scholar. 
 
 In the same year Smith came to Queens', and Sir Thomas 
 
 was the intimate friend of Cheke. Born at Smith 
 
 Saffron Walden, he proved himself a worthy _ 
 
 ' ^ "^ Queens' 1526 
 
 scholar, and did much for the University. 
 
 Fellow of his College and Public Orator, he 
 
 joined in advocating the new pronunciation of 
 
 Greek. Later on he was appointed Professor 
 
 of Civil Law, and, was very popular. In 
 
 Edward's reign he became Secretary of State, 
 
 and also held this post under Elizabeth; and 
 
 although in Mary's reign threatening clouds 
 
 gathered, he was permitted to go unmolested. 
 
 He is remembered as one of the most learned 
 
 members of Queens', and as one who by his 
 
 capacity for finance did good service to Cambridge. 
 
 When Gonville Hall admitted John Caius to John Caius 
 
 partake in its life, the College accepted one who (c 1510-1573) 
 
 was to prove famous as a physician, and was Gonville Hal 
 
 . 1529. 
 
 eventually to share with Gonville the honour of 
 
 being joint founder. After becoming Fellow, 
 
 Caius travelled for a time, and studied medicine. 
 
 He then upheld the method of pronouncing 
 
 Greek which Cheke had advocated, and lectured 
 
 on anatomy, and was for many years elected 
 
 President of the Royal College of Physicians. 
 
 His reputation must have been great, for Edward, 
 
 Mary, and Elizabeth all consulted him medically. 
 
 After being given permission to turn Gonville 
 
 Hal] into a College, he became its Master, and 
 
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CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 built the well-known Gates of Humility, Virtue, 
 and Honour. He was suspected of being a 
 Roman Catholic, and this fact caused trouble: 
 the Fellows and he were on the worst of terms, 
 so much so that Parker and Burghley had 
 to interfere. Information was given that the 
 Master possessed some Popish vestments; an 
 enquiry was instituted, and th,e unpopular gar- 
 ments were duly burnt in the College Court. 
 Continued trouble brought about the Master's 
 death. He was buried in the Chapel: the inscrip- 
 tion on the tomb is a marvel of good taste, 
 '* Vivit post funera virtus Fui Caius." Much 
 of his medical writing was of distinct value, his 
 treatise " On the sweating sickness " being much 
 thought of. 
 Boger Ascham, the man of gentle nature, full of 
 
 Ascham originality and strength both in scholarship and 
 ■' (1515-1568) jj^ social life, did much to give a great name 
 
 • joins ^^ g John's. He was the author of a treatise 
 1530. -^ ^ , . 
 
 on archery known as " Toxophilus," which was 
 
 written in excellent English, and of the well- 
 known work, " The Scholemaster," which dealt 
 with education. He was Fellow of his College 
 and Public Orator. Ascham's learning was 
 highly valued by Henry, Edward, Mary, Eliza- 
 beth and Cardinal Pole. His reputation was 
 great, and among his friends were Gardiner, 
 Ridley, Redman and Grindah 
 John Ponet Ponet, who was Smith's pupil at Queens', and 
 (c. 1514-1556) the friend of Cheke and Ascham, became Fellow, 
 
 Queens g^^d was also Chaplain to Cranmer. He was 
 c. 1530. 3„ 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 known as a good preacher, and eventually was 
 Bishop, first of Rochester, then of Winchester. 
 Of the latter See he was deprived by Mary. 
 
 The Reforming party did not have things all Thomas L^ 
 their own way at Cambridge. If Caius inclined "Watson 
 to favour the Roman Church, Watson also upheld 
 
 S. John's 
 it with all his power. Fellow and Dean of ,.oq 
 
 S. John's, he joined with that body of men, 
 Ascham, Cheke and Redman, to whom Greek 
 learning owes so much. A play called " Abso- 
 lom," from Watson's pen, was praised by 
 Ascham. He received a congenial appointment 
 from Gardiner, who made him his chaplain. As 
 Chancellor of the University Gardiner set him 
 to hold an enquiry as to the religious state of 
 the Colleges. Watson became Master of S. . 
 
 John's, and entered into the well-known disputa- 
 tion with Cranmer, Latimer and Ridley at 
 Oxford, besides proceeding against Rogers. 
 Shortly after, as Bishop of Lincoln, he was for 
 a time imprisoned by Elizabeth, but continued 
 throughout his life the strong and capable foe of 
 the Reformation. 
 
 Cecil Rhodes once said, in a memorable sir Thomas 
 document, that modern University officials were Gresham 
 
 " babes in finance." However true this may be, ^^- 1519-1579) 
 , ,_ . . , , 1 , r- Gon. & Caius 
 
 the University produced a most capable nnan- 
 
 c. 1535. 
 
 cier in the person of Gresham, who was at 
 Gonville and Caius, and knew Dr. John Caius, 
 and was connected by marriage with the Bacons. 
 He was the son of a London merchant, and in 
 touch all through his career with the mercantile 
 
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CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 life of the City. Gresham made himself useful in 
 raising money for Henry VIII. : and, owing to his 
 frequent residence at Antwerp, wa^ in a position 
 to give his Royal master information of value 
 with regard to foreign policy. Gardiner looked 
 coldly on his Protestant views, and Mary disliked 
 him, but under Elizabeth aiid Burghley he was 
 largely consulted in financial matters. Admiring 
 the arrangements at Antwerp, his aim was to 
 give to London similar buildings, and owing 
 to his activity in the matter the Royal Ex- 
 change was opened by Elizabeth in great state. 
 Stories tell how, when the Queen visited him 
 at Osterley, and remarked, on the need of a 
 wall in a certain spot, Gresham had it supplied 
 the same night. His broadly planned scheme 
 for the foundation of Gresham College gave 
 evidence of his respect for learning. Cam- 
 bridge, however, took alarm, Burghley inter- 
 vened, and only the w^U-known lectures and pro- 
 fessorships remain as part of what might have 
 been a London University. Gresham' s name 
 is known to ever\^ Londoner. Some have 
 questioned his honesty of method, but none his 
 capacity, and all reg-ard his tomb at S. Helen's, 
 Bishopsgate, as a fitting memorial to a great citizen. 
 Edmund Pembroke gave a home to Grindal, who had, 
 
 Grindal f^^j- ^ short while, been at Magdalene and 
 
 (c. - 'Christ's: he became Fellow and Proctor, and 
 Pembroke 
 1535 argued on the Protestant side before Edward's 
 
 Commissioners. On Maiy's accession he went 
 
 abroad, came in contact with Peter Martyr, and 
 
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CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 returned to be Master of Pembroke, though he 
 did little for the College. Before long he became 
 Bishop of London, but was far from being the 
 right man for the post: he had doubts as to the 
 wearing of vestments, and the Diocese, full as 
 it was of Puritan clergy, needed a strong hand 
 to rule after the unsettlement of recent years. 
 Old S. Paul's was burnt during his tenure of 
 the See, and he had to amass funds for the 
 building of the new Cathedral. Partly owing 
 to his failure as Bishop of London he was 
 removed to York, and Burghley later placed 
 him at Canterbur>\ His lack of strength of 
 character was evident there also, and Elizabeth. 
 who wanted order and decency to prevail, let 
 her dissatisfaction be known. In feeble health, 
 with a growing trouble of blindness, the Arch- 
 bishop was no match for the <iifficulties of those 
 unsettled times, and he died as he was about 
 to resign. A learned man, and full of great personal 
 charm, he was the friend of Ridley and Whitgift, 
 and left to his College both plate and money. 
 
 Edwin Sandys, who became Archbishop of Edwin Sandyu 
 York, was at S. John's. He was Proctor, and (c. 1516-158S) 
 later. Master of S. Catharine's, and \'ice-Chan- 5. Johns 
 
 cellor, and the friend of Bucer and also of Peter ^ ^; ^ , _^ 
 
 S. Lath, 1547 
 Martyr. Mary, on her advent to the throne. 
 
 removed him from the Mastership owing to his 
 advocacy of the cause of Lady Jane Grey, and 
 for a time he was in prison along with Bradford 
 in the Tower. EUzabeth made him Bishop of 
 Worcester, and shortly after he succeeded 
 
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CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Grindal at London, and subsequently at York. 
 He was learned and able in many ways, and yet 
 cannot be called a great bishop: at a time when 
 tact was essential he set the Romanists against 
 him, and let his bias towards Puritanism be too 
 much in evidence. 
 William Cecil Great ministers gather round great rulers. If 
 Lord Elizabeth was strong and capable, so also was 
 . J^ Burghley, who ably helped forward all her en- 
 
 S. John's deavours. Coming to S. John's, he later 
 1535. married Cheke's sister, and, after studying law, 
 entered into political life. His efiforts were 
 directed towards the discovery of openings for 
 English trade, and the settlement of the throne 
 upon a firm and enduring basis. Gifted with 
 strong family affection, and appreciation of his 
 high position, while combining caution with far- 
 reaching endeavour, he worked with all possible 
 energy for the end he had in view. Realising the 
 promise of the times, Burghley buckled on his 
 armour for the great task which fate had put in 
 his hands, and aimed at the advancement of his 
 country, carrying with him in all his endeavours 
 the good will of the Queen, who was wise enough 
 to see that her great name was being made even 
 greater by his shrewd sagacity. Retaining to the 
 last a sincere affection for Cambridge and for 
 S. John's, he is regarded by the University as one 
 whose powerful influence largely advanced her 
 cause. 
 
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 Perne, who was Fellow of S. John's, and then Andrew 
 
 of Queens', Proctor, several times Vice-Chan- ^e^-ne 
 
 cellor, and for years the renowned head of '^' 
 
 ^ S. John's 
 
 Peterhouse, was one of those men who, together ,.^^ 
 
 with great ability, possessed a marvellous elas- Peterhouse 
 ticity of religious view. Edward made him his 1554. 
 Chaplain: he assented to Mary's ways, and was 
 able to protect Whitgift when Pole was dis- 
 pleased with him; he preached when the bodies 
 of Fagius and Bucer were exhumed and publicly 
 burnt; he also assented when their names were 
 restored to honour by decree of the Senate, and 
 later he was in favour: with Elizabeth, who 
 thought him, as well she might, of wavering 
 tendency. He became Dean of Ely, and built 
 the library of Peterhouse, to which College he 
 also left his books. 
 
 Those v/ho have owed their spiritual and moral Sir Walter 
 well-being to the University have often given of Mildmay 
 
 their worldly substance in due course to found 2 - a | 
 
 Chr. c. 1540. 
 a College. It was so with Bateman; it was so ' " 
 
 \n\h Alcock; it was so with Mildmay, who 
 founded Emmanuel. We may remember also 
 recently the foundation of the Rhodes Scholar- 
 ships in the sister University. Mildmay had 
 been at Christ's, though he took no degree. 
 Passing into the favour of Edward and Elizabeth 
 as a competent financier, he became Chancellor 
 of the Exchequer. Determining to found a Col- 
 lege at Cambridge, he purchased the site of the 
 Black Friars, or Dominican monks, in S. An- 
 drew's Street, and the buildings were opened as 
 
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CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Emmanuel College with great ceremony. Eliza- 
 beth suspected Puritanism, and Mildmay replied 
 in the well-known sentence, " I have set an 
 acorn, which, when it becomes an oak, God alone 
 knows what will be the fruit thereof." The 
 founder lies buried at S. Bartholomew's, Smith- 
 field, and several portraits of him are to be seen 
 at the College. 
 John Dec S. John's was the home of Dee, who indulged 
 (1527-1608) \yi studies that were popularly supposed to be 
 •'^ " ^ magical. He had an aptitude for hard work, 
 allowing himself remarkably little rest and 
 recreation, and became one of the original 
 Fellows of Trinity. Dee's reputation as a Greek 
 scholar and most capable mathematician foHowed 
 him to foreign Universities, where, owing to his 
 eccentricities, he was not always a welcome 
 visitor. Cheke introduced him to Edward. 
 Mary was strongly suspicious of his possessing 
 an evil influence over her, while Elizabeth made 
 him Prebendary of S. Paul's, and consulted him 
 with reference to astronomical facts. He pro- 
 phesied a favourable day for her coronation, and 
 she once went to see his magic glass. Later 
 in life he apparently fell into the hands of an 
 impostor named Kelly, and was persuaded to 
 proclaim the fact that an elixir which he had 
 discovered would turn iron into gold. By his 
 crystal-gazing, secrets were supposed to be 
 revealed, and it was commonly reputed that he 
 held intercourse with the spirit world. The 
 reform of the Julfan calendar was entrusted to 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 him^ but conservative opposition caused this to 
 
 fall through. Several of his works were printed; 
 
 some exist in MS. at Cambridge, and some are 
 
 at the British Museum, where may also be seen 
 
 Dee's crystal globe and his consecrated cakes of 
 
 wax. His career was a curious one, and his 
 
 reputation as an astrologer was great. 
 
 He who excels in theory often fails in practice; Thomas 
 
 this was true of Tusser, the Essex man, known Tusser 
 
 as the British Varro, who could write good poetry («?■ 1524-1580) 
 
 on agriculture, and yet was a most indifferent ^ ^ ./ 
 *^ ^ Tnn. Hall 
 
 farmer. Starting as a chorister at S. Paul's,* he ^^^^ 
 was at King's and Trinity Hall. His book, " A 
 hundred good points of husbandry," was a 
 strange work, not great, but valuable in its 
 notice of old customs. Scott and Southey ad- 
 mired it, and some of his sayings are still 
 remembered; but it brought him little gain, and 
 his business life was a failure. 
 
 John Bradford, the man of saintly life, who John Bradford 
 met his death by burning, started his Cambridge (c 1510-1555) 
 course at S. Catharine's. Beloved by all, and of ^* ^^*"- 
 strict ascetic life, he passed his time in prayer k i=i40 
 and study. Pembroke gave him a Fellowship. 
 In due course he became a preacher of note, 
 and had Whitgift as his pupil. In Mary's day 
 he was arrested and imprisoned with Cranmer, 
 Latimer, and Ridley — even among these other 
 prisoners his evident saintliness shone forth 
 Bonner and Gardiner tried him for heresy, and 
 after various disputations this man of gentle 
 
 * McDonnell's " History of S. Paul's School," p. 29. 
 
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CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 nature and sweet simplicity met his death at 
 
 Smithfield, quoting with his last breath " Straight 
 
 is the way and narrow the gate that leadeth to 
 
 salvation, and few there bie that find it." The 
 
 well-knoAvn saying came from him, as he saw a 
 
 criminal going to execution, " But for the grace 
 
 of God there goes John Bradford." His portrait 
 
 is in Pembroke Hall. 
 
 Sir Francis There are times in every nation's history which 
 
 ■Walsinghara require strong yet delicate handling. Elizabeth 
 
 (c. 1530-1590) reigned at a difficult time in England, but the 
 
 King s 154 . g^j.Qj^g j^gj^ ^Q j^gjp ^yQYe at hand. Burghley soon 
 
 noticed the sterHng character of Francis Walsing- 
 
 ham, who was at King's, but took no degree. 
 
 Of marked abihty, he saw^ the diplomatic moves 
 
 needed, and took them unflinchingly. By his 
 
 watchfulness the plotting of Mary, Queen of 
 
 Scots, and of many others was brought to light. 
 
 He worked for the public good unselfishly and 
 
 well, and was valued accordingly by his 
 
 Sovereign. 
 
 Martin Eucer Martin Bucer, though not a Cambridge man, 
 
 (1491-1551) held, by Cranmer's wish, the post of Regius 
 
 at Camb. Professor of Divinity in the University, just as 
 
 Peter Martyr, also by Cranmer's desire, held the 
 
 similar post at Oxford. The influence exerted 
 
 by Bucer, learned as he was, on the changes then 
 
 being wrought in the English Book of Common 
 
 Prayer, appears to have been small. During his 
 
 last illness he v^^as attended by Bradford, and at 
 
 his funeral in Great S. Mary's Parker preached 
 
 the sermon. 
 
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CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Cartwright, who was virtually the founder of Thomas 
 
 the Puritan party in England, had been trained Cartwright 
 
 at S. John's. He was made Fellow first of ^ 
 
 ^ . . . S. John's 
 
 S. John's College, and then of Trniity, and his ,.cq 
 
 learning was widely known. He had consider- 
 able pulpit eloquence, and his ardent advocacy; 
 of the views he held stirred up the members of 
 both these Colleges to make their protest against 
 the use of the surplice. Cartwright incurred the 
 censure of Cecil, and fled for a while. On his 
 return he became Margaret Professor, and was 
 more insistent than ever on Puritan teaching. 
 That he should retain this chair, and at the same 
 time use all his influence to undo the Church 
 whose principles he was supposed to uphold, 
 was manifestly wTong; he stopped at no half 
 measures, everything that the Church of Eng- 
 land held dear was scoffed at by him and his 
 party. S. Mary's became crammed on Sunday 
 to hear what the stalwart Puritan would say. 
 "VVhitgift, who had been Margaret Professor and 
 was at that jtime Vice-Chancellor of the Uni- 
 versity, saw that things were going too far, and 
 tried to stem the Puritan tide. Chaderton, Pre- 
 sident of Queens' College, and Grindal, joined in 
 the endeavour to promote peace, and Cartvv^right 
 was eventually suspended from his Professorship 
 and deprived of his Fellowship. The authori- 
 ties had triumphed over the Puritan party, and 
 Cartwright's day was past. Whatever his faults, 
 he was a man of signal ability, who proved a 
 strong antagonist to all who tried to cope with him. 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 JohnWhitgift John Whitgift was at Pembroke while Ridley 
 
 (1530-1604) y^^as Master, and John Bradford was one of the 
 
 Pemb. 1550 j-gsident Fellows. He later accepted the Mar- 
 Trinity 1567 ^ ^ , . , , ^^ ... 
 garet Professorship, and became Master of his 
 
 • College. After holding these posts for a time^ 
 
 he was made Master of Trinity and Regius 
 
 Professor of Divinity. In his early days his 
 
 views seemed to incline to Calvinism, and to some 
 
 extent he was associated with Cartwright, but 
 
 as his thoughts matured he saw that the only 
 
 hope for the Church of England lay in vigorous 
 
 maintenance of authority, and he became one 
 
 of Cartwright's foremost opponents. As Bishop 
 
 of Worcester the same firmness characterised 
 
 him: he lived in considerable state, won over the 
 
 leading churchmen of his Diocese to his side, 
 
 and ruled with an iron hand. As Archbishop 
 
 of Canterbury, he refused to deviate from the 
 
 line he had taken up. Puritans and Papists alike 
 
 found he was a force to be reckoned with, and 
 
 John Penry as -' Martin Marprelate " attacked 
 
 him with considerable bitterness. Whitgift 
 
 considered the great need for the Church was 
 
 uniformity, and uniformity he determined to 
 
 have. His unflinching attitude gained him many 
 
 enemies, but he believed in governing, and 
 
 achieved his aim. His learning was great, and 
 
 his -' Answer " to Cartwright's attack was very 
 
 able. If in some quarters he has been regarded 
 
 as a persecutor, it must be remembered he lived 
 
 at a time when danger of all kinds threatened. 
 
 The Armada came in his day, and he arranged the 
 
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CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 thanksgiving on its overthrow. Drake, Frobisher, 
 Raleigh, Hawkins, and Shakespeare were his con- 
 temporaries, and Hooker was his trusted counsellor. 
 
 Chaderton, who matriculated at Pembroke, William 
 
 was, later on, Fellow of Christ's, and early Chaderton 
 
 -',.,. TT u (c. 1340-1608) 
 
 attracted the notice of Elizabeth. He became „ , _^,, 
 
 Pemb. 1553) 
 
 President of Queens', and succeeded Whitgift Queens' 1568 
 
 in the Margaret chair as also in the post of 
 
 Regius Professor of Divinity. It fell to his lot 
 
 to see Cartwright, as occupant of the post he 
 
 himself had vacated, attack every form of Church 
 
 government, and, relying on Cecil's help, 
 
 he gave all the support he could to Whitgift, 
 
 who was working hard to procure Cartwright's 
 
 deprivation. He became shortly after Bishop of 
 
 Chester, and then of Lincoln. He had the same 
 
 aims as Andrewes, and the friendship between 
 
 the two men, especially in the matter of religious 
 
 study, was very strong. 
 
 Bancroft who, in succession to Whitgift, be- 
 came Archbishop of Canterbury, was at Christ's, 
 and afterwards undertook the Tutorship at Jesus. 
 Appointed one of the twelve Preachers of the 
 University, he strenuously opposed Puritanism, 
 and soon passed to be Bishop of London. His 
 temper was at times hasty, but for all that he 
 was the right man for the times. His aim was 
 to bind together the discordant elements in the 
 Church, and to make a stand for all that bore 
 the mark of well-grounded tradition. 
 
 41 
 
 Bichard 
 Bancroft 
 
 (1544-1610) 
 Christ's 
 c. 1562. 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Laurence Laurence Chaderton, the tutor of Christ's, had 
 
 Chaderton strong but controlled Puritan leanings, and was 
 
 (c. 1536-1640) selected by Sir Walter Mildmay as first Master 
 
 ^ ,,^, of the newly-founded College of Emmanuel. He 
 Emm. 1584. •' ° 
 
 was for fifty years afternoon lecturer at S. 
 Clement's. Cartwright and Whitaker were 
 among his friends, and Bancroft, though not 
 agreeing with him, respected him. He lived to 
 the age of 103, and lies buried at the entrance 
 of the Chapel of his College. 
 
 Thomas The buildings of Trinity are a joy to all who 
 
 l^^evile admire architecture, and Nevile, the Master 
 
 (c. 1548-1615) Yvho built the great court and also what is 
 
 Pembroke ]^j^q^^,j^ ^g Nevile's court, has earned our grati- 
 
 c 1564 
 
 ,, ', ,^„^ tudc for all time. He was Fellow of Pembroke 
 Maga. 1582 
 
 Trin. 1592. ^"^ Proctor, and for a time Master of Magdalene, 
 and afterwards Dean of Canterbury. It fell to him 
 to entertain James I. on his visit to the University. 
 His motto, aptly chosen, was '* ne vile velis." 
 
 William William Whitaker, the friend of Laurence 
 
 Whitaker Chaderton, and the Puritan divine who gained 
 (1548-1595) the appreciation of Bellarmine as an able 
 antagonist, was a Fellow of Trinity, subse- 
 quently Regius Professor, and a great Master 
 of S. John's. 
 
 Trin. 1564 
 
 S. John's 
 
 1586. 
 
 Stephen Perse ^'ersc, the prosperous physician who made 
 
 (1548-1615) nioney by his profession, and did great good 
 
 Gon. & Caius with it by founding in the town the School 
 
 1565. named after him, Vv^as a Fellow of Gonville and 
 
 Caius. He lies buried in the College Chapel. 
 
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CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 In the same year William Morgan came to William 
 
 S. John's, and gained the help of Whitgift. He Morgan 
 
 became Bishop of Llandaff, and later of S. Asaph, ^''- 1540-1604) 
 
 ... , , , , S. John's 
 
 and is known a.s the divme who translated the 
 
 Bible into Welsh. 
 
 The University was at this time educating men sir Edward 
 
 whose lives were to be closely interwoven in the Coke 
 
 ^reat affairs of State. Cecil, the futm-e Lord (1552-1634) 
 
 _ , , , , -o Trinity 1567. 
 
 Burghley, Coke, the greatest of lawyers, Bacon, 
 
 the deepest of thinkers, Essex, the favourite of 
 Elizabeth, and Cecil, Earl of SaUsbury. Coke, -- 
 
 who had been the pupil of Whitgift at Trinity, 
 and the friend of Nevile, rose to be Solicitor- 
 General, Attorney-General, and afterwards Chief 
 Justice. Terrible as a pleader, able to wound 
 by his satire and violent language, he proved an 
 opponent before whom men trembled. Essex, 
 Southampton, and Raleigh, and the Gunpowder 
 Conspirators, found this to their cost— and yet 
 he fought for the right. In an age when venality 
 was common, in a reign when high ideals were 
 hardly in fashion, Coke held his own, declaimed 
 against meanness of heart and lack of rectitude, 
 and became a power in the land. The rivalry 
 between him and Bacon continued through life, 
 and though for a time Coke was under dis- 
 pleasure, he rose again, and was one who greatly 
 assisted in bringing about Bacon's fall. His 
 legal writings were considered of great value. 
 
 Spenser, the author of " Faerie Queene," and^ Edmund 
 one of the brilHant band of Elizabethan poets, Spenser 
 
 is amono- the most honoured sons of Pembroke. ^^- 1552-1599) 
 ^ Pemb. 1569. 
 
 43 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Educated at Merchant Taylors' School, and like 
 Chaucer and Milton, a Londoner born, revelling 
 in Cambridge life, and in the friendship of An- 
 drewes, he read Latin and Greek, and also 
 French and German, but took no high degree. 
 The " Shepheard's Calender " was one of his 
 first publications, and speedily brought him into 
 notice. A post in Ireland attracted him, but he 
 never cared for the Irish people, and left after 
 a few years. Then came three books of the 
 " Faerie Queene," and after some time the re- 
 maining parts were published. For most, this 
 work has a great attraction ; all that is pure and 
 refined is vigorously upheld, and the evil in life 
 exposed and dethroned. It had a fascination for 
 people then, and at the present day it continues 
 to be both admired and treasured. Spenser re- 
 turned to Ireland only to grieve and fret and to 
 be ruined by Tyrone's rebellion: his castle was 
 burnt over his head, and he went back to Eng- 
 land, broken in spirit. Jonson relates that he 
 died in Westminster " for lack of bread." He 
 was, however, given a grand funeral — Beaumont, 
 Fletcher, Jonson, and, very possibly, Shake- 
 speare, attended, brought with them funeral 
 elegies and poems, and threw them together 
 with the pens that wrote them, into the open 
 grave.* It was for Chaucer that he had often 
 expressed his admiration, and it was by Chau- 
 
 * Stanley, " Westminster Abbey," p. 253. 
 
 44 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 cer's side he was laid in the Abbey. A short 
 
 time after, this inscription was placed above 
 
 him: — 
 
 Hie prope Chaucerum situs est Spenserius, illi 
 
 Proximus ingenio, proximus et tumulo. 
 
 The name of Robert Browne is held in Robert 
 
 reverence as, in effect, the leader of the Con- Browne 
 
 gregationalists. Coming from a good Rutland- ^^ " ' 
 . . . Corp. Chr. 
 
 shire family, he entered Corpus m 1570. He was ^-„„ 
 
 probably ordained, but submission to Bishops 
 sat hardly on him, and he had little sympathy 
 with the parochial system. For him the end 
 and aim was to advance righteousness, and to 
 form a congregation of the elect, and for this 
 purpose he preached vigorously everywhere. His 
 followers became known as " Brownists." His 
 views were somewhat narrow, for on a visit 
 abroad he refused to join himself even with 
 Cartwright. Trouble ensued, and he was even- 
 tually imprisoned and excommunicated. Later 
 on he settled down to a quieter life. His 
 eloquence gained many adherents, and of his 
 sincerity no one had doubted, but he was one 
 who fretted under restraint, and pursued an 
 " eccentric line." He followed a career which 
 proved subversive of authority, while all the 
 time endeavouring to do his best to enlarge the 
 Kingdom of Christ. 
 
 In the following year John Smith, who is John Smith 
 regarded as the founder of the English Baptists, ( • -I6I2) 
 came as a sizar to Christ's, and in due course ^ ^ 
 became Fellow. 
 
 45 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Francis Bacon Thoughtful men have differed to some extent 
 
 Lord jj^ their estimate of Bacon. Brilliant he cer- 
 
 tainly was, eifted with a mighty mmd which 
 (1561-1626) ^ > & ^ ^ 
 
 T ■ 1573 looked at things from such a lofty standpoint 
 
 that he ranks as almost the greatest thinker 
 that Cambridge has trained. No man ever 
 started with a grander ambition; he knew the 
 vast extent of his own mental endowment, and 
 his aim was to acquire almost universal know- 
 ledge, to bring all nature under conquest by the 
 careful study of ascertainable facts, to alter 
 almost the whole course of human thought, and 
 to do all this for the good of his fellow-men. 
 And yet his career, splendid as it was, appar- 
 rently was not all that it should have been; some 
 regarded him as a doubtful friend: they thought 
 that he cringed somewhat at times, and marked 
 how weaker natures were able, with some show 
 of truth, to call his motives into question. He 
 came to Trinity, at the age of 12, under the rule 
 of Whitgift. Burghley, although he was his 
 uncle, did little enough to help him on, and 
 Salisbury hardly viewed him with favour. One 
 man, Essex, was his true and whole-hearted 
 friend : in every way he tried to advance him, 
 and when Essex fell, it was said that Bacon's 
 devotion to his country justified his apparent 
 forgetfulness of friendship's tie. For years 
 Bacon saw his rival, Coke, achieve greater 
 success than he did himself. But at last he 
 rose and was made Solicitor-General, then Attor- 
 ney-General, and finally Lord Chancellor and 
 
 46 
 
Viscount S. Albans. All the time he had been 
 preparing his vast work, the " Instauratio 
 Magna," of which King James remarked with 
 customary flippancy, " It was like the peace of 
 God, for it passed all understanding." At the 
 acme of his success, signs appeared of the coming 
 storm. He was accused of conniving at wrong 
 and of taking bribes to prevent justice. Pro- 
 bably there was some truth in the statement; 
 he had submitted possibly to a state of things 
 which he regarded as part of a system, and he 
 had not realized all that it meant. Anyhow he 
 fell, and was for a time in the Tower. In a 
 way his punishment was remitted, but his day 
 of prosperity was over, and he shortly after 
 passed away in sorrow, and was buried at 
 S. Albans, in S. Michael's church. As a philo- 
 sopher he ranks supremely high. His great 
 effort, the " Instauratio," had six main parts, 
 and of these the " De Augmentis " and the 
 " Novum Organum " shewed marvellous power. 
 He attempted to give a new idea to the world: 
 generalization, he taught, must be qualified by 
 systematic examination of facts, which should 
 lead on to really advanced knowledge: he 
 started, as it were, the thought of the experi- 
 mental and inductive niethod in science which 
 others were to work out. He remains, what- 
 ever his faults, one of the greatest of English 
 philosophers, and his name will never be for- 
 gotten. 
 
 47 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Pembroke 
 c. 1573, 
 
 Lanceiot Andrewes, the saintly Bishop, whose " Devo- 
 
 Andrewes tions " are still widely used in the religious 
 ^ ^" 7 world, was Master of Pembroke. Trained at 
 Merchant Taylors', and quickly letting his ability 
 be known at Cambridge, he soon held rank as 
 the equal in learning of Ussher, and was well- 
 nigh the foremost theologian and preacher of 
 his day. First as Dean of Westminster, and then 
 as Bishop consecutively of Chichester, Ely, and 
 Winchester, he advanced the greatness of the 
 Church of England. His position was a definite 
 one: with no Romish bias, and certainly without 
 the Puritan mind, he upheld the well-founded 
 Catholicity of the English Church, and regarded 
 ■' the beauty of holiness " as the legitimate rule 
 for her worship. Incense was burnt in some 
 of the services he conducted, and his private 
 chapel was rich in its furnished beauty. Studious 
 beyond all credit, he was said to be master of 
 fifteen languages, and his help was of the 
 greatest value in the translating of the Bible. 
 His sermons were renowned for their scholarly 
 attainments — in fact, so carefully were they 
 prepared, that he himself uttered the memorable 
 saying, that when in the same day -' he preached 
 twice, he prated once." Wren, Cosin, Laud, 
 and Fuller were among his friends, and Bacon 
 and Milton greatly admired him. " Andrewes," 
 says Dean Church, '- claimed for the English 
 Church its full interest and membership in the 
 Church universal, from which Puritan and 
 Romanist alike would cut off the island Church 
 
 48 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 by a gulf as deep as the sea. The spirit of 
 historical investigation had awoke in England, 
 as in the rest of Europe, against the passion for 
 abstract and metaphysical argument, which had 
 marked and governed the earlier stages of the 
 Reformation. Widened knowledge had done 
 much for Andrewes and the men of his school. 
 Field, Donne, and Overall, may I not add, in 
 this matter, Andrewes' close friend Lord Bacon ? 
 History had enlarged their ideas of the Church 
 universal. . . . They opened their eyes and 
 saw that the prerogatives which the Puritans 
 confined to an invisible church, and which Rome 
 confined to the obedience of the Pope, belonged 
 to the universal historical Church, lasting on 
 with varied fortunes through all the centuries 
 from the day of Pentecost."* The good Bishop's 
 tomb is an object of reverent interest in the 
 Lady Chapel of Southwark Cathedral. 
 
 In the same year there came to King's, William Sir William 
 Temple, the Eton man, who has left a name as Temple 
 a philosophical writer, taking the side of 'Uhe < 1555-1627) 
 Ramists " as followers of the French writer, Peter 
 Ramus, against the upholders of the logic of 
 Aristotle. Probably the first book ever published 
 by the University Press came from his pen. 
 He became Provost of Trinity College, Dublin, 
 and secretary to Sir Philip Sidney, who is said 
 to have died in his arms. 
 
 Lancelot Andrewes, by Richard W. Church. 
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CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Robert Greene Greene, the dramatist, was a sizar at S. John's, 
 
 (c. 1560-1592) but subsequently migrated to Clare. Numerous 
 
 S. John s pi^ys ^n(j romances came from his pen, and it 
 1575. 
 
 was said that Shakespeare borrowed one of his 
 
 plots to put in the " Winter's Tale." He was 
 the friend, in later years, of Nash, also a 
 dramatist, and also a sizar of S. John's. His 
 character, certainly, was not lofty, but his 
 realistic stories and his verse gained consider- 
 able appreciation. 
 John Overall Overall, the scholarly Bishop of Norwich, 
 (1560-1619) where he succeeded Jegon, was at S. John's, and 
 S. John's then Fellow of Trinity. Honours came rapidly 
 ^^^^ to him, and he rose to be Regius Professor of 
 
 Divinity and Master of S. Catharine's. He was 
 isyo. 
 
 soon called to a fwider sphere, and became Dean 
 of S. Paul's, and was subsequently raised to the 
 Episcopate. He knew Cosin at Cambridge, and is 
 credited with being the learned author of the second 
 or sacramental part of the Church Catechism. 
 Henry Constable, who is known as a poet, and was 
 
 '* Constable the friend of Sir Philip Sidney, came as Fellow 
 (1562-1613) Commoner to S. John's. His chief work was 
 S. John's .. Diana," and he also wrote several sonnets. 
 His efforts in poetry were not unappreciated at 
 Cambridge. 
 William Lee Lee, the inventor of the stocking frame, came 
 ( ? -1610) to S, John's after being a sizar at Christ's. It 
 Chr. 1579. is said that dislike of seeing his fiancee con- 
 S. Jo n s tinually knitting made him turn his thoughts to 
 mechanical making of stockings, and his inven- 
 tion was the outcome. 
 
 50 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex, the favourite Robert 
 
 for many years of Elizabeth, was, like Coke and Devereux 
 
 Bacon, a pupil of Whitgift at Trinity. Burghley 
 
 ^ ^ . & J- (1567-1601) 
 
 helped him on, and when he himself ceased to q. • , -«g 
 
 be Chancellor of Cambridge Essex took his 
 place. Of fair attainments and considerable 
 culture, and a most generous friend, as Bacon 
 could testify, he was yet impetuous and vain. 
 He captured and sacked Cadiz, and was publicly 
 eulogised in S. Paul's, and was shortly after sent 
 by the Queen to conquer Ireland lest it should 
 fall under the power of the Spanish King. He 
 mismanaged the affair entirely, and hurried back, 
 without leave, straight to the presence of Eliza- 
 beth. The Queen was highly incensed; Essex 
 TV as arrested, and although he was shortly re- 
 leased, he was in complete disfavour. Angered 
 at the loss of lucrative posts, he tried to lead the 
 city of London on to a foolish insurrection, and 
 found himself arraigned for treason. He had 
 nought but his own foolhardiness to blame. In 
 a way he was still vastly popular, and his trial 
 and condemnation, which, to some extent, at 
 least, was brought about by Bacon, who felt 
 that out of duty to the State he was bound to 
 oppose his former devoted friend and patron, is 
 melancholy reading. He was found guilty and 
 executed near the Tower, and the nation, not- 
 withstanding his fault, grieved at his downfall. 
 Three years previously Burghley had unwittingly 
 foreshadowed coming events : the aged statesman 
 had urged Elizabeth to end the war with Spain, 
 
 51 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 and when Essex thoughtlessly advised it should 
 
 be continued, Bacon pulled a psalter from his 
 
 pocket and read the verse, " The bloodthirsty and 
 
 deceitful men shall not live out half their days " 
 
 — a warning which proved strikingly true.* 
 
 , Christopher Marlowe, the most distinguished of those 
 
 \/ Marlowe dramatists who preceded Shakespeare, is said 
 
 (1564-1593) ^^ hsive been at Corpus Christi after receiving 
 
 ,-"^ ' his education at the King's School, Canterbury. 
 
 lOoU. 
 
 Shakespeare was probably, to some extent, in- 
 fluenced by him, and possibly Ben Jonson. 
 Little that is good can be told of his private 
 life, and he is said to have met his death in a 
 discreditable brawl at the deplorably early age 
 of 29. Marlowe is a writer whose plays are 
 receiving increased recognition: it is worth 
 remembering that a version of '' The Tragical 
 History of Dr. Faustus " was seen by Goethe 
 when' a hoy, and mad,e a profound impression on 
 him. The importance of such a circumstance 
 can hardly be over-estimated. 
 John Penry Cartwright's teaching found full vent in the 
 (1559-1593) restless spirit of Penry. Earnest and trenchant, 
 keen in attack, and a tireless partizan, he deter- 
 mined that, if he could bring it about, Calvinism 
 should triumph in England. That his strong 
 line failed to commend itself to many proved 
 no hindrance to him; convinced of his own 
 rectitude, he gave himself up to achieve his aim^ 
 however impolitic and undesired the achievement 
 might be. He had entered at Peterhouse, and 
 
 * Prothero, " Psalms in Human Life," p. 160. 
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 Peterhouse 
 1580 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 after undertaking fervid preaching in Wales, 
 found himself brought up for heresy before 
 Archbishop Whitgift. The mention of bishops 
 stirred his inmost spleen : he attacked them with 
 vigorous onslaught. For years the " Marpr elate 
 Tracts " shewed how far vituperation could go ; 
 with zeal that knew no limit, and persistence that 
 sadly lacked prudence, he went on his way, until 
 a charge of sedition against State and Throne 
 eventually procured his death by hanging. 
 
 It falls to the lot of some men to do pioneer Sir Henry 
 research work in quarters where later workers Spelman 
 profit by the carefully garnered facts, and ^^" ^564-1641) 
 receive a large share of the awarded praise. 
 To some extent this is true of Spelman, the 
 Trinity man, who, in the most painstaking way, 
 collected an immense store of information which 
 he published in his " Glossary," a valuable 
 work completed by Dugdale. He further com- 
 piled " Councils, Decrees, Laws, and Constitu- 
 tions of the English Church," a lengthy record 
 which was of service in the greater compilations 
 by Haddan and Stubbs. Spelman had the cause 
 of the Church at heart, and was the friend of 
 Ussher, Abbot, and Laud. By marriage he was 
 connected with the L'Estranges, of Hunstanton, 
 and his devoted attachment to his work deserves 
 all praise. 
 
 The College of S. John is rightly proud of Rol)ert Cecil 
 
 Earl of 
 its connexion with the house of Cecil. William, Salisbury 
 
 Lord Burghley, was at the College, and proved g^ jo^n^s 
 to be one of the most influential Chancellors of 1581, 
 
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 CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 the University; and his son, Robert, Earl of 
 Salisbury, the cousin of Francis Bacon, followed 
 in his father's steps as member of the College 
 and Chancellor. Salisbury proved, as Secretary 
 of State and then Lord Treasurer, a strong 
 minister, and by quiet and far-sighted foreign 
 diplomacy did much to advance England's great- 
 ness, and accorded to James service no less 
 acceptable than had been given to Elizabeth. 
 Thomai Morton was another of those prelates who, 
 
 Morton under Puritan supremacy, suffered severely for 
 (1564-1659) his faith. As Fellow of S. John's, he early gave 
 S. John s evidence of his learning by publishing " Apologia 
 Catholica," which was an able defence of the 
 Church of England, and which it was said 
 the Romanists found difficulty in answering. 
 Strongly ascetic and living for study, the friend 
 of Donne and Bancroft, and of Andrewes and 
 Hooker and Laud, he is said also to have known 
 Fuller and Walton. Advanced to Chester, then 
 to Lichfield, and then to Durham, he experienced 
 in his tenure of the latter See much that might 
 have crushed a less worthy man. He was an 
 able controversialist against Roman opponents, 
 and his gentle conciliation often did much to 
 soften their opposition, but his position as 
 Bishop of a See contiguous to Scotland made 
 him a marked man, and he came under the 
 eager dislike of the Puritans. Driven from his 
 seat in the House of Lords, he was imprisoned 
 and removed from his See, but never for a 
 moment abated his claim, advanced with all 
 
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 Christian charity, to be Bishop of Durham still. 
 The State might decree that bishops were finally 
 dispensed with, but Morton continued by word 
 and act, whatever the danger, to let all know 
 that the episcopal office would never in this 
 world be undone. His determination greatly 
 helped others in difficult times, and at last, at 
 the age of 95, he entered into a well earned 
 and honourable rest. 
 
 Nash, the dramatist, was, as Greene before Thomas Nasfe 
 him, at S. John's as a sizar. He held the (1567-1601) U 
 
 friendship of Marlowe. He wrote unequally: at '^^^^^ 
 times he published plays, and at times gave forth 
 fierce denunciation of the Puritan writer Mar- 
 prelate. His character cannot be considered 
 very reputable, and his writing throughout lacked 
 refinement. 
 
 Boyle, better known as the great Earl of Cork, Richard Boyle 
 a Statesman of note in the reign of James I., Earl of Cork 
 was at Corpus Christi College. It has often ^^^^^^^^^^ 
 been shewn that universities can produce Empire j^^sa. 
 builders, and in his day Boyle did much to help 
 on the prosperity of Ireland. By the erection of 
 bridges, harbours, and towers, he opened the 
 way to commerce, and is credited with having 
 done much to benefit the island, and to ward off 
 rebellion. 
 
 Visitors to S. Paul's Cathedral have probably John Donne 
 
 noticed in the south choir aisle a strange ^\^'^^'\ll^^ 
 
 J J Tnti. 15o/t 
 
 memorial. It is the figure of a dead man 
 
 wrapped in a winding-sheet, and, as it were, 
 issuing from an urn. This monument is the 
 
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 only one which survived the fire in old S. Paul's, 
 and is in memory of Dean Donne, who, born 
 of Roman Catholic parents, and connected at 
 first with Oxford, seems later to have studied 
 at Trinity, Cambridge, but took no degree. 
 His early life was unsettled, but later he gave 
 himself to the writing of books, and after careful 
 thought and study of the question, definitely 
 decided to embrace the faith of the Church of 
 England. He was noticed by James I., and, at 
 the age of 42, acting on the earnest solicitation 
 of friends, he took orders, and quickly became 
 famed as a scholar, thinker, and preacher. All 
 the great men of the day were his friends — Ben 
 Jonson, Francis Bacon, Hall, Montagu, An- 
 drewes, George Herbert, Isaac Walton, and 
 Nicholas Ferrar. He first obtained the preacher- 
 ship of Lincoln's Inn, and his sermons were held 
 in such repute that he was advanced to the 
 Deanery of S. Paul's. Known as the " poet 
 preacher," he carried on an active ministry with 
 complete devotion, and exercised an influence 
 that was immense. His steadfastness of purpose 
 is to be traced in the motto he chose to be 
 carved on his monument, " Hie licet in occiduo 
 cinere aspicit Eum cujus nomen est Oriens." 
 Samuel Ward Ward, who entered at Christ's, became Fellow 
 (c. 1570-1643) of Emmanuel, was then Fellow of the newly- 
 Chr. c. 1588 founded College of Sidney Sussex, and after 
 Sid. Sussex gQj^g years passed to the Mastership. His in- 
 fluence at Cambridge was great. He favoured 
 Puritan teaching, and in consequence found 
 
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 Montagu an opponent, but was a convinced 
 upholder of the Church of England. The Mar- 
 garet chair was offered to him, and in time he 
 found himself unable to go to the lengths 
 which Presbyterianism had then reached, and in 
 consequence for a time, together with others, 
 suffered imprisonment in S. John's. He was 
 intimate with Ussher, Williams, Hall, and 
 Davenant, and his '' Diary" which he left is still in 
 the possession of Sidney, where also he lies buried 
 
 To be Bishop in the days of the Common- Joseph Hall 
 wealth was to find life no bed of roses, as Hall, (1574-1656) 
 the Fellow of Emmanuel, who rose to be Bishop Emm. 1589. 
 of Norwich, found to his cost. Learned and 
 scholarly, he was put forward by James to up- 
 hold episcopacy at the Synod of Dort. His first 
 promotion was to Exeter, and he took up there 
 a strong Church line. Steadily opposed to the 
 Papal power, he yet held, along with Laud, and 
 Morton, and Davenant, that the Church of Eng- 
 land claimed to be fully Catholic. The eager 
 Puritan opposition to all Church views gave him 
 trouble, but for his learning and deep piety his 
 opponents had full respect. It fell to him, in 
 the company of Ussher and Williams, to oppose 
 tooth and nail the measure which aimed at 
 removing Bishops from their seats in the House 
 of Lords. He was regarded as a doughty 
 champion, and for a time imprisonment in the 
 Tower was his reward. On returning to 
 Norwich his troubles increased: his revenues 
 were seized, his goods were looted, and his 
 
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 cathedral stormed. He had perforce to remove 
 to a village near, and there continued to 
 manifest in adversity a truly noble character. 
 Among his works may be mentioned his " Con- 
 templations," which are still read, and " Christian 
 Meditations." A book of his, the " Satires," 
 written while he was at the University, is also 
 well known. 
 Benjamin The age of Elizabeth, remarkable in many 
 Jonson ways, was particularly characterised by the great 
 (c. 1573-1637) number and the extraordinary attainments of 
 literary men. Amongst the greatest of these was 
 Ben Jonson, perhaps the only man of whom it 
 can be said, in some sense, that he shared the 
 palm with Shakespeare, whose birth preceded his 
 own by six years. He is supposed to have been 
 at S. John's, after an earlier bringing up at West- 
 minster School. He betook himself to London, 
 and became connected, as were so many other 
 writers, with the stage. He moved freely in 
 that inner circle of which Bacon, Inigo Jones, 
 Donne, Shakespeare, Herrick, Chapman, Fletcher 
 and Beaumont formed part, and he was recog- 
 nised as holding an important literary position, 
 and as being a man of great originality and 
 strength. " Every man in his Humour " was 
 published in 1598, and several other dramas, the 
 " Alchemist " being one of the most important. 
 To his pen we owe also many epitaphs, epigrams, 
 and songs, " Drink to me only with thine eyes '* 
 being one of the best known of these. Notwith- 
 standing his literary power, he seems to have 
 
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 amassed no fortune, and his end was saddened 
 by poverty and disappointment which even the 
 patronage of King Charles had done extremely 
 little to lighten. He lies buried in Westminster 
 Abbey, and the inscription " O rare Ben 
 Jonson " is placed above his resting-place 
 Tradition relates that he was buried standing, 
 and that it was his own special wish to rest in 
 the Abbey with which, as with the neighbour- 
 hood around, he had in his life been much 
 connected. " Grant me a favour," he is said to 
 have asked of Charles I. " What is it ? " said 
 the King. " Give me eighteen inches of square 
 ground." " Where ? " continued the King. " In 
 Westminster Abbey!"* 
 
 A partnership in literary work is not an easy John Fletcker 
 task to undertake, and yet the joint productions (1579-1625) 
 of Beaumont and Fletcher must be held to be Corp. Chr. 
 a signal success. Writing in an age when a 
 high standard prevailed, these two men, one an 
 Oxonian and the other a Cambridge man, pro- 
 duced plays which were full of real poetic 
 attainment, and came near to the great works 
 of Shakespeare and Ben Jonson. What indi- 
 vidual share was taken with regard to the plays 
 which were produced jointly, is unknown. 
 Fletcher was probably at Corpus Christi College, 
 where his father had been Master, and after some 
 years joined with Beaumont in what proved to be 
 
 * Stanley, " Westminster Abbey," p. 255. The name is 
 written Johnson on the grave-stone. 
 
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 c. 1591. 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 John 
 
 Davenant 
 
 (1576-1641) 
 
 Queens' 
 
 c. 1592. 
 
 William 
 
 Harvey 
 
 (1578-1657) 
 
 Gon. & Caius 
 
 1593. 
 
 a successful venture. " The Maid's Tragedy '- 
 was one of the best productions of the joint writ- 
 ing, and " The Faithful Shepherdess," supposed 
 to be Fletcher's sole writing, is also extremely 
 good. The work which these two men produced 
 placed them at once among the greatest of 
 English poets and dramatists. Fletcher lies 
 buried in the same grave with Mas singer, by the 
 side of Andrewes and other great men, in South- 
 wark Cathedral. 
 
 Davenant, who perhaps proved more success- 
 ful as Professor than as Bishop, was Fellow of 
 Queens', and in time rose to be President. He 
 held the Margaret chair, and a valuable com- 
 mentary on the Epistle to the Colossians came 
 from his pen. He inclined to a moderate Calvin- 
 ism, and when he was raised to the See of 
 SaHsbury his views were hardly such as to 
 commend themselves to Laud, who was on the 
 throne of Canterbury. Neither in learning nor 
 in statesmanship can he be said to have reached 
 the level of the great Caroline divines, but, not- 
 withstanding, he possesses a creditable record. 
 
 Harvey, the discoverer of the circulation of 
 the blood, took his degree from Gonville and 
 Caius. For his College he had ever a great 
 regard, and by his will he left to it the house in 
 which he was born at Folkestone. A Kentish 
 man on both sides, he was trained at the King's 
 School, Canterbury, before passing to Cambridge. 
 Subsequently he took up work at S. Bartholo- 
 mew's Hospital, and gave himself to study, 
 
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CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 After long and careful investigation he published 
 " Exercitatio anatomica de motu cordis et san- 
 guinis in animalibus." Harvey was a good 
 all-round man: a classic, and well versed in the 
 medical works of his day. While lacking 
 modern advantages he yet proved to be right as 
 regards the correctness of the theory he ad- 
 vanced. S. Bartholomew's owes much to him, 
 as one who helped on the building of the 
 Library. He lies buried at Hempstead, near 
 Saffron Walden; in 1883 the coffin was solemnly 
 placed in a marble sarcophagus as a mark of 
 the esteem with which subsequent generations 
 have regarded the work of this great medical 
 scientist and investigator. 
 
 Montagu ranks among the representative body Richard 
 of Churchmen to which Andrewes, Cosin, and Montagu 
 Laud belonged. He came to King's from Eton, 
 and proved, in time, a strong and able contro- 
 versialist. Many of his works were powerfully 
 written, and his " Appello Caesarem " shewed 
 great erudition. His tenure of the See of 
 Chichester and of Norwich conduced to the up- 
 holding of the Church of England. He was 
 strongly anti-Roman, and yet thoroughly con- 
 vinced as to the position of the Church, and he 
 proved no mean advocate in her cause. He was 
 intimate with Fuller and Casaubon, and lies 
 buried at Norwich. 
 
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 (1577-1641) 
 King '3^594. 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 John 
 
 Williams 
 
 (1582-1650) 
 
 S. John's 
 
 1598. 
 
 Matthew 
 Wren 
 
 (1585-1667) 
 
 Pemb. 1601 
 
 Pet. 1625. 
 
 Williams, the Welshman, who succeeded Bacon 
 as Lord Keeper, and was also Archbishop of 
 York, is remembered at S. John's as the builder 
 of the library, over the doorway of which are to 
 be seen his " arms." Fellow, and for a time 
 Proctor, he was looked upon with favour by 
 Bancroft and by James L, and after being made 
 Dean of Westminster was raised to Lincoln and 
 then to York. For the royalist cause he had 
 great affection, and he had to suffer even im- 
 prisonment, for a time, owing to the strength of 
 his views. In Church matters he took a line that 
 avoided extremes, and while he had little sym- 
 pathy with the policy of Laud, he seems to have 
 acted as a capable and sensible man. 
 
 Matthew Wren, Fellow of Pembroke, uncle of 
 the well-known Sir Christopher, and the intimate 
 friend of Andrewes, speedily rose to be Master 
 of Peterhouse. His rule there was memorable, 
 for in many ways he promoted the welfare of the 
 College. Preferment fell rapidly to him, 
 and he was called to preside in turn over the 
 Sees of Hereford, Norwich, and Ely. Scholarly, 
 and well able to defend the strong Church views 
 he took up, he worked hand in hand with Laud 
 against Puritan opposition, and found himself 
 concerned in Laud's impeachment, and was, for 
 some 1 8 years, in prison in the Tower. His 
 work as Bishop was thoroughly done, and he 
 ranks as a capable administrator. Pembroke, 
 the Chapel of which he built, is the possessor 
 of his mitre. He was buried in the Chapel, and 
 
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 Pearson, then Master of Trinity, pronounced the 
 funeral oration. 
 
 Not all Masters of Colleges have led the quiet William Beale 
 easy life that is generally associated with their ( ? -1651) 
 office at the present day. Beale, the Westminster ^^^^' ^^^^ 
 boy, who in due course, after being at Trinity, c ^t ^^ , 
 became Master of Jesus and then of S. John's, ^^33 
 went through a troubled career. The authori- 
 ties of the day had sundry things against him: 
 not only was he a friend of Cosin, but his 
 " ritualistic ways " had attracted attention, 
 though this amounted to nothing more than the 
 restoration of the beautiful ministrations of 
 Divine worship in the College Chapel, and a 
 proper care for the spiritual welfare of the place. 
 More than all this, however, was the enormity 
 of assisting King Charles by sending him some 
 of the College plate. Cromwell himself, in dire 
 anger, came to Cambridge, surrounded S 
 John's College while the students were at 
 Evensong, and carried off the Master to 
 the Tower, along with Wren, Bishop of Ely, 
 Martin, Master of Queens', and Sterne, Master 
 of Jesus. After a most unpleasant journey, 
 imprisonment for three years followed, and 
 deprivation from the Mastership. Then, in 
 despair, Beale betook himself abroad. The 
 curious story of his death in Spain tells of the 
 terrors of those times. Taken seriously ill at 
 Madrid, he gathered his faithful followers round 
 him and solemnly consecrated the blessed sacra- 
 ment as he lay in bed. One fear had possessed 
 
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 him in dying — the dread of falling into the hands 
 of the Inquisition. In order to prevent this, the 
 boards of the chamber were taken up, a grave 
 dug, the body buried and covered with quicklime. 
 Owing to the care with which the secret was 
 kept, his resting-place remained completely un- 
 known. So ended the life of one of the best 
 and most capable Masters the College ever had. 
 Nicholas Nicholas Ferrar, whose life story is of great 
 
 Ferrar interest, came to Clare in 1606, and attaining, 
 
 ^ " '' after four years, to a Fellowship, travelled, 
 Clare 1606. 
 
 and was later on elected to the House 
 
 of Commons. But already a higher motive than 
 political success was inspiring him, and he 
 shortly decided to retire from the world and 
 give himself up to a religious life of meditation 
 and prayer, combined with literary and philan- 
 thropic work. After being ordained Deacon by 
 Laud, he established, at Little Gidding, in Hun- 
 tingdonshire, an institution which was no mere 
 monastic house. Ferrar's whole soul was bound 
 up with adherence to and belief in the Church 
 of England, and his idea was to gather round 
 him his family — his brother also joined in the 
 project, and brought his family as well — and to 
 produce in the quiet country home the reality of 
 a Christian household living entirely for God, 
 and for the welfare of their fellow-men. The 
 story of the endeavour is full of interest. There 
 is mention of the speedy endeavour to restore 
 the dilapidated church, and of the observance 
 in the house itself of an almost continuous round 
 
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 of solemn supplication by day, supplication which 
 even was continued, accompanied by soft play- 
 ing of the organ, far into the night: of the care 
 with which all the inmates of the house attended 
 the daily offices of Matins and Evensong, and at 
 periodic intervals the Holy Communion: of the 
 motto over the front door " Flee from evil and 
 do good and dwell for evermore " : of the general 
 air of happiness and contentment which pervaded 
 the dwellers in the house: of the interest which 
 gathered round the little Church, continuously 
 redolent with the odour of sweet-scented 
 herbs and flowers: of the reverence made, on 
 entering, to the altar, aglow with tapers and 
 veiled with costly hangings : of the due and valu- 
 able instruction which members of the family 
 gave to the children of their poorer neighbours 
 who were allowed to share in the lessons: of the 
 kindly aid, of hospital and dispensary nature, 
 which was given free to the villagers : of the pur- 
 suit of music, embroidery and painting. All 
 these details add to the beauty of the conception, 
 and tell of the quiet life which prevailed.* But 
 it is because of the literary work which was car-; 
 ried on, that Little Gidding became famous 
 Books were not only beautifully written out, but 
 beautifully bound as well, some of them being 
 preserved as treasures in the British Museum 
 now. A Harmony of the Gospels was made, and 
 a Harmony of Kings and Chronicles, together 
 
 * " Nicholas Ferrar, His Household and his Friends." 
 
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 with many other theological works. And thus 
 for many years the establishment quietly flour- 
 
 * ished. As the younger girls grew up they 
 
 married and left: and when at last Ferrar^ 
 worn out by the austerities he practised, passed 
 to his rest, the home was continued under his 
 brother, but only for a time. Many of the valu- 
 able books which Ferrar had compiled, perished 
 in the evil days that followed : the house is gone; 
 and at the present day only the Church at Little 
 Gidding, in which he had so often prayed, re- 
 mains. King Charles himself visited Ferrar, anc^ 
 was impressed with all he saw. It was to Ferrar 
 that George Herbert, from his deathbed, com- 
 mitted his work known as " The Temple," and 
 all through his career this man of saintly life was 
 known and revered by the great Churchmen of 
 his day, and especially by Andrewes and Donne. 
 John Cosin We may well be thankful for the many great 
 (1594-1672) aind learned men who did so much to place the 
 
 Gon. & Caius Church of England on a safe and sure founda- 
 tion after the unsettlement of the Reformation 
 times. The name of Cosin is well-known as one 
 of the foremost of these '^giants of days gone 
 by." Fellow of Gonville and Caius, deeply read, 
 and able always to take a large view of things,' 
 full of artistic taste, and rejoicing in all that was 
 refined and beautiful, this man of master mind 
 left a great record behind him. In matters of 
 ceremonial, he was a safe and reliable guide; 
 on various points of theological teaching, when 
 weaker men uttered platitudes and gave vent 
 
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 to mere parrot cries, Cosin pointed out the way^ 
 and shewed himself no slavish upholder of what 
 was ignorantly supposed alone to be right. 
 Active and zealous in the control of all that fell 
 to him, tall and handsome, and large-hearted, he 
 ranks as one of the alert Englishmen of his day. 
 Early in life he was connected with Durham, 
 where in due course, he was to be bishop — 
 there, in those early days, he used vestments and 
 incense as the lawful heritage of the reformed 
 English Church, and his care for sacred things 
 led him to beautify his College Chapel when he 
 became Master of Peterhouse. For sending his 
 College plate to Charles, he was ejected from his 
 mastership, and retired abroad to carry on there,- 
 for 19 years, the same carefully regulated worship 
 of the English Church. Thence, in due course, 
 recalled to be Bishop of Durham, he made a 
 stand for ancient and dignified ceremonial, and 
 opposed alike to Papist and Puritan, worked up 
 his diocese to be a model one, and gained the 
 respect of all. To his wide knowledge of the 
 mind of the ancient Church is due the beauty 
 and unsurpassed English of many of the prayers 
 in the Prayer Book, and to his wise adminis- 
 tration and thoughtful discretion, we, at the 
 present day, owe much. All the great divines 
 of the time were among his friends — Overall, 
 Andrewes, Laud, Montagu, Sancroft, Gunning, 
 and Wren. Cheerful and pleasant, and a great 
 smoker, he led a simple life, and in addition to 
 the great administrative work he did, has left us 
 
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 his " Private Devotions." Before all else he 
 
 worked straight for the end he had in view, and 
 
 was one of the most capable prelates the Church 
 
 of England ever possessed. 
 
 Thomas It falls to the lot of some men to be endowed 
 
 Wentworth with considerable talent, and yet neither the age 
 
 Earl of jj^ which they happen to live, nor the environ- 
 
 Strafford j^g^t which surrounds them, affords scope 
 
 (1593—1641) . ,, r ^ 1 urn J 
 
 e T u suitable for that talent to be fully and successr 
 
 S. John s "^ 
 
 c. 1608, fully applied. Of Wentworth, who rose to be 
 
 Earl of Strafford, and is so well known in 
 connexion with the troubled career of his 
 master, Charles I., it may with justice be said, 
 that though he possessed gifts of a high order, 
 everything seemed to conduce to render any 
 successful and appreciated use of these gifts 
 impossible. Entering at S. John's he passed, 
 after a creditable career, to the great walks of 
 hfe : at first he seemed bound up with the popular 
 cause, and joined in the effort to get redress of 
 grievances granted by the King. Then ensued 
 what appeared to be a complete change of front ; 
 he rose to power, with royal approval, as the 
 almost avowed opponent of all that the people 
 seemed to desire. Rightly or wrongly, he 
 was looked upon as the unflinching sup- 
 porter of one-man rule, as the upholder of a 
 despotism which by the nation's determina- 
 tion, was shortly to pass away. His work in 
 Ireland, good as in some ways it was, was 
 viewed with the greatest disfavour: his strong 
 determination and talent only increased the 
 
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 hatred with which the popular party regarded 
 
 his every act; all things seemed to go wrong; 
 
 at last came his fall ; he passed to his death at the 
 
 blockj forsaken and betrayed by a master who 
 
 was unworthy of him, and further, detested by 
 
 a people who were irritated into actions which all 
 
 must deplore. Under another monarch, and in 
 
 different times, Strafford might have been an 
 
 approved and valuable protector of his country. 
 
 George Herbert, who has left a great name George 
 
 as a Christian poet, was trained at Westminster Herbert 
 
 School, during the time that Andrewes held the ^ — » ) 
 r ^ r ^ . , , ^t , ^ Trin. 1609. 
 
 post of De^n of the Abbey Church. From 
 
 thence, he entered at Trinity under the master- 
 ship of Nevile, and after holding a Fellow- 
 ship, was appointed Public Orator. The period 
 during which he resided at Cambridge was a 
 brilliant one: Richard Sterne, the future Arch- 
 bishop, was a brother undergraduate: Francis 
 Bacon, and Nicholas Ferrar, were his friends: 
 amongst those who must have known him, 
 were John Williams, Joseph Hall, Matthew Wren, 
 all of whom were to hold high office in the 
 Church: and before Herbert left the University, 
 John Milton was in residence. From early days, 
 he seemed to have been impressed with the 
 great personality of Andrewes: Laud, John 
 Donne, Thomas Fuller and Isaac Walton, 
 who wrote his life, were intimate with him at 
 one time or another. After definitely deciding 
 to take Holy Orders, he was given a prebend 
 of which the estate was at Leighton, in Huntingt 
 
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 donshire, not far from Little Gidding, where 
 Nicholas Ferrar had his house, and here the 
 friendship of former years was renewed and 
 more firmly cemented. It was, however, at 
 Bemerton that his writing was chiefly done- 
 he had been presented to the living by Charles 
 I. and instituted by Davenant, the Bishop of 
 Salisbury: for years as Vicar he passed the 
 life of a saint, rejoicing in his ministry, in his 
 love for music, and in frequent visits across the 
 meadows to his beloved Cathedral Church. The 
 poems known as -'The Temple," which he has left 
 us, reveal the beautiful mind of one who was 
 devoted to the faith and teaching of the Church 
 of England, and who found in her all that his 
 soul desired in the aim he set before him of being 
 a faithful servant of God. Within 60 years of 
 his death more than 20,000 copies had been sold; 
 it was treasured by King Charles in prison and 
 under sentence of death: and the book still 
 remains a monument of the piety and beauty 
 of soul of the writer, who lies buried under the 
 chancel of Bemerton Church. The valuable prose 
 work which he also wrote, " The Country 
 Parson," was not published until after his death. 
 Bichard Richard Sterne, the scholar of Trinity, became 
 
 Sterne first a Fellow of Corpus Christi, and later on, 
 (c. 1596-1683) Master of Jesus. His strong royalist sympathies 
 
 Cor Chr ^^^^^^^^ ^^^ i^^^ trouble with Cromwell, by 
 1620 whose order he was arrested on the charge of 
 
 Jesus 1633. sending some of the College plate to the King. 
 As a result, he was deprived of his Mastership 
 
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 and imprisoned in the Tower: he was able to be 
 of service to Archbishop Laud, and he attended 
 the ill-fated prelate at his execution. At the 
 restoration, his Mastership was restored to him, 
 and he subsequently was advanced to the Sees 
 of Carlisle and York. As Bishop he had much 
 to do with the final revision of the Prayer Book. 
 
 Robert Herrick, the Westminster boy, came to 
 S. John's in 1613, and, some time after, migrated 
 to Trinity Hall. The poems which he wrote were 
 favourably received at the time, and are marked 
 in many cases by their adaptability to musical 
 setting. They bear the stamp of fresh country 
 life. The -' Hesperides " and -* Noble Numbers '^ 
 (the latter consisting chiefly of religious pieces) 
 are his chief works. He is said to have been 
 the friend of Ben Jonson. 
 
 At Sidney Sussex College, -that nursery of 
 Puritanism " as Laud called it, Oliver Cromwell 
 received hifs University training after being 
 educated at Huntingdon Grammar School. At 
 the age of 17, on the day on which Shakespeare 
 'died, he was duly enrolled as a student, and the 
 College is still justly proud of her great son, 
 under whose guidance the People rose to power. 
 His after history is common knowledge, and 
 there is need alone here to state that he became 
 M.P. for Cambridge in 1640, and was High 
 Steward of the town from 1652 until his death. 
 
 Less widely known than Harvey, but even 
 now largely held in honour by the medical world, 
 Francis Glisson was another of those great 
 
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 Robert 
 
 Herrick 
 
 (1591-1674) 
 
 S. John's 
 
 1613 
 
 Trin. H.1616 
 
 Oliver 
 
 Cromwell 
 
 (1599-1658) 
 
 Sid. Sussex 
 
 1616. 
 
 Francis 
 Glisson 
 
 (1597-1677) 
 
 Gon. & Caius 
 
 1617. 
 
Chr. 1617 
 S. Cath. 1650 
 
 CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 doctors trained by Gonville and Caius College. 
 Entering in 1617, he took the degree of M.D., 
 and was Regius Professor of Physic and 
 President of the College of Physicians. Con- 
 tinuing to reside at Cambridge for many years, 
 he lectured on anatomy, and published a valuable 
 treatise on *' Rickets." His College, for which 
 he had great affection, benefited by his will: 
 he lies buried in S. Bride's Church, Fleet Street 
 John John Lightfoot, who came to Christ's in 161 7 
 
 Lightfoot and rose to be Master of S. Catharine's, was 
 (1602-1675) one of those cautious biblical critics and profound 
 Hebrew scholars whose work abides by virtue 
 of its excellence. He was the friend of Samuel 
 Clarke, and his portrait is in the College HalL 
 Edmund Edmund Waller, the author of some poetic 
 
 Waller pieces, came as an Eton man to King's College, 
 
 ^ ' ^ but took no degree. His royalist leanings were 
 King's 1620 , J u . • J • 1 
 
 pronounced, and he jomed m a plot on the 
 
 King's behalf, for which he was largely fined. 
 
 He excelled rather as a courtier than as a poet, 
 
 and yet he produced some fair poems, among 
 
 which may be mentioned, '' Go lovely rose '' 
 
 and a sonnet on '- Old age." He was not over 
 
 steadfast in his allegiance, and when fortune 
 
 favoured Cromwell, he wrote verses in his favour. 
 
 There was a refinement about his writing which 
 
 proved attractive. 
 
 Thomas Fuller The well-known writer, Thomas Fuller, entered 
 (1608-1661) Queens' College in 1621, at the age of 13. His 
 
 Queens' 1621 uncle, John Davenant, was Master, who after 
 holding the Margaret Professorship, had been 
 
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 appointed to the Bishopric of Salisbury. Fuller 
 seems a year or twb later to have moved to 
 Sidney Sussex, but neither there nor at Queens' 
 was he made Fellow. Fojrl a time, he was Vicar of 
 S. Benet's in the town, and officiated at the 
 funeral of Thomas Hobson, the well-known Cam- 
 bridge carrier, concerning whom was coined the 
 phrase, " Hobson's choice." After holding the 
 vicarage of Broad Windsor, he removed to 
 London, and became a Chaplain at the Savoy. 
 He was the author of many works — " History 
 of the Holy War,'' '- Pisgah Sight of Palestine,"- 
 *- Worthies of England," and " Ecclesiastical Hisr 
 tory of Great Britain," of which the 12th volume 
 is a history of the University of Cambridge. He 
 was well-known as a great preacher, and the 
 King admired his sermons. But it was the 
 character of his writing which made him famous : 
 brimming over with original thought and spark- 
 ling wit, he put real fun into all he wrote — what- 
 ever he touched seemed raised and transformed 
 by his brilliant remarks, and S. T. Coleridge 
 remarks of him that '-Next to Shakespeare I 
 am not certain whether Thomas Fuller, beyond 
 all others, does not excite in me the sense and 
 emotion of the marvellous."* His memory was 
 remarkable, and among his friends were Joha 
 Lightfoot and Samuel Pepys. The epitaph he 
 suggested for himself was '-Here lies Fuller's 
 earth," and he himself thus describes the purpose 
 for which he fulfilled his great task— "To gain 
 * " Life of Thomas Fuller," by M. Fuller, pp. 184, 511. 383. 
 
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 some glory to God: to ^preserve the memories 
 
 of the dead: to present 'examples to the living: 
 
 to entertain the reader with delight: to procure 
 
 some honest profit to myself."* Opposed to 
 
 Rome on the one hand and to Geneva on the 
 
 other, he took up a strong Christian position, 
 
 and most earnestly desired to do his duty. 
 
 Thomas After being at Westminster, Thomas Randolph 
 
 Eandoiph vvas placed at Trinity, and became Fellow. In 
 
 (1605-1635) ggj^ Jonson he found a great and generous 
 
 friend, and was well-known at the University as 
 
 the writer of poems in English and Latin, and as 
 
 the successful organiser of some plays which 
 
 were performed. During his short life of 30 
 
 years, which in some ways was not exemplary, 
 
 he gained a great reputation, and is rememr 
 
 bered as the author of the " Conceited Pedler/' 
 
 the '* Jealous Lovers," -' The Muses' Looking 
 
 Glasse." 
 
 John Milton The University is justly proud of its connection 
 
 (1608-1674) with Milton, who has gained so important a 
 
 Chr. 1625. place in the appreciation of Englishmen, and 
 
 the rooms he occupied at Christ's* are still an 
 
 object of the greatest interest. He had been 
 
 previously trained at S. Paul's School, and at an 
 
 early age shewed considerable promise in the 
 
 writing of verse and in music. Though at times^ 
 
 College discipline proved irksome to him, he duly 
 
 took his degree, that of B.A. in 1629 and that 
 
 * " Life of Thomas Fuller," by M. Fuller, pp. 184, 511, 383 
 * On the 1st floor of the left comer of the first court. 
 
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 of M.A. ill 1632. He had already as an under- 
 graduate written some Latin poems, and the 
 '* Ode on the Nativity " dates also from this 
 period. I'assing from Cambridge to residence at 
 Horton, he gave to the world " L'Allegro " and 
 '* II Penseroso " and " Comus " : in memory 
 of Edward King, who, as Fellow of Christ's, 
 had been Milton's friend, and who was drowned 
 on a voyage to Ireland, he contributed 
 '"^ Lycidas.'" His fame was now widespread: for 
 a few months he travelled on the Continent, 
 where he met Grotius and Galileo, and then ret 
 turned, not for a time to write poetry, but to take 
 part in the political disturbance which was so 
 deeply moving England and to publish several 
 prose works that were strong in their support of 
 the Puritan doctrines which he had espoused, and 
 into which he threw himself with such vigour. 
 The blindness that threatened was now becoming 
 acute, but despite the domestic trouble and the 
 civil anxieties which are matters of common 
 knowledge, his great epic " Paradise Lost " was 
 published in 1667. By it he at once placed 
 himself in the foremost ranks of scholarly Engr 
 lish poets, and he enriched the world of poetry 
 consecrated to the service of Christianity with a 
 production at once grand and noble and endur- 
 ing. He was buried in the Church of S. Giles', 
 Cripplegate. The famous mulberry tree at 
 Christ's is said to have been planted by him, 
 and the MS. of " Comus " and -' Lycidas '• 
 in the poet*s handwriting, much interlined, still 
 is preserved in the Library of Trinity College. 
 
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 Thomas 
 
 3rd Lord 
 
 Fairfax 
 
 (1612-1671) 
 
 S. John's 
 
 1626. 
 
 Benjamin 
 
 Whichcote 
 
 (1609-1683) 
 
 Emm. 1626 
 
 King's 1644. 
 
 In 1626, Thomas Fairfax was at S. John's. His 
 Cambridge training helped on his literary tastes 
 and throughout his active life he continued to 
 write. On the outbreak of the civil war he joined 
 the Parliamentary forces: he became one of 
 their most prominent Generals, and was engaged 
 in the battles of Marston Moor and Naseby. 
 His attachment to Cromwell suffered some 
 diminution as time went on, and he helped to 
 bring about the restoration of Charles. In" all 
 he did, he shewed himself to be a man of honour 
 and a courteous and refined gentleman. The 
 motto of his family, aptly chosen, was 
 " Fare . . . fac " " Say . . . do." 
 
 Benjamin Whichcote, the Fellow of Emmanuel, 
 was one who largely impressed those with 
 whom he came in contact. He, to some extent, 
 prepared the way for the teaching of the Cam- 
 bridge Platonists. Convinced of the unity of 
 natural and revealed truth he taught that Scrip- 
 ture was and must be in accord with reason, 
 and appealed to the power of the Christian 
 life as a most important evidence of the truth 
 of the religion of Christ. He ranks rather as 
 a thinker than a writer, and has left a name 
 for much kindliness of heart and integrity of life. 
 He was the contemporary of Milton and Jeremy 
 Taylor, of Barrow and Ray, and is allowed to have 
 largely inspired Smith, More, Cudworth, and Tillot- 
 son. He succeeded, as Provost of King's, one who 
 had been displaced for political reasons, and, in 
 his turn, was himself ejected from that post. 
 
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 In his short life, John Harvard, who died John 
 
 at the age of 31, contrived to achieve results Harvard 
 
 of the greatest moment. Born of poor parentage ^ ' ^ 
 1 11 • 1 • o. TVT ^ Emm. 1627. 
 
 m Southwark, and baptised in S. Mary Overy, 
 
 now Southwark Cathedral, he came to Em- 
 manuel in 1627, while Milton was at Christ's, 
 and obtained his degree. Ten years later, he 
 emigrated to New) England, and becoming a 
 freeman of Charlestown, engaged in earnest 
 preaching. He was possessed, by marriage, of 
 considerable wealth, and formed the project 
 of turning that wealth to lofty use by founding 
 a University, and thus helping others to enjoy 
 that learning which he had found so valuable in 
 the old country. At his death half his fortune, 
 together with his library, went to form tho 
 nucleus of what is now Harvard University — and 
 Cambridge in England rejoices at the prosperity 
 of the new Cambridge in Massachusetts, and 
 remembers with pride the name of Harvard, 
 who was one of her sons, and by whose effort the 
 University of Harvard was founded, which numbers 
 among its roll of worthies" the names of Emerson, 
 Longfellow, Motley, Lowell, Phillips Brooks, Oliver 
 Wendell Holmes and Roosevelt. The connexion 
 between Cambridge and Harvard has frequently 
 been emphasized. A boat race was rowed in 1906 
 between crews from both Universities, and a 
 visit was paid next day by the Harvard crew to 
 Emmanuel College. In 1907 a chapel in South- 
 wark Cathedral was restored in memory of 
 Harvard, and adorned with a stained window. 
 
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 JeremyTaylor Jeremy Taylor, who was bred and born at 
 (1613-1667) Cambridge of humble parentage, and one of 
 
 Gon. & Cams ^\^q earlier pupils at the school then recently 
 founded in the town by Dr. Perse, is remem- 
 bered not only as a great and pious Churchman, 
 but as one of the finest of English prose writers. 
 Receiving his training at Gonville and Caius, 
 he rose to be Fellow, and had for his contemr 
 poraries Milton, George Herbert, Fuller, and 
 Crashaw. Early in life, Taylor attracted notice 
 as a rising preacher. Laud did not fail to 
 recognise his merits, and elected him to preach^ 
 at S. Paul's, where Donne's memory was still in 
 high renown. All Souls' College, Oxford, made 
 him one of their Fellows, and by the patronage 
 of King Charles and of Juxon, he received the 
 living of Uppingham. Thence he betook him- 
 self to an estate in Wales known as the Golden 
 Grove, and applied himself assiduously to writing. 
 *- The Liberty of Prophesying," " The Great 
 Exemplar," " Holy Living and Dying,'' " The 
 Golden Grove " and the less known but valuable 
 work, " Clerus Domini," came from his pen. 
 The times were troubled, and Taylor was for a 
 time imprisoned: for the full churchmanship 
 which possessed him was far from being accept? 
 able to those in authority. Eventually he went 
 to Ireland, where he published his great work, 
 -' Ductor Dubitantium "; and was shortly after 
 made Bishop of Down and Connor. In his 
 diocese he was but coldly received : the adherents 
 of the Roman faith would not, and the Presby- 
 
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 terians could not, acknowledge him: but notwith^ 
 standing these trials he energetically set to work 
 to uphold Church principles and faith. In 
 London, his preaching was greatly admired, as 
 Evelyn testifies, and by a large body of educated 
 Churchmen his ministrations were eagerly sought. 
 As a writer he was held in great renown, and 
 there are those who group him with Shakespeare, 
 Bacon, and Milton. Thoroughly versed in the 
 classics, and revelling in quotation and wealth 
 of illustration, he wrote much that will always be 
 admired for its simple beauty and charm of 
 style. The divine who preached his funeral ser? 
 mon spake truly, even if in over adulation, when 
 he described him as having '' devotion enough 
 for a cloister, learning enough for a University, 
 and wit enough for a college of virtuosi.*'* 
 
 The Caroline divines never despaired of the Peter 
 future of the Church of England. In theit G^aing 
 minds there was a clear understanding as tp Clol'^-ioS ; 
 what she had parted with during the unsettled '. 
 
 period of the Reformation, and what she had j^ggQ^ 
 retained. In their view, the Church freed fron^ S. John's 
 Roman accretions, and judiciously saved from l^^^* 
 foreign Protestant novelties, seemed to have a, 
 great future before her in the carefully adjusted 
 fulness of her Catholic heritage, and their 
 optimism has not been misplaced. One of those 
 who proved a tower of strength to her cause was 
 Gunning, who coming from the King's School, 
 Canterbury, became Fellow of Clare, and was 
 * "Jeremy Taylor," Edmund Gosse, p. 210. 
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 eventually Bishop of Ely. His strong royalist 
 views caused him to be deprived of his Fellow- 
 ship, as well as of the Vicarage of S. Mary-the- 
 Less in the town. The royal cause might be 
 unpopular, but Gunning was not the man to 
 flinch : he preached before the Court and proved 
 such an attraction at the Chapel of Exeter House 
 in the Strand, that even Cromwell was obliged 
 to leave him unmolested. The Chapel became a 
 royalist centre, and when the tide turned^ 
 Gunning quickly rose to power — first as Master 
 of Corpus and Margaret Professor, shortly after 
 as Master of S. John's and Regius Professor, and 
 then as Bishop of Chichester, a See which he soon 
 left for Ely — where he proved a strong prelate 
 and conscientious worker. Fair-minded and 
 noted for his holiness of life, he gained the re- 
 spect of Evelyn, and nearly all the great men of 
 his day, and is credited with writing the prayer 
 "For all sorts and conditions of men." 
 Richard Richard Crashaw, the contemporary of Jeremy 
 
 Crashaw Taylor, Milton, George Herbert, Thomas Fuller 
 
 (CO - 6 ) ^^^ Henry More, received his education at 
 Pemb. 1631. j. :> 
 
 Pembroke, after being at Charterhouse. He 
 
 became Fellow of Peterhouse, but was expelled 
 
 owing to his refusal to subscribe the Solemn 
 
 League and Covenant, and eventually he joined 
 
 the Roman Church. He was the friend of 
 
 Abraham Cowley and of Nicholas Ferrar, whom 
 
 he used to visit at Little Gidding. The poems 
 
 which he wrote possess considerable merit, and 
 
 both Milton and Pope admired his work, 
 
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 Henry More, who after a training at Eton, Henry Mora 
 entered Christ's just at the time when Milton (1614-1687) 
 left, is remembered as a philosopher, and as one 
 of the greatest of the band of Cambridge 
 Platonists. A Fellowship was bestowed upon 
 him, and in this position he passed a happy 
 life, and refused the many high posts which 
 he was urged to accept. Refined in taste and 
 averse to controversy, he yet boldly defended 
 the Church to which he belonged. Loving 
 solitude and strongly inclined to mysticism, he 
 was a man of common sense and exercised con- 
 siderable influence. His writings, and especially 
 his " Divine Dialogues," attained to great popu- 
 larity and were widely read by those who 
 revolted from the dogmatism of Geneva, but 
 admired the full glory of the practical Christian 
 life. He was buried in the Chapel of his College 
 
 Pearson's '' Exposition of the Creed " is a john Pearson 
 
 widely-known work, and if a proof of the author's (1613-1686) 
 
 great learning were needed, it would be found Queens' 1631 
 
 in the fact that these weighty essays on the great J^^^ ^^^^^ 
 
 Jesus 1660 
 Christian truths were originally sermons preached 'pj-i^ity i662 
 
 at a city church. Coming from Eton to Queens', 
 and then in the following year becoming scholar 
 of King's, and in due course Fellow, he subse- 
 quently held the posts of Master of Jesus, 
 Margaret Professor, and finally Master of 
 Trinity. The son of a country clergyman, and 
 born in the same year as Jeremy Taylor, he 
 had throughout the whole of his life a great love 
 of work, and the knowledge he acquired was 
 
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 wide. He was the pure theologian rather than 
 the preacher: accepting certain truths as of 
 authority, he proceeded to build up by logical 
 inference, a system of teaching which embraced 
 all spiritual facts. With the precision of Euclid 
 he, in his particular science of theology, pos- 
 tulated, argued, and drew conclusions, never 
 hesitating to speak with firmness as a master of 
 his subject. He built on no narrow or restricted 
 foundation : recognising the importance of Creeds 
 and Fathers, as well as that of Scripture, he 
 took a wide view of the truth. " Have done," 
 he once advised, "with the morbid restlessness 
 of the present day : shun all attempts at novelty : 
 enquire what was from the beginning, consult* 
 the sources, have recourse to antiquity, go back 
 to the Fathers, look to the Primitive Church."* 
 It was teaching such as this which made his work 
 so powerful. Grave, calm, and cautious, he 
 went on his way, and as Bishop of Chester, was 
 a great support to the Church. His '' Vin- 
 dication of the Ignatian Epistles " was a most 
 able production, and all that he wrote was good. 
 Bentley, in a charming phrase, spoke of " Pear- 
 son, the dust of whose writings is gold. ' 
 Balph Ralph Cudworth, whose father had been Vicar 
 
 Cudworth of S. Andrew's in the town, has left a name as 
 (1617-1688) philosopher, and leader of the Cambridge Plato- 
 
 nists. Elected at first Fellow and Tutor of 
 Clare 1645 
 
 Chr 1654 Emmanuel, he passed on to be Master of Clare, 
 Regius Professor of Hebrew, and subsequently 
 
 * Works — Edited by Churton, ii. 6- 
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 Master of Christ's. His great learning caused 
 some heaviness in his writings, but his work 
 '' The True Intellectual System of the Uni- 
 verse " was an effort of great power. All alongy 
 he was the stout opponent of Hobbes, and upheld 
 a reasonable Christian faith: all that he wrote 
 told strongly against Fatalism and advanced 
 Calvinism, and he takes high place among thQ 
 roll of learned English divines. He was buried 
 in Christ's Chapel by the side of Henry More. 
 
 Jeremiah Horrocks, who during a short life Jeremiah 
 gave evidence of the highest ability, striving all Horrocks 
 the while against adverse circumstances, came i^- 1617-1641) 
 to Emmanuel as Sizar in 1632, but took no ^^^- i^^^. 
 degree. Had he lived it is certain that he would 
 have reached eminence in astromony, and his 
 account of the Transit of Venus across the 
 Sun, which he watched between the enforced 
 Sunday services which claimed his attention, 
 gives evidence of the gTeat capacity he had. 
 With little but his own enthusiasm to help him, 
 in his short life of 23 years, he impressed those 
 who knew him as almost the equal of Kepler, and 
 his special gifts were commemorated on a tablet 
 in Westminster Abbey, which testifies to Dean 
 Stanley's care to note, and desire to recognise, 
 the greatness of an almost unknown genius, 
 
 John Wallis, another great mathematician, joiii^ Wallis 
 came from Felsted to Emmanuel in the same (1616-1703) 
 year as Horrocks, whose works he was subse^ Emm. 1632. 
 quently to edit. He knew Pepys, and becoming 
 Fellow of Queens', assisted in the formation 
 
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 of the Royal Society, and then was aippointeci 
 by Cromwell to be Savilian Professor of 
 Geometry in the University of Oxford. His 
 reputation was great and his memory pheno- 
 menal, and he ranks as one of the ablest Eng- 
 lish mathematicians prior to Newton, who had 
 great regard for his work. He is buried in 
 S. Mary's Church, Oxford. 
 Seth Ward Seth Ward, mathematician, and Bishop sub- 
 (1617-1689) quently of Exeter and of Salisbury, was Fellow 
 Sid. Sussex q£ Sidney. The contemporary of Cosin and the 
 
 1 fi^O 
 
 friend of Samuel Ward, and of Oughtred, h0 
 took part, with Gunning and Barrow, in their' 
 opposition to the Solemn League and Covenant, 
 Deprived of his Fellowship in consequence, he 
 withdrew to Oxford, and became there Savilian 
 Professor of Astronomy and President of Trinity. 
 The work that he did as a mathematical writer 
 was regarded very favourably, and he helped 
 in the founding of the Royal Society. He 
 possessed many social gifts, and was throughout 
 his career admired as a manly, good-hearted 
 prelate. 
 Nathaniel Another who belonged to the body of Camr 
 Culverwell bridge Platonists, was Nathaniel Culverwell, the 
 (c. 1616-1651) Fellow of Emmanuel. He was in intimate friend- 
 "^"^' ship with Cudworth, Whichcote, and John Smithy 
 
 all of whom were Emmanuel men, and his writ- 
 ings were among the most important published 
 by his school. He was recognised as an 
 accomplished scholar, and his most renowned 
 book was " Discourse of the Light of Nature.'^ 
 
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 The family of Marvell had been connected Andrew 
 with the neighbourhood of Cambridge before Marvell 
 Andrew Marvell came up to Trinity at the early (1621-1678) 
 age of 13. As a resident here, he made the 
 acquaintance of Milton, to whom in subsequent- 
 years he became assistant. Later in life, he 
 also enjoyed the friendship of Cromwell, Fair? 
 fax, and Dry den. His name is remembered as 
 a writer of prose, poetry, and satire. Probably 
 he shone most in prose ; his poetry also possessed 
 merit and clearly bore the impress of the school 
 in which Milton excelled. In 1659, he entered 
 the Commons as Member for Hull, where his 
 father had been clergyman, and worked for 
 -' Liberty," but his speeches were few. He lies 
 buried in S. Giles'-in-the-Fields. 
 
 Alike by pen and paint brush, the committal William 
 of the Seven Bishops to the Tower has been Bancroft 
 made known, and the event has fastened on the "'517-1693) 
 mind of the nation. Bancroft, who as Arch- 
 bishop of Canterbury, figured largely in the 
 matter, had come in early days from school 
 at Bury St. Edmund's to Emmanuel, where hi$ 
 uncle was Master. He was elected Fellow, and 
 after being Chaplain to Cosin became Master 
 himself. England owes a debt to him, for it 
 fell to his lot as Dean of S. Paul's, to arrange, 
 in company with Wren, for the building of the 
 new S. Paul's, which the recent fire had ren- 
 'dered a necessity. Raised, after his successful 
 effort, to be Archbishop, he found difficult work 
 awaiting him. He attended Charles on his 
 
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 death-bed and crowned King James : everywhere 
 under his fostering care the cause of learning 
 advanced, but in due course a stand had to be 
 made against the Romanising tendencies of 
 James. Stout churchman as Bancroft was, and 
 endowed with great activity, he had not the 
 slightest intention, if he could help it, of ever 
 again allowing England to be brought under 
 the heel of Rome. Courageously and manfully, 
 he withstood the King's attempt to restore the 
 Papal power, and passed with his six suffragans 
 to imprisonment in the Tower, where he, most 
 of all his brethren, displayed fortitude. Their 
 release was hailed with joy by the populace; 
 Soon after came the flight of James and the 
 landing of William. Further troubles awaited 
 the Archbishop, for deeming James even in exile 
 to be his rightful sovereign, he found himself 
 unable to take the oath to William. Depriveci 
 by the new monarch, who put Tillotson in his 
 place, he clung for a time to Lambeth, and 
 when finally he was ousted, still claimed to 
 be Archbishop, and refused to recognise what 
 had been done. 
 John John Hutchinson, the Puritan, who came to 
 
 Hutchinson Peterhouse about 1635, figured largely in later 
 (1615-1664) yg^j-g during all the troubles through which the 
 
 Pet. c 1635 
 
 nation passed. Adhering to the Parliamentary 
 
 party, he became Governor of Nottingham, and 
 
 defended the Castle there with great ability 
 
 during the siege. As one of the commissioners 
 
 for the trial of the King, he, with difficulty, 
 
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 brought himself to sign the warrant for the 
 royal execution, and soon after withdrew from 
 the anti-royalist side and retired from public 
 life. His wife, Lucy, wrote the well-known 
 " Memoirs." 
 
 John Smith, another of the Cambridge Platonists, 
 entered Emmanuel under Whichcote, and later 
 became Fellow of Queens'. He wrote well, and 
 his "Select Discourses" were widely appreciated. 
 Of high aspiration and markedly religious 
 character, he was much beloved during his short 
 life. 
 
 The poetic gifts of Abraham Cowley were 
 manifest at an early age, and some plays of his 
 were acted before the members of the Univer- 
 sity while he was in residence. He became 
 Fellow of Trinity, but was ejected at the out- 
 break of the Civil War, owing to his royalist 
 tendencies. He was highly thought of by his 
 contemporaries, and yet can hardly be regarded 
 as a great writer. His *' Davideis," much of 
 which v^as written at Cambridge, the " Pin- 
 darique Odes," and some writings in prose, are 
 his chief works. He possessed the friendship 
 of Dryden and Evelyn, and is buried in West- 
 minster Abbey by the side of Chaucer and 
 Spenser. 
 
 Thomas Wharton was placed at Pembroke in 
 1638. Becoming Fellow of the Royal College of 
 Physicians in 1650, he was some nine years later 
 appointed Physician of S. Thomas' Hospital 
 He gained great renown as an anatomist, and 
 
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 John Smith 
 
 (1618-1652) 
 
 Emm. 1636 
 
 Queens' 1644 
 
 Abraham 
 
 Cowley 
 
 (1618-1667) 
 
 Trin. 1637. 
 
 Thomas 
 Wharton 
 
 (1614-1673) 
 Pemb. 1638. 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 his name is remembered in medical science now. 
 He was a friend of Oughtred and Isaac Walton, 
 and was one of the few doctors who remained 
 in London right through the plague. 
 Sir Francis The village of Trumpington is known to all 
 Pcmberton Cambridge men. Within its walls, and around it 
 (1625-1697) lig buried several well-known men. One of those 
 ^^' ' buried there is Sir Francis Pemberton, who 
 passed an eventful life in the legal world. He 
 was at school at S. Albans, came to Emmanuel 
 in 1640, and then read for the Bar. A consider- 
 able difference arose later on between him and 
 the House of Commons (as to his practising at 
 the Bar of the House of Lords. He was 
 appointed Lord Chief Justice (of the King's Bench 
 in 1 68 1, but trouble lensued and he was removed 
 from that post and also from the Privy Council 
 Two noteworthy cases came before him. The 
 University consulted him as to the legality of 
 admitting to the degree of M.A. the Benedic- 
 tine monk, Alban Francis, and he was called 
 upon to defend the seven Bishops against the 
 charge of disobeying the injunctions of James 
 II. Pemberton was eventually tried for the 
 causes which had brought him into notoriety, 
 and was imprisoned 1689. 
 Iiaae Barrow Isaac Barrow, the man of brief but most bril- 
 (1630-1677) liant career, was educated at Charterhouse, where 
 inn. 1643. j^^ gained the reputation of being a troublesonae 
 boy, and later on passed to Felsted and Trinity. 
 He was soon made Fellow, and his attainments 
 became widely known. At the restoration, he 
 
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 was appointed Professor of Greek, and almost 
 immediately afterwards Lucasian Professor of 
 Mathematics, a fact which is sufficient evidence 
 of his great ability. Some six years passed, 
 and on conscientious grounds he decided to 
 devote himself entirely to theological work, and 
 Isaac Newton, for whom Barrow had the 
 greatest admiration, succeeded him in the 
 Lucasian chair. Later on King Charles apr 
 pointed him to the Mastership of Trinity, saying 
 he had chosen the best scholar in England 
 for the post. Barrow refused to take advantage 
 of the permission to marry, and devoted himself 
 to ardent study; he became noted as a great 
 scholar and philosopher, and as a scientist second 
 only to Newton. His sermons were efforts of 
 enormous brain power, and the King in this 
 respect described him as " an unfair preacher, 
 because he exhausted every topic, and left no 
 room for anything new to be said by anyone 
 who came after him." His sermons were also 
 allowed to be of inordinate length, lasting in 
 some cases for over three hours, and the authori- 
 ties of Westminster Abbey, so the story goes, 
 were once so wearied by his prolixity that they 
 caused the organ to drown his utterance. His 
 printed sermons, however, are still regarded as 
 masterpieces, and his '' Treatise on the Pope's 
 Supremacy " is looked on as a brilliant piece 
 of controversial work. He died while on a visit 
 to Westminster, and is buried in the south' 
 transept of the Abbey. 
 
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 John Ray S. Catharine's for a time gave a home to 
 
 (1627-1705) John Ray. He was the son of a Braintree black- 
 
 ^^ • smith, and later became Fellow of Trinitv 
 1644 , . , ^ , -^ 
 
 ^ . ,-.^ at the same time as Isaac Barrow, who much 
 
 Inn. lo'tDi 
 
 admired him. His learning on many subjects 
 
 was wide, and he prov^ed himself a most capable 
 
 and scientific botanist. He formed a great 
 
 friendship with Francis Willughby, his junior 
 
 by some eight years, but of the same college, 
 
 and these ;two men together carried on most 
 
 important and detailed investigations, both at 
 
 home and abroad, Ray devoting his attention to 
 
 plants, and Willughby to animals. Modern 
 
 knowledge is greatly indebted to them for the 
 
 observations they made, and both Cuvier and 
 
 Gilbert White, of Selborne, praised the work 
 
 they did. 
 
 Sir William William Temple, who entered Emmanuel in 
 
 Temple 1644 as a pupil of Ralph Cudworth, passed on 
 
 (1628-1699) ^Q i^g instrumental in various important diplo^ 
 
 Emm. 1644. . -i , • .,,■•• t 
 
 matic undertakmgs, especially during the reign 
 
 of William and Mary. After a while he retired 
 into private life, and spent his time in miscel- 
 laneous writing, the style of which possesses 
 some attraction: his works received varied ap- 
 preciation from Swift, Chesterfield, Samuel John- 
 son, and Charles Lamb. He is buried in 
 Westminster Abbey. 
 John PeachcU It fell to the lot of Peachell, the Master of 
 (1630-1690) Magdalene, to be Vice-Chancellor of the Uni- 
 Magd. 1645. yersity when James II. demanded that the degree 
 of M.A. should be granted to the Benedictine 
 
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 monk, Alban Francis, a man of meagre attain- 
 ments, and unprepared to take the necessary 
 oaths. As the authorities refused at the bidding 
 of the King to relax their rule, trouble ensued 
 and Peachell was duly summoned before the 
 Lords Commissioners in London, who gave 
 judgment against Peachell and further deprived 
 him of his mastership and deposed him from 
 being Vice-Chancellor. He was, however, later 
 on, restored to his mastership, but left no good 
 record behind him. He lies buried in Magda- 
 lene Chapel. 
 
 John Spencer, who was Scholar, Fellow, and John Speacer 
 subsequently Master of Corpus Christi, was one (1630-1693) 
 of those valuable workers whose efforts have '^^^' ^' 
 thrown light on the distant past. It is difficult 
 to realise the enormous labour which Spencer 
 must have undertaken in his effort to trace the 
 connexion between Jewish rites and the religious 
 ceremonies of other ancient empires. His great 
 work, " De Legibus Hebraeorum," remains a 
 monument of his toil. He was a great bene- 
 factor to his College, and lies buried in the 
 Chapel. 
 
 The teaching of the Cambridge Platonists had JohnTillotson 
 considerable influence on John Tillotson, who (1630-1694) 
 came to Clare while Cudworth was Master, and 
 in due course was appointed Fellow. He married 
 a niece of Cromwell. An excellent preacher 
 he certainly was, and in a way he was popular; 
 his appreciation of the appeal to reason in 
 matters of religion gained him many admirers, 
 
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 but the high office which was, against his will, 
 forced upon him, would more fitly have been 
 held by one who had a greater appreciation 
 of the mind of the English Church. As succes- 
 sor in the Primacy to the deprived Sancroft, he 
 was bound to be disliked, and the opposition 
 hurt his inmost soul: despite his holiness, he was 
 hardly a success as Archbishop. 
 Edward Stillingfleet, the Fellow of S. John's, upheld 
 
 stillingfleet the well approved Anglican principles of 
 (1635-1699) Andrewes, and rose to be Dean of S. Paul's 
 S. John s ^^^ Bishop of Worcester. Thoroughly capable, 
 
 1649. 
 
 of handsome mien, and an excellent preacher, he 
 proved successful in all he undertook, and gained 
 wide respect. Bentley was his Chaplain, and 
 Pepys and Burnet both admired him. His desire 
 was to promote peace, and for this purpose he 
 wrote the " Irenicum." His " Origines Sacrae '• 
 was an attempt to prove the trustworthiness 
 of the Scriptures, and he also entered into a 
 metaphysical discussion with Locke, and pub- 
 lished many controversial works. His hold upon 
 the Church was very great, and his reputation 
 for mental power was so widespread, that 
 many would gladly have seen him raised to the 
 Primacy instead of Tenison. 
 John Lryden John Dryden, who had been at Westminster 
 (1631-1700) under Busby, who flogged him with energy, came 
 ""• ■ to Trinity as scholar in 1650. He formed a close 
 friendship with Pepys. His circumstances in 
 early life were not affluent and he had to gain 
 his living by the constant writing of drama; 
 
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 ;He seems to have been at his best in tragedy: 
 
 his comedies, unfortunately, are largely spoilt 
 
 by wilful coarseness, of which, however, he had 
 
 the grace to be ashamed. Later in life he 
 
 published the poetical satire, -' Absalom and 
 
 Achitophel " : he himself shortly afterwards 
 
 embraced the Roman faith, and " The 
 
 Hind and the Panther " quickly followed. His 
 
 prose writing is said to have been influenced by 
 
 Tillotson, and among his other works were 
 
 translations of Virgil and Juvenal. He can 
 
 hardly be called supremely great, although he 
 
 had a distinct power of writing the English 
 
 heroic couplet, and his versification was often 
 
 extremely dignified. 
 
 Save in very special cases, he is a wise man Samuel Pepye 
 
 who burns his diary before his death. State- (1633-1703) 
 
 ments and remarks jotted down, often with little 
 
 •' Magd. 1652. 
 
 thought and for purely private purposes, appear 
 
 garish and ill-judged when scanned by the 
 
 public eye. And yet the world would have been 
 
 poorer without the well known diary of Pepys. 
 
 Interesting it must ever be as a wonderful record 
 
 of men and things, intensely clever in its detailed 
 
 description of the life and manners of the time, 
 
 valuable, to a degree, in its esrimate of much 
 
 that took place: and yet the inherent danger of 
 
 publishing a diary is evident even here. Pepys 
 
 had been connected with Cottenham, and also 
 
 with S. Paul's School in London. Later on, 
 
 after being for a tlime at Trinity Hall, he became 
 
 scholar of Magdalene. To the latter College he 
 
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 left his valuable library, which, housed in a special 
 building and remaining to the present day 
 almost exactly as he left it, is one of the treas^ 
 ures of the Society. Marrying early, Pepys 
 obtained the post of Clerk of the King's ships, 
 and in this naval environment, with every oppor- 
 tunity for acquiring vast information, he con- 
 tinued for ten years to compile his " Diary " 
 in a manner all his own. He subsequently 
 became Secretary of the Admiralty, and 
 entered the House of Commons. He was 
 friends with Newton, Evelyn, Hans Sloane, and 
 Christopher Wren, and knew all the interesting 
 characters of his day. Dying at the age of 
 70, he was buried in S. Olave's, Hart Street, 
 in the City. 
 William William Beveridge, who entered S. John's as 
 
 leveridge Sizar in 1653, is remembered for his writings and 
 (1637-1708) jjjg staunch English churchmanship. He was 
 gifted with a power of research, and yet can 
 hardly be deemed a great scholar. He began 
 by being an eager student of Oriental languages, 
 and shortly published " Institutiones Chrono- 
 logicae " and a large collection of Apostolic 
 Canons and Decrees of the Greek Church. On 
 the vacancy in the See of Bath and Wells, 
 owing to the deprivation of Thomas Ken he 
 was offered the Bishopric, but refused it on 
 conscientious grounds. Later on he became 
 Bishop of S. Asaph. He was the author of 
 -' Private Thoughts on Religion," and his piety 
 and holiness of life were universally recognised. 
 
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 Thomas Tenison, who was born near Cam- 
 bridge, became in due course, Fellow of Corpus. 
 For a time he was Vicar of S. Andrews in the 
 town, and an excellent parish priest he proved. 
 In such work he was very capable, and Evelyn 
 admired his preaching power, but his elevation 
 to the Bishopric of Lincoln was apparently 
 a failure, and his removal to Canterbury in 
 succession to Tillotson, was again of doubtful 
 expediency. Tenison attended Queen Mary 
 on her death-bed and crowned Queen Anne and 
 George I. : but in the Church he was unpopular. 
 He helped on the newly-founded body for the 
 Propagation of the Gospel and other Societies: 
 but while there was much that was good in himj 
 he can hardly be described as brilliant. 
 
 In the same year Francis Willughby came to 
 Trinity. He is remembered as the scientist who 
 had a great capacity and love for experimental 
 work, and whose life was closely bound up with 
 that of John Ray, whom he so greatly admired 
 ,With much knowledge of animal life, he helped to 
 make natural science at once methodical and 
 accurate. He died at the early age of 37, and 
 a bust of him exists in the library of Trinity 
 College. 
 
 The name of Thomas Shadwell was placed on 
 the boards of Gonville and Caius College in 
 1656. He set himself to follow in the wake of 
 Ben Jonson as a writer of comedy, but his plays 
 are somewhat coarse and not of the highest 
 merit. He had some disagreement with Dryden, 
 
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 Thomas 
 
 Tenison 
 
 (1626-1715) 
 
 Corp. Chr. 
 
 1653. 
 
 Francis 
 
 Willughby 
 
 (1635-1672) 
 
 Trinity 1653. 
 
 Thomas 
 
 Shadwell 
 
 (c. 1642-1692) 
 
 Gon. & Caius 
 
 1656. 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 who, in reply, alluded to Shadwell in " Mac 
 Flecknoe " in no very pleasant terms, and threw 
 ridicule upon his poetry. It was Shadwell, how- 
 ever, who was chosen to succeed Dryden in the 
 Laureateship. 
 Joshua Basset The troubled state of the times was notified 
 (c. 1641-1720) ^Q i-j^g world in the appointment of Joshua Basset 
 
 to be Master of Sidney Sussex in 1686. He 
 1657 . ^ . 
 
 Sid Susse- ^^^ been Sizar of Gonville and Cams in 1657, 
 
 1635 and subsequently Fellow, and was pushed into 
 
 the Mastership by James II. as likely to be a 
 
 pliant tool in the royal hands. Basset quickly 
 
 declared himself a Papist, and he is said to have 
 
 had Mass according to the Roman rite publicly 
 
 celebrated within the College walls, and to have 
 
 so altered the statutes as to admit of members 
 
 of the Roman faith belonging to the College. 
 
 His relations with the Fellows were far from 
 
 friendly, and the record he left behind can hardly 
 
 be ranked as high. 
 
 Sir Isaac Galileo died 1642: in the same year the world 
 
 Newton ^^g made richer by the birth of Isaac Newton, 
 
 ^ . . one of the greatest of natural philosophers. 
 
 Trinity 1661. ^. . ft- 
 
 Entering at Trinity he became Fellow, and was 
 
 quickly engaged in advanced mathematical study, 
 
 and brought out a work on light and optics. 
 
 The fact of gravitation attracted his attention, and 
 
 he rendered important service in explanation 
 
 of the planetary system. He illumined every 
 
 subject on which he wrote, and his treatment 
 
 even of the most abstruse questions was always 
 
 lucid and able to be understood. To his lofty 
 
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 intellect was joined a profound belief in the value 
 of religion, and the nobility of his character was 
 recognised by all. He succeeded Barrow in 
 the Lucasian chair, and the two men had a 
 strong admiration for each other. Newton 
 became F.R.S. in 1672, and some fifteen years 
 later gave to the world his great work the 
 " Principia." At a still later date he became 
 M.P. for the University, and was also President 
 of the Royal Society. Some two centuries 
 passed, and oddly enough exactly the same 
 honours were held by Sir George Gabriel Stokes 
 as had been conferred upon Sir Isaac Newtoa 
 He numbered among his friends all the great 
 men of the day, Locke, Bentley, Whiston, 
 Leibnitz, and Roger Cotes. Though he was not 
 over strong, he lived to the age of 85 : his body 
 lay in state in the Jerusalem Chamber at West- 
 minster, and he was subsequently buried in the 
 Abbey: Bishop Burnet, on hearing of his 
 death, described him as '^the whitest soul I 
 ever knew." The monument to him in the 
 Abbey bears this inscription : *' Sibi gratulentur 
 mortales tale tantumque extitisse Humani Generis 
 Decus " : while below his statue^ by Roubiliac, 
 in the Chapel of Trinity, is inscribed the verse 
 " Newton, qui genus humanum ingenio super- 
 avit." Pope added his tribute to the respect 
 which was so markedly held for the great 
 mathematician : 
 
 Nature, and Nature's laws lay hid in night, 
 God said " Let Newton be," and all was light. 
 
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Jesus 1662. 
 S. Cath. 1663 
 
 CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 The remark which, late in life, Newton made — 
 the outpouring of a reverent and humble mind — 
 is well-known. " I do not know," he said, " what 
 I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem 
 to have been only like a boy playing on the 
 sea shore and diverting myself in now and then 
 finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell 
 than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth 
 lay all undiscovered before me." 
 John Strype Those who gather together facts often prove 
 (1643-1737) |-Q have done inestimable service to succeeding 
 generations, and though they may not them- 
 selves have been supremely great, their names 
 survive owing to the importance of their work. 
 This is true of John Strype, who, after being 
 at S. Paul's School, became a member first of 
 Jesus College and then of S. Catharine's. Dur- 
 ing his life anything that was connected v/ith 
 ecclesiastical history attracted him, and he 
 gathered together material of great value. 
 " Ecclesiastical Memorials," " Annals of the 
 Reformation," " Lives of some of the Arch- 
 bishops of Canterbury," are among his chief 
 works. 
 Jeremy Collier, the non-juror, was trained at Gonville 
 
 Collier ^j^^j Caius. His extremely strong views as a 
 
 ' clergyman brought him into notoriety, and after 
 Gon. & Caius „ . . . , . , 
 
 ififiQ suifermg miprisonment tor a time, he caused 
 
 a great stir by giving absolution on the scaf- 
 fold to two men who had attempted the life 
 of the King. Deep questions were raised by his 
 action : he himself maintained that as a priest of 
 
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 the Church of England, he was bound to act 
 as he had done, but several of the Bishops went 
 against him. Later in life he wielded his pen 
 in a vigorous onslaught against the stage. 
 Dryden and pther play writers met with his 
 stern denunciation, and he did his best to effect 
 a reform. Public opinion was to some extent 
 with him, and admitted the truth of much that 
 he said. He continued to minister to a non- 
 juring congregation, and was afterwards pro- 
 moted. 
 
 In the person of Thomas Baker, S. John's Thomas Baker 
 College found one of her most faithful sons: (1656-1740) 
 he was duly placed upon the roll of Fellows ^" ^^ ^ 
 but, owmg to the tact that he was a non-juror, 
 he was, after holding office for 36 years, ejected 
 Matthew Prior, John Strype, and Burnet, whose 
 "History of the Reformation" he criticized, were 
 among his friends. In the antiquarian studies 
 to which he so assiduously devoted himself, 
 he found full scope for his special gifts. An 
 enormous amount of detail was gathered 
 together with a view to the publication of 
 a history of the University: the MS. copy re- 
 mains, a most useful work full of valuable 
 information and consisting of forty-two 
 volumes, of which about half are in the 
 British Museum and half in the University 
 Library. To Baker, also, we owe a debt of 
 gratitude for the writing of his " History of S. 
 John's College," a model of what a College 
 history should be, and a work to which all sub- 
 
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 sequent historians of the Society have been 
 greatly indebted. His memory is held in the 
 highest honour, and his body rests in the con- 
 secrated ground on which the old Chapel stood. 
 Richard Richard Bentley, of Yorkshire birth, who 
 
 Bentley matriculated as an orphan lad in 1676, 
 (1662-1742) j^g^^j^g ^^Q ^^^^ Master of Trinity. A Fellow- 
 S. John's ^ ^ 
 
 jgy^ ship at S. John's was never bestowed upon him, 
 
 Trinity 1700. ^^t he gained the favourable notice of Dr. Stil- 
 lingfleet by his great learning, evinced very early 
 in life. He had already formed a " Hexapla " 
 on a plan of his own, with the words of the 
 Hebrew Bible set against parallel renderings 
 from other ancient versions. By this work 
 he was quickly recognised as a great authority 
 on questions of Biblical criticism, a study 
 in which he specially excelled. The pub- 
 lication of his " Dissertation on the Letters 
 of Phalaris," proved him to be a master of 
 argument, and the way in which he over- 
 threw the hitherto accepted date of the 
 " Letters," was the starting point for that 
 method of criticism which has since made such 
 strides. His tenure of the Mastership of 
 Trinity was extremely memorable: his powerful 
 mind caused him to be embroiled in constant 
 troubles, and College disquiet was in conse- 
 quence largely prevalent. Relations with the 
 other officers of the College became strained^ 
 and an appeal was made to the Bishop of Ely. 
 The Bishop decided that Bentley must be 
 removed from office^ but the decision proved 
 
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 valueless owing to the death of the Bishop, 
 followed shortly after by the death of Queen 
 Anne. Bentley remained in office, and matters 
 became still further involved: the Fellows 
 apparently regarded his rule as despotic, and 
 as a result he was, by order of the University, 
 deprived of )iis degrees for infringing the 
 statutes. The degrees were subsequently re- 
 stored, and peace reigned for a period: only 
 fior a period, however, for the Master was shortly 
 once more summoned before the authorities, 
 and sentenced to deprivation from the Master- 
 ship. Once again a deadlock ensued: and 
 Bentley died as Master of Trinity. Not- 
 withstanding these troubles, Bentley ranks 
 as one who greatly raised the learning of his 
 College and University, and as one who towers 
 above most of his contemporaries in extreme 
 brilliancy of talent. Among his friends v/ere 
 Evelyn, Wren, Locke, Newton, and Roger Cotes. 
 He Hes buried in Trinity Chapel on the north 
 side of the altar. 
 
 The early death at the age of 31 of Henry Henry 
 Wharton, who had been scholar of Gonville 
 and Caius, was deeply deplored as a loss to 
 letters. In him ;was great versatility of know- ^^^^ 
 ledge and extensive learning, and his compila- 
 tion of the " Anglia Sacra " or Lives of the 
 English Bishops down to the year 1540, re- 
 ceived due appreciation from Stubbs, who in 
 later years wrote on similar lines. He had at 
 Cambridge been the favourite pupil of Isaac 
 
 Id 
 
 "Wharton 
 
 (1664-1695) 
 
 Gon. & Caius 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Matthew 
 
 Prior 
 
 (1664-1721) 
 
 S. John's 
 
 c. 1682. 
 
 William 
 
 Whiston 
 
 (1667-1752) 
 
 Clare 1686. 
 
 Newton, and a great friend in after years of 
 Tenison and Sancroft: lie was buried with much 
 ceremony in Westminster Abbey. 
 
 The Westminster boy, Matthew Prior, who had 
 been trained under Busby, found a hom.e at 
 S. John's. At an early age he took to the 
 writing of poetry : this was continued through 
 life, though he also travelled for diplomatic pur- 
 poses, and was Member of Parliament. He 
 replied to Dry den's work, " The Hind and the 
 Panther." His writing is pleasing and agree- 
 able, though not on a large scale, and his 
 lyrics and small pieces have a decided grace of 
 versification. He lies buried at the feet of 
 Spenser, in accordance with his own desire. 
 
 One who did well and yet might have done 
 much better, was William Whiston, the Fellow 
 of Clare. Of good mathematical talent and 
 great learning, yet of eccentric belief, he 
 succeeded Newton in the Lucasian chair, and 
 was intimate with Wren, Bentley, Roger Cotes, 
 Tillotson, and Samuel Clarke. Turning his 
 attention to theological studies, he inclined 
 strongly to Arian views, but had the honesty 
 to say so, and formally abjured belief in the 
 Holy Trinity, for which he was expelled from 
 the University and deprived of his Professor- 
 ship. Finding his position in the Church of 
 England untenable, he published a Liturgy 
 of strong Arian tendency, and finally took 
 the straightforward step of leaving a communion 
 with which his views were so thoroughly at 
 
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 variance. He continued to write, and is 
 
 remembered for his " Translation of Josephus." 
 
 Samuel Clarke, who attained considerable Samuel Clarke 
 
 notoriety in Europe as a metaphysiciaUj came to (1675-1729) 
 
 Gonville and Caius in 1691. From the first, 
 
 1691. 
 he moved in the highest mtellectual society of 
 
 the University, and was intimate with Hoadly, 
 Bentley, Newton, Whiston, Sherlock, Butler, 
 and Berkeley. His famous work, '' A Discourse 
 concerning the Being and Attributes of God," 
 gained him a great reputation as a philosopher, 
 and in it he taught that the truth underlying 
 moral precepts is no less certain than 
 the truth underlying mathematical facts. It was, 
 hov/ever, around another of his books, " The 
 Scripture Doctrine of the Trinity," that con- 
 troversy arose. He had been suspected of 
 holding Arian views, and the book proved that 
 the charge was well founded. Waterland 
 stoutly opposed him in masterly style, and after 
 much disturbance, Clarke, though still uncon- 
 vinced as a clergyman, withdrew from the 
 controversy. While his views were opposed to 
 those of the Church, and in consequence, he 
 was kept from high preferment, he is remem- 
 bered as a most able man and of great piety 
 of life. 
 
 People are now-a-days sometimes distressed Benjamin 
 by the bitterness with which religious questions Hoadly 
 
 are discussed: they imaerine that such troubles 
 
 ^ , , S. Oath, 
 
 are peculiarly the fault of our own day, but .^g. 
 
 they make a great mistake. At the opening 
 
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 of the 1 8th .century matters were in a very 
 unsettled state, and it seemed very doubtful 
 whether the Church would survive the general 
 indifference which prevailed. Whiston and 
 Samuel Clarke had led the way and had openly 
 defended the propagation of Arian views, and 
 Benjamin Hoadly, the Fellow of S. Catharine's, 
 who had been appointed to the See of Bangor, 
 seemed willing not only to doubt in the full 
 Divinity of Our Lord;, but to have little belief 
 in orthodoxy at all, and to be ready to counten- 
 ance almost any view of Church Government 
 and of Christianity, provided only that sincerity 
 of life should be preached. His administration 
 of the diocese was notoriously slack, even for 
 those careless days, and the violence of a 
 sermon which he preached before the King, and 
 in which he uttered extremely broad views, 
 brought down upon him the censure of Con- 
 vocation. The Government replied by pro- 
 roguing Convocation. This action proved to be 
 a great blow to the Church, and for more than 
 130 years Convocation never met: the voice 
 of the Church in her corporate capacity v/as 
 silenced, and harm was effected of which the 
 results are to be seen at the present day. 
 Hoadly continued to maintain his latitudinarian 
 principles : Thomas Sherlock and William Law 
 eagerly opposed him, and on what is known as 
 the Bangorian controversy, an enormous num- 
 ber of pamphlets were written. Hoadly, in 
 after years, was promoted to other Bishoprics: 
 
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 though an able controversialist, as a Bishop of 
 the Church of England he was a great failure, 
 
 Thomas Sherlock, the Eton friend of Robert 
 Walpole, was a contemporary of Hoadly at S. 
 Catharine's, and even in those early days the 
 two were opposed. Sherlock also entered into a 
 contest vvdth Bentley. He rose to be Fellow 
 and Master of his College, and Vice-Chancellor 
 of the University, and after a few years, was 
 appointed Bishop, first of Bangor, then of Salis- 
 bury, and still later of London. Report speaks 
 well of his tenure of office, both in the University 
 and elsewhere. With statesmanlike views and 
 a keen mind, he became very popular: and 
 courageously but firmly upheld the Church 
 position against Hoadly in the Bangorian con- 
 troversy, and also did great service by his 
 opposition to the Deist teaching. His writings 
 gained a wide acceptance, though to some ex- 
 tent they met with the animadversion of William 
 Law, and he is remembered as a capable Bishop. 
 
 Sir Robert Walpole hardly ranks as one of 
 the greatest of England's Prime Ministers, and 
 yet for upwards of twenty years he held full sway. 
 Trained at Eton and King's, he afterwards 
 cntertsd Parliament and passed to high positioa 
 A charge of official corruption caused him for 
 a time to be put in the Tower, but on the 
 Accession of George L he became Chancellor of 
 the Exchequer and First Lord of the Treasury. 
 The South Sea scheme trouble came in his 
 time, and he managed that difficulty fairly 
 
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 Thomas 
 Sherlock 
 
 (1678-1761) 
 
 S. Cath. 
 
 1693. 
 
 Sir Eohert 
 "Walpole 
 
 (1676-1745) 
 King's 1696 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 well. He was possessed of good business habits 
 and his conduct of the Commons was thor- 
 oughly successful. He was always the man of 
 peace, and when this, owing to foreign com- 
 plications, was no longer possible, his rule came 
 to an end. Amid considerable unpopularity 
 which was apparently connected with renewed 
 charges of corruption made against him, he 
 accepted the Earldom of Orford, and ceased to 
 take part in public affairs. 
 John Medical students at the University are 
 
 Addenbrooke familiar with the name of Addenbrooke. Matri- 
 (1680-1719) (,^^i^ti at 3 Catharine's he became Fellow, 
 S.Cath. 1698 ^ ''^ , r u • • t^ • 
 
 and took up the career of a physician. Dying 
 
 at an early age, by his will he left money for 
 the weli-knowai Hospital which bears his name. A 
 tablet to his memory exists in the College Chapel. 
 Koger Cotes Educated at S. Paul's School, Roger Cotes 
 (1682-1716) became Fellow of Trinity, and there gave 
 Trin. 1699. evidence of the extreme ability of his mathe- 
 matical talent. Rejoicing in the friendship of 
 Bentley, and Whiston, and Newton, who had a 
 great admiration for him, he v/rote the preface 
 for the 2nd edition of Newton's " Principia," 
 and became a foremost mathematician as \vell 
 as Plumian Professor of Astronomy. The 
 high promise, however, was not to be fulfilled, 
 for at the age of 32 this man of brilliant pos- 
 sibility and charming personality passed away, 
 and was buried in the College Chapel. Of 
 him, Newton remarked " Had Cotes lived, we 
 might have known something." 
 
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 Magdalene College nurtured a strong man Daniel 
 when she gave of her best to Daniel Waterland, Waterland 
 successively Scholar, Fellow, Master, and Vice- (1683-1740) 
 Chancellor. He became a foremost theological ^^ ' 
 writer, and was the stout upholder of the faith 
 of the Church against Samuel Clarke and those 
 v/ho failed to believe in the Trinity, and later 
 on against those writers of the Deist School 
 who seemed ready to efface Christianity in 
 favour of natural religion. All that he wrote 
 was strong, and among his chief works were 
 " Vindication of Christ's Divinity," " Critical 
 History of the Athanasian Creed," " The Im- 
 portance of the Holy Trinity Asserted," and 
 " Review of the Doctrine of the Eucharist." 
 
 The life of individual members of the Uni- Conyers 
 versity has at times been embittered with strife. Middleton 
 Conyers Middleton, the Trinity Fellow, seemed to (16S3-1750) 
 have been born under the star of controversy. 
 He was the foremost opponent of Bentley, who 
 dubbed him " Fiddling Conyers," and it was by 
 Middleton's endeavour that Bentley was for a 
 time deprived of his degrees, although in the 
 end he may be said to have held his own. The 
 religious views which Middleton held were 
 extremely broad, and brought down upon him 
 the wrath of Waterland and Sherlock. He was, 
 however, quite able to defend himself, but the 
 hne of argument he adopted caused most men 
 very strongly to doubt whether he believed in 
 Christianity at all. Controversy raged for 
 years, and the position of this singular divine 
 
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 was a great difficulty to many. He was 
 the first Woodwardian Professor of Geology, 
 and has left as his great work, the " Life of 
 Cicero." 
 William Law William Law, the famous non- juror and mystic, 
 (1686-1761) whose book, ''The Serious Call," has had an 
 influence similar to that of the " Pilgrim's Pro- 
 gress," came as a Sizar to Emmanuel and 
 passed on to be Fellow. He relinquished this 
 honour, conscientious!}^ refusing allegiance to 
 the new dynasty on the death of Queen Anne. 
 He first came into notice by his attack on 
 Hoadly in the Bangorian controversy, and his 
 " Three Letters " were marvels of logical ability. 
 He published other works — "The Fable of the 
 Bees " (republished in later years by Frederick 
 Denison Maurice) and " The Unlawfulness of 
 Stage Entertainments," and shortly after, the 
 two works which were specially notable, " Christ- 
 ian Perfection " and " The Serious Call." The 
 latter gained notoriety as a great devotional 
 book : it made a profound impression on Dr 
 Johnson: Gibbon even allowed it was of singular 
 power: Southey praised it, and it seriously 
 affected the lives of Wesley* and the elder 
 Venn, and it is still largely read and pondered. 
 Law was extremely intimate with the Gibbon 
 family and knew the great historian as a boy. 
 
 * Samuel Wesley, the father of the celebrated John Wesley, 
 though originally an Oxford man, was incorporated an M.A. 
 of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, in 1694. He later 
 retired to the living of Epworth. 
 
 io8 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Of the deepest piety and a thoroughly com- 
 petent writer, and one who was able in a 
 marked degree to influence the souls of men, 
 he brought the ideas of mysticism in religion 
 to bear upon his own generation, and after 
 assimilating the writings of the Dutch mystic, 
 Jacob Behmen, produced the spirit of these 
 works in an improved and more reasonable form. 
 Through him evangelical religion was revived, 
 and worldliness in the Church placed under a 
 ban, and he did much to deepen the spiritual 
 life of England. He was an able theologian and 
 controversialist, and a convinced and determined 
 upholder of historic Christianity. For a time, 
 he carried on at King's Clifife, in Northampton- 
 shire, a small religious community, not alto- 
 gether unlike that at one time established by 
 Nicholas Ferrar at Little Gidding. 
 
 John Byrom, Fellow of Trinity, who had also John Byrom 
 
 been impressed by the teaching of Behmen, ex- (1692-1763) 
 
 . r TTT-ii- Trin. 1708. 
 
 pressed in verse the special teachmg of William 
 
 Law. His poetical, productions were most miscel- 
 laneous, but extremely good. He was in the 
 close friendship of Bentley, Butler, Samuel 
 Clarke, Wesley, and Law, and the well-known 
 Christmas hymn—" Christians awake, salute the 
 happy morn," comes from his pen. He also 
 invented a system of shorthand writing which, 
 for a time, was widely used. 
 
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CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN 
 
 Philip Dormer ji^^ author of the Chesterfield Letters, Philip 
 
 °^® Dormer Stanhope, was at Trinity Hall. Well 
 4th Earl of . . . . . 
 
 Ch t -fi Id 3,cquanited with continental life, of polished and 
 
 (1694-1773) agreeable manner, and able to enter fully into 
 
 Trinity Hall the somewhat flippant society of the day, he had 
 
 1712. i^f^ foj- ^s ii^Q well-known " Letters " to his son, 
 
 which have attained to great notoriety. They are 
 
 noticeable for shrewdness and knowledge of the 
 
 world rather than for loftiness of thought and 
 
 worthiness of character. 
 
 William Many great men in the medical profession have 
 
 e er en fQu^jj ^ home at Cambridge, and one who 
 (1710-1801) . , . , 
 
 ^ ^ , , attamed to srreat emmence as a doctor was 
 
 S. John s ^ 
 
 1724 William Heberden, who came to S. John's in 
 1724, and was afterwards Fellow. He prac- 
 tised and also lectured in the University, and 
 then removed to London, living to the age of 
 91. Much that he wrote was of considerable 
 value, and many of his investigations and obser- 
 vations received great attention. He was the 
 friend of Middleton, Warburton, Cowper, and 
 Johnson. 
 Charles Pratt, Charles Pratt, after being at Eton, where he 
 Earl Camden ^y^g ^^g friend of the elder Pitt, Lyttehon, and 
 Horace Walpole, came to King's, and then was 
 called to the Bar. He became Attorney-General, 
 Chief Justice of Common Pleas and Lord Chan- 
 cellor. He took important action in the Wilkes 
 trial, and finally held office in the Pitt ministry. 
 William Cole Those who have eyes to see, will have noticed 
 (1714-1782) Qjj ^j^g tower of S. Clement's Church in Cam- 
 bridge, a brief Latin motto, " Deum Cole," 
 
 no 
 
 (1714-1794) 
 King's 1731. 
 
 Clare 1733 
 King's 1736 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 " Reverence God." The sentence is a kind of 
 pun not considered improper in olden days. 
 Thus did WiUiam Cole, the antiquary, recording 
 his own name after that of God, inculcate the 
 duty of worship of the Deity to every passer-by, 
 so long as the tower of S. Clemient's, under 
 which his body is buried, abides. Born in the 
 neighbourhood of the town, and trained at Eton 
 and the friend there of Horace Walpole, he 
 became scholar of Clare and then migrated to 
 King's. He made abundant notes, and together 
 with the work of collecting manuscripts com- 
 piled the histories of several Bishoprics, Colleges 
 and tovv^ns. Returning after foreign travel to 
 Cambridge, he lived at Waterbeach and at 
 Milton, and on his death his valuable MSS., lOO 
 folio volumes, passed to the British Museum, 
 with the careful direction that they were not 
 to be opened until twenty years had passed. 
 He was the friend of the poet Gray, and also of 
 the writer, Alban Butler. 
 
 Sterne, the clever delineator of character, Laurence 
 but one whose private life departed so sadly Sterne 
 from the ideal, was placed at Jesus, where his (1713-1768) 
 great grandfather had been Master. Taking ^^^^^ ^'^^^• 
 Orders later, at a period when things v\^ere 
 terribly slack, he proved but an indifferent 
 clergyman, and the only apparent good which 
 accrued from his tenure of livings v.as the oppor- 
 tunity which he found of storing up notes for 
 the wonderful literary sketches that have given 
 to us among others the characters of " Uncle 
 
 III 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Toby," " Widow Wadman " and " Corporal 
 Trim." Gradually the volumes of " Tristram 
 Shandy," were launched on the world. The 
 book attained phenomenal notoriety, both at 
 home and abroad. The " Sentimental Journey " 
 shared in its success, a success of the kind called 
 " scandalous." It is indeed difficult to feel that 
 the volumes of sermons published by Sterne 
 are by the same man. Power Sterne certainly 
 had; his originality may be less easily demon- 
 strated; his grasp of humour and sentiment is 
 undoubted; and yet his talents were alm^ost 
 worse than wasted. Few thoughtful men can 
 read Sterne without admiration for his man^el- 
 lous talent; fewer still can avoid regret as they 
 feel the wilful baseness which colours his best 
 work. He passed away in London lodgings, and 
 was buried in the small cemetery that still exists 
 in the Bayswater Road. Apparently there is at 
 least some foundation for the gruesome story 
 that two days after burial his corpse was stolen 
 by body-snatchers and sent for medical purposes 
 to Cambridge, and that it was unexpectedly 
 recognised in the dissecting-room by a friend. 
 
 Thomas Gray One of the most cultured and refined of 
 (1716-1771) English poets, Thomas Gray, was at Peterhouse 
 ^! _ in 1734. He had at Eton been the friend of 
 Horace Walpole, whose half indolent tastes he, 
 to some extent, himself possessed. He took no 
 degree at Cambridge, although he read hard: 
 subsequently he travelled abroad with Walpole, 
 but the two friends quarrelled and Gray returned 
 
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 Pemb. 1756. 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 to Cambridge where the libraries greatly pleased 
 him, and at Cambridge he remained for most of 
 his life. All that he wrote was of a high and 
 scholarly character, and gave evidence of a 
 delightful mind: his first written piece was an 
 "Ode on a distant prospect of Eton College," and 
 this was shortly followed by the " Elegy in a 
 Country Churchyard," and a few years later by 
 the "Pindaric Odes." About 1756 occurred the 
 well-known incident which made him quit Peter- 
 house for Pembroke. He is said to have had 
 a morbid fear of fire, and for this reason he 
 had a strong iron framework fitted to his 
 window, which was two stories up, and kept a 
 rope ladder in his rooms. Some acquaintances 
 on one occasion played on him the practical 
 joke of giving an alarm of fire, and Gray promptly 
 descended, only to alight in a bucket of water. 
 He was annoyed at the affront, and removed to 
 another College. Among his friends were 
 Conyers Middleton, Cole, and the poet Mason, 
 also of Pembroke. He became Professor of His- 
 tory and Modern Languages at the University 
 and in Cambridge and its cultured life he 
 seemed increasingly to rejoice, revelling in 
 every artistic taste. He often stayed at Stoke 
 Poges, with his mother, and there he lies buried. 
 All that came from his pen was good, and he 
 gained a great hold on the English mind. He 
 died at Cambridge, after a residence there of 
 forty years. 
 
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CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Horace All things contributed to make the life of 
 
 Walpole, Horace Walpole an easy one. Heir to the 
 
 4th Earl of ^^^^^^^ ^^ich his father, Sir Robert,, accep- 
 
 Orford . ,.^ , . , -r^ , 
 
 (1717-1797) ^^^ ^^ ' ^^^ trained at Eton, and was 
 
 King's 1735. the friend at King's of Cole and Gray. As 
 Member of Parliament he held various sinecure 
 Government offices, which gave him the where- 
 withal to live in comfort at Strawberry Hill, 
 where he indulged calmly and luxuriously in the 
 refined literary tastes for which he had great 
 aptitude, knowing everyone and liked by all. He 
 tried romance — " The Castle of Otranto " and 
 ** The Mysterious Mother "—then went on to 
 "World Essays," " Historic Doubts," "Anecdotes 
 of Painting," •* Memoirs of George H. and 
 George HI.," and also conducted a correspon- 
 dence which proved extremely interesting. He 
 ranks as a cultured savant and has left us 
 much that is of value. 
 Henry Venn Henry Venn, the devout soul whose whole 
 (1725-1797) life was given up to earnest ministry of the 
 S. John's Word, was at S. John's, then at Jesus, and 
 ^'^'^^* later on Fellow of Queens'. As the well-known 
 Huddersfield preacher, he rapidly came to be 
 one of the respected leaders of the Evangelical 
 party, and left behind him the reputation of a 
 most attractive personality. " The Complete 
 Duty of Man " was his great work. 
 William Mason, the poet, and the friend of Horace 
 
 Mason Walpole and Gray, was scholar of S. John's 
 (1724-1797) ^nd then Fellow of Pembroke. He cannot be 
 J° ^" ^ called a great poet, and yet some of the lines 
 
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 he .wrote were refined. He began with 
 " Musceus," a poem on Pope's death, and then 
 passed to more ambitious efforts in " Elfrida " 
 and " C^ractacus," neither of which can be said 
 to be really successful. He also wrote the 
 biography of his friend Gray. 
 
 Henry Cavendish, a man of the highest family 
 and possessed pi great means, was able to de- 
 vote his wealth to the furtherance of scientific 
 research, which in his day was insufficiently 
 recognised, as a subject for endowment. Carry- 
 ing on his v*^ork in the neighbourhood of Clap- 
 ham, he made several important discoveries, and 
 is believed to have found out the existence of 
 hydrogen gas. He contributed man> papers to 
 the Royal Society. 
 
 Gough was anoither of those men who, by 
 continuous toil, gather together facts which are 
 of lasting lantiquarian value. After being at 
 Corpus Christi, he was in close intimacy with 
 Cole, and has left valuable works—" British 
 Topography," "The Sepulchral Monuments of 
 Great Britain," " History of the Society of 
 Antiquaries," and an edition of Camden's 
 " Britannia." 
 
 Paley will not easily be forgotten as a great 
 writer : what is not so often remembered is that 
 he was the Senior Wrangler of his day. The 
 "Evidences of Christianity," written about lOO 
 years ago, was a great work then, and will ever 
 remain so, despite the fact that it is in some 
 scientific points now somewhat out of date, and 
 
 115 
 
 Hon. Henry 
 Cavendish 
 
 (1731-1810) 
 Pet. 1749. 
 
 Richard 
 
 Gough 
 
 (1735-1809) 
 
 Corp. Chr. 
 
 1752. 
 
 William 
 
 Paley 
 
 (1743-1805) 
 
 Chr. 1759. 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 II 
 
 that it appeals mainly, as was the custom then, 
 to one side of the argument on behalf of 
 Christianity. As a Sizar, the writer entered 
 Christ's and became Fellow in due course. Of 
 somewhat careless habit and averse to excess 
 of work, he relates in his own words, the story 
 of his awakening. " I was constantly in 
 society," he says, " where we were not immoral, 
 but idle and rather expensive. At the com- 
 mencement of my third year, however, after 
 having left the usual party at rather a late hour 
 in the evening, I was awakened at five in the 
 morning by one of my companions, who stood 
 by my bedside and said, ' Paley ! I have beer, 
 thinking what a fool you are. I could do 
 nothing probably, were I to try, and can afford 
 the life I lead: you could do everything, and 
 cannot afford it. I have had no sleep during 
 the whole night on account of these reflections, 
 and am now come solemnly to inform you, that 
 if you persist in your indolence, I must 
 renounce your society.'" '' I was so struck," Dr, 
 Paley continues, " with the visit and the visitor, 
 that I lay in bed great part of the day, and 
 formed my plan. ... I arose (every day) 
 at five: read during the whole of the day, except 
 during such hours as Chapel and hall required, 
 allotting to each portion of time its peculiar 
 
 branch of study and thus on 
 
 taking my bachelor's degree I became Senior 
 Wrangler." Despite his love for theological 
 writing, Paley was eminently human: he fished 
 
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CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 and played whist, and entered fully into the 
 
 pleasures of life. Cambridge greatly respected 
 
 him. He passed to be Archdeacon of Carlisle 
 
 by the favour of Edmund Law, then Bishop 
 
 of Carlisle, and besides the " Evidences " left 
 
 the well-known works " Horse Paulinse " and 
 
 " Natural Theology," as monuments of his 
 
 brilliant mind and of his devotion to duty. 
 
 The Anglican Church has seldom regarded Rowland Hill 
 
 the enthusiast with marked favour; he is often (1744-1833) 
 
 an uncomfortable person, and causes distur- ' ^ 
 
 ^ 1764. 
 
 bances of thought, ipever agreeable to an 
 Englishman. Certainly Rowland Hill gave 
 trouble: his devotion to the Christian cause 
 vv^as whole-souled and entire: from early youth 
 he had been deeply impressed, Shrewsbury and 
 Eton only confirmed his eagerness, and Whit- 
 iield, the preacher, made him more eager still: 
 as an undergraduate of St. John's, he braved the 
 storm of ribald jeers and taunts that awaited 
 him, and visited the sick and preached in the 
 neighbouring villages. His preaching was sin- 
 gular in the extreme, suited doubtless to his 
 congregations, but eccentric and not altogether 
 '' according to knowledge." Bishops knew not 
 what to do v/ith him, no less than six refused to 
 give him deacon's orders, and the difficulty 
 recurred iwhen he desired to be priest. Di& 
 turbances attended many of his ministrations, 
 and at length he found a ministerial home in 
 the Surrey Chapel at Blackfriars, and was eager 
 in the establishment of what is regarded as a 
 
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 pioneer Sunday School. He published some 
 sermons and hymns, and his memory is treas- 
 ured as one of the founders of the Religious 
 Tract Society and of the British and Foreign 
 Bible Society. 
 Samuel Parr Parr, the Emmanuel man, attained to con- 
 (1747-1825) siderable eminence, which was justly founded 
 upon his extensive learning. He corresponded, 
 argued, and talked with all the great men of 
 his day, and was a well-known celebrity, owing 
 to the voluminous character of his published 
 works. As a pronounced Whig, he entered into 
 the political discussions of the time, and his 
 remarks received due attention. 
 Isaac Miiuer ^^^ ^^ ^^^ greatest of those trained at Queens' 
 (1750-1820) was Isaac Milner, who, starting as a Sizar, 
 Queens' became Senior Wrangler, and after holding the 
 '^' posts of Fellow and Tutor, and Vicar of the 
 College living of S. Botolph's, passed to the 
 Presidency. A pronounced Evangelical, burly 
 and strong in voice, good in the pulpit, brilliant 
 in conversation and in joke, he ruled his society 
 well. He had been Jacksonian Professor of 
 Natural Philosophy, and was also Vice-Chan- 
 cellor, and later on Lucasian Professor. Much 
 controversy arose on the subject of the Bible 
 Society, but Milner hardly proved a match for 
 the acute reasoning of his clever opponent 
 Marsh. He rendered considerable assistance 
 to his brother, Joseph Milner, of S. Catharine's, 
 in the compilation of the " History of the 
 Church of Christ." For a time he held the 
 
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CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN 
 
 Deanery of Carlisle, but never severed his con- 
 nexion with Cambridge. He Hes buried in the 
 old Chapel, ,and a portrait of him is in the 
 College hall. 
 
 William Pitt, who was born in the same year William Pitt 
 as Wilberforce, was the second son of the great (1759-1806) 
 Earl of Chatham, and found in his father one ^^"^"' '^'^'^^^ 
 who set before him a lofty example and filled 
 him with high aspirations. He came to Pem- 
 broke at the age of 14, evincing even then 
 considerable brilliancy of attainment, and at 
 Cambridge he remained for seven years. He 
 formed in early life an acquaintance with Fox, 
 who was to prove his persistent opponent. At 
 the age of 25 he became Prime Minister, and 
 shortly afterwards Member for the University, 
 a position which he held through life. His 
 career was a notable one. Somewhat cold and 
 formal in manner, and accustomed to treat men 
 with considerable haughtiness, he often made 
 enemies, but though on occasions he showed 
 weakness, he must be allowed to rank as a great 
 orator and most capable administrator. European 
 complications caused him keen anxiety: he 
 lived in days when the march of events made 
 conduct of affairs extremely difficult, and it has 
 been said of him that he was great in every- 
 thing but war. The French Revolution was a 
 terrible problem, and to guide the bark of 
 State aright and preserve the honour of Eng- 
 land Avas no easy matter. Pitt had never been 
 strong in health: troubles preyed upon him and 
 
 119 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 caused his death at the age of 47. The outlook 
 was dark just then. Napoleon had triumphed 
 on the Continent: Trafalgar, it is true, had been 
 won, but Nelson had died, and further disaster 
 had occurred at Ulm and Austerlitz. Well 
 might the Prime Minister utter as his last words, 
 "Oh! my country. How I leave my country! " 
 His private character was noble, he served 
 England well, and was Prime Minister through 
 seventeen eventful years. He was buried in 
 the Abbey by his father's side at the nation's 
 expense. 
 
 Herbert Marsh, a strong and able man, quick to note 
 
 Marsh weakness in argument, and without scruple 
 ^ " ^ in letting his opinion be known, is remem- 
 bered as one who greatly influenced thought 
 in the University. Trained at the King's 
 School, Canterbury, and taking his degree 
 from S. John's as 2nd Wrangler, he became 
 Fellow, and then in his travels laid up the store 
 of German literature and theology which was 
 afterwards to be of great service to him. A 
 man of original thought and of considerable 
 pov/er as a critical theologian, both as Margaret 
 Professor for 30 years, and as preacher, he was 
 immensely popular. He had little love for 
 Calvinism, or for allegorical interpretation of 
 Scripture : and found in consequence that Simeon, 
 and E. D. Clarke, and Isaac Milner, were arrayed 
 against him, and his onslaught on the British 
 and Foreign Bible Society, as insecurely founded, 
 
 120 
 
 S. John's 
 1774. 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 in that it ignored the necessity of the accom- 
 panying teaching of Church and Prayer Book, 
 added excitement to the controversy. As 
 Bishop of Llandaff, and then of Peterborough, 
 Marsh continued to evince a strength of 
 character and mind which could not be ignored: 
 man decried him as despotic, but his determina- 
 tion to rule was really qualified by the wisdom 
 of a kindly heart, and as a Bishop he left his 
 mark. The National Society, in a great 
 measure, owes its foundation to this man of 
 small stature but keen intellect. 
 
 To Wilberforce was mainly due the abolition of William 
 
 the slave trade. The friend and contemporary "'""®' °^^® 
 
 , r , • (1759-1833) 
 
 of William Pitt, he owed much of the seriousness o t u > 
 
 ' S. Jonn s 
 
 which characterised him to the influence of Isaac 1775. 
 Milner. Graduating from S. John's, and elected 
 quite early in life M.P. for Hull, he began to set 
 himself to his life's work. Buoyed up by his 
 friendship with Clarkson, against terrible odds he 
 bravely contended for what he felt to be right, 
 and with powerful oratory persevered in his en- 
 deavour to make men view with horror the prin- 
 ciple of the slave trade in British dominions and 
 elsewhere. Success came to him, but his health, 
 always delicate, had given way under the strain: 
 he retired into private life, assured of universal 
 respect, and of the esteem, which men accord 
 to a life passed in the service of mankind. 
 
 121 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Richard Porson, the exceptionally talented son of poor 
 
 PorBon parents, early evinced remarkable aptitude for 
 (1759-1808) . ^ 
 
 Trinity 1778. ^^^^"^^g"? ^^^ ^Y ^^^ kindness of friends was sent 
 
 to Eton. Entering at Trinity he became noted 
 for his great classical knowledge, and was duly 
 appointed Fellow. His fellowship however shortly 
 lapsed owing to the fact that Porson was not in 
 Orders. With strict conscientious uprightness, 
 possibly somewhat rare in those days, he refused 
 to take Orders to gain the continuance of his 
 ofiice, and went forth, penniless, into the world. 
 His request for a Lay Fellowship met with no 
 response, but in due course he was elected to the 
 Professorship of Greek. Henceforward divid- 
 ing his time between London and Cambridge, he 
 became known as one of the greatest scholars the 
 world had seen for many a long day. His 
 memory v/as prodigious — he could repeat a whole 
 passage which he had read once, and, report 
 said, he could even do so backwards. He 
 seemed to know everything, and in whatsoever 
 situation he might be, was alv/ays ready with 
 some apt Classical quotation. His dress was 
 slovenly in the extreme, and his habits irregular, 
 and he was more than once refused admittance, 
 when he called at the wealthy houses of those 
 who were intellectually his inferiors. Proud 
 and unbending, he felt keenly the insults prof- 
 fered, and judged himself wronged. He could 
 interest all men in conversation, from the highest 
 to the lowest, and many are the tales of quaint 
 
 122 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 adventure in his life. He gave forth many great 
 and notable editions of the Greek Classics, and 
 did much to elucidate the text of Euripides, and 
 had a great effect on Cambridge scholarship. 
 He died in dreadful poverty in London: his body 
 was buried with much ceremony in Trinity 
 Chapel at the foot of Newton*s statue, the Fel- 
 lows acting as pall-bearers. 
 
 Simeon, who was almost exactly contemporary Charles 
 with Wilberforce, had a brilliant career at King's. Simeon 
 
 Born of good family, and placed at Eton, he ^^'^^'l^^^) 
 
 Kind's 1779 
 in due course became Fellow and Vice Provost of "* 
 
 his College. The story of his life is full of the 
 deepest interest, for it is the record of a !saint who 
 lived in the closest communion with God. Rightly, 
 the name of this great Evangelical leader is 
 held in the highest esteem, for the number of 
 those he influenced for good was very great. His 
 entry on the Incumbency of Trinity Church met 
 with keen opposition from the parish, and his 
 preaching was often seriously interrupted by un- 
 dergraduates. At times he was the object of 
 insult and even of assault. For some ten years 
 this lasted, and then it gradually became to be 
 recognised how great a man he was, and his 
 influence increasingly prevailed, until at last the 
 reverence for him was intense. Wherever he 
 went, in town or countryside, the people flocked 
 to hear him and seemed to be deeply touched. 
 A thoroughly loyal Churchman, he faithfully pur- 
 sued his way, filled with the deepest piety and 
 joy in serving his fellow men. It was he who 
 
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CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 led Henry Martyn to seek the Mission field; it 
 was he who proved so helpful to the frail but 
 heroic Kirke White, and he always seemed en- 
 dued with the power of finding the good !n men. 
 When at last he was summoned to lay down his 
 work, it is said that Cambridge never saw such 
 a funeral as Simeon's, at which 1,500 members 
 of the University attended to see him laid to rest 
 in the ante-chapel of King's, where his body now 
 rests under the initials C.S. For that occasion, 
 even though, it was market day, most of the shops 
 were shut, lectures were as a rule suspended, 
 and the bell of every College chapel tolled. The 
 characteristic story is related of him, that once as 
 an undergraduate, filled with the determination 
 to overcom^e a tendency to laziness in the morn- 
 ing, he vowed that if he overslept again he would 
 throw a sovereign into the river at the back of 
 King's. In his interesting notice of the story, Dr. 
 Moule, Bishop of Durham, relates how, true to 
 his word, failing the next morning to cure 
 himself of his fault, the coin v/as thrown into the 
 Cam, where possibly it remains to the present 
 day, " in the river's keeping." * 
 Thomas ^f the abolition of the slave trade was largely 
 
 Clarkson due to the stirring speeches of Wilberforce in the 
 (1760-1846) House of Commons, it was certainly, to some 
 ■ {° ^^ ^ extent, helped forward by the support of Clark- 
 son, and by the fervent addresses which the lat- 
 ter delivered throughout the country. " Slav^ 
 ery " was the subject of the Latin essay for which 
 * H. C. G. Moule " Charles Simeon," p. 83. 
 124 
 
 c. 1780. 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 he won the Members' Prize as Sizar of S. John's : 
 
 and through life he waged war against what he 
 
 felt to be a great evil, bringing untiring zeal and 
 
 almost phenomenal energy to bear upon the aim 
 
 he had so much at heart. He faithfully sensed 
 
 his generation, and saw his efforts crowned with 
 
 success. 
 
 Charles Grey, after being at Eton, passed Charles 
 
 from King's to high position in the State, and ^^^^^'^^^^y 
 
 rose to be Prime Minister. His career through- ^,. , 
 
 King s 
 out was strongly in favour of democratic pro- ^ ^y^^ 
 
 gress, and he was an ardent supporter of 
 Fox and an opponent of Pitt. Everything that 
 appeared to him to savour of corruption met with 
 his stern denunciation, and his speeches were 
 listened to with gr^at attention. For a time he 
 was out of .office, and then in 1830 was summoned 
 to be head of the Ministry, which, by the exer- 
 cise of singular firmness, succeeded in passing 
 the Reform Bill, and thus brought about great 
 changes in England. Very able, of great in- 
 tegrity, and a thorough-going Whig, he retired 
 from public life within four years, and left an hon- 
 oured name behind him. 
 
 Wollaston, who made several valuable scientific willlamHyde 
 discoveries, was Fellow of Gonville and Caius. Wollaston 
 
 Of great assiduity in work, he became well-known (1766-1828) 
 
 , . J ^- TT „„ Gon.& Caius 
 
 as a Student of chemistry and optics. He was 
 
 1/04. 
 an authority on several medical questions, not- 
 ably on the treatment of gout, and is credited 
 with the discovery as to how platinum might be 
 welded so as to be made into vessels. Men 
 
 125 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Thomas 
 
 Robert 
 
 Malthus 
 
 (1766-1834) 
 
 Jesus 1784. 
 
 Edward 
 
 Baniel Clarke 
 
 (1769-1822) 
 
 Jesus 1786. 
 
 William 
 Wordsworth 
 
 (1770-1850) 
 
 S. John's 
 
 1787. 
 
 spoke well of his kindly nature, and he enjoyed 
 the friendship of Sir Humphry Davy, and was 
 related to Heberden. 
 
 Malthus, who turned his study largely to the 
 question of over-population, was a Jesus man, 
 and after graduating as 9th Wrangler was made 
 Fellow. His views as expressed by his followers 
 in later years, who very often lacked the deep 
 thought ^nd philosophic,' learning with which Mal- 
 thus treated the subject, have not been always 
 received without cavil. Even in his ov/n day 
 his teaching encountered certain opposition. 
 For the man himself, however, all have enter- 
 tained an unfailing regard. 
 
 Edward Daniel Clarke, the Fellow of Jesus, is 
 remembered as a great and successful traveller. 
 As a result, he brought back a large number 
 of valuable antiquities, and published a book of 
 his " Travels," which was widely read. He was 
 appointed to the Professorship of Mineralogy in 
 the University, and the Oriental plane tree, which 
 he planted as a memorial of his travels, still 
 remains in the Fellows' Garden at Jesus. 
 
 The actual rooms which Wordsworth occupied 
 at S. John's exist no longer, but their position 
 was in the far left corner of the First Court, and 
 from them he looked out upon Trinity Chapel* 
 and heard the clock give its double strike; and 
 of the charm and beauty of all things that he 
 sav/ he was never tired of writing. He seems 
 to have cared but little for the life at Cambridge, 
 and he was never given to be studious, but he 
 
 126 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 enjoyed in his career the friendship of Coleridge, 
 Lamb, Southey, Scott, Keble and Tennyson. In 
 writing he adopted a simple style and his poems 
 were not at the first widely appreciated. But 
 in due course it became recognised that he was 
 a great teacher, writing of all things with a kind 
 and loving heart, and he now ranks as one of 
 the most pure and blameless of poets. " What 
 was special in Wordsworth," says Dean Church, 
 " was tlie penetrating power of his perceptions 
 of poetical elements, and his fearless reliance on 
 the simple forces of expression, in contrast to 
 the more ornate ones. He had an eye to see 
 these elements where — I will not say no one had 
 seen or felt them, but where no one appears to 
 have recognised that they had seen or felt them 
 He saw the familiar scene of hum.an life — nature 
 as affecting human life and feeling, and man as 
 the fellow creature of nature, but also separate 
 and beyond it i^ faculties and destiny — had not 
 yet rendered up even to the mightiest of former 
 poets all that they had in them to touch the 
 human heart. And he accepted it as his mission 
 to open the eyes and widen the thoughts of his 
 countrymen, and to teach them to discern in the 
 humblest and most unexpected forms the pre- 
 sence of v/hat was kindred to what they had long 
 recognised as the highest and greatest."* A fine 
 portrait of the poet exists in the College hall, 
 and the verses which he wrote to accompany 
 the portrait, are to be seen in the College library. 
 * English Poets, edited by T. H. Ward, Vol. iv. p. 6. 
 
 127 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Samuel 
 
 Taylor 
 
 Coleridge 
 
 (1772-1834) 
 Jesus 1791. 
 
 John After a training at Eton, where he was the 
 
 Hookham fnend of Canning, Frere became, in due course, 
 
 Frere 
 i.^.r. , Fellow of Gonville and Caius. For a time he 
 
 (1769-1846) 
 Gon. & Caius ^^^^ connected with diplomatic work, and then 
 
 c. 1789. gave himself to literature, and was acquainted 
 with all the great men of the period — notably 
 Coleridge, and Walter Scott. With consider- 
 able ability he produced several humorous 
 poems, and the "Ode on .^thelstan*s Victory " 
 wia;s a good instance of his clever writing. His 
 translations of Aristophanes are widely known. 
 Coleridge, the Devonshire boy, early in life 
 displayed evidence! of that power which, in after 
 years, was to ^make him so singular and thought- 
 ful a writer. Trained at Christ's Hospital, 
 where he knew Charles Lamb, and entered at 
 Jesus College, he passed through the Cambridge 
 course but took no degree. Friendly in early 
 life with Southey, he for a time clung to the 
 notion of the establishment of an advanced soc- 
 ial community in America, but the idea came to 
 naught. He became acquainted with Words- 
 worth, and in company with him did much work. 
 The publication of his " Lyrical Ballads," among 
 which was the " Ancient Mariner," first brought 
 him into notoriety, and these ballads were written 
 before he was 25. His unconventional mode 
 of life was inimical to worldly success, and 
 his prospects were further spoilt by unfortu- 
 nate habits. For a time he travelled, and 
 came across German philosophical thought, 
 which was so seriously to influence his later 
 
 128 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 writing. Just as William Law and John 
 Byrom brought the teaching of Behmen, 
 the Dutchman, to England, so Coleridge w^as the 
 interpreter of Kant, one of the greatest of moral 
 and religious philosophers. " Christabel " and 
 the " Rhyme of the Ancient Mariner " have been 
 justly treasured, and the other poetical writings 
 of Coleridge have left their impress in a way, 
 on Scott, Keats, Shelley, and Byron; but his 
 " Aids to Reflection " also exercised a marvel-» 
 lous influence, and they were not without effect 
 on Newman and Maurice, and, through both of 
 these, on many others. Thus the writings of 
 Coleridge have exercised a far-reaching in- 
 fluence, and have a considerable hold on religi- 
 ous thought a,t the present day. Obscure and 
 eccentric much of his poetry must be held to be, 
 but for all that, it displayed deep and earnest 
 feeling. 
 
 The light which Simeon held aloft in Cam- Henry 
 bridge, continued to burn brightly in the devo- Martyn 
 tion of many of his followers; it shone in Kirke (1781-1812) 
 
 White, and it shone in Martyn, one of the ^- ^°^^ * 
 
 1797. 
 greatest and most devoted of missionaries. The 
 
 work which the latter, in his lamentably short 
 
 life, did, was phenomenal. Born at Truro, 
 
 Martyn graduated as Senior Wrangler from S, 
 
 John's, and became Fellow. For a time he worked 
 
 at Trinity Church, and there, strongly impressed 
 
 by Simeon's .teaching, went forth on his great 
 
 career in India, Persia, and Arabia; working with 
 
 all his might, translating the Scriptures, reasoning 
 
 129 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 with Mohammedans, and planting firmly the 
 Church at Cawnpore and Calcutta. He was 
 suddenly stricken with fever, and dying at the 
 age of 31, left a name unsurpassed for its fer- 
 vency of missionary zeal. The epitaph on him, 
 written by Macaulay at the ^ge of 13, is of 
 interest : — 
 
 Here Martyn lies ! In manhood's early bloom 
 
 The Christian hero found a Pagan tomb : 
 
 Religion, sorrowing o'er her favourite son 
 
 Points to the glorious trophies which he won. 
 
 Eternal trophies, not with slaughter red, 
 
 Nor stained with tears by hopeless captives shed ; 
 
 But trophies to the Cross. For that dear name 
 
 Through every form of danger, death, and shame, 
 
 Onward he journeyed to a happier shore, 
 
 Where danger, death, and shame are known no more. 
 
 Thomas After wide reading in early years, Young came 
 
 Young as Fellow Commoner to Emmanuel and attained 
 (1773-1829) to the degree of M.D. He passed to London 
 and there, in addition to his medical work, found 
 time for much independent stud}^ He was known 
 as a great scientific discoverer and possessed 
 valuable knowledge on the undulatory theory of 
 Light. In the year 1799 a basalt slab was 
 discovered at Rosetta, near Alexandria, inscribed 
 in hieroglyphic, demotic and Greek characters. 
 After being removed to London it came under the 
 notice of Young, who, about the year 182 1, was 
 able to publish a translation of the inscriptions. 
 In 1822 Champollion the Frenchman, who had 
 been educated at Grenoble and Paris, also 
 published a translation of the same inscriptions : 
 and it would seem, that though to the latter credit 
 
 130 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 must be assigned for final accurac}^ as regards 
 the writing, great help in the work was afforded 
 by the labours of Young, whose portrait now 
 hangs in the Combination Room of his College. 
 
 Lord Palmerston was connected as an under- 
 graduate with S. John's College, to which society 
 he came from Harrow, and the connexion was 
 renewed when he became Member for the Uni- 
 versity. He soon rose to eminence: in fact, from 
 1807 onward till the end, save for a few years, 
 he held some official post, and in 1855 became 
 Prime Minister, and as Premier died in harness. 
 He was thoroughly respected by the people who 
 liked his gentlemanly bearing, his kindly heart, 
 and his love of sport. Foreign nations respected 
 him, and knew that England's honour was safe 
 in such hands as his. Buoyant and optimistic, 
 possibly at times too flippant, but all the while 
 courageous, plucky, and indefatigable in work, 
 he carried England through difficult days with 
 no loss of her prestige. He was the intimate 
 friend of Lord Shaftesbury, and lies buried in 
 the Abbey near to Chatham, Pitt, and Canning. 
 
 Sedgwick, the geologist, who lived to a great 
 age, and in whose honour the newly-erected 
 Museum of Geology was recently opened by King 
 Edward, was a Fellow of Trinity. It was as 
 Woodwardian Professor that he made his name. 
 Enthusiastic and full of love for his work, he 
 put new life into the study of his subject. Some 
 possibly thought he was too conservative in view 
 — certainly he had little love for change and for 
 
 131 
 
 Henry John 
 
 Temple 
 
 3rd Viscount 
 
 Palmerston 
 
 (1784-1865) 
 
 S. John's 
 
 1803. 
 
 Adam 
 Sedgwick 
 
 (1785-1873) 
 Trinity 1804. 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 the new scientific ideas which were in his day 
 being put forward, but for his kindly heart and 
 well-balanced mind all had the greatest respect. 
 The greater part of his long life was passed in 
 the University, and he lies buried in Trinity 
 Chapel. His statue forms a striking object in 
 the new museum. 
 
 There are men who, at the present day, look 
 Canning 
 
 1st Viscount ^P'^'^ Stratford Canning, better known as Lord 
 
 Stratford de Stratford de Redcliffe, as one of the wisest of 
 
 Redcliffe England's administrators abroad, and who are 
 (1786-1880) .„ ,. J . , 
 
 K" • ISO'? disposed to pay great attention to what 
 
 were his views as regards foreign policy. He 
 came to King's after being at Eton and enjoyed 
 the friendship of Porson, Simeon, and Blom 
 field, and then was appointed Ambassador at 
 Constantinople, a post which he held for years. 
 Confident as regards the influence of his ofHce, 
 he took a broad view of matters, and ever aimed 
 at all that brought about the downfall of tyranny 
 and oppression. Courteous and yet full of 
 dignity, with every possible opportunity of 
 studying matters, he largely assisted in arranging 
 the so-called " Eastern Question," and left on 
 record his strong desire to see wise and 
 beneficent reforms urged on Turkey; nor did 
 he hesitate to write of his suspicions regarding 
 the intentions of Russia, suspicions which he 
 had held from the first, and which were sub- 
 sequently confirmed. 
 
 132 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 The poet student of S. John's, the man of ^^^^y ^irke 
 high ambition and of frail constitution, managed White 
 to attain to a College course by his own strenu- (1^^5-1806) 
 pus toil. The son of a Nottingham butcher, ^' J^^"^'^ 
 with none to help till Simeon in his wisdom took ^^^^" 
 him up, this ardent high-souled boy turned from 
 the trade to which he was apprenticed, and 
 sought for opportunity wherein his love of 
 poetry might find scope. He had in the spare 
 hours, when work was done, mastered Latin, 
 Greek, Spanish, and Portuguese. His early 
 poetic efforts met with small financial success, 
 though great men praised his writing. At last 
 opportunity seemed to smile when S. John's, 
 at Simeon's instigation, gave him a Sizarship. 
 Ability and spiritual force were strong within him, 
 but he seemed born for disappointment: one 
 year he ,spent at College, and then a ten- 
 dency to consumption became apparent, and in 
 the second October his gentle spirit passed 
 away in his College rooms. Southey and 
 .Wilberforce both admired him, and the former 
 did much to help him, and wrote his 
 biography. His poetry may not be great, but 
 there hangs round it the memory of a hard 
 fight against terrible odds, and the breath of a 
 piety that was true to the core, and of an 
 endeavour that was set on the highest ideals. 
 A tablet was raised to his memory in old AiJ 
 Saints', and his name is commemorated on the 
 cross that faces the Divinity School. 
 
 133 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 ^i 
 
 George Cambridge, the " alma mater '* of poets, gave 
 
 Oordon Lord .^^ least some inspiration to Byron, who came 
 
 ^^^^ from Harrow to Trinity in 1805 ? though, wayward 
 
 ^ • ^o^r even then, he cared little for the University. His 
 Trin. 1805. ... 
 
 early poems met with indifferent success, and 
 
 it was not until he published " Childe Harold '* 
 
 that fame came to him, and soon there followed 
 
 "The Giaour" and "The Bride of Abydos." 
 
 The life of this strange and unregulated genius 
 
 is well known : over his nature at times swept 
 
 gusts of passion which left their mark. He 
 
 travelled, swam the Hellespont — just as in former 
 
 days he swam in the Cam, in the pool at 
 
 Grantchester which bears his name — was present 
 
 at the burning of Shelley's remains, and poured 
 
 forth really grand poetry. But much that 
 
 he did and wrote met with but scant approval 
 
 in England. A thorough man, with all a man's 
 
 faults strongly entwined in his nature, he yet 
 
 had lofty aspirations, and with high-souled 
 
 chivalry often took up the cause of those 
 
 who suffered: with romantic and passionate 
 
 energy he worked for the cause of oppressed 
 
 Greece, and caused men to weep bitter tears 
 
 when he died. They sent his body home to be 
 
 buried in the Abbe}', but the feeling of those who 
 
 were responsible could not permit this to be, and the 
 
 poet, so much discussed, so often maligned, and 3'et 
 
 withal so incontestabl}' great, rests in the great 
 
 Church of Hucknall. The statue of him by Thor- 
 
 waldsen, vvhich was refused a place in Westminster 
 
 Abbey, stands in the librar}^ of Trinity College. 
 
 134 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 John Herschel, like Sir William before him, 
 became a brilliant astronomer. The training 
 which the father gave to his son must have been 
 extremely valuable, and glimpses of it are given 
 in Sir Robert Ball's " Great Astronomers."* The 
 boy is said to have asked one day what were 
 the oldest things, and the father conveyed the 
 answer by taking up a small stone from the 
 garden walk. At another time he asked his 
 son what sort of things were most alike, and 
 when the boy suggested the leaves of the same 
 tree, he pointed out the baselessness of his 
 reply by making him examine some leaves to 
 see how unlike they were. Lessons such as 
 these in early youth doubtless paved the way 
 for that care and penetration which subse- 
 quently characterised his work. Entering at S^ 
 John's College after being at Eton, he took 
 his degree as Senior Wrangler, was duly made 
 Fellow, and became connected with Whewell and 
 Peacock. He specially studied " nebulse," and 
 published several important works, all of which 
 v/ere written with great lucidity. He was buried 
 in Westminster Abbey, near to Sir Isaac Newton 
 At Charterhouse, Hare was the friend of Thirl- 
 wall and Grote, and as Fellow of Trinity he was 
 associated with Sedgwick, Whewell, Sterling, 
 and Maurice, whose sister he married. As 
 lecturer he was much appreciated, and his 
 opinion in literary matters was held in high 
 
 Sir John 
 Frederick 
 William 
 Herschel 
 (1792-1871) 
 S. John's 
 1809. 
 
 Julius Charles 
 Hare 
 
 (1795-1855) 
 Trin. 1812. 
 
 * p. 247 (quoting Professor Pritchard), 
 
 135 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 esteem. Well versed in German theology, he 
 
 was known as a capable, but lengthy preacher, 
 
 Later in life he became Archdeacon of Lewes, 
 
 William The name of Whewell, the great Master of 
 
 ewe Trinity, is rightly treasured in the University. 
 (1794-1866) . u u ■ r u n- u- 
 
 T ■ 1812 ^ ^^ gave promise of brilliant things : 
 
 he was the son of a Lancaster master carpenter 
 and educated at the '* Blue Coat " School in that 
 town. At Cambridge he was in the set 
 of Herschel, Peacock, Julius Charles Hare, 
 Thirlwall, and Hugh James Rose. The English 
 poem prize fell to him as an undergraduate, and 
 he was President of the Union. Everyone 
 expected him to be Senior Wrangler, but to the 
 surprise of all he only took second place after 
 Jacob. Rumour had it that his competitor for 
 senior honours had feigned indolence and led 
 Whewell thereby to be slack in his reading. 
 He was quickly made Fellow and Tutor, and 
 soon after Professor of Mineralogy. From that 
 he passed to the Knightsbridge Chair of Moral 
 Philosophy. He had been successful as Tutor, 
 and his reputation was already great: he seemed 
 to know everythin^g, and all acclaimed him 
 when the Crown made him Master of Trinity. 
 In his new post he advanced the College and 
 raised the tone of the University. Two examina- 
 tions were started mainly through his efforts in 
 185 1 — the Moral and Natural Science Triposes, 
 He was an authority on architecture, and also on 
 philosophy and theology. One of his great 
 works was on " The Plurality of Worlds," and 
 
 136 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 alike on " Tides " and on " Astronomy " he wrote 
 valuable treatises. Men thought him brusque, but 
 the kind heart lay behind, and in all ways he 
 was great. Some may remember the thrill of 
 sorrow which Cambridge felt when it was known 
 that the Master had fallen from his horse near 
 the Gog Magogs; as he lay dying he asked to be 
 placed so that he might fully see the great court 
 of his beloved College— the fairest scene in Eng- 
 land as he thought. A statue was erected 
 to his memory in the ante-Chapel of Trinity, 
 where his body rests. 
 
 The name of Rose is remembered as that of Hugh James 
 a Cambridge man who was in the close friend- Rose 
 ship of the Oxford Tractarian leaders. He was ^^^^^^'^^^^^3^ 
 distinguished for wide and accurate ^earning, 
 and took a leading part in the current contro- 
 versies. He was intimate with Newman, Pusey, 
 Palmer, Richard Hurrell Froude, and Keble, 
 and was greatly respected in the University.* 
 
 Connop Thirlwall, whose history of Greece is Connop 
 well known, was at Charterhouse, and in due T^^J^^^^^^^ 
 course became Fellow of Trinity. At Cambridge ^^.^ ^^^^' 
 he took a strong line in favour of the admission 
 of students to the University irrespective of 
 their reUgious views, and held no very great 
 appreciation ior the system of compulsory 
 attendance at College Chapel. Christopher 
 Wordsworth, the Master of Trinity, opposed him, 
 and in due course he resigned the post of 
 Assistant Tutor, though he remained a member 
 of the College. He was intimate with John 
 
 * Newman dedicated to Rose the 4th Vol. of " Parochial 
 and Plain Sermons." 
 137 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 John Stevens 
 
 Henslow 
 
 (1796-1861) 
 
 St. John's 
 
 1814. 
 
 Henry Melvill 
 
 (1798-1871) 
 S. John's 
 
 1817. 
 Pet. 1820. 
 
 Thomas 
 Babington 
 
 Lord 
 
 Macaulay 
 
 (1800-1859) 
 
 Trin. 1818. 
 
 Stuart Mill and George Grote, and eventually 
 became Bishop of S. David's. He loved the 
 quiet of his country home, and, possibly rather a 
 scholar than a great Bishop, he has left a name 
 which is widel}^ known, and lies buried in the same 
 grave as George Grote in Westminster Abbey. 
 
 In the same year, John Stevens Henslow, 
 the friend of Adam Sedgwick, Edward Daniel 
 Clarke, and Darwin, received his training at 
 S. John's and later on proved successful as 
 Professor of Mineralogy, and then of Botany. 
 He was also beloved as Curate of Little S. 
 Mary's. Several w^orks were written by him, 
 and he is remembered as a delightful character. 
 
 Within recent years, when visitors were dilat- 
 ing on the merits of Dr. Liddon as a preacher, 
 a verger of S. Paul's Cathedral used to remark 
 that Melvill, also a former Canon of S. Pauls, 
 had in his day even a greater reputation. He 
 had entered at S. John's, and was later on 
 Fellow and Tutor of Peterhouse, after graduat- 
 ing as 2nd Wrangler, and was for a time Vicar 
 of S. Mar}^ the Less. Melvill v;as buried in the 
 crypt of London's great Cathedral. 
 
 It was along the pathway by the Chapel at 
 Trinity that Macaulay, the future popular essayist 
 and historian, often walked: it is in the Chapel 
 itself that his statue stands, graven with Sir 
 Richard Jebb's inscription; and possibly no name 
 of Cambridge connexion is better known thai? 
 that of the writer of the " Lays of Ancient 
 Rome." After going to school at Little Shelford, 
 
 138 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 the boy of marvellous memory and rare ability 
 entered the University. He gained the Craven 
 Scholarship, as well as several prizes, and becom- 
 ing Fellow quickly rose to eminence. After enter- 
 ing the House of Commons he accepted for a 
 while a post in India. Then came the publica- 
 tion of the " Lays," the " Essays " and the 
 '' History." On historical matters he shed a 
 new light and invested whole periods with 
 living and dramatic interest. Possibly he was 
 not strictly accurate, and at times his estimate 
 of things was hardly fair, but he wrote with 
 graphic and fascinating clearness. His Essays, 
 in a way, did even more effectual work, for 
 they popularised history; they were not without 
 fauUs, for Macaulay often displayed bias and 
 looked at things from the " Early Victorian " 
 standpoint. On the subjects of philosophy and 
 of religion he often went far astray, and his 
 view of the Church of England was ill-founded 
 and narrow; but yet he wrote "largely," and 
 his striking utterances stand to be ever remem- 
 bered, if not always agreed with. He had known 
 Milner, Moultrie, and Charles Austin in Cam- 
 bridge days : ^t the Union he was a 
 prominent speaker, and his oratory was admired 
 in the Commons. Kind-hearted and upright, 
 and of great .amiability, he occupied a great 
 place in his day. 
 
 George Airy entered Trinity in 1819, and took sir Georg-e 
 the degree of Senior Wrangler. He became ^j8of\^g2)' 
 Fellow and was appointed Lucasian Professor, Trin. 1819. 
 
 139 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 and then Plumian Professor of Astronomy and 
 Director of the Observatory. Later in life he 
 became Astronomer Royal. He was a great 
 writer, and living to an advanced age, left a most 
 worthy record behind him. 
 
 James Challis Airy was followed two years later by Challis, 
 (1803-1882) ^j^Q entered ^t Trinity College and gradu- 
 ated as Senior Wrangler. Becoming later on 
 Plumian Professor of Astronomy and Director of 
 the Observatory, he was much connected with 
 Adams and Airy in the discoveries they made. 
 
 Sir Alexander Cockburn, the well-known Chief Justice, who 
 
 tried the Wainwright murder and the memorable 
 
 Edmund 
 
 „ , , Tichbome case, was Fellow of the Hall. He 
 
 Cockburn ' 
 
 (1802-1880) ^^^ contemporary with Lytton; and like him 
 
 Trin. H. 1822 a speaker at the Union. He became a noted 
 
 Judge, and was on the Commission in the Geneva 
 
 arbitration over the Alabama claims. 
 
 Edward Lytton's novels take a high place in popular 
 
 ' estimation. Opinions possibly differ as to their 
 Lord Lytton ^ . 
 
 (1803-1873) excellence, but they have been widely appre- 
 
 Trin. 1822 ciated. It is only necessary to mention 
 Trin. H. 1822 " Pelham " and " Paul CHfford," and the later 
 and better known works " Rienzi " and " The 
 Last Days of Pompeii," to recall his fame. 
 Among the plays he wrote, the " Lady of Lyons " 
 and " Richelieu " still hold their own. First at 
 Trinity and then passing to the Hall, he entered 
 fully into University life, and together with Cock- 
 burn, often spoke at the Union. He was Member 
 of Parliament for some years, and Secretary of 
 State for the Colonies. 
 
 140 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Willis was one of the great niathematicians Roben W^^ 
 who came to the University about this tima ^^^^ams 
 He became Fellow of Gonville and Cams, and ^^^2. 
 Jacksonian Professor of Experimental Philosophy. 
 He made many improvements which were of service 
 to the nation, and had a wide acquaintance with 
 architecture, and a special knowledge of the 
 architectural history of Cambridge. 
 
 As a boy, Maurice is said to have formed the Frederick 
 
 /^5 d uKjy, ^ •,• _ Denison 
 
 idea which eventually took shape m the writing ^^^^.^^ 
 
 of his great work, '^The Kingdom of Christ" ^1805-1872) 
 —a book which still widely influences religious ^rin. 1823 
 thought. He was at Trinity, and then at the Tdn. H. 1825 
 HalC but gave up the thought of a Fellowship. 
 Intimate with Gladstone, Carlyle, Kingsley, and 
 Stanley, he became well known as ,a London 
 preachJr, and later on lattracted crowds of 
 thoughtful men at S. Edward's in Cambridge. 
 His views were not acceptable to all: rumours 
 of sceptical leanings brought about his eject- 
 ment from his Professorship at King's College, 
 London. The suspicions hurt his gentle nature, 
 but he went steadily on his way and accepted 
 the Chair of Moral Philosophy at Cambridge. 
 Men thought him hazy, but he saw below the 
 surface of things, and his views were solidly 
 founded, and he did much to make others see 
 the value of the historic element in Theology. 
 He was greatly interested in Christian Socialism, 
 and his advocacy of working men^s colleges 
 evinced his keen solicitude for the advance- 
 ment of his fellow men. He seems, in early 
 
 141 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 John Sterling- 
 
 (1806-1844) 
 
 Trin. 1824. 
 
 Trin. H.1825 
 
 Ricliard 
 
 Chenevix 
 
 Trench 
 
 (1807-3 8S6) 
 Trin. 1825. 
 
 Edward 
 Fitzg^erald 
 
 (1809-1883) 
 Trin. 1826. 
 
 days, to have spoken at the Union,* land 
 throughout his life he nobly, upheld the truth 
 as it impressed him. His influence in theo- 
 logical thought is much recognised at the 
 present day, and now that the din of controversy 
 has passed, it is recognised how great a teacher he 
 was, and what a beautiful character he possessed. 
 
 In the same year there came to Trinity one 
 who was widely admired, and is remembered 
 not only for the poems and prose works he 
 wrote, but for his intimacy with many great men 
 of his day. J. C. Hare, F. D. Maurice, Trench, 
 Coleridge, Wordsworth, and Edward Irving, 
 all seemed impressed with the charm of his 
 character, and his memory was made fam.ous by 
 the biography which Carlyle wrote of him. He 
 died at the early age of 38. 
 
 In the next year, Richard Chenevix Trench 
 was, after being educated at Harrow, placed 
 at Trinity, and became the friend of Maurice, 
 Tennyson, Hallam, and later, of Samuel Wilber- 
 force. He was promoted to be Dean of 
 V/estminster and then Archbishop of Dublia 
 His writings on the " Parables " and " Miracles " 
 of our Lord v/erc widely known, and his " Study 
 of Words " had a large circulation. He is 
 buried in the Abbey. 
 
 Edward Fitzgerald, during his residence at 
 Trinity, was the friend of Spedding, W. B. 
 Donne, Thompson, and Thackeray; in later 
 years he was intimate with Tennyson, Carlyle, 
 and George Crabbe. Great was the affection 
 and regard which one and all of them had for 
 
 * On this point there is some doubt. 
 142 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 this scholar of refined taste and charming 
 manner, who revelled in literature, and thus fol- 
 lowed out his meditative and dreamy bent. He 
 has left us " Polonius " and " Euphranor," and, 
 more than all, he revivified rather than translated 
 the " Quatrains " of the Persian poet, Omar 
 Khayyam, and thus gave to the world a work 
 which will prove lasting in its effect of affording 
 an insight into delightful, if somewhat pessimistic 
 
 Eastern poetry. 
 
 Christopher Wordsworth, son of the Master of 
 Trinity, and nephew of the poet, took the degree 
 of Senior Classic, and in addition gained a large 
 number of Scholarships and prizes. He was for 
 a time PubUc Orator of the University, and then 
 Head Master of Harrow. As Bishop of Lincoln 
 he was widely known, and wrote a Commentary 
 on the whole Bible. Scholarly, sedate in manner, 
 ■ and seeming almost to be one of the ancient 
 Fathers of the early Church alive again, he was 
 looked up to as a great authority on Church 
 matters. 
 
 The name of Lord Houghton was widely 
 known in the last half of the nineteenth century 
 At Trinity he had been the pupil of Thirlwall, 
 and in the society of that group of students, 
 known as " Apostles," who met for discussion 
 and criticism in the University. Among them 
 were^ Trench, Thompson, Alford, F. D. Maurice, 
 Sterling, Maine, Buller, Tennyson, Hallam, 
 J. M. Kemible, Venables and Merivale. Later, 
 he knew Gladstone, Wordsworth, Emerson and 
 
 143 
 
 Christopher 
 Wordsworth 
 
 (1807-1885) 
 Trin. 1826. 
 
 Richard 
 
 Monckton 
 
 Milnes, 
 
 1st Lord 
 
 Houghton 
 
 (1809-1885) 
 
 Trin. 1827. 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 James 
 
 Spedding 
 
 (1808-1881) 
 
 Trin. 1827. 
 
 George 
 
 Augustus 
 
 Selwyn 
 
 (1809-1878) 
 
 S.John's 
 
 1827. 
 
 Charles 
 Robert 
 Darwin 
 
 (1809-1882) 
 Chr. 1828. 
 
 Carlyle. His literary output was large, and he 
 wrote several poems. In all ways he was greatly 
 respected and admired. 
 
 For James Spedding, the Editor of Bacon's 
 Works, the University had strong regard, and 
 would have wished to make him Professor of 
 Modern History when Kingsley died. At Trinity 
 he was one of the " Apostles," and in later years 
 proved to be a writer of considerable power. 
 
 George Augustus Selwyn, after being at Eton, 
 where he was the friend of Gladstone, came as 
 scholar to S. John's, and, taking the degree 
 of Second Classic, was in due course made 
 Fellow. He is remembered as a great Bishop. 
 Called to be diocesan of New Zealand, he threw 
 marvellous energy into the work and shewed 
 what a Colonial Prelate could do. Under his 
 rule, more Bishops were appointed for the 
 island, and really efficient work was carried 
 on. The Lambeth Conference, now of much 
 moment, owed its inception to a large extent 
 to his foresight. Becoming later Bishop of 
 Lichfield, he equally made his mark in a home 
 diocese, and left a name which is held in high 
 esteem. 
 
 Christ's was the home of Darwin, the great 
 naturalist, and the days at College were a happy 
 period in his life. The studies of the place did 
 not attract him: he was even then thinking on 
 other lines, which were to lead to his famous 
 theories. All that was high and lofty in idea] 
 found favour with him, and he was loved and 
 
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CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 respected by friends throughout his life. The 
 famous trip in H.M.S. Beagle, which enabled 
 him to lay the foundation of his subsequent know- 
 ledge, was taken in 1831, and then on his return 
 came the removal to Kent, where for years he 
 carried on his investigations. No trouble was 
 too great, no detail too insignificant, for the 
 careful balancing of facts which he set himself 
 to acquire, and which took up all his time for 
 many years; and when in 1859 he pubhshed his 
 " Origin of Species," followed twelve years later 
 by " The Descent of Man,'' the world discovered 
 that it had a great investigator in its midst. 
 Possibly now not all of his conclusions would 
 be unhesitatingly accepted, but for the boldness 
 with which he advanced what appeared to him 
 the truth, all thinking men had the greatest 
 regard and his theories produced a most 
 important effect upon the world's thought. Even 
 those who failed to agree with him admired his 
 gentle nature and the devotion with which he 
 gave himself up to the study which he did sq 
 much to elucidate. He was the intimate friend 
 at Cambridge of Henslow, and later on of 
 Hooker, and Lyell, and all the great scientific 
 men of the day. He lies buried in Westminster 
 Abbey. In 1909, one hundred years after Dar- 
 win's birth, and fifty years after the publication 
 of the -' Origin of Species," there was a great 
 gathering at Cambridge of men of science from 
 all parts of the world, to testify to the high 
 appreciation in which the name of Darwin is held 
 at the present day. 
 
 145 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Alexander Kinglake, the historian of the Crimean War, 
 William and the writer of " Eothen," was at Trinity, 
 Kinglake after being at Eton under Keate. He was 
 
 intimate with Thackeray and Tennyson, and 
 
 Trin. 1828 . ^ 
 
 greatly admired as an author. 
 
 Alfred When Tennyson came to Trinity, he soon 
 
 lord passed into the close friendship of the men 
 
 Tennyson ^yj-jo were Styled "Apostles." For one of them, 
 
 (1809-1892) Arthur Hallam, he had great affection, and 
 Trin. 1828. ^^ „ , , , , , , i • i 
 
 Hallam s early death became memorable m the 
 
 verses of " In Memoriam.*' Later in life he 
 was intimate with Gladstone. Kingsley, and 
 Maurice, to whose teaching he paid great defer- 
 ence. Over the minds of Englishmen Tennyson 
 had full control, and to them he spoke as no other 
 could. Patriotic and loyal, he appealed to his 
 countrymen's feelings and affections in noble 
 lines which were well thought out and always 
 within their range of understanding. There is 
 only need to mention " Idylls of the King," 
 "Two Voices," "In Memoriam," "Maud," 
 " Charge of the Light Brigade," and " Crossing 
 the Bar," to recall the interest with which his 
 poems were received. In the writing of drama 
 he was, perhaps, not thoroughly successful, but. 
 " Queen Mary " and " Becket " contained much 
 that was good. The nation grieved when he 
 passed away, and with a widespread sense of 
 loss he was laid to his rest in the Abbey by 
 the side of Robert Browning. A statue of him 
 has recently been placed in the Chapel of Trinity 
 College. 
 
 146 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Alford, whose name is well-known in con- Henry Alford 
 nexion with Greek Testament studies and the (1810-1871) 
 early attempts to form an English Revised ^^^^- ^^2^' 
 Version, took his degree from Trinity. He was 
 a good scholar and a man of much culture and 
 refined thought. He enjoyed the friendship of 
 that well-known group of students who gathered 
 round Tennyson. He subsequently became 
 Dean of Canterbury. 
 
 The name of Thackeray is known throughout william- 
 the English speaking world. The great works Makepeace 
 which he wrote rank as masterpieces of the Thackeray 
 novelist's art. His insight into character and (181 1-1863) 
 the beauty of many of his tales render necessary ^^^"' ^^^^ 
 some knowledge of his writings for every person 
 who claims to be educated, and the drawing of 
 the men and women he so cleverly portrayed 
 can hardly be surpassed. He had been at 
 Charterhouse, and came to Trinity as one of 
 VVhewell's pupils : his rooms are still shewn in 
 the First Court, and among his friends were 
 Thompson, Kinglake, Monckton Milnes, and 
 Tennyson. The Union Society claims him as 
 one v/ho' spoke at the debates. He took no 
 degree, but after travelling went for a time 
 to the Bar, and then began his first literary 
 efforts in journalism. He worked hard but with 
 indifferent success, and it is almost saddening 
 to hear of this man of master mind and powerful 
 presence toiling for his daily bread, and waiting 
 long in vain for that acceptance which he so 
 hoped to see. Even "Vanity Fair" was at 
 
 147 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 the first a failure : shortly after followed " The 
 Virginians," and that story of his old Charterr 
 house home, "The Newcomes," which is so gener- 
 ally loved. " Esmond " is by some considered to 
 be one of the finest novels ever written. After 
 his death the public gave him that tribute which, 
 to some extent at least, had been denied him 
 in life, and he rests in the Abbey. 
 John William It has fallen to few people to stir the religious 
 Colenso world so effectually as did Colenso in his day. 
 (1814-1883) So-called advanced Biblical criticism was then 
 virtually unknown in England, and the extreme 
 views that he put forward, with reference to the 
 Old Testament, brought a storm of obloquy 
 about his head. Born in poverty and lacking 
 advantages, by sheer strength of will he made 
 his way to Cambridge and graduated from S, 
 John's as Second Wrangler and Smith's Prize- 
 man. He became Fellow and was afterwards 
 a Mathematical Masterl at Harrow. He was then 
 appointed Bishop of Natal, and applied his 
 energies to the study of the Zulu language. 
 But his fame rests upon the bold views he 
 took with regard to the Pentateuch: views 
 which, though now generally accepted, were at 
 the time regarded as almost blasphemous. 
 The Evangelical party felt his action deeply: 
 that he was extremely rash is hardly to be 
 doubted, and even Maurice, who had been his 
 friend for some time,- severed himself from 
 him. Bishop Gray, the Metropolitan of Cape 
 Town, claimed to have power to try him for 
 
 148 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 heresy, and duly deposed arid excommunicated 
 him, and diverted from him all the funds 
 he could. For years the controversy raged — ■ 
 Colenso defied his foes, refused to resign and 
 braved the issues. Only recently has the dis- 
 turbed state of his diocese passed away. Into 
 the merits of the controversy there is no need 
 to enter: deplorable as it was it seemed inevit- 
 able. For one thing we may be thankful: 
 throughout the trouble all fair-minded men 
 rejoiced to recognise the integrity which had 
 characterised ,the Bishop through his life: he 
 fought for what seemed to him truth and honour, 
 and his worst enemies found him a fair and 
 generous opponent. 
 
 Vaughan entered Trinity in 1834, and after Charles John 
 obtaining a scholarship, took his degree in 1838 Vaughan 
 as Senior Classic and Chancellor's Medallist, (1816-1897) 
 being bracketed with Lord Lyttelton. He was 
 made Fellow of his College, and became suc- 
 cessively Head Master of Harrow, Vicar of Don- 
 caster, Master of the Temple, and, late in life. 
 Dean of Llandaff. Devoting himself to Biblical 
 study and avoiding every form of controversy, 
 he went quietly on his way, and refused pro- 
 motion to episcopal office. He was widely 
 known as an attractive and thoughtful preacher, 
 and as one who had a peculiar aptitude for train- 
 ing men for the ministry, and impressing them 
 with his own deep earnestness and sanctity of 
 life. 
 
 149 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Thomas Lovers of Cathedral music remember with 
 
 Attwood pleasure the name of Walmisley, who was ap- 
 
 Walmisley pointed org'anist of Trinity and S. John's, and 
 
 (1814-1856) ^^,^g shortly after made Professor of Music. He 
 
 T • 1839 joined the University and took his degree from 
 
 Jesus. It fell to him to compose anthems for the 
 
 installation of two Chancellors, Lord Camden 
 
 and Prince Albert. He was a great admirer of 
 
 Bach, and wrote some fine Church Music. 
 
 A brass to his memory exists in Trinity Chapel 
 
 Harvey Goodwin, who took his degree as 2nd 
 
 Goodwin Wrangler, was Scholar and Fellow of Gonville 
 
 (1818-1891) and Caius, and was a very capable writer on 
 
 Gon. &Caius g^-^j^^-^^ subjects, which he made extremely 
 
 1835 . 
 
 interesting. He is still widely remembered by 
 
 those who were undergraduates in his day 
 for the spirited and thoughtful sermons w^hich 
 he delivered as Chaplain of S. Edward's. He sub- 
 sequently became Dean of Ely and Bishop of 
 Carlisle. Among his friends were Benjamin 
 Webb, Thompson, and Neale, who were all 
 fellow members of the Cambridge Camden 
 Society: and he was also intimate with R. L. 
 Ellis and Mackenzie. 
 John Mason While the Tractarian leaders were closely con- 
 Neale nected with Oxford, men of great learning were 
 
 ^ ^ ^ not wanting at Cambridge who were in sympathy 
 Trin. 1836. . , , , . . , 
 
 D • 1840 '*^ movement and m a practical way 
 
 largely helped it forward. It would be difficult 
 to say how vast an influence Neale quietly 
 brought to bear on the Church of England by 
 his writing. Trained in the Evangelical 
 
 150 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 school, and entering as a scholar at Trinity, he 
 quickly gave proof of his proficiency. His 
 dislike of mathematics prevented him from 
 obtaining the high degree in Classics which he 
 might otherwise have gained: he was, however, 
 Members' Prizeman, and in due course became 
 Fellow and Tutor of Downing. It was due to 
 his initiative, in conjunction with Benjamin 
 Webb, his life-long friend, who was also at 
 Trinity, and well-known later on as Vicar of 
 S. x\ndrew*s, Wells Street, that the Cambridge 
 Camden Society was started in 1839, ^^^ the 
 work of restoring and beautifying the Churches 
 of England begun. It was to these two young 
 men that people applied to know how to proceed 
 on proper lines in Church restoration. The 
 Society gained considerable notoriety concern- 
 ing the restoration of the Church of the Holy 
 Sepulchre in the town : and later its headquarters 
 were removed to London. After ordination 
 Neale settled -down to a life of strenuous 
 writing — high preferment came not to him: 
 the only post he was ever offered was the 
 wardenship of Sackville College near East Grin- 
 stead, where his duty was to minister to a fevy^ 
 almshouse poor, for a yearly salary of £30. 
 Thoroughly loyal as he was to the Church of 
 England, he met with opposition: people mis- 
 understood his great learning, mention was madQ 
 of his leanings to " spiritual haberdashery," and 
 for 14 years he was under episcopal inhibition. 
 The number of works he produced in his life 
 
 151 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 of 48 years was almost phenomenal — a great 
 linguist, theologian, and liturgiologist, with a 
 thorough knowledge of the Eastern Church, he 
 was also famous as a translator ot Greek and Latin 
 hymns. He could turn English poetry into perfect 
 Latin verse with extraordinar}^ facility : a story is 
 related with regard to a call which he made on 
 Keble at Hurslej^ : ''After talking with his guest, 
 Keble left the room to search for papers, and w^as 
 unexpectedly detained. When he returned, Neale 
 observed with a touch of reproach, that he had 
 ahvays understood ti:c ' Christian Year ' to be 
 entirely original. Keble replied that it most cer- 
 tainty was. 'Then how do you explain this?' and 
 Neale drew forth a Latin version of one of 
 the poems, and placed it before him. Keble, 
 too simple-minded to be suspicious, was con- 
 founded, and could only protest in distressed 
 astonishment that he had never seen the 
 original before: but, though relieved, he can 
 hardly have been less surprised when Neale 
 explained that he had taken advantage of his 
 absence to turn the English into Latin."* For 
 ele'; en years in succession he obtained the Sea- 
 tonian Prize, and many of our best known 
 English Ijymns are due to him. His stories 
 for the young are also widely appreciated. He 
 was intimate with Challis, Goodwin, Beresford 
 Hope, F. A. Paley, George Williams, Pugin, and 
 Littledale. He founded the sisterhood at East 
 
 E. A. Towle, John Mason Nealc, p. 213. 
 1^2 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Grinstead, and lies buried in the Parish Church- 
 yard. 
 
 Possessed of a gentle nature and many great Robert Leslie 
 moral qualities, Ellis deeply impressed the Cam- Ellis 
 bridge men of his day. Taking the degree of (1817-1859) 
 Senior Wrangler when Goodwin was placed ^^"" ^^^^' 
 second, he became Fellow^ of Trinity, wrote 
 several papers on scientific and linguistic sub- 
 jects, and joined Spedding in editing the works 
 of Bacon. Of frail constitution, after a suffer- 
 ing life, he passed awa}^ at the age of 42. 
 
 George Gabriel Stokes, who was born in sir George 
 Ireland, was educated at Bristol College. He Gabriel 
 entered Pembroke, and becoming Senior Wrang- Stokes 
 ler and Smith's Prizeman was made Fellow. ^ ' 
 Men of high genius were at the University just 
 then: Cayley was Senior Wrangler in 1842, 
 Adams in 1843, and Thomson followed only 
 two years later. In 1849 Stokes was appointed 
 Lucasian Professor, a post which he held for 50 
 years: throughout that period he was regarded 
 as one ^pf the foremost scientists of his day, 
 and to his opinion great deference was paid. 
 While he gave special attention to hydro- 
 dynamics, optics, and acoustics, he was an 
 acknowledged ,authority upon every scientific 
 question. At times he interested himself in the 
 commonplace facts of everyday life: it is re- 
 lated that he loved to try and explain the reasons 
 why old glass of stained windows seems to us to 
 
 * R^ L. Ellis, Biographical Memoir of, 
 by H. Goodwin, p. xix. 
 
 Pemb. 1837. 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 hav-e especial beauty, and why some particular 
 fashion of dress is pleasing to the eye, or the 
 reverse. His accurate mind easily detected 
 a fault: once at an Academy dinner, he 
 pointed out that the colours of the rainbow 
 depicted jpn a prominent picture, were in the 
 wrong order.* After being Secretary to the 
 Royal Society for many years, he became 
 President: and for four years he represented 
 the University in Parliament. Reserved in 
 manner and often silent, he was yet full of 
 human kindness, and his scientific intelligence 
 found no difficulty in accepting Christian doc- 
 trines. In 1899, his jubilee as Professor was 
 kept with much ceremony, and in 1902 he was 
 appointed to the Mastership of the College. He 
 died, universally respected, the following year, 
 and a medallion pf him was placed in West- 
 minster Abbey. 
 
 Alexander The name of Beresford-Hope, Member of 
 
 James Beres- Parliament for the University, was in the minds 
 
 or • ope ^^ Cambridge men for many years. Connected 
 
 (1820-1887) . , TT 1 T^ . . 1 
 
 -r • to^n With Harrow and Irmity, he was an excellent 
 
 Trm. 1837. -^ ' 
 
 example of those men who faithfull}- serve both 
 Church and realm. He most liberally restored 
 S. Augustine's College, Canterbury, and largely 
 aided in building the beautiful Church of All 
 Saints', Margaret Street, erected for the special 
 purpose of setting forth at its best the stately 
 worship of the English Church. In all Church 
 questions in Parliament be took a liveh^ interest. 
 
 Sir G. G. Stokes. Memoir, pp. 20, 21, 23. 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Cayley, the Senior Wrangler and the scholar 
 
 and Fellow of Trinity, passed most of his life „ , 
 
 Caylej 
 
 in ardent mathematical research. He became (i82i-i8Q5) 
 
 Sadlerian Professor of Pure Mathematics, and Trin. 1838, 
 
 his opinion on all scientific matters was treated 
 
 with the greatest respect, both at home and 
 
 abroad. His portrait is in the Dining Hall at 
 
 Trinity. 
 
 The author of " Westward Ho ! " has a fame 
 
 Charles 
 that may be envied. Born in Devon, he xinffsley 
 
 matriculated at Magdalene and became scholar (1819-1875) 
 In early days, he admired Maurice, Coleridge, Magd. 1838. 
 and Carlyle, and in later years he was the 
 intimate friend of Martineau, Arthur Stanley, 
 Froude, J. S. Mill, and Thomas Hughes. From 
 the quiet of Eversley he gave to the world 
 " Yeast," " Alton Locke," " Hypatia," " West- 
 ward Ho ! " and " Two Years Ago " — novels 
 which are still widely read. As a thinker he 
 achieved high renown, and the charm of his con- 
 versation was remarkable; and when Cambridge 
 called him to be Professor of Modern History, 
 his lectures became very popular. Strong in 
 his appreciation of all that was noble, his sturdy 
 manliness of thought left a great impression on 
 the English mind, and the people learned to 
 love and respect the teaching of this great 
 Christian writer who worked for the highest 
 ends. 
 
 155 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 John Couch Adams, who was to become famous as the 
 
 Adams discoverer "of the planet Neptune, was entered 
 
 (1819-1892) as an undergraduate at S. John's in 1839. A 
 
 S. John s Cornishman by birth, he took his degree as 
 
 1839 
 
 Senior .Wrangler, and his papers were said 
 to be of exceptional merit. As Fellow 
 of his College he gave himself up to 
 advanced mathematical study, and eagerly tried 
 to discover the reason for the irregularities in 
 the motion of Uranus. Deep investigations led 
 him to prove the existence of another, and as 
 yet unknown planet, and he left a record of 
 his discovery with Air}^ in 1845; j'-^st after this 
 time the French astronomer, Leverrier, pub- 
 lished exactly similar conclusions, at which he 
 had arrived by independent study: thus by 
 English and French authority there was suddenly 
 revealed to the scientific world, the fact of the 
 existence of the planet Neptune, and both x\dams 
 and Leverrier were accorded equal honour by 
 the Royal Society. Adams held the post of 
 Lowndean Professor of Astronomy in succession 
 to Peacock, and was also later on Fellow of 
 .Pembroke. He was admired and revered, and 
 enjoyed the special friendship of Challis, x\iry, 
 and Herschel. 
 Sir Henry -^^^ Henry Maine, who was known to the world 
 James Sumner as a great Jurist, came as a Christ's Hospital 
 Maine boy to Pembroke, and became later on Tutor 
 (1822-1888) ^^ ^Yie Hall and subsequently Master. He 
 
 «, . , graduated as Senior Classic, and was Professor 
 
 Trin.H.1845. ^ . ' 
 
 of Civil Law, apd in after years Whewell 
 
 i;6 
 
CELEIiRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Professor of International Law. Some of his 
 legal writings are highly valued. 
 
 During the latter part of the nineteenth cen- william 
 tury, the name of Kelvin was almost a house- Thomson, 
 hold word. Born in Belfast, and given an Lord Kelvin 
 
 early education at Glasgow, where his father (1824-1907) 
 
 Pet 1841 
 was Professor, he came to Peterhouse in 184 1. 
 
 Placed under the guidance of Hopkins, the well- 
 known mathematical "coach," forming, even then, 
 a friendship with Stokes, which was to last 
 through life, and displaying eagerness for 
 boating, and also for music, he graduated as 
 Second Wrangler and First Smith's Prizeman, 
 the Senior Wranglership being awarded to 
 Parkinson, of S. John's. Even then, he was 
 recognised as a mathematician of extraordinary 
 power: his papers in the Tripos were of grea^t 
 merit, and it is related that one of the 
 examiners remarked to the other, " You and I 
 are just about fit to mend his pens." In 1846, 
 he was made Professor of Natural Philosophy 
 at Glasgow. At Glasgow he was to pass the 
 remainder of his life, and to be looked on as 
 one of the greatest living authorities on all 
 scientific matters. He lived during the years 
 when the science of electricity was to make 
 extraordinary progress; by the vastness of 
 his knowledge and the keen interest which 
 he threw into his work, he not only helped this 
 progress forward, but inspired enthusiasm in 
 most with whom he came in contact. In 1892, 
 he was raised to the Peerage, and in 1896 the 
 
 157. 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 jubilee of his tenure of the Professorship was 
 kept. He lies by the side of Isaac Newton, in 
 Westminster Abbey. 
 Henrj^Latham ^^^ many 3'ears the attractive personality of 
 (1821-1902) Henry Latham was respected in the University, 
 Trinity 1841 both by the elder members and by the under- 
 Tnn.H. 1847 graduates. Scholar of Trinity at first, and then 
 entering Trinity Hall, he became a most success- 
 ful Tutor, and linally was elected Master in 
 succession to Maine. His common-sense was 
 always to the front: without being a trained 
 theologian, he yet thought out theological and 
 scriptural matter in his own wonderful way, 
 and left writings of lasting value and original 
 insight — among these are '* Pastor Pastorum " 
 and the " Risen Master." 
 Charles " ^^ one else will go, so I will," was Mac- 
 
 Trederick kenzie's remark when friends tried to dissuade 
 Mackenzie him, the man of fine appearance and athletic 
 
 { 1 ^O ^ 1 SAO \ 
 
 ^ " " "' prowess, from throwing away his higii chances 
 S. John's r J /• 1 • • • 
 
 1C44 ^^^ ^"^ purpose or takmg up missionary work 
 
 Gon. & Cains ^'^^^"'^^'^^to^ had indeed inspired him with a 
 1845. lofty ideal, and when once his thoughts were 
 turned to the Mission held nothing could keep 
 him back. He had been Second Wrangler v>'hen 
 Todhunter was Senior, and was Fellow and 
 Tutor of Gonville and Caius after being at S. 
 John's. The Universities' Mission to Central 
 Africa had first been formed, and Mackenzie 
 consented to be consecrated Bishop. He was 
 much associated with Livingstone, and is re- 
 membered as one who gave up his life to duty. 
 
 158 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 From King Edward's School, Birmingham, Brooke Foss 
 where James Prince Lee was Headmaster, there Westcott 
 passed to Cambridge about this time a remark- ^^^^^^^^'J^^^^ 
 able trio of men, Westcott, Lightfoot, and 
 Benson, one and all destined to hold high 
 positions in the Church. Westcott entered at 
 Trinity, and became Senior Classic and Fellow. 
 The work of his life was done in collaboration 
 with a friend: in company with Hort he la- 
 boured for more than twenty years at the 
 perfecting of the text of the New Testament, 
 with results which are widely known. The 
 Commentaries he wrote on the Epistles of 
 S. John, on the Epistle to the Hebrews and 
 on the Gospel of S. John, stand as memorable 
 works, and while these books were in prepara- 
 tion he was with signal ability holding the 
 Regius Chair of Divinity in the University, and 
 a canonry at Westminster, where his thoughtful 
 sermons made a great impression. Called at 
 the age of 65 to succeed his College friend 
 Lightfoot in the See of Durham, he threw himself 
 heart and soul into the exacting work of the 
 Northern Diocese, and deeply impressed the 
 mining population. The power he wielded was 
 largely increased by his successful treatment of 
 the strike trouble. Looked up to as a saint 
 by those who were closely connected with him, 
 revered as a leader of thought by a wide 
 circle of followers, admired as a theologian even 
 by German writers, this man of extremely humble 
 mind, very unlike the Prince Bishops of ancient 
 
 159 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN 
 
 Fenton John 
 
 Anthony 
 
 Hort 
 
 (1828-1892) 
 Trin. 1846. 
 Emm. 1871 
 
 James 
 
 Hamblin 
 
 Smith 
 
 (1827-1901) 
 
 Gon. & Caius 
 
 1846. 
 
 days, gained even vsdth all his mysticism a hold 
 over the North which lasted until his death. 
 
 In 1846 there passed from Rugby to Trinity 
 one whose name was to become widely known 
 as a devoted and painstaking critic of the text 
 of the Greek Testament, and as a Professor of 
 Divinity v/ho, both in the Hulsean and Lady 
 Margaret Chair was, together with Westcott and 
 Lightfoot, to raise Biblical scholarship in Cam- 
 bridge to an extremely high level. Ever paying 
 the most scrupulous attention to minute accuracy, 
 he not only exercised an important inlluence on the 
 rendering of the Revised English Version, but in 
 conjunction with his colleague, Westcott, brought 
 out an edition of the Greek Testament, which stands 
 as a memorial of sustained and laborious worlv, 
 and as the embodiment of the views on critical 
 questions of men whose opinion will not lightly 
 be set aside. In all things that Hort understood — • 
 and he understood many — his determination was 
 to give of his best, and the memory of his 
 usefulness at Ca,mbridge will not soon be 
 forgotten. In early life he had been influenced 
 by the teaching of Arnold, Tait, Coleridge, 
 and Maurice, and during his residence in the 
 University was the intimate friend of Paget; 
 Stokes, Sedgwick, Bradshaw, Benson, Luard, 
 and Clerk Maxwell, among many others. 
 
 Few Cambridge men were more widely known 
 in their day than Hamblin Smith. After 
 graduating in the Mathematical and also in the 
 Classical Tripos, he settled down to the work 
 
 160 
 
CELEBRATED CiVMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 of reading with pupils for the ordinary degree 
 and of writing useful text-books. During many 
 years a large body of men found his training 
 of great value. Peculiarly apt in imparting 
 knowledge and strong in administrative wisdom, 
 he was looked up to by both University and 
 Town, and respected alike for his high character 
 and his genial good nature. 
 
 The cause of medical science was greatly 
 forwarded at the University by Humphry. He 
 had been trained at S. Bartholomew's Hospital, 
 and was appointed Surgeon at Addenbrooke's 
 Hospital. He then entered Downing College, 
 and rapidly rose to eminence, becoming Pro- 
 fessor of Surgery. The Humphry Museum^ 
 recently opened by King Edward, is a worthy 
 tribute to the way in which he, in company with 
 Paget, advanced the Medical School in Cam- 
 bridge. 
 
 The wisdom of appointing a first-rate Pro- 
 fessor to a Bishopric is a debatable point, and 
 many have never ceased to regret that Light- 
 foot's valuable theological writing received a 
 check when Lord Beaconsfield made him Bishop 
 of the see of Durham. Lightfoot had known 
 Benson at school, and on entering Trinity 
 under Thompson became a pupil of West- 
 cott. He took his degree as Senior Classic 
 and 30th , Wrangler, and was Chancellor's 
 Medallist. After being Fellow and Tutor, he 
 was ordained by Prince Lee, his old Head- 
 master, then Bishop of Manchester. For years, 
 
 161 
 
 Sir George 
 
 Murray 
 
 Humphry 
 
 (1820-1896) 
 
 Down. 1847. 
 
 Joseph 
 
 Barber 
 
 Lightfoot 
 
 (1828-1889) 
 Trin, 1847. 
 
CELEBPvATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Lightfoot v/as a power in the University, and 
 was Hulsean and then Margaret Professor: his 
 lectures, full of vast learning and research 
 cleverly presented, attracted crowds: but he 
 was no mere bookworm, and he exercised an 
 enormous influence on behalf of a genuine and 
 manly Christianity. The same thing was true 
 of him as Canon of S. Paul's, and in that huge 
 Cathedral this able scholar made the faith 
 acceptable to London multitudes. During all 
 this period his published books were attracting 
 great attention, and there was general regret 
 when it was knov/n he was about to leave his 
 home of so many years. At his farewell serm.on 
 on the late evening ot a Lenten Sunda}^ S. 
 Mary's was crammed with undergraduates and 
 townsfolk. At Durham his writing of necessity 
 was curtailed, but the inherent power of the man 
 became increasingly evident, and the diocese was 
 admirably worked. Simple in tastes, he yet 
 revelled in the associations of Auckland Castle, 
 His commentaries on the Epistles are standard 
 works, and his onslaught on the writer of " Super- 
 natural Religion " was generally allowed to be 
 a masterly piece of argument. 
 
 Benson was in imany ways one of the 
 most striking Primates the Church of England 
 ever had. At Cambridge he graduated from 
 <1829-1896) xj-inity as 8th Classic and Chancellor's MedalHst, 
 and became Fellov/. Wherever he was he 
 succeeded. At Wellington College he raised 
 the school to a high level: at Lincoln he was 
 
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 Edward 
 White 
 Senson 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 a power in the Cathedral and among the city 
 folk: in the See of Truro he brought all his 
 great knowledge to bear both on the foundation- 
 laying of the Cathedral and on Diocesan works, 
 with results which, at Truro, can never be 
 forgotten. At Canterbury he also did well: he 
 set before him the aim to be a " Bishop of 
 England," and left his impress on the Church, 
 The case of the Bishop of Lincoln came before 
 him: he "tried" the case and duly pub- 
 lished his judgment. His conception of the 
 Church of England was not that of a State- 
 made body dating from the Reformation, but 
 the ancient historic Church of this land, purified 
 and reformed, it is true, but for all that identical 
 with the Church which Augustine founded. The 
 Bishop's trial was looked on as a national event, 
 and in the Primate's "judgment," masterly 
 knowledge of Church history and of cere- 
 monial detail were clearly visible. Some 
 might cavil at the line the Archbishop took: 
 what no one ventured to do, was to gainsay 
 his knowledge of the subject. Benson's death 
 was tragic — he had been in Ireland^ the guest 
 of the Irish Church: he crossed over to stay 
 with Gladstone, and, ,on the Sunday after, 
 attended Hawarden Church: there, with startling 
 suddenness the call came, and his end cast a 
 gloom over the land. He was buried v/ith great 
 pomp in Canterbury Cathedral, and left the 
 Church the poorer by his death. 
 
 103 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Spencer After being connected with Trinity, like his 
 
 Compton, father before him, Cavendish entered the great 
 
 Duke of world of politics, where he was to display that 
 Devonshire , i • , i • i 
 
 , . calm and weighty common sense which was 
 
 Trin 1850 characteristic of him. He held various offices 
 in the Gladstone ministry, and was chosen in 
 1875 ^s Leader of the Liberal Party. Recog- 
 nizing in 1880, when he might have been Prime 
 Minister, that the nation wanted Gladstone to 
 return to power as Premier, he consented to 
 serve under his former chief, until his dislike 
 of Home Rule for Ireland caused him to resign 
 his post. As a Liberal Unionist, he joined Lord 
 Salisbury's ministry in 1895, ^^^ from that 
 time until the Tariff Reform movement arose, 
 he was a member of the Government 
 Straight in dealing and direct in speech, he 
 was looked on as a reliable statesman. As 
 Chancellor of the University from 1892 until 
 his death, he gained the appreciation of Cam- 
 bridge men. 
 
 Sir Leslie After being at Eton and Trinity Hall, and 
 
 Stephen taking his degree as a Wrangler, Stephen 
 
 ^ " ^ became Fellow, and, together with Henry 
 
 Trin. H. 1850. > > b j. 
 
 Latham, Tutor of the College. For athleticism 
 
 he had a high regard: he rowed, and ran, and 
 set the example of a strenuous manly life. For 
 a time he was in Orders, but finding that he 
 could not conscientiously hold all the teach- 
 ing of the Church, resigned his Tutorship and 
 entered on literary work in London. There 
 he was recognised as a power in the world 
 
 164 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 of letters, and was widely known. He was, for 
 some years, Editor of " Cornhill," a;nd also of 
 *' The Dictionary of National Biography." Many 
 *' Lives " came from his pen, among them that 
 of Henry Fawcett. He also wrote "The Play- 
 ground of Europe," " Essays on Free-Thinking 
 and Plain-Speaking," "An Agnostic's Apology." 
 He was knighted in 1902. 
 
 Bradshaw who, after being at Eton, became Henry 
 Fellow of King's, was in the close friendship of Bradshaw 
 Benson, Hort, Luard, Westcott, and George (1831-1886) 
 .Williams. Working at the University Library 
 he, in time, became Librarian, and his tenure of 
 the office merits the highest praise. He rever- 
 enced books, and lived with the aim of making 
 the study of their history a delight to himself 
 and to others. It was not always easy to get 
 him to return a book in which he was deeply 
 interested, and Dr. George Prothero* has in his 
 interesting biography recorded the story of one 
 who, anxious to get a small but valuable book 
 which he had lent to Bradshaw returned, finding 
 appeals to him pi no avail, sent a letter ad- 
 dressed to Mr. Bradshaw's " executors," request- 
 ing that the book might be returned through 
 them. Beloved as a friend and valued as a 
 truly delightful companion he, by his zeal for 
 his work, put enthusiasm into all with whom 
 he came in contact, and by his great knowledge 
 on questions affecting books and manuscripts 
 
 * G, W.Prothero, " Memoir of Henry Bradshaw," p. 375. 
 
 165 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 James Clerk 
 Maxwell 
 
 (1831-1879) 
 Pet. 1850. 
 
 Trin. 1850. 
 
 Frederic 
 William 
 Farrar 
 
 (1831-1903) 
 Trin. 1850. 
 
 was of great use in the literary world: when 
 he died the University was conscious that it 
 had lost one whose departure was a matter for 
 deep regret. A bust of him exists in the Library. 
 
 Clerk Maxwell, who had been trained at the 
 University of Edinburgh, entered at Peterhouse 
 and then removed to Trinity. Taking his degree 
 as 2nd Wrangler and duly elected Fellow, 
 he v/as made the first Professor of Experi- 
 mental Physics, and had a great deal to do with 
 the successful furnishing of the Cavendish 
 laboratory. Povv^erful in his reasoning, he made 
 many discoveries, and combined with his scientific 
 ability an ardent belief in the Christian faitlx 
 Brilliant and deeply earnest, and beloved by 
 those who knew him for his genuine fun, he 
 was called to rest at the age of 48, having given 
 promise of still greater achievements had he 
 lived. 
 
 Farrar, who is widely remembered as the 
 author of the well-known " Life of Christ,'- 
 graduated at Trinity as 4th Classic, and became 
 Fellow. Both at Marlborough, where he was 
 Headmaster, and at Westminster where he was 
 Canon, he gave himself up to writing, and many 
 works came from his pen, " Eric," " Life of 
 S. Paul," " Early Days of Christianity," and 
 the popular work, the " Life of Christ," which 
 passed through twelve editions in a year — and was 
 translated into many languages. He was also 
 known as a great and attractive preacher who 
 employed in his sermons, as in his writing, some- 
 
 166 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 (1831-1907) 
 Pet. 1850. 
 
 what florid language. His detractors sneered 
 at his flowery style, but they knew not the real 
 man, for in all that Farrar wrote there was also 
 to be found deep and competent learning. He 
 became in later years Dean of Canterbury, and 
 the memory of him abides, and is that of one 
 who was kindly, generous and good. 
 
 Born at Quebec, and trained at University Edward John 
 College School, Routh entered Peferhouse when Routh 
 Thomson was Fellow, and Clerk Maxwell a 
 brother undergraduate. Routh became Senior 
 Wrangler and Smith's Prizeman in 1854 and 
 subsequently Fellow. For 30 years he acted 
 as Private Tutor at Cambridg-e for the Mathe- 
 matical Tripos : during that period it was re- 
 garded as practically certain every year, that 
 one of Routh's pupils would be Senior Wrangler, 
 and no less than 27 Senior Wranglers were 
 trained by him. He published an importanii 
 work on Rigid Dynamics. 
 
 " Fly Leaves " and " Verses and Translations " 
 are two of the best known works of lighter verse 
 left us by that quaint and inconsequent but 
 delightful man, Charles Stuart Caiveriey, who, 
 after being at Harrow and at Oxford, came 
 to Christ's in 1852. He obtained the Craven 
 Scholarship and Members' Latin Essay Prize, 
 and passed on to a Fellowship. The friend of 
 J. R. Seeley and of Walter Besant, he charmed 
 everyone by his brilliant flashes of genius, and 
 though kept back by ill-health from a career 
 in the great world, he nevertheless achieved a 
 
 167 
 
 Charles 
 
 Stuart 
 
 Caiveriey 
 
 (1831-1884) 
 Chr. 1852. 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 high degree of merit in the difficult art of refined 
 
 parody. 
 
 Henry The life of Henry Falwcett, the blind Post- 
 
 Fawcett master-General, may be described in a sentence. 
 
 (1833-1884) It ^a^s the life Qf ^ man who, having suffered 
 
 et. 85-, ^^ unlooked-for calamity, refused to allow it to 
 Trin.H.1853. ., ^. -r^ • t^ . 
 
 spoil his career. Entering at Peterhouse he 
 
 quickly migrated to the Hall and became Fellow 
 after graduating as 7th Wrangler. Blinded by a 
 gun accident and cheered in terrible depression 
 by his teacher Hopkins, he braved the calamity 
 and lived as though he saw. His determina- 
 tion was heroic, and it meant the continuous 
 exercise of an iron resolve. Kind-hearted and 
 generous, he was constantly to be met round 
 Cambridge, walking, talking vehemently, and 
 even skating, despite his blindness. Professor of 
 Political Economy, and eventually Member for 
 Brighton, he became a valuable servant of the 
 State : save for his iniirmity he would have been 
 in Gladstone's Cabinet. Throughout he was a 
 consistent Radical, and died comparatively 
 young. He narrowly missed being raised to the 
 Mastership of the Hall. 
 SIj. Seeley, the Fellow of Christ's, and later on 
 
 John Eobert of Gonville and Caius, was one of the most 
 Seeley thoughtful men of his time, and had the faculty 
 (183 -1895) q£ drawing public attention to the matter of his 
 Chr. 1852. , , t , , 1 1 r 
 
 - ^ . thoughts. Looked upon as an undergraduate 01 
 Gon.<\:3Ca]Us . 
 
 1882 great promise and the friend at Christ's of 
 Calverley and Besant, he published anony- 
 mously, in early life, '* Ecce Llomo," which was 
 
 168 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 at first indifferently received. Made Professor 
 of Modern History in 1869, he drew crowds to 
 his lectures, and published his great work, *' The 
 Expansion of England." He may be regarded 
 as almost the founder of the Imperial idea: and 
 his teaching is apparently bearing abundant fruit 
 
 The terror of Fenianism was a very real one 
 in the " Eighties," and the name of Lord 
 Frederick Cavendish, the Irish Secretary, who 
 was murdered in cold blood in Phoenix Park, 
 in company with Burke, still vividly recalls those 
 anxious times. 
 
 Henry Sidgwick, who came to Trinity from 
 Rugby, was Senior Classic, and Fellow, and 
 proved to be a man of high attainment in Philo- 
 sophy. He was largely influenced by the writ- 
 ings of John Stuart Mill, and his " Methods 
 of Ethics " was published in 1874, and followed 
 by several other treatises. He was appointed to 
 the Knightsbridge Professorship of Moral Philo- 
 sophy in 1883. He was one of the foremost 
 advocates for the higher education of women, 
 and had much to do with the successful launch- 
 ing of Nevvnham College. 
 
 Henry Campbell-Bannerman was at Trinity^ 
 after studying at Glasgow University. Through 
 his whole life, a faithful adherent of the Liberal 
 party, he was Secretary for War 1 892-1895, and 
 in 1905 became Prime Minister. For his con- 
 sistent belief in his principles and for his never- 
 failing cheerfulness and good nature, men had a 
 regard. Ill-health brought about his resignation 
 a short time before his death. 
 
 169 
 
 Lord 
 Frederick 
 Cavendish 
 
 (1836-1882) 
 Trin. 1855. 
 
 Henry 
 
 Sidgwick 
 
 (1838-1900) 
 
 Trin. 1855. 
 
 Sir Henry 
 
 Campbell 
 
 Baunerman 
 
 1836-1908) 
 
 Trin. 1855. 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Bennett 
 
 1816-1875) 
 Mus. D. 
 
 Sir William Sterndale Bennett, the composer, hailed from 
 Sterndale Cambridge : he was baptized at S. Edward's 
 and became a choir boy at King's. Probably 
 the music in that glorious Chapel produced 
 S. John's ^ great effect upon a nature already adapted 
 1856. to benefit by careful draining. The pupil, in 
 London, of Crotch, and the friend of Mendels- 
 sohn, Schumann and Spohr, he early attracted 
 notice, and imay be said to have been more 
 thoroughly appreciated on the Continent even 
 than in England itself. The University raised 
 him to the Professorship of Music, and he was 
 also Principal of the Royal Academy. His com- 
 positions were distinguished by refinement and 
 grace. His two chief works, "The May Queen"^ 
 and "The Woman of Samaria," attained a 
 large amount of popularity. He lies buried in 
 Westminster A.bbey. 
 
 Sir Walter Besant, who came to Christ's in 1856, is remem- 
 
 Besant bered as the prolific writer of novels, at first 
 
 (1836-1901) in partnership with Rice, and then under his 
 
 r. 1856. Q^j^ name. Among the chief, some of which 
 
 attained to wide popularity, may be mentioned, 
 
 " Ready Money Mortiboy," " This Son of Vul' 
 
 can," " The Golden Butterfly," " Children of 
 
 Gibeon," " Monks of Thelema," and " All Sorts 
 
 and Conditions of Men." In his later years he 
 
 took to writing popular but extremely valuable 
 
 antiquarian accounts of the Metropolis, and thus 
 
 did great service to all who are interested in old 
 
 London. 
 
 170 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Coming with a great name from Charterhouse sir Eichard 
 to Trinity when Lightfoot was Tutor, and obtain- Claverhouae 
 ing both the Porson, and also the Craven ^^^^^ 
 scholarship, Jebb graduated as Senior Classic, (1841-1905) 
 and was, in due course, made Fellow and Tutor 
 of his College. As Public Orator his speeches 
 were regarded with favour. For a time he 
 held the Greek Chair at Glasgov/, and then 
 returned to be Regius Professor of Greek at 
 Cambridge. Among his friends were Fawcett, 
 Sidgwick, G. O. Trevelyan, and Bradshaw. As 
 Member for the University, his gifts were 
 of service : and on the subject of education 
 his refined oratory was readily listened to. 
 Knighted in 1900, and chosen for the Order of 
 Merit, he left his " Sophocles " as a monument 
 of his scholarship. 
 
 Few men have led a more romantic life than Edward 
 Palmer, and yet have deserved so well of their Henry Palmer 
 country. His name recalls the Egyptian (1840-1882) 
 troubles of the '' Eighties." Born at Cam- ^- J°^"'^ 
 bridge, he early in life shewed an aptitude for 
 languages, and was fluent in Romany. To 
 him proficiency in Eastern tongues was mere 
 child's play, and in time his remarkable talents 
 became known. S. John's gave him a home and 
 made him Fellow in 1867. For a time he was 
 in residence: but not infrequently undertook 
 journeys to distant parts: for instance, when he 
 walked the whole way from Sinai to Jerusalem, 
 to name and make sure of the sites of historical 
 places. He becam^e Lord Almoner's reader of 
 
 171 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Arabic in the University, and proved himself an 
 intensely useful man. Gladstone selected him 
 for the important State mission of winning over 
 the Sheykhs to the side of the Egyptian Govern- 
 ment against the insurgent Arabi. Palmer was 
 remarkably fitted for such work, as his mastery 
 of Arabic was only equalled by his wonderful 
 faculty of assuming not merely the garments, 
 but the very appearance and manner of the 
 Arab. Moreover he was intimately acquainted 
 with the mental habit of the cunning and 
 suspicious men with whom he had to deal. His 
 purpose was to prevent the Suez Canal from 
 being injured. Some trouble arose as to the 
 money to be paid. Palmer had Charrington and 
 Gill with him: all three were treacherously mur- 
 dered, and the whole nation was deeply grieved, 
 The remains were brought home and solemnly 
 deposited in S. Paul's Cathedral. A painting of 
 Palmer in Eastern robes is a striking object in 
 the College hall. 
 SirsFrank Frank Lockwood, the Yorkshireman, one of 
 Lookwood those delightful persons who are universally 
 (1846-1897) beloved, entered at Gonville and Caius. Through 
 on. ams ^^f^ ]^q never ran quite in the ordinary groove, 
 1865. J /-- 1 • 1 
 
 and at Cambnage was too erratic to gam 
 
 the full approval of the authorities: he took 
 the ordinary degree and then passed to a 
 notable public career as a most successful bar- 
 rister, as Member of Parliament for York, and 
 finally as Solicitor-General. Highly entertaining 
 in private life, an admirable artist, and one of 
 
 172 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN, 
 
 the most attractive and versatile of men, he 
 was greatly admired in life and deeply regretted 
 in death. 
 
 The name of Charles Stewart Parnell loomed 
 large on the political stage from 1 870-1 891. Born 
 at Avondale, he came to Magdalene to complete 
 his education, but at no time seems to have cared 
 for the Cambridge life, and he took no degree. 
 Then he gradually developed into the autocratic 
 leader of the Irish Party, "the uncrowned 
 king," as he was called, who won Gladstone 
 over to the idea of Home Rule for Ireland. 
 Reserved and determined, he proved himself- 
 to possess wonderful power and, for a time, it 
 seemed he would win his way. In rapid succes- 
 sion came the Parnell Commission — the Pigott 
 episode, the final breakdown of the cause, and 
 the bitter bickerings of his divided followers. 
 Worried into his grave this strange, mysterious 
 patriot passed away, still loved by some and 
 feared by others, and was buried in Glasnevin 
 Cemetery, near to the resting place of Daniel 
 O'Connell. 
 
 After being at Eton and Trinity, Maitland 
 took his degree in the Law Tripos. Some 
 years later, he was appointed Downing Pro- 
 fessor of the Laws of England. The work he 
 did at Cambridge in legal and historical research 
 was very important. Bygone times seemed 
 under his investigation to come more clearly 
 into view: he threw light on the real motives 
 which underlay ancient documents, and made 
 
 173 
 
 Charles 
 Stewart 
 Parnell 
 
 (1846-1891) 
 Magd. 1865. 
 
 Frederic 
 
 William 
 
 Maitland 
 
 (1850-1906) 
 
 Trin. 1869. 
 
 Down. 188S 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Francis 
 
 Maitland 
 
 Balfour 
 
 (1851-1882) 
 Trin. 1870. 
 
 James 
 
 Kenneth 
 
 Stephen 
 
 (1859-1892) 
 
 King's 1878. 
 
 Sir Michael 
 
 Foster 
 (183C-1907) 
 Trin. 1883. 
 
 the Law an interesting and engrossing study. 
 He published many writings, among which may 
 be mentioned " Doomsday Book and Beyond " 
 and " Borough and Township " : he also wrote 
 the life of Leslie Stephen. A clever speaker, 
 with an original way of looking at things, he 
 gathered round him a large circle of friends. 
 His death at a comparatively early age 
 occasioned widespread regret. 
 
 Francis Balfour, the clever brother of Arthur 
 James Balfour, gave intimation of his power 
 by his work on Embryology and Anim.al 
 Morphology, and was Fellow of Trinity, after 
 being at Harrow. His friends, who valued his 
 charming personahty, were saddened by his 
 untoward death in the Alps. 
 
 Few men have been more regretted in their 
 early death than Stephen, better known to Cam- 
 bridge men as J.K.S. Scholar at Eton and at 
 King's, and Whewell Scholar in the University, 
 he became Fellow, and was, for a time. Tutor 
 to the Duke of Clarence. President of the Union 
 Society, and a brilliant speaker and accomplished 
 orator, he seemed to have a great future before 
 him. His " Lapsus Calami " and other verses are 
 exemplifications of the rare combination of 
 original wit vmh almost perfect technical facility. 
 
 Though not originally a Cambridge man, for 
 it was with London University that he was con- 
 nected, Michael Foster, on account of his scien- 
 tific attainments, was requested to undertake 
 work in Trinity College, and in 1853 was elected 
 
 174 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Professor of Physiology in the University. Bio- 
 logical research at Cambridge made great ad- 
 vance^ owing to his keen and unflagging enthusi- 
 asm, and in England, as well as on the Continent, 
 he was regarded as a most inspiring teacher^ 
 He rendered jimportant service to the Royal 
 Society, and from 1900 — 1905 was Member of 
 Parliament for London University. Llis Text 
 Book of Physiology passed through many editions. 
 
 We fxnish these notices with the names of Mandell 
 two men, Creighton and Acton, neither of whom Creighton 
 can in the full sense be called a Cambridge man, (1843-1901) 
 and yet to both of them the University is greatly ^^' 
 indebted. Creighton, who took his degree from 
 Merton College, Oxford, must, notwithstanding, 
 be ranked among the " worthies " of Cambridge, 
 owing to his acceptance in 1884 of the Dixie 
 Professorship of Ecclesiastical History, and of 
 a Fellowship at Emmanuel at the same time. 
 His fame as a writer of history was already 
 great: his lectures were a decided success, and 
 with full zest he threw himself into the life of 
 the College and of the University. His "His- 
 tory of the Papacy " was then in the making, 
 and proved to be a really great work : calmly 
 and dispassionately he told the story, and from' 
 the facts collected, the reader was left to draw 
 conclusions. His power of portraying character 
 was very marked, and his " Life of Elizabeth " 
 was most able. His devotion to study was, how- 
 ever, to receive a check, and within six years 
 he was called to be Bishop of Peterborough, 
 
 175 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 His work there caused his promotion to London. 
 Practical, and basing* all his action on shrewd 
 commonsense, he taught people the proportion of 
 things : splendid in conversation and social to a 
 degree, he carried out his episcopal duties with 
 great earnestness. Men grew to feel his power, 
 and looked forward to his wise and skilful guid- 
 ance in the troubles that seemed to be looming in 
 the near future: and ever since the time when 
 at a comparatively early age he passed away, 
 the Church has felt that by his death she was 
 deprived of one of her most able leaders and 
 wisest guides. He was buried in the crypt of 
 S. Paul's Cathedral, and a striking statue of 
 him has recently been placed in the south choir 
 aisle. Above it are inscribed the words which he 
 himself valued as really descriptive of his work, 
 "He tried to write true history." 
 John Emerich It had been Acton's wish in early years to 
 Edward come to Cambridge. At that period, it was 
 
 . well-nisrh impossible for a Roman Catholic to 
 
 Acton & t^ 
 
 C1834-1902) ^n^ter as an undergraduate. Later in life he 
 Trin. 1895. was to come as Regius Professor of History, 
 and highly valuable was the work that Acton 
 did in that character. Abroad he was recognised 
 as a brilliant historian, and his opposition to ultra- 
 montanism was known to all men. He left little 
 writing behind, but his strength lay in the calm 
 wisdom with which he viewed matters, and in 
 the knowledge of facts he had acquired from 
 wide reading. He was looked up to as one 
 who was a real authority, and the charm of his 
 
 176 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 manner brought him many friends. He was 
 intimate with DoUinger, Ranke, Hefele, Dupan- 
 loupk, Wiseman, Gladstone, and Henry Maine: 
 and to historical study at Cambridge he gave 
 great impetus. He had acquired an enormous 
 library of modern historical works, both secular 
 and ecclesiastical. From him it passed into the 
 possession of Andrew Carnegie, the well-known 
 benefactor: Carnegie gave it to John Morley, 
 who generously bestowed it upon Cambridge. 
 The housing of it in the buildings adjacent to 
 the University Library has been an event of 
 interest to all Cambridge men, and the name of 
 Acton will be honoured by generations yet 
 unborn. 
 
 177 
 
THEIR BODIES ARE BURIED IN PEACE : BUT 
 THEIR NAME LIVETH FOR EVERMORE." 
 
Celebrated Cambridge Men. 
 
 List of Names in Chronological Order. 
 
 William Lyndewode 
 
 Robert Wodelarke 
 
 Thomas Rotherham 
 
 John Alcock 
 
 Nicholas West 
 
 Sir Robert Rede ... 
 
 John Fisher ... 
 
 Cuthbert Tunstall 
 . Stephen Gardiner 
 
 Sir William Butts 
 ^Thomas Cranmer 
 
 Thomas, Lord Audley 
 -Richard Croke 
 
 Hugh Ashton 
 
 Thomas Goodrich 
 
 -Hugh Latimer 
 
 Thomas Bilney 
 -Desiderius Erasmus 
 -Miles Coverdale 
 -Sir Thomas Wyatt 
 
 John Leland ... 
 f Nicholas Ridley ... 
 
 John Redman ... 
 
 Robert Pember 
 
 Matthew Parker 
 
 Sir Nicholas Bacon 
 
 John Rogers ... 
 
 Richard Taverner 
 
 Gonville Hall, c. 
 
 King's, 
 
 King's, 1444, Pembroke, 
 
 c. 
 
 King's, 
 
 ... Magdalene c. 
 
 Michael House, c. 
 
 ... King's Hall (Trinity), c. 
 
 Trinity Hall, c. 
 
 Gonville Hall, c. 
 
 Jesus, 
 
 ... Magdalene c. 
 
 King's, 
 
 ... S. John's, c. 
 
 Corpus Christi, c. 1510, Jesus, 
 
 Clare, c. 
 
 Trinity Hall, c. 
 
 Queens', c. 
 
 c. 
 
 ... S. John's, c. 
 
 Christ's, c. 
 
 Pembroke, c. 
 
 S. John's, c. 
 
 S. John's, c. 
 
 Corpus Christi, 
 
 Corpus Christi, 
 
 Pembroke, c. 
 
 Corpus Christi, c. 
 
 179 
 
 390 
 
 441 
 480 
 448 
 477 
 477 
 480 
 
 494 
 502 
 
 503 
 
 503 
 
 505 
 506 
 
 508 
 
 510 
 
 510 
 
 512 
 
 512 
 
 514 
 
 518 
 
 521 
 522 
 522 
 
 523 
 523 
 523 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 - Sir John Cheke 
 
 Sir Thomas Smith... 
 
 John Caius 
 ^roger ascham 
 
 John Ponet 
 --Thomas Watson 
 
 Sir Thomas Gresham 
 'Edmund Grindal ... 
 
 S. John's, c. 1526, King's, 
 
 Queens', 
 
 Gonville Hall, 
 
 S. John's, 
 
 ...Queens' c. 
 
 S. John's, c. 
 
 Gonville and Caius, c 
 
 Pembroke, 
 
 Edwin Sandys S. John's, c. 1535, S. Catharine's, 
 
 •'William Cecil, Lord Burghley ... S. John's, 
 
 Andrew Perne S. John's, c. 1536, Peterhouse, 
 
 Sir Walter Mildmay ... ... Christ's, c. 
 
 John Dee... ... ... .... S. John's, 
 
 Thomas Tusser ... King's, 1543, Trinity Hall, 
 
 John Bradford S. Catharine's, 1548, Pembroke, 
 
 Sir Francis Walsingham ... ... King's, 
 
 Martin Bucer 
 
 Thomas Cartwright 
 John Whitgift 
 William Chaderton 
 Richard Bancroft... 
 Laurence Chaderton 
 
 S. John's, 
 
 Pembroke, 1550, Trinity, 
 
 Pembroke, 1553, Queens', 
 
 Christ's, c. 
 
 Christ's, 1564, Emmanuel, 
 
 Thomas Nevile Pembroke, c. 1564, Magdalene, 1582, 
 
 Trinit}^, 
 
 William Whitaker 
 Stephen Perse 
 William Morgan ... 
 Sir Edward Coke 
 'Edmund Spenser 
 Robert Browne 
 John Smith 
 
 Francis Bacon, Lord Verulam... 
 
 180 
 
 Trinity, 1564, S. John's, 
 
 Gonville and Caius, 
 
 S. John's, 
 
 Trinity, 
 
 Pembroke, 
 
 Corpus Christi, 
 
 Christ's, 
 
 ... Trinity, 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Lancelot Andrewes ... ... Pembroke, c. 1573 
 
 Sir William Temple ... ... ... King's, 1573 
 
 ^Robert Greene ... ... ... S. John's, 1575 
 
 John Overall... S. John's, 1575, S. Catharine's, 1598 
 
 -Henry Constable ... ... S. John's, c. 1578 
 
 William Lee ... ... Christ's, 1579, S.John's, 1580 
 
 Robert Devereux, Earl of Essex ... Trinity, 1579 
 
 .Christopher Marlowe ... Corpus Christi, 1580 
 
 John Penry 
 
 Sir Henry Spelman 
 
 Robert Cecil, Earl of Salisbury 
 
 Peterhouse, 1580 
 
 Trinity, 1580 
 
 ... S. John's, 1 58 1 
 
 S.John's, 1582 
 
 ...S. John's, 1582 
 
 Corpus Christi, 1583 
 
 Trinity, 1587 
 
 Christ's, c. 158S, Sidney Sussex, 1599 
 
 Emmanuel, 1589 
 ... S. John's, c. 1590 
 Corpus Christi, c. 1591 
 Queens', c. 1592 
 ...Gonville and Caius, 1593 
 K^-ng's, 1594 
 ...S. John's, 1598 
 Pembroke, 1601, Peterhouse, 1625 
 William Bealf Trinity, 1605, Jesus, 1611, S. John's, 1633 
 Nicholas Ferrar ... ... ... Clare, 1606 
 
 John Cosin ...Gonville and Caius, 1608, Peterhouse, 1634 
 Thomas Wentworth, Earl of Strafford S. John's, c. 1608 
 George Herbert ... ... ... Trinity, 1609 
 
 Richard Sterne Trinity, 161 1, Corpus Christi, 1620, 
 
 Jesus, 1633 
 Robert Herrick ... S. John's, 1613, Trinity Hall, 16 16 
 
 181 
 
 Thomas Morton 
 rTnoMAS Nash ... 
 
 Richard Boyle, Earl of Cork 
 ...John Donne 
 
 Samuel Ward... 
 , Joseph Hall ... 
 -Benjamin Jonson 
 " John Fletcher 
 
 John Davenant 
 -^William Harvey 
 
 Richard Montagu 
 
 John Williams 
 
 Matthew Wren 
 
CELEBRATED 
 
 CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 
 Oliver Cromwell 
 
 Sidney Sussex, 
 
 1616 
 
 Francis Glisson 
 
 Gonville and Caius, 
 
 1617 
 
 John Lightfoot Christ's, 1617, S. Catharine's, 
 
 1650 
 
 Edmund Waller 
 
 King's, 
 
 1620 
 
 Thomas Fuller 
 
 Queen's, 
 
 1621 1 
 
 Thomas Randolph 
 
 Trinity, 
 
 1624 
 
 John Milton ... 
 
 ... Christ's, 
 
 1625 
 
 Thomas, Lord Fairfax... 
 
 ...S. John's, 
 
 1626 
 
 Benjamin Whichcote ... 
 
 Emmanuel, 1626, King's, 
 
 1644 
 
 John Harvard 
 
 Emmanuel, 
 
 1627 
 
 Jeremy Taylor 
 
 ...Gonville and Caius, 
 
 1628 
 
 Peter Gunning Clare, c. 
 
 1629, Corpus Christi, 1660, 
 
 
 
 S. John's 
 
 1661 
 
 Richard Crashaw 
 
 Pembroke, 
 
 1631 
 
 Henry More 
 
 Christ's, 
 
 1631 
 
 John Pearson ...Queens', i 
 
 [631, King's, 1632, Jesus, i6t 
 
 io, - 1 
 
 
 Trinity, 
 
 1662 
 
 Ralph Cudworth Emmanuel, 1632, Clare, 1645, Christ's, 
 
 1654 1 
 
 Jeremiah Horrocks 
 
 Emmanuel, 
 
 1632 
 
 John Wallis 
 
 Emmanuel, 
 
 1632 
 
 Seth Ward 
 
 Sidney Sussex, 
 
 1632 
 
 Nathanael Culverwell 
 
 Emmanuel, 
 
 1633 
 
 Andrew Marvell 
 
 Trinity, 
 
 1633 
 
 William Sancroft 
 
 Emmanuel, 
 
 1633 
 
 John Hutchinson ... 
 
 ^j • • • 
 
 ... Peterhouse, c. 
 
 1635 
 
 John Smith 
 
 Emmanuel, 1636, Queens', 
 
 1644 
 
 Abraham Cowley 
 
 Trinity, 
 
 1637 
 
 Thomas Wharton ... 
 
 Pembroke, 
 
 1638 
 
 Sir Francis Pemberton 
 
 Emmanuel, 
 
 1640 
 
 Isaac Barrow 
 
 Trinity, 
 
 1643 
 
 John Ray ... S. 
 
 Catharine's, 1644, Trinity, 
 
 1646 
 
 Sir William Temple 
 
 Emmanuel, 
 
 1644 
 
 182 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 John Peachell ... ... Magdalene, i 
 
 645 
 
 John Spencer ... ... Corpus Christi, i 
 
 645 
 
 John Tillotson ... ... ... Clare, i 
 
 647 
 
 Edward Stillingfleet ... ... S. John's, i 
 
 649 
 
 John Dryden ... ... ... ... Trinity, i 
 
 650 
 
 Samuel Pepys ... Trinity Hall, 1650, Magdalene, i 
 
 652 
 
 William Beveridge ... ... ... S. John's, i 
 
 653 
 
 Thomas Tenison ... ... Corpus Christi, ] 
 
 [653 
 
 Francis Willughby ... ... ... Trinity, i 
 
 653 
 
 Thomas Shadwell ... Gonville and Caius, i 
 
 [656 
 
 Joshua Basset Gonville and Caius, 1657, Sidney Sussex, i 
 
 [686 
 
 Sir Isaac Newton... ... ... Trinity, i 
 
 [661 
 
 John Strype ... ...Jesus, 1662, S. Catharine's ] 
 
 i66^ 
 
 Jeremy Collier ... ... Gonville and Caius, ] 
 
 [669 
 
 Thomas Baker ... ... ... S. John's, ] 
 
 [672 
 
 Richard Bentley ... S. John's, 1676, Trinity, i 
 
 [700 
 
 Henry Wharton ... ...Gonville and Caius, 
 
 [679 
 
 Matthew Prior ... ... ... S. John's, c. i 
 
 [682 
 
 William Whiston ... ... ... Clare, ^ 
 
 [686 
 
 Samuel Clarke ... ... Gonville and Caius, 
 
 [691 
 
 Benjamin Hoadly ... ... S. Catharine's, i 
 
 [691 
 
 Thomas Sherlock ... ... ... S. Catharine's ] 
 
 [693 
 
 Sir Robert Walpole ... ... ... King's 
 
 [696 
 
 John Addenbrooke... ... ... S. Catharine's 
 
 1698 
 
 Roger Cotes ... ... ... ... Trinity, 
 
 1699 
 
 Daniel Waterland ... ... Magdalene, 
 
 1699 
 
 Conyers Middleton ... ... ... Trinity, 
 
 1700 
 
 William Law ... ... ... Emmanuel, 
 
 1705 
 
 John Byrom ... ... ... ... Trinity, 
 
 1708 
 
 Philip Dormer Stanhope, Earl of 
 
 
 Chesterfield... ... ... Trinity Hall, 
 
 1712 
 
 William Heberden ... ... S. John's, 
 
 1724 
 
 183 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Charles Pratt, Earl Camden ... King's, 
 
 William Cole ... ... ...Clare, 1733, King's, 
 
 Lawrence Sterne ... ... ... Jesus, 
 
 Thomas Gray ... ...Peterhouse, 1734, Pembroke, 
 
 Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford... King's 
 
 Henry Venn 
 
 William Mason 
 
 Henry Cavendish, Hon. 
 
 Richard Gough 
 
 William Paley 
 
 Rowland Hill 
 
 Samuel Parr 
 
 Isaac Milner ... 
 
 William Pitt 
 
 Herbert Marsh 
 
 William Wilberforce 
 
 Richard Porson 
 
 Charles Simeon 
 
 Thomas Clarkson 
 
 Charles, 2nd Earl Grey 
 
 William Hyde Wollaston 
 
 Thomas Robert Malthus 
 
 Edward Daniel Clarke 
 
 William Wordsworth 
 
 John Hookham Frkre... 
 
 Samuel Taylor Coleridge ... 
 
 Henry Martyn 
 
 Thomas Young 
 
 Henry John Temple, Viscount 
 
 Palmerston ... 
 Adam Sedgwick 
 
 S. John's, 
 
 ... S.John's 
 
 Peterhouse, 
 
 Corpus Christi, 
 
 Christ's, 
 
 ...S. John's, 
 
 Emmanuel, 
 
 ... Queens', 
 
 Pembroke, 
 
 ...S. John's, 
 
 S. John's, 
 
 Trinity, 
 
 King's, 
 
 S. John's, c. 
 
 King's, c. 
 
 ...Gonville and Caius, 
 
 Jesus, 
 
 Jesus, 
 
 S. John's, 
 
 Gonville and Caius, c. 
 
 Jesus, 
 
 ... S. John's, 
 
 Emmanuel, 
 
 S. John's, 
 Trinity, 
 
 184 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Stratford Canning, Viscount Stratford 
 
 DE Redcliffe ... ... ... King's, 1805 
 
 Henry Kirke White ... ... S. John's, 1805 
 
 George Gordon, Lord Byron ... ... Trinity, 1805 
 
 Sir John Fred. William Herschel... S.John's, 1809 
 
 Julius Charles Hare ... ... Trinity, 18 12 
 
 William Whewell ... ... ... Trinitv. 1812 
 
 Hugh James Rose ... ... Trinity, 18 13 
 
 Connop Thirlwall ... ... ... Trinity, 18 14 
 
 John Stevens Henslow ... ... S. John's, 18 14 
 
 Henry Melvill ... S. John's, 181 7, Peterhouse, 1820 
 Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay Trinity, 18 18 
 
 Sir George Biddell Airy ... ... Trinity, 18 19 
 
 James Ckallis ... ... ... Trinity, 1821 
 
 Sir Alexander Cockburn ... Trinity Kail, 1822 
 
 Edward Bulwer, Lord Lytton ...Trinity, 1822, 
 
 Trinit}^ Hall, 1822 
 Robert Willis ... ... Gonville and Caius, 1822 
 
 Fred. Denison Maurice Trinity, 1823, Trinity Hall, 1825 
 John Sterling ... Trinity, 1824, Trinity Hall, 1825 
 
 Richard Chenevix Trench ... ... Trinit}^ 1825 
 
 Edward Fitzgerald ... ... Trinity, 1826 
 
 Christopher Wordsworth ... ... Trinity, 1826 
 
 Richard Monckton Milnes, Lord Houghton Trinity, 1827 
 James Spedding ... ... ... Ti-inity, 1827 
 
 George Augustus Selwyn ... ...S. John's, 1827 
 
 Charles Robert Darwin ... ... Christ's, 1828 
 
 Alexander William Kinglake ... ... Trinity, 1828 
 
 Alfred, Lord Tennyson ... ... Trinitj^, 1828 
 
 Henry Alford ... ... ... Trinity, 1829 
 
 William Makepeace Thackeray ... Trinity, 1829 
 
 John William Colenso ... ... S. John's, 1832 
 
 185 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Charles John Vaughan ... ... Trinity, 
 
 Thomas Attwood Walmisley Jesus, 1835, Trinity, 
 Harvey Goodwin ... ... Gonville and Caius, 
 
 John Mason Neale ... Trinity, 1836, Downing, 
 Robert Leslie Ellis ... ... Trinity, 
 
 Sir George Gabriel Stokes ... ...Pembroke, 
 
 Alexander James Beresford Hope ... Trinity, 
 
 Arthur Cayley ... ... ... Trinity, 
 
 Charles Kingsley ... ... ...Magdalene, 
 
 John Couch Adams ... ... S. John's, 
 
 Sir Henry Sumner Maine ... Pembroke, 1840, 
 
 Trinity Hall, 
 William Thomson, Lord Kelvin Peterhouse, 
 
 Henry Latham ... Trinit}^, 1841, Trinity Hall, 
 Charles Frederick Mackenzie S. John's, 1844, 
 
 Gonville and Caius, 
 Brooke Foss Westcott ... ... Trinity, 
 
 Fenton John Anthony Hort Trinity, 1846, Emmanuel, 
 James Hamblin Smith ... Gonville and Caius, 
 
 Sir George Murray Humphry ... ... Downing, 
 
 Joseph Barber Lightfoot ... ... Trinity, 
 
 Edward White Benson ... ... Trinity, 
 
 Spencer Compton, Duke of Devonshire Trinity, 
 
 Sir Leslie Stephen ... ... Trinity Hall, 
 
 Henry Bradskaw ... ... ... King's, 
 
 James Clerk Maxwell Peterhouse, 1850, Trinity, 
 Frederic William Farrar ... Trinity, 
 
 Edward John Routh ... ... Peterhouse, 
 
 Charles Stuart Calverley ... Christ's, 
 
 Henry Fawcett ... Peterhouse, 1852, Trinity Hall, 
 Sir John Robert Seeley ... Christ's, 1852, 
 
 Gonville and Cains, i 
 186 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Lord Frederick Cavendish 
 
 Henry Sidgwick ... 
 
 Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman 
 
 Sir William Sterndale Bennett 
 
 Sir Walter Besant 
 
 Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb 
 
 Edward Henry Palmer 
 
 Sir Frank Lockwood 
 
 Charles Stewart Parnell 
 
 Trinity, 
 
 Trinit3% 
 
 Trinity, 
 
 ...S. John's, 
 
 ... Christ's, 
 
 Trinity, 
 
 ...S. John's, 
 
 Gonville and Caius, 
 
 Magdalene, 
 
 Frederic William Maitland Trinity, 1869, Downing, 
 Francis Maitland Balfour... ... ... Trinity, 
 
 James Kenneth Stephen ... ... King's, 
 
 Sir Michael Foster ... ... ... Trinity, 
 
 Mandell Creighton ... ... Emmanuel, 
 
 John Emerich Edward, Lord Acton ... Trinity, 
 
 1855 
 
 1855 
 
 1855 
 1856 
 
 1856 
 
 1858 
 
 1863 
 
 1865 
 
 1865 
 
 1888 
 
 1870 
 
 1878 
 
 1883 
 
 1884 
 
 1895 
 
 187 
 
Celebrated Cambridge Men. 
 
 ALPHABETICAL INDEX. 
 
 Abbey, Westminster, see West- 
 
 rninster A. 
 Abbot, 53. 
 
 Abolition of Tests, 137. 
 " Absolom and Achitophel,** 
 
 93- 
 Absolom, Play of, 31. 
 Acoustics (see Stokes), 153. 
 Acton, Lord, 176. 
 Adams, J. C, 156, 140. 
 Addenbrooke's Hospital, 106. 
 Addenbrooke, J., 106. 
 Advertisements, The 25 
 *' Agnostic's Apologyi" 165. 
 " Aids to Reflection," 
 Airy, Sir G. B., 139, 140, 156, 
 
 156. 
 Alabama Claims, 140. 
 Alcock, Chapel, 6. 
 Alcock, John, 6, 35. 
 Alexandria, 130. 
 Alford, H., 147, 143. 
 All Saints' Cross, 133. 
 " All Sorts and Conditions of 
 
 Men," 170. 
 All Saints, Margaret Street, 
 
 154- 
 All Souls College, 78. 
 Allegorical Interpretation of 
 
 Scripture, 120. 
 •* Alton Locke," ISS- 
 Ambassador (see S. Canning), 
 
 132. 
 America, 128, 77. 
 Anatomists, Glisson, 72 ; 
 
 Wharton, 87. 
 ** Ancient Mariner," 128. 
 Andrewes, L., 48, 41, 44, 54j 
 
 56, 60, 62, 66, 67, 69, 92. 
 " Anecdotes of Painting," 114. 
 " Anglia Sacra," loi. 
 Anglican Principles, 92. 
 
 Animal Life (see Willughby), 
 
 .95- 
 Animal Morphology, 174, 
 
 " Annals of Reformation," 
 
 Anne of Cleves, 14. 
 
 Anne, Q., 95, lor, 108. 
 
 "Answer," Whitgift's, 40. 
 
 Anthems, 150. 
 
 Antiquaries — 
 
 Leland, 21; Spelman, 53; 
 
 Spencer, 91 ; Strype, 98. 
 
 Baker, 99 ; Wharton, lor ; 
 
 Cole, no; Gough, 115. 
 Antiquary, King's, 21. 
 Anti- Romans, 61. 
 Antwerp, 32. 
 
 " Apologia Catholica," 54, 
 " Apostles, Cambridge," 143. 
 
 144, 146. 
 Apostolic Canons, 94. 
 "Appello Caesarem," 61. 
 Arabi (see Palmer), 172. 
 Arabia, 129. 
 Arabic, 172. 
 Arabs, 172. 
 
 Aragon, Catharine of, 13, 14. 
 Archb. Cant. 11, Parker, 24; 
 
 Grindal, 33 ; Whitgift, 40 , 
 
 Bancroft, 41 ; Sancrolt, 
 
 85; Tillotson, 92; Be\e 
 
 ridge, 95 ; Benson, 162. 
 Archb. York, Grindal, 33; 
 
 Sandys, 33, 34; Sterne, 
 
 -7 1 ; Williams, 62. 
 Archb. Dublin, Trench, 142. 
 Archbishops, Cant., Lives of, 
 
 98. 
 Archdeacon, 117, 136. 
 Architecture, 136, 141, 151- 
 Arian Views, 102, 103, 104. 
 Aristophanes (see Frere), 128. 
 Aristotle, 49. 
 
 189 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Armada, 40. 
 Arnold, T., 155, 160. 
 "Articles, 39," 25. 
 Ascham, Roger, 30, 12, 24, 28, 
 
 37- 
 Ashdon (village), 24. 
 
 Ashton, Hugh, 16. 
 
 Astronomer, Royal, 140. 
 
 Astronomers, Horrocks, 83 ; 
 Wallis, 83; Ward, 84; 
 Newton, 96 ; Cotes, 106 ; 
 Herschel, 135; Airy, 140; 
 Challis, 140 ; Adams, 156. 
 
 ** Astronomy," 137. 
 
 Athanasian Creed, 107. 
 
 Athletics, 164. 
 
 Attorney General, 43 ; Bacon, 
 46; Camden, no. 
 
 Auckland Castle, 162. 
 
 Audley, Thomas, Lord, 15. 
 
 " Augmentis, De," 47. 
 
 Augustine, S., 163. 
 
 Augustine's, S., College, Can- 
 terbury, 154. 
 
 Augustinians, i, 21. 
 
 Austerlitz, 120. 
 
 Austin, C, 139. 
 
 Avignon Cathedral, 4. 
 
 Avondale, 173. 
 
 Bach, 150. 
 
 Bacon, F., 46, 43, 48, 49, 51, 
 52, 54, 56, 58, 69, 79, 144. 
 
 153- 
 Bacon, Sir Nicholas, 27, 31. 
 
 Baker, T., 99. 
 
 Balfour, Arthur James, 174. 
 
 Balfour, F. M., 174. 
 
 Ball, Sir R., 135. 
 
 Balsham, Hugh, 2. 
 
 Bancroft, R., 41, 42, 54, 62. 
 
 Bangorian Controversy, 104, 
 
 105, 108. 
 Bannerman, Sir H. Campbell, 
 
 169. 
 Baptists, 45 : Smith, 45. 
 
 Barlow, Bp., 25. 
 
 Barnwell Priory, i. 
 
 Barrow, L, 88, 76, 84, 90. 
 
 Basset, J., 96. 
 
 Bateman, William, 3, 35. 
 
 Battles, Marston Moor, 76 ; 
 Naseby, 76 ; Trafalgar, 
 120. 
 
 Bayswater Cemetery, 112. 
 
 Beaconsfield, Lord, 161. 
 
 Beagle, H.M.S., 145. 
 
 Beale, W., 63. 
 
 Beaumont, 44, 58, 59. 
 
 " Becket," 146. 
 
 Bedells, Esquire, 28. 
 
 Behmen, J., 109, 129. 
 
 ** Being and Attributes of 
 God," 103. 
 
 Bellarmine, 42. 
 
 Bemerton, 70. 
 
 Beriedictine Monk, 88. 
 
 Bennett, Sir W. Sterndale, 170. 
 
 Benson, E. W., 162, 159, 160, 
 
 Bentley, R., 100, 92, 97, 102, 
 1035 10S5 106, 107, 109. 
 
 Beresford Hope, A. J., 154, 
 152. 
 
 Berkeley, 103. 
 
 Besant, Sir Walter, 170, 167, 
 168. 
 
 Beverley School, 6, 8. 
 ,, Minster, 6. 
 „ Town 6, 7. 
 
 Beveridge, W., 94. 
 
 Bible, 21, 27, 28, 43, 48. 
 
 Biblical Criticism, 148. 
 
 Biblical Students and Critics — 
 Gardiner, 11; Cranmer, 13; 
 Coverdale, 21 ; Ridley, 
 23 ; Parker, 25 ; Taverocr, 
 28 ; Rogers, 27 ; Morgan, 
 43 ; Bucer, 38 ; Cart- 
 wright, 39 ; Chaderton, 
 41 ; Erasmus, 19 ; Whita- 
 ker, 42 ; Lightfoot, 72 ; 
 
 190 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Spencer, 91 ; Beveridge, 
 94 ; Bentley, 100 ; Marsh, 
 120; Wordsworth, 143; 
 Alford, 147 ; Vaughan, 
 149; Westcott, 159; Hort, 
 160 ; Waterland, 107 ; 
 Lightfoot, 161 ; Davenant, 
 60. 
 Bilney, Th., 19. 
 Biological Research, 175. 
 *• Bishops' Bible," 10, 26. 
 ♦'Bishops' Book," 17. 
 Bishopsgate, S. Helen's, 32. 
 Bishops of — 
 
 Bangor, Hoadly, 104 ; Sher- 
 lock, 105. 
 
 Bath andWells, 94 ; Barlow, 25. 
 
 Bedford, Hodgkins, 25. 
 
 Carlisle, 117; Sterne, 71; 
 Goodwin, 150. 
 
 Chester, Chaderton, 41 ; 
 Morton, 54; Pearson, 82. 
 
 Chichester, Scory, 25 ; An- 
 drewes, 48 ; Montagu, 61 ; 
 Gunning, 80. 
 
 Down and Connor, 78. 
 
 Durham, 55 ; Morton, 25, 
 54 ; Tunstall, 10 ; Cosiiij 
 67; Westcott, 159; Light- 
 foot, 161. 
 
 Ely, 2 ; Balsham> 2 ; Alcock, 
 6; West, 7; Goodrich, 17; 
 Andrewes, 48 ; Wren, 62 ; 
 Gunning, 79. 
 
 Exeter, Coverdale, 21, 24; 
 Hall, 57; Ward, 84. 
 
 Hereford, Wren^ 62. 
 
 Lichfield, Morton, 54 ; Sel- 
 wyn, 144. 
 
 Lincoln, Rotherham, 5 ; 
 Watson, 31 ; Chadertoc. 
 41 ; Williams, 62 ; Beve- 
 ridge, 95 ; Wordsworth. 
 
 143- 
 
 Llandaff, Morgan, 43 ; 
 
 Marsh, 121. 
 London, Tunstall, 10; Grin- 
 ley, 33 ; Sandys, 33 ; Ban- 
 croft, 41 ; Sherlock, 105 ; 
 Creighton, 175. 
 Manchester, 161. 
 Natal, 148. 
 
 New Zealand, Selwyn, 144. 
 
 Norwich, Bateman, 3 ; 
 
 Overall, 50; Hall, 57; 
 
 Montagu, 61 ; Wren, 62. 
 
 Peterborough, Marsh, 121 ; 
 
 Creighton, 175. 
 Rochester, Rotherham, 5 ; 
 Alcock, 7 ; Fisher, S : 
 Ridley, 22 ; Ponet, 31 ;. 
 S. Asaph, Morgan, 43 : 
 
 Beveridge, 94. 
 S. David's, Lyndewode, 5 ; 
 
 Thirl wall, 138. 
 Salisbury, Davenant, 60, 7c. 
 73 ; Ward, 84 ; Sherlock, 
 105. 
 Truro, 163 ; Benson, 163. 
 Winchester, Gardiner, 11 : 
 Ponet, 31 ; Andrewes, 4S. 
 Worcester, Alcock, 6; Lati- 
 mer, 17; Sandys, 35 j 
 Whitgift, 40; Stillingfleet, 
 92. 
 Black Death, 3. 
 Black Friars, 35. 
 Blessed Sacrament, 10, 63, 65. 
 Blindness, 168. 
 Blomfield, Bp., 132. 
 Boleyn, Anne, 13, 16, 21. 
 Bonner, 22, 23, 37. 
 Book of Common Prayer, 67, 
 
 80, 121. 
 " Borough and Township,'* 
 
 174. 
 Botanists, Ray, 90; Henslov/, 
 
 138. 
 Boyle, R., 55. 
 
 191 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Bradford, J., 37, 12, 23, 28, 
 
 33> 38, 40- 
 Bradshaw, H., 165, 160, 171. 
 Braintreej 90. 
 Bramhall, Abp., 25. 
 " Bride of Abydos," 134. 
 Brighton, 168. 
 Bristol College, 153. 
 British and Foreign Bible 
 
 Society, 118, 120. 
 British Museum, 37, 65, 99, 
 
 HI. 
 
 " British Typography," 115. 
 Broad Windsor, 73. 
 Brooks, Phillips, 77. 
 Browne, R., 45. 
 Brownists, 45. 
 Browning, R., 146. 
 Bucer, M., 38, 24, 33, 35. 
 Buller, C, 143. 
 Bulwer, Lytton, E., 140. 
 Burghley, 34, 24, 26, 27, 28, 
 30, 32, 38, 39> 43^ 46, 5^» 
 
 53- 
 Burke, 169. 
 
 Burnet, Bp., 92, 97, 99. 
 Busby, 92, I02. 
 Busts, 95, 166. 
 Butler, Alban, iii. 
 Butler, Bishop, 103, 109. 
 Butts, Sir W., 12. 
 Byrom, J., 109, 129. 
 Byron, Lord, 134, 129. 
 
 Cadiz, 51. 
 
 Caius, J., 29, 2, 6, 31. 
 
 Calcutta, 130. 
 
 Calendar, Julian, 36. 
 
 " Calender, Shepheards," 44. 
 
 Calverley, C. S., 167, 168. 
 
 Calvinism, 40, 52, 60, 83, 120. 
 
 Calvinists, Penry, 52 ; Cart- 
 wright, 39. 
 
 Cam, The, 124, 134. 
 
 Cambridge, 26, 34, 35, 37, 
 44, 78, 85, 95, III, 112, 
 
 ii3> ii7> "9. 122, 123, 
 126, 137, 158, 160. 168, 
 171, 172, 173, 173, 175. 
 Cambridge — 
 
 Augustinians, i. 
 
 Black Friars, 35. 
 
 Barnwell Priory, i. 
 
 Carmelites, i. 
 
 Dominicans, i, 35. 
 
 Franciscians, i. 
 
 Hospital 01 S. John, i, 2, 8. 
 
 Nunnery of S. Rhadegund, 1. 
 Cambridge (America), 77. 
 Cambridge "Apostles," 143, 
 
 144, 146. 
 (^amb. Churches — 
 
 All Saints', 133. 
 
 H. Sepulchre, 151. 
 
 H. Trinit}?-, 123, 129. 
 
 S. Andrew's, 82, 95. 
 
 S. Benet's, i, 73. 
 
 S. Botolph's, 118. 
 
 S. Clement's, 42, no, tit. 
 
 S. Edward's, 17, 141, 150, 
 170. 
 
 S. Giles', I. 
 
 S. Mary Great, 6, 39, 162, 
 
 S. Mary Less, 80, 138, 138. 
 Camden, 22. 
 
 " Camden's Britannia,'* 115. 
 Camden, Earl, no. 
 Camden Society, Camb., 150, 
 
 151- 
 Campbell - Bannerman, H., 
 
 169. 
 Canning, 131. 
 Canning, Vise. Stratford de 
 
 Redcliffe, 132. 
 Canon Law, 5. 
 Canterbury, 154. 
 Cape Town, 148. 
 *' Caractacus," 115. 
 Carlyle, T., 141, 142, \/*?., 
 
 144, 155- 
 Carmelites, i. 
 Carnegie, Andrew, 177. 
 
 192 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Caroline Divines, 60, 79. 
 Carrier, Camb., 73. 
 Cartwright, T., 39, 26, 40, 41, 
 
 42, 45> 52. 
 Casaubon, 61. 
 
 " Castle of Otranto," 114. 
 Catechism, Church, 50. 
 Catharine, of Aragon, 13, 143 
 
 17- 
 Cathedrals — 
 Avignon, 4. 
 1^ Canterbury, 163, 167. 
 Ely, 2, 6, 16. 
 !^ Lincoln, 163. 
 ! Norwich, 61. 
 Salisbury, 70. 
 S. Paul's, 33, 36, 37, 51, 
 5S> 56, 85, 138, 162, 172, 
 176. 
 Southwark, 49, 60, 77. 
 Truro, 163. 
 Catholicity, 48, 57, 79. 
 Cavendish, H., 115. 
 Cavendish, Lord Fredericks 
 
 169. 
 Cavendish Laboratory, 166. 
 Cavendish, Spencer C, D. cf 
 
 Devonshire, 164. 
 Cav/npore, 130. 
 Cayley, A., 155, 153. 
 Cecil, Earl of Salisbury, 53, 
 
 43, 54- 
 
 Cecil, Lord Burleigh, 34, 24, 
 26, 27, 28, 30, 32, 38, 39, 
 
 43. 46, 51, S3- 
 Ceremonial, 48, 67. 
 Chaderton, L., 42. 
 Chaderton, W., 41 , 39. 
 Challis, J., 140, 152, 156. 
 Champollion, 130. 
 Chancellor's Medallist, 14-5, 
 
 161, 162. 
 Chancellors, Camb. Univ., 
 
 Rotherham, 6; Fisher, 8; 
 
 Gardiner, 12, 28, 31 ; 
 
 Cromwell, 12 ; Burghley, 
 
 34, 51 ; Essex, 51 ; Salis- 
 bury, 54 J Camden, 150; 
 Prince Albert, 150; Dev- 
 onshire, 164. 
 
 Chancellors of England — 
 Rotherham, 5 ; Audley, 15 ; 
 
 Alcock, 7; Goodrich, 17; 
 
 Gardiner, 12; Camden, 
 
 no. 
 Chancellor of Exchequer, 
 
 35, 105. 
 Chapel, Alcock, 6. 
 Chapel of St. Stephen, 5. 
 Chapel, West, 7. 
 
 Chaplain, Univ., 22. 
 Chapman, 58. 
 " Charge of Light Brigade," 
 
 146. 
 Charles L, 59, 63, 65, 68, 69, 
 
 70, 72, 78, 86, 87. 
 Charles IL, 76, 85, 89. 
 Charrington, 172. 
 Charterhouse, 148. 
 Chatham, Earl of, no, 119, 
 
 131- 
 
 Chaucer, 44, 87. 
 
 Cheke, Sir John, 28, 12, 13. 
 
 29, 30j 31, 34, 36- 
 Chemistry, 115, 125. 
 Chesterfield, Earl of, no, 90. 
 Chief Justice, 43, 140. 
 Chief Justice of Commoji 
 
 Pleas, Camden, no. 
 " Childe Harold," 134. 
 ** Children of Gibeon," 170. 
 " Christabel," 129. 
 Christianity, 75, 107, log, 
 
 117, 162, 166. 
 Christian Doctrines, 154- 
 " Christian Meditations," 58. 
 *' Christian Perfection," 108, 
 " Christian Year," 152. 
 Church, Dean, 48, 127. 
 Churches, of England, 151. 
 Church, Eastern, 152, 
 Church Restoration, icr. 
 
 «93 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Church Universal, 49. 
 Churches — 
 All Saints', Margaret Street, 
 
 154- 
 St. Andrew's, Wells Street, 
 
 151- 
 St. Bride's^ Fleet Street, 71, 
 
 72. 
 St. Giles', Cripplegate, 75. 
 St. Giles' in Fields, 85. 
 St. Helen's, Bishopsgate 
 
 Street, 31. 
 St. Michael's, St. Albans, 
 
 47- 
 St. Olave's, Hart Street, 94. 
 Church of England, 25, 27, 39, 
 40 41, 48, 53, 54, 56, 57, 
 61, 62, 64, 66, 67, 68, 6g, 
 70, 79, 81, 82, 92, 92, 94, 
 95, 99, 102, 103, 104, 105, 
 107, 117, 121, 123, 129, 
 
 1395 I43j 1505 15I5 154* 
 1595 163, 164, 176. 
 Churchmen — 
 
 Bateman, 3 ; Rotherhara, 5 ; 
 Alcock, 6; Fisher, 8; 
 Tunstallj 10 ; Gardiner, 
 11 ; Cranmer, 13; Good- 
 rich, 16 ; Latimer, 17 ; 
 Erasmus, 19 ; Coverdale. 
 21 ; Ridley, 22 ; Parker, 
 24 ; Ponet, 30 ; Watson, 
 30 ; Grindal, 32 ; Sandys, 
 33; Cartwright, 39; Whit- 
 gift, 40; Bancroft, 41; 
 Andrewes, 48 ; Montagu, 
 61 ; W^ren, 62 ; Ferrar, 64 ; 
 Cosin, 66 ; Herbert, 70 ; 
 Overall, 50 ; Morton, 54 ; 
 Hall, 57 ; Ward, 56 ; 
 Davenant, 60 ; Taylor, 78 ; 
 Fuller, 72 ; Gunning, 79 ; 
 Sancroft, 85 ; Stillingfleet 
 92; Barrow, 88; Bei'e- 
 ridge, 94 ; Tenison, 95 ; 
 Bentley, 100 ; Sherlock, 
 
 105 ; Waterland, 107 ; 
 Law, 108; Venn, 114$ 
 Paley, 115; Milner, ii8; 
 Marsh, 120; Simeon, 123; 
 Maurice, 141 ; Tillotson, 
 91 ; Rose, 137 ; Trench, 
 142 ; Wordsworth, 143 ; 
 Vaughan, 149 ; Goodwin, 
 150; Neale, 150; B. Hope, 
 154; Kingsley, 155; West- 
 cott, 159; Lightfoot, 161; 
 Benson, 162; Farrar, 166; 
 Greighton, 175. 
 
 " Cicero, Life of," 108. 
 
 Circulation of Blood, 60. 
 
 Civil War, 76, 87. 
 
 Clapham, 115. 
 
 Clare, Countess of, 4. 
 
 Clarence, Duke of, 174. 
 
 Clarke, Sam, 103, 72, 102, 104, 
 107, 109. 
 
 Clarke, E. D., 126, 125, 13S. 
 
 Clarkson, T., 124, 121. 
 
 Classics (Men), 61, 89, 151, 
 162, 166. 
 
 Classics, Senior, Maine, 156; 
 Westcott, 159; Lightfoot, 
 161 ; Jebb, 171 ; Words- 
 worth, 143 ; Selwyn, 144 ; 
 Vaughan, 149 ; Sidgwick. 
 160. 
 
 Classics, The, 79. 123. 
 
 Classics, 61, 89, 151. 
 
 Clerk Maxwell, J-j 166, 167. 
 
 Clerk of King's Ships, 94. 
 
 "Clerus Domini," 78. 
 Cleves, Anne of, 14. 
 
 Cockburn, Sir A., 140. 
 Coke, Sir E., 43, 46, 51. 
 Cole, W., no, 113, 114, 115. 
 Colenso, J. W., 148. 
 
 Coleridge, S. T., 128, 73, 127, 
 
 128, 142. 155, 160. 
 Colet, 6, iQ. 
 *' Collectanea." 22. 
 
 194 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 'oUeges — 
 
 Buckingham, 7, 13. 
 Christ's, 8, 32, 41, 77; Ban- 
 croft, 41 ; Chaderton, 
 42 ; Mildmay, 35 ; Smith, 
 45; Lee, 50; Ward, 56; 
 Lightfoot, 72 ; Milton, 74 ; 
 More, 81 ; Cudworth, 82 ; 
 Paley, 115; Darwin, 144; 
 Calverley, 167 ; Seeley, 
 168; Besant, 170; Leland, 
 21. 
 Clare, 50, 4 ; Ferrar, 64 ; 
 Gunning, 79 ; Cudworth, 
 82 ; Tillotson, 91 ; Whis- 
 ton, 102; Cole, no; Lati- 
 mer, 17; Ridley, 22. 
 Corp. Chr., 4, 19 ; Parker, 
 24 ; Bacon, 27 ; Goodrich, 
 16 ; Taverner, 28 ; Browne, 
 45, Marlov^e, 52 ; Boyle, 
 55 ; Fletcher, 59 ; Sterne, 
 70 ; Gunning, 79 ; Spencer, 
 91 ; Tenison, 95 ; Gough, 
 115. 
 Downing, Neale, 150; Hum- 
 phry, 161 ; Maitland, 173. 
 Emm., I, 36, 35; Chader- 
 ton, 42; Hall, 57; Which- 
 cote, 76 , Harvard, 77 ; 
 Cudworth, 82 : Horrocr s, 
 83; Wallis, 83; Culver- 
 well, 84 ; Bancroft, 85 ; 
 Smith, 87 ; Pemberton, 88 ; 
 Law, loS , Temple, 90 ; 
 Parr, 118; Young, 130; 
 Hort, 160; Creighton, 175. 
 Gonv. and Cai., 3, 4, 29, 
 28, 168 ; Gresham, 31 ; 
 Lyndewode, 4 ; Butts, 12 ; 
 Smith, 29; Caius, 29; 
 Perse, 42; Harvey, 60; 
 Cosin, 66 ; Glisson, 71 ; 
 Taylor, 78 ; Shadwell, 95 ; 
 Basset, 96; Collier, 98; 
 Wharton, loi ; Clarke, 
 
 103 ; WoUaston, 125 ; 
 Frere, 128 ; Willis, 141 ; 
 Goodwin, 150; Mackenzie, 
 158; Hamblin Smith, i6o; 
 Lockwood, 172 ; Seeley, 168. 
 Jesus, I, 7, 41, II, 126; Mal- 
 thus, 126; Clarke, 126; 
 Coleridge, 128 ; Sterne, 
 70 ; Pearson, 81 ; Strj^pe, 
 98 ; Sterne, 111; Walmis- 
 ley, 150; Alcock, 6; Good- 
 rich, 16; Crammer, 13. 
 King's, 5, 124 ; Wodelarke, 
 5 ; Croke, 16 ; Rotherham, 
 5, 6 ; Tusser, 37 ; West, 7 ; 
 Walsingham, 38 ; Cheke, 
 28', Temple, 49; Montagu, 
 61 ; Waller, 72 ; Whichcote, 
 76. 
 
 Pearson, 81 ; Walpole, 105 ; 
 Camden, no; Cole, no; 
 H. Walpole, 114; Simeon, 
 123 ; Grey, 125 ; Stratford 
 Canning, 132 ; Bradshaw, 
 165 ; J. K, Stephen, 174. 
 King's Hall, 24. 
 Magd,, Peachell, 90; Pepys, 
 92 ; Waterland, 107 ; 
 Kingsley, 155 ; Parnell, 
 173 ; Nevile, 42. 
 Magdalene, 32 ; Rede, 7 ; 
 
 Audley, 15. 
 Michael, H., 3, 4; Fisher, 8. 
 Pembroke, 34, 38, 113; 
 Rotherham, 5 ; Rogers, 
 27; Bradford, 37; Ridley, 
 22 ; Grindal, 32 ; Whit- 
 gift, 40 ; Chaderton, 41 ; 
 Nevile, 42 ; Spenser, 43 ; 
 Andrewes, 48; Wren, 62; 
 Crashaw, 80 ; Wharton, 
 87; Gray, 112; Pitt, T19; 
 Stokes, 153; Maine, 156. 
 Peterhouse, 2, 4, 113; Perne, 
 35 ; Penry, 52 ; Cosin, 66 ; 
 Hutchinson, 86 ; Wren, 62 ; 
 
 195 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Gray, 112; Cavendish, n; 
 Melvill, 138; Kelvin, 157; 
 Clerk iviaxwell, 166; 
 Routh, 167; Fawcett, 168. 
 
 Queens', i, 20; Erasmus, 9, 
 19 ; Smith, 29 ; Poriet, 30. 
 Chaderton, 41 ; Davenant, 
 60 ; Fuller, 72 ; Pearson, 
 81 ; Smith, S7 ; Milner, 118, 
 
 S. Cath., Wodelarke, 5; 
 Sandys, 33 ; Bradford, 37 ; 
 Lightfoot, 72; Ray, 90; 
 Strype, 98; lioadly, 103; 
 Sherlock, 105 ; Adden- 
 brooke, 106; Milner, J., 
 118 ; Overall, 50. 
 
 Sidney, Sussex, 57 ; Sam 
 Ward,, 56; Cromwell, 71; 
 Seth Ward, 84; Ba^:set6, 9. 
 
 S. John's, 53, 57, 63, 8, 16, 
 26, 28, 30, 34, 150; Cheke, 
 28 ; Cartwright, 39 ; Wyatt, 
 21 ; Vv'atson, 31 ; Pember, 
 24; Sandys, ^3, Ashton, 
 16; Burghley, 34; Redman, 
 24; Perne, 35; Ascham, 
 30; Dee, 36; Salisbury, 
 53; Beale, 63; Whitaker, 
 42 ; Morgan. 43 ; Greene, 
 50 ; Overall, 50 ; Constable, 
 50; Lee, 50; Morton, 54; 
 Nash, 55; Jonson, 58; 
 Wentworth, 68; Williams, 
 62 ; Herrick, 71 ; Fairfax, 
 76; Gunning, 79; Stilling- 
 fle»t, 92; Beveridge, 94; 
 Baker 99 ; Bentley, 100 ; 
 Prior, 102 ; Heberden, 
 no; Venn, 114; Mason, 
 114; Hill, 117; Marsh, 
 120 ; Wilberforce, 121 ; 
 Clarkson, 124 ; Words- 
 worth, 126; Martyn, 129; 
 Palmerston, 131 ; Kirke 
 White, 133 ; Herchel, 135 ; 
 Henslow, 138 ; Melvill, 135 j 
 
 Seiwyn, 144 ; Colenso^j 
 148; Adams, 156; Macken ' 
 zie, 158; Sterndale Ben- 
 nett, 176; Palmer, 171. 
 Trinity, 3, 7, 26, 36, 30 
 42, 50, 100, loi, 126, i2,( 
 ^37, 150* 151 ; Rede, 7 
 Whitgift, 40 ; Tunstall, 10 
 Whitaker, 42; Coke, 43 
 Bacon, 46; Herbert, 69 
 Essex, 51; Spelman, 53 
 Donne, 55; Beale, 63'; 
 Sterne, 70; Randolph, 74; 
 Pearson, 81 ; Marvell, 85 ; 
 Cowley, 87; Barrow, 88 
 Ray, 90; Dryden, 92; 
 Willughby, 95; Newton 
 96; Cotes, 106; Bentley 
 100 ; Middleton, 107 
 Byrom, 109 ; Porson, 122 
 Sedgwick, 131 ; Byron 
 134; Hare, 135; WhewelJ 
 136; Rose, 137; Thirlwall 
 137; Macaulay, 138; Airy, 
 139; Challis, 140; Lyt 
 ton, 140 ; Maurice, 141 ; 
 Sterling, 142 ; Trench. 
 142 ; Fitzgerald, 142 
 Wordsworth, 143 ; Hough 
 ton, 143 ; Spedding, 144 
 Kinglake, 146; Tennysoi 
 146; Alford, 147; Thackf 
 ray, 147; Vaughan, 149 
 Walmisley, 150; Neale 
 150; Ellis, 153; Beresfor 
 Latham, 158; Westcott 
 159 ; Hort, 160 ; Lightfoo'. 
 161 ; Benson, 162 ; Farrar 
 166; Clerk Maxwell, 166 
 Cavendish, 164 ; Caver 
 dish, 169 ; Sidgwick, 169 
 Campbell-Bannerman, 169 
 Jebb, 171 ; Maitland, 173 
 F. M. Balfour, 174 
 Foster, 174; Acton, 176 
 Hope, 154; Cayley, 155. 
 
 196 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Trinity Hall, 3, 4 ; Gar- 
 diner, 11; Bilney, 19; 
 Trusser, 37; llerrick, 71; 
 Pepys, 92 ; Chesterfield, 
 no; Cockburn, 140; Lyt- 
 ton, 140; Maurice, 141; 
 Sterling, 142; Maine, 156; 
 Latham, 158; Stephen, 
 164; Fawcett, 168. 
 -olleges, Masters 01 — 
 
 Chr., Cudworth, 82. 
 
 Clare, Cudworth, 82. 
 
 Corp. Chr., 59; Gunning, 
 80 ; Spencer, 91 ; Parker, 
 24. 
 
 Emm., Sancroft, 85. 
 
 Gonv. and C, Caius, 29. 
 
 King's, Wodelarke, 4 ; 
 Whichcote, 76; Cheke, 28. 
 
 Jesus, Beale, 63 ; Sterne, 70 ; 
 Pearson, 81. 
 
 Magdalene, Nevile, 42 ; 
 Peachell, 90; Waterland, 
 107. 
 
 Michael House, Fisher, 8. 
 
 Pembroke, Whitgift, 40 ; 
 An dr ewes, 48 ; Stokes, 
 154; Ridley, 22; Grindal, 
 
 33- 
 Peterhouse, V.'ren, 62 ; 
 
 . Cosin, 67 ; Perne, 35. 
 
 .Qutens', Fisher, 8: Chader- 
 
 ton, 41 ; Davenant, 60 ; 
 
 Milner. 118. 
 S. Catharine's, Overall, 50; 
 
 Lightfoot, 72; Sherlock, 
 
 105 ; Sandys, 33. 
 S. John's, Whitaker, 42; 
 
 Beale, 63; Gunning, 80; 
 
 Watson, 31. 
 Sidney Sussex, Ward, 56; 
 
 Basset, 96- 
 'Trinity, 42; Redman, 24; 
 
 Neville, 42; Whitgift, 40; 
 
 Pearson, 81 ; Barrow, 89 ; 
 
 Bentley, 100; Whewell, 136. 
 
 Trinity Hall, 168 ; Gardiner. 
 
 11; Maine, 156; Latham, 
 
 158. 
 College Chapels — 
 Chr., 81, 83. 
 Corp., 91. 
 Emm., 42. 
 G. and C, 30, 42. 
 King's, 5, 123, 170. 
 Magd., 91. 
 Pemb., 62. 
 Queens', 119. 
 S. Cath., 106. 
 S. John's, 63, 99. 
 Trinity, 97, loi, 106, 123, 
 126, 132, 137, 138, 146, 
 
 ISO- 
 College Halls — 
 
 Emmanuel, 131. 
 
 S. Catharine's, 119. 
 
 S. John's, 127, 172. 
 
 Trinity, 155. 
 Collier, J., 98. 
 " Colloquia," 20 
 Colonial Prelates, 144, 148^ 
 
 158. 
 Commentary, Bible, 143, 162, 
 
 159- 
 Commissioners, 86. 
 Common Prayer Book, 17, 22, 
 
 38- 
 
 Communion, First Order of, 
 
 ^^' 
 Community, Religious, 64, 
 
 109. 
 *♦ Complete Duty of Man," 
 Compulsory Chapel, 137. 
 " Comus," 75- 
 *' Conceited Pedlar," 74. 
 Congregationalists, 45 ; 
 
 Browne, 45. 
 Constable, H., 50. 
 Constantinople, 132 
 " Contemplations," 5S. 
 
 197 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Controversialists, Montagu, 
 
 6i. 
 Convocation, 9, 104. 
 Cork, Earl of, 55. 
 •• Cornhill," 165 
 Cornishmen, 156. 
 " Corporal Trim," 112. 
 Cosin, J., 66, 48, 50, 61, 63, 
 
 84, 8s. 
 Cotes, R., 106, 97, 101, 102. 
 Cottenham, 93. 
 " Country Parson," 70. 
 Coverdale, Miles, 21. 
 Cowley, A., 87, 80. 
 Cowper, no. 
 Crabbe, G., 142. 
 Cranmer, Thomas, 13, 12, 18, 
 
 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 27, 30, 
 
 315 37. 38. 
 Crashaw, R., So, 78. 
 Craven Scholarship, 139. 
 Creighton, M., 175. 
 Croke, Rich., 16. 
 Cromwell, O., 71, 63, 70, 72, 
 
 76, 80,^84, 85, 91. 
 Cromwell, T., 12, 14, 21. 
 " Crossing the Bar," 146. 
 Cross, University, 17. 
 Crotch, 170. 
 Crystal Gazing, 36. 
 Cudworth, R., 82, 76, 84, 90, 
 
 91. 
 Culverwell, N., 84. 
 Cury, Petty, 28. 
 Cuvier, 90. 
 
 Darwin, C, 144, 138. 
 
 Davenant, J., 60, 57, 70, 72. 
 
 '• Davideis," 87. 
 
 Davy, Sir H., 126. 
 
 " De Augmentis," 47. 
 
 *• De legibus Hebrseorum." 91. 
 
 Deans — 
 
 Canterbury, Nevile, 42 ; 
 Alford, 147 ; Farrar, i66. 
 
 Carlisle, Milner, iig. 
 
 Ely, Goodwin, 150; Perne, 
 
 35- 
 Llandaff, Vaughan, 149. 
 
 S. Paul's, Overall, 50 ,♦ 
 Donne, 56; Sancroft, 85; 
 Stillingfleet, 92. 
 Salisbury, Tunstall, 10. 
 Westminster, Andrewes, 48, 
 69 : Williams, 62 ; Trench, 
 142. 
 Windsor, West, 7. 
 Dee, John, 36. 
 Deist Teaching, 105, 107. 
 Democratic principles, 125. 
 Demotic writing, 130. 
 " Descent of Man," 145. 
 Deventer, ig. 
 Devereux, R., 51. 
 Devonshire, 128, 155. 
 Devonshire, Duke of, 164. 
 " Devotions," 48. 
 " Diana," 50. 
 *« Diary," 57. 
 " Diary," Pepys, 93, 94. 
 Dictionary, Nat. Biography, 
 
 165. 
 Diplomatists, Stratford Can- 
 ning, 132. 
 " Discourse on Light of 
 
 Nature," 84. 
 Discoverers, Harvey, 60 ; 
 
 Young, 130. 
 " Dissertation on Letters of 
 Phaleris," 100. 1 
 
 " Divine Dialogues," 81. 
 Divinity of our Lord, lok, 
 
 107- i_ . 
 
 Doctors — I 
 
 Harvey, 60; Glisson, 71, 
 Wharton, 87 ; Addep- 
 brooke, 106 ; Heberdei^, 
 no ; Wollaston, 125 ; 
 Young, 130; Butts, T2; 
 Caius, 29; Perse, 42; 
 Humphry, 161. 
 • Doctrine of Eucharist," 107. 
 
 198 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 I Doctrine of Trinity, 103, 104, 
 
 107. 
 IDoUinger, 177. 
 
 *' Domesday Book and Be- 
 yond," 174. 
 
 Dominicans, i. 
 
 Doncaster, 149. 
 
 Donne, J., 55, 49, 54, 56, 58, 
 66, 69, 78. 
 
 Donne, W. B., 142. 
 
 Dort, Synod of, 57. 
 
 Drake, 41. 
 
 Dramatists — 
 
 Greene, 50 ; Marlowe, 52 ; 
 Nash, 55 ; Jonson, 58 ; 
 Fletcher, 59 
 
 Dryden, J., 92, 85, 87, 95, 96, 
 99/ 102. 
 
 Diibliii, Trinity College, 49. 
 
 Duchy of Lancaster, 15. 
 
 " Ductor Dubitantium," 78. 
 
 Dugdale, 22, 53. 
 
 Dupanloup, 177. 
 
 Durham. 67, 162. 
 
 '• Early Days of Chrlsiianilyj** 
 
 166. 
 East Grinstead, 151. 152, 153, 
 Eastern Church, 152. 
 Eastern Languages, 171. 
 Eastern Poetry, 143. 
 Eastern Question, 132. 
 " Ecce Homo," 168. 
 " Ecclesiastical Hist, of Great 
 
 Britain," 73. 
 "Ecclesiastical Memorials," 98. 
 Edinburgh University, 166. 
 Edward IL, 3. 
 Edward III., 3. 
 Edward VL, 10, 12, 28, 28, 
 
 293 30, 32, 35» 36- 
 Edward VIL, 131, 161. 
 Egyptian Government, 172. 
 Egyptian Traveller, 171. 
 Electricity, 157. 
 " Elegy in Country Church- 
 
 yard," 113. 
 *• Elfrida/' 115. 
 Ellis, R. L., 153. 
 Elizabeth, Q., 11, 24, 27, 28, 
 
 29> 30, 31, 32, 33, 345 35i 
 36, 38, 41, 43, 54, 51. 
 
 Elizabethan Poets, 43. 
 
 Ely Monastery, 2. 
 
 Ely Palace, 6, 17. 
 
 Embryology, 174. 
 
 Emerson, 77, 143. 
 
 England, Church of, see under 
 
 " Church." 
 English Hymns, 152. 
 English Trade, 31, 34. 
 " Eothen," 146. 
 Epigrams, 58. 
 Epitaphs, 58, 73, 130. 
 Epworth, 108. 
 Erasmus, Desiderius, 19, 9, 
 
 1O3 II, 16, 28. 
 Essays, 139. 
 
 Essaj'ists, Macaulay, 138. 
 " Essays on Freethinking," 
 
 165. 
 Essex, Earl of, 51, 43, 46, 52. 
 •• Esmond," 148. 
 Etheldreda, 2. 
 Eton College, 49, 61, 72, 81, 
 
 105, no. III, 112, 114, 
 
 117, 122, 123, 128, 132, 
 
 i35j 1445 146, 164, 165, 
 ,i73> 1745 5» 57- 
 Euripides, 123 
 " Euphranor," 143. 
 Evangelical Party, 114, 11 8, 
 
 123, 129, 148, 150, 22. 
 Evangelical Religion, 109. 
 Evelyn, 79, 80, 87, 94, 95, loi. 
 Eversley, 155. 
 *' Every man in his Humour," 
 
 ** Evidences of Christianity,'* 
 
 "5- 
 
 Exchange, Royal, 32. 
 
 199 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN, 
 
 Exchequer, Chancellor of, 35, 
 105. 
 
 *' Exercitatio Anatomica,'' 61. 
 
 Exeter House Chapel, 80. 
 
 •* Expansion of England," 
 
 169. 
 ** Exposition of Creed," 81. 
 
 '* Fable of Bees," 108. 
 
 " Faerie Queene," 43, ^4. 
 
 Fagius, 35. 
 
 Fairfax, Lord, 76, 85. 
 
 " Faithful Shepherdess," 60. 
 
 Farrar, F. W., i66. 
 
 Fatalism, 83. 
 
 " Faustus, Dr.," 52. 
 
 Fawcett, H., 168, 165, 171. 
 
 Fenianism, i6g. 
 
 Ferrar, N., 64, 56, 69, 70, 80. 
 109. 
 
 Field, 49. 
 
 Financiers, Greshara, 31 ; Mild- 
 may, 35. 
 
 Fisher, John, 8, 6, 7, 14, 16, 
 20. 
 
 Fitzgerald, E., 142. 
 
 Fleet Street, S. Bride's 
 Church, 71. 
 
 Fletcher, J., 59, 44, 58. 
 
 " Fly Leaves," 167. 
 
 Folkestone, 60. 
 
 Foster, Sir M., 174. 
 
 Founder of Harvard Univ., 
 
 77- 
 
 Founders of Colleges, Bate- 
 man, 3 ; Gonville, 3 ; 
 Alcock, 6 ; Wodelarke, 5 ; 
 Fisher, 8; Margaret, 8; 
 Audley, 15; Caius, 29; 
 Mildmay, 35. 
 
 Fox, C. J., 119, 125. 
 
 Francis, Alban, 88, 91. 
 
 Franciscans, i. 
 
 Freeschool Lane, 3. 
 
 French Astronomers, 156. 
 French Revolution, 119. 
 Frere, J. H., 128. 
 Frobisher, 41. 
 Froude, R. H., 137, 155. 
 Fuller, T., 72, 48, 54, 61, 69, 
 
 78, 80. 
 " Giaour, The," 134. 
 Galileo, 75, 96. 
 Gardiner, Stephen, 11, 14, 22, 
 
 28, 30, 31, 32, 37. 
 Gates at Caius C, 30. 
 German Literature, 120, 128, 
 
 136. 
 Generals, Fairfax, 76 ; Crom- 
 well, 71. 
 Geneva Arbitration, 140. 
 Geologists, Sedgwick, 131 ; 
 
 Middleton, 107. 
 Geology, Museum, 131. 
 George L, 95, 105. 
 Gibbon, 108. 
 Gidding, Little, 64, 65, 70, 80, 
 
 109. 
 Gill, Lieut., 172. 
 Gladstone Cabinet, 168. 
 Gladstone Ministry, 164. 
 Gladstone, W. E., 141, 14;^, 
 
 144, 146, 163, 164, 172, 
 
 173. 177- 
 Glasgow, 157. 
 
 Glasgow, Professor Nat. Phil., 
 
 »S7- 
 Glasgow University, i6g, 171. 
 Glasnevin Cemetery, ^ 72. 
 Giisson, F., 71. 
 ••Glossary," 53. 
 Glyn, Dr., 23. 
 •• Go lovely Rose," 72. 
 Coethe, 52. 
 
 Gog Magog Hills, 137. 
 " Golden Butterfly," 170. 
 Golden Grove, 78. 
 Goodrich, Th., 16. 
 Gonville, Edmund, 3, 29. 
 
 200 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Goodwin, H., 150, 152. 
 
 Gorhambury, 27. 
 
 Goudaj ig. 
 
 Gough, R., 115. 
 
 Grantchester, 134. 
 
 Gravitation, 96. 
 
 Gray, Bp., 148. 
 
 Gray, T,, 112, iii, 114, 115. 
 
 " Great Exemplar," 78. 
 
 Greek Hymns, 152. 
 
 Greek Testament, 147, 16c. 
 
 Greek Professor, Glasgows 
 
 171. 
 Greek Pronunciation, 28^ 23. 
 Greek, Studv of, 24, 28, 31. 
 
 36. 
 Greene, R., 50. 
 Grenoble, 130. 
 Gresham College, 2^. 
 Gresham, Sir T., 31. 
 Grey, Earl, 125. 
 Grey, Lady Jane, 17, 23, 24, 
 
 33- 
 Grindal, E., 32, 26, 21, 30, 39. 
 Grote, G., 135, 139. 
 Grotius, 75. 
 
 Guild of Corp. Chr., 4. 
 Guild of B. Virgin, 4. 
 Gunning, P., 79, 67, 84. 
 Gunpowder Plot, 43. 
 
 Haddan, 53. 
 Hall, J., 57, 56, 69. 
 Hallam, H., 142, 143, 146. 
 Halls, Ridley, 22 ; King's 23. 
 Halls, College Dining — 
 
 Emm., 131. 
 
 S. Cath., 119. 
 
 S. John's, 127, 172. 
 
 Trinity, 155. 
 Hamblin Smith, J., 160. 
 Hare, J. C, 135, 136, 142. 
 Harmony of Gospels, 65. 
 Harvard, J., 77. 
 Harvard University, 77. 
 
 Harvey, Vv., 60, 71. 
 Hawarden Church, 163. 
 liav/kins, 41. 
 Heberden, Vv., 126, no. 
 Hebrev/ Scholars, Lightfoot, 
 
 72 ; Bentley, 100 ; Spen- 
 cer, 91. 
 Hefele, 177. 
 Hellespont, 134. 
 Hempstead, 61. 
 Henry VI., 4. 
 Henry VII., 6, 88. 
 Henry VIII., 9, 10, 11, 13, 14, 
 
 16, 21, 30, 31. 
 Henslow, J. S., 138, 145. 
 Herbert, G., 69, 56, 65, 78, 
 
 So. 
 Herrick, R., 71, 58. 
 Herschel, Sir W., 135. 
 Ilerschel, Sir J. F. W., 135. 
 
 136, 156. 
 " Kesperides." 71. 
 " Hexapla," 100. 
 Hieroglyphics, 130. 
 High Steward of Camb., 71. 
 Hill, R., 117. 
 
 " Hind and Panther," 93, 102. 
 Historians, Fuller, 73 ; Bakers 
 
 99 ; Thirlwall, 137 j 
 
 Macaulay, 138 ; Seeley, 
 
 168 ; Maitland, 175 ; 
 
 Creighton, 175 ; ActODj 
 
 176. 
 *' Historic Doubts," 114- 
 History Architecture, Camb.. 
 
 141. 
 " History of Athanasian 
 
 Creed," 107. 
 "History of Church of 
 
 Christ," 118. 
 ** History of Crimean War,'' 
 
 146. 
 " History of England," 139. 
 *• History of Greece," 137. 
 " History of Holy War," 73- 
 
 201 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 '* History of Papacy,'" 175. 
 
 .*' History of Reformatioa/' 
 99. 
 
 " History of S. John's Coi- 
 lege," 99. 
 
 " History of Society of Anti- 
 quaries," 115. 
 
 ** History of University," 99, 
 
 73- 
 Hoadly, B., 103, 105, 108. 
 Hobbes, 83. 
 Hobson, T., 73, 
 " Hobson's Choice," 73. 
 Holmes, O. W., 77. 
 " Holy Living and Dying," 78, 
 Home Rule for Ireland, 1645 
 
 173- 
 Hooker (botanist), 145. 
 Hooker, R., 41, 54. 
 Hooper, Bp., 28. 
 Hope, A. J. Beresford, 154. 
 Hopkins, the pri/ate iutor^ 
 
 157, 167. 
 " Horae Paulinae," 117. 
 Horrocks, J., 83. 
 Hort, F. T. A., 160, 143, 159. 
 
 165. 
 Horton, 75. 
 Hospitals — 
 
 Addenbrooke's, 161. 
 
 Christ's, 23. 
 
 S. Bartholomew's, 161, 2.3, 
 
 60. 
 S. Thomas', 23, 87. 
 Hospital of S. John, i, 2, 8. 
 Houghton, Lord, 143, 147. 
 House of Commons, 64, S8j 
 
 94, 106, 124, 139, 154, 154, 
 
 171, 172. 
 House of Lords, 54, 57, 8S. 
 Howard, Catherine, 14. 
 Hucknall, 134. 
 Huddersfield, 114. 
 Hughes, T., 155. 
 Hull, 85, 121. 
 Humphry Museum, i6i. 
 
 Humphry, Sir G. M., 161. 
 Hursley, 152. 
 
 '• Husbandry, Points of," 37. 
 Hutchinson, J., 86. 
 Hydrodynamics, [see Stokes), 
 
 153- 
 Hydrogen Gas, 115. 
 Hymn, Christmas, log. 
 Hymns, English, 152. 
 *' Hypatia, ' 155. 
 
 *' Idylls of the King," 146. 
 " Ignatian Epistles," 82. 
 *' II Penseroso," 75, 
 " Importance of Holy TrinUy 
 
 Asserted," 107. 
 " In Memonam," 146. 
 Incense, 48, 67. 
 India, 129, 139. 
 Inscriptions, 130. 
 " Instauratio Magna," 47. 
 " Institutiones Chronologicae," 
 
 94 
 Inquisition, 63, 
 Investigators, Harvey, 61 ; 
 
 Darwin, 145. 
 Ireland, 44, 51, 55, 68, 75, 153, 
 
 164. 
 '* Irenicum," 92. 
 Irish Church, 163. 
 Irish Party, 173. 
 Irish Secretary, i6g. 
 Irving, Edw., 142. 
 
 "J.K.S.," 174. 
 
 James L, 7, 42, 47, 54, 56, 62. 
 
 James IL, 86, 88, 90, 91, 96, 
 
 *' Jealous Lovers," 74. 
 
 Jebb, Sir R. C, 171, 138. 
 
 Jegon, 50. 
 
 Jerusalem, 171. 
 
 Jerusalem Chamber, 97. 
 
 Jewish Rites, 91. 
 
 Johnson, Sam., 90, 108, no. 
 
 Jones, Inigo, 58. 
 
 202 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Jonson, B., 58, 44, 52, 56, 71, 
 
 74, 95- 
 Josephus, 102. 
 Jubilee, 154, 145, 158. 
 Judges, Cockburn, 140; Axid- 
 
 ley, 15; Coke, 43. 
 Julian Calendar, 36. 
 Juvenal, 93 
 Juxon, 78. 
 
 Kant, 129. 
 
 Keate, 146. 
 
 Keats, 129. 
 
 Keble, J., 127, 137, 152, 
 
 Kelly, 36. 
 
 Kelvin, Lord, 157. 
 
 Keinble, J. M., 143. 
 
 Kent, 60. 145. 
 
 Kepler, 83. 
 
 Khiyyam, O., 143. 
 
 King, Mr. Edward, 75. 
 
 *• Kingdom of Christ," 14s.- 
 
 Kinglake, A. W., 146, 147. 
 
 Kings — 
 
 Charles I., 59, 63, 65, 68, 
 69, 70, 72, 78, 86, 87. 
 
 Charles II., 76, 85, 89. 
 
 Edw. XL, 3. 
 
 Edw. III., 3. 
 
 Edw. VI., 10, 12, 28, 29, 30, 
 
 32, 35. 36. 
 Edward VII., 131, 161. 
 George I., 95, 105. 
 Henry VI,, 4. 
 Henry VII., 6, 88. 
 Henry VIII., 9, 10, 11, 13, 
 
 14, 16, 21, 30, 31. 
 James I., 7, 42, 47, 54, 56, 
 
 62. 
 James II., 86, 88, 90, gi, 
 
 96. 
 William III., 86, 90. 
 Kings Cliffe, log. 
 King's College, London, 141. 
 Kingsley, C, 155, 141, i44. 
 
 146. 
 
 Kirke, White, H., 133, 124, 
 129. 
 
 '' L' Allegro." 75. 
 
 L. C. J. King's Bench, Pem- 
 
 berton, 88. 
 " Lady of Lyons," 140. 
 Lamb, Charles, 90, 127, 128. 
 Lambeth, Chapel, 26. 
 Lambeth Conference, 144- 
 Lambeth Palace, 11, 86 
 Lambeth, Register, 25. 
 Lancaster, 136. 
 Landbeach, 24 
 ** Lapsus Calami." 
 " Last Days of Pompeiij,**' 
 
 140. 
 Latham, K., 158, 164. 
 Latimer, Hugh, 17, 13, 20,. 
 
 23> 24, 31, 37. 
 Latin Hymns, 152. 
 Latin Verse, 152. 
 Latitudinarian Views, 104, 
 
 107. 
 Laud, 48, 53, 54, 57, 60, 61,, 
 
 62, 64, 67, 69, 71. 
 Laureatpship, 96 
 Law, Edmund, 117. 
 Law, W., 108, 104, 105, icg,, 
 
 129. 
 Lawyers — 
 
 Lyndewode, 4 ; Rede, 7 ; 
 
 Goodrich, 16; Audley, 15; 
 
 Coke, 43 ; Smith, 29 j 
 
 Lockwood, 172 ; Cock!^urn, 
 
 140; Camden, no; Pern 
 
 berton, 88; Maine, 156. 
 •' Lays of Ancient Rome,"" 
 
 138, 139- 
 Learning, New, 17, 22, 28. 
 Lee, James Prince, 159, i6s^ 
 Lee, W., so. 
 Leibnitz, 79. 
 Leigh ton, 69. 
 Lela.id, John, 21. 
 
 203 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 " Letters, Chesterfield/* 40. 
 
 Leverrier, 156. 
 
 Liberal Party, 164, iCg. 
 
 Liberal Unionist, 16^. 
 
 *' Liberty of Prophesyiiig.'* 
 
 Librarian, University, 105,. 
 
 Libraries — 
 
 Peterhouse, 33. 
 Corpus, 25s 26. 
 University, 0, 99, 113, 165. 
 
 186, 177. 
 Acton, 177. 
 S. John's, 62. ny, 
 Irinity, 75, 134. 
 Magd., 94. 
 
 Liddon, Canon, 138. 
 
 " Life of Christ,""" 166. 
 
 " Life of Cicero* "' loS. 
 
 *' Life of Elizabeth," 175. 
 
 " Life of H. Favv^cett.'* 165. 
 
 " Life of L. Stephen," 174. 
 
 " Life of S. PauL" 166. 
 
 Light, 96, 130. 
 
 Lightfoot, John, 72, 73. 
 
 Lightfoot, J. B., 161, 159, 171. 
 
 Linacre, 16, 19. 
 
 Lincoln, 162. 
 
 Lincoln's Inn, 56. 
 
 Lincoln '^ Trial,** i62' 
 
 Linguists, Neale, 152; Paimcr, 
 171. 
 
 Literary Men — 
 
 Pember, 24 ; Erasmus, 19 
 Ascham, 30; Croke, 16 
 Cheke, 28; Smith, 29 
 Jonson, 58; Fuller, 73 
 Temple, 90 ; Milton, 74 
 Taylor, 78; Barrow, 8S 
 Pepys, 93 ; Dryden, 92 
 Whiston, 102; Sherlock 
 105 ; Waterland, 107 
 Chesterfield, 110; Sterne 
 III ; H. Walpole, 114 
 Parr, 118; Person, 122 
 Frere, 128 ; Coleridge 
 128; Hare, 135; Rose 
 
 137 ; Thirhvall, 137 ; 
 Macaulay, 138 ; Maurice, 
 141 ; Sterling, 142 ; Fitz- 
 gerald, 142 ; Houghton, 
 143 ; Kinglake, 146 ; Sp.^d- 
 ding, 144 ; Thackeray, 
 147; Neale, 150; Ellis, 
 153; Kingsley, 1555 Step- 
 hen, 164; Bradshaw, 165; 
 Lytton, 140; Besant, 170; 
 Farrar, 166. 
 
 Littledale, Dr., 152. 
 
 Little Gidding, 64, 63, 70, hoy 
 
 Livingstoiio, 155. 
 Locke, 92, 97, loi. 
 Lockwood, Sir F., 172. 
 London Churches — 
 
 All Saints', Margaret Strest, 
 
 S. Andrew's, Wells Street, 
 
 154- 
 S. Bride's, Fleet Street, 71^ 
 
 72. 
 S. Giles', Cripplegate, 75 
 S. Giles' in Fields, 85. 
 S. Helen's, Bishopsgate, 31. 
 S. Olave's, Hart Street, 94. 
 London, City of, 51, 58, 75, 
 
 79, 8r, 88, 91, no, 122, 
 
 123, 130, 141, 151, 162, 
 
 170. 
 London, Tower of, 47, t,i, C7, 
 
 62, 63, 71, SSy 86, 105. 
 Longfellow, 77. 
 Lord Almoner's, Reader 
 
 Arabic, 171. 
 Lord Chancellors, Bacon, 46 ; 
 
 Camden, no. 
 Lord Chief Justice, Commoa 
 
 Pleas, Rede, 7. 
 Lord Treasurer, 54. 
 Lord Keeper, 27, 62. 
 Lords Commissioners, 91. 
 Lowell, 77. 
 
 204 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Luard, H. R., i6o, 165. 
 
 Lutheranism, 25. 
 *' LycidaSj" y^. 
 Lyell, Sir C, 145. 
 Lyndewode, Will, |. 
 " Lyrical Ballads," 128, 
 Lyttelton, Lord, no, 149. 
 Lytton, Lord J 140. 
 
 Macaulay, Lord, 138, 15, 130. 
 
 " Mac Flecknoe/' 96. 
 
 Mackenzie, C. F,, 150, 158. 
 
 Madrid, 63. 
 
 Magic Glass, 36. 
 
 " Maids Tragedy,*' 60. 
 
 Maine, Sir H. S., 156, 143, 
 
 158* 177. 
 
 Maitland, F. W., 173. 
 
 Malthus, T. R., 126. 
 
 Manuscripts, 75, iii, 165, 
 21, 26, 37. 
 
 Margaret, Countess of Rich- 
 mond, 8, 16. 
 
 Margaret, Professor, 8, 20, 
 24> 39j 40, 41. 57> 60, 72, 
 80, 81, 120, 162. 
 
 Marlowe, C, 52, 55. 
 
 Marprelate, Martin, 40, 53, 
 
 55- 
 Marsh, H., 120, 118. 
 
 Martin, Dr., 63. 
 
 Martin Marprelate, 40, 53, 55. 
 
 Martyn, H., 129, 124. 
 
 Martyr, Peter, 12, 22, 32, 33, 
 
 38. 
 Martyrs — 
 
 Cranmer, 13 ; Latimer, 17 ; 
 Ridley, 22 ; Bilnej'-, 19 ; 
 Rogers, 27 ; Bradford, 37. 
 Marvel], A., 85. 
 Mary, Queen of Scots, 38. 
 Mary, Queen, 10, 11, 12, 13, 
 14, 17, 18, 21, 28, 29, 305 
 
 31, 32, 33, 35> 36, 37- 
 Mary II., 95. 
 Massachusetts, 77. 
 
 Massinger, 60. 
 Mason, \V., 114, 113. 
 Mathematicians, 36 ; Hor- 
 
 rocks, 82; Wallis, S3; 
 
 Seth Ward, 84; Barrow, 
 
 895 Newton, 96; W^histon, 
 
 102 ; Cotes, 106 ; Her- 
 
 schel 135; Airy, 140; 
 
 Challis, 140, Willis, 141 ; 
 
 Ellis 153; Cayley, 155, 
 
 Kelvin, 157; Stokes, 153; 
 
 Adams, 156 ; Maxwell, 
 
 166 ; Routh, 167, 
 Matthev^r's Bible, 27, 28. 
 Maurice, F. D., 141, 108, 129, 
 
 i39> 140, 142, 142, 143, 
 
 146, 148, 15c;, 160. 
 " Maud," 146. " 
 Maxwell, Clerk, J., 166, 160. 
 " May Queen," 170. 
 Medallist, Chancellor's, 149, 
 
 161, 162. 
 Medical School, 161. 
 Melville, H., 138. 
 Members of Pari., 71, 85, 97, 
 
 102, 105, 114, 1215 140, 
 
 139, 168, 172, 175. 
 Members' Prize, 125, 151, 167. 
 ** Llemoirs," 87. 
 " Memoirs of George II. and 
 
 George III.," 114. 
 Memorial, Donne, 55 ; Wal- 
 
 misley, 150. 
 Mendelssohn, 170. 
 Merivale, 143. 
 Merton College, 175. 
 *' Methods of Ethics " 
 Middleton, C, 107, no, 113. 
 Mildmay, Sir W., 35, 42. 
 Mill, J. S., 138, 155, 169. 
 Milner, I., 118, 120, i2t, 13a. 
 Milner, Joseph, 118. 
 Milnes, R. M., 143, 147. 
 Milton, 74, 20, 44, 48, 6g, 76^ 
 
 77, 78, 79, 80, 81, 85. 
 Miltoc (village), in. 
 
 205 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 ^! 
 
 Minster, Beverley, 6. 
 *• Miracles,'* 142. 
 Missionaries, 124, 129; 14.^^ 
 
 15S. 
 Mitre, Wren's, 62. 
 Mohammedans, 130. 
 Monckton-Milnes, R., 143, 147. 
 " Monks of Thelema," 175. 
 Montagu, R., 61, 56, 57, ■: 
 Monuments, 97, 55, 133, 138, 
 
 146. 
 More, H., 81, 76, 80, 83. 
 More, Sir Thomas, 7, g, so. 
 Morgan, W., 43. 
 Morley, John, 177. 
 Morton, T., 54, 25, 57. 
 Motley, 77. 
 
 Motto, 42, 76, no, 176. 
 Moule, Bishop, 124. 
 Moultrie, G., 139. 
 Mulberry Tree, Milton's, 75. 
 ** Musseus," 115. 
 " Muses* Looking Glass,-' 74. 
 Museum ot Geology, 131. 
 Museum, British, 37, 6s> ^-9, 
 
 III. 
 Musicians, Walmisley, 150 5 
 
 Sterndale Bennett, ijo, 
 '* Mysterious Mother,^* 124. 
 Mysticism, loS. 
 Mystics, More, 81; Law, loS^ 
 
 Fitzgerald, 142. 
 
 *• Nag's Head Fable," 25. 
 Nag's Head Inn. 25. 
 Napoleon, 120. 
 Nash, T., 55, 50. 
 National Society, 121. 
 Natural Religion, 107. 
 ♦* Natural Theology." 117. 
 Naturalists, Darwin, 144 1 
 
 Willughby, 95. 
 Neale, J. M., 150. 
 Nebulas, 135. 
 Nelson, 120. 
 Neptune, Planet, 156. 
 
 Nevile's Court, 42. 
 Nevile, T., 42, 43, 69. 
 Newcastle Town, 22. 
 ** Newcomes, The," 148. 
 New England, 77. 
 Newman, Cardinal, 129, 137. 
 Newnham College, 169. 
 Newton, I., 96, 84, 89, 94, 
 loi, 102, 103, 106, 123. 
 
 135. 157- 
 " Noble Numbers," 71. 
 
 Nonjurors, 86, 98, 99, 108. 
 
 North Countrj'^, 159, 160. 
 
 Northumberland, Duke of, J2j 
 14. 
 
 Norwich, Tov/n of, 19, 57. 
 
 Nottingham J 86, 133. 
 
 Novelists — 
 
 Lytton, 140; Thackeray, 
 147; Kingsley, 155; Besaiit, 
 170. 
 
 " Novum Organum," 47. 
 
 Nunnery of S. Rhadegund, 2. 
 
 O'Connell, Daniel, 173. 
 
 Observatory, Cambridge, 14c- 
 140. 
 
 " Ode on ^thelstan's Vic- 
 tory," 128. 
 
 " Ode on distant prospect of 
 Eton College," 113. 
 
 '• Ode on the Nativity," 75. 
 
 " Old Age," 72. 
 
 Omar Khayyam, 143. 
 
 Optics, 96, 125, 153. 
 
 Orator, Public, 16, 24, 28, iQ, 
 30, 69, 143, 171. 
 
 Order of Merit, 171. 
 
 Orford, Earl of, 106, II4. 
 
 *• Organum, Novum,'* 47. 
 
 '• Origin of Species," 145. 
 
 " Origines Sacras," 92. 
 
 Osterl^y, 32. 
 
 Oughtred, 84, 88. 
 
 Overall, J., t;o, 49, 67. 
 
 Oxford, All S's Colkge, 78. 
 
 206 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Oxford, Bodleian, 22. 
 Oxford, Merton College, 2, 
 
 Oxford, S. Mary's, 84. 
 Oxford, Town of, 18, 23, 31 . 
 Oxford, Trinity College, 84. 
 Oxford, University of, 19, aSj 
 355 38, 56, S9» 84, 150, 167. 
 
 Paget, Sir G., 160, 161. 
 
 Palace, Episcopal, at Ely, 6. 
 
 Paley, F. H., 152. 
 
 Paley, W., 115. 
 
 Palmer, E. H., 171. 
 
 Palmer, W., 137 {Tractatiai)).. 
 
 Palmerston, Lord, 131. 
 
 Papal Power, g, 57, 86. 
 
 Papal Supremacy, 11. 
 
 Papists, 40, 67, 96. 
 
 " Parables," 142. 
 
 " Paradise Lost," 75, 
 
 Paris, City of, 130. 
 
 Paris, University of, ig, so. 
 
 Parliamentary Forces, 76. 
 
 Parliamentary Party, 86. 
 
 Parnell Commission. 173. 
 
 Parnell, C. S., 173. 
 
 Parr, S., 118. 
 
 Parker, Matthew, 24, 11, 25, 
 
 26, 27, 30, 38. 
 ** Pastor Pastorum," 15S. 
 Patriarch of Jerusalem, 4= 
 " Paul Clifford," 14c. 
 Peachell, J., go. 
 Peacock, Dean, 135, 136, 156. 
 Pearson, J., 81, 63. 
 " Pelham," 140. 
 Pember, Rob., 24. 
 Pemberton, Sir F., 88. 
 Penry, John, 40, 52. 
 Pepj^s, S., 03, 83, 73, 92. 
 Perne, A., 35. 
 Perse, S., 42. 
 Perse School, 42, 78. 
 Persia, 129. 
 Persian Poet, 143. 
 
 Petty Cury. 2S. 
 
 Phillips Brooks, 77. 
 
 Philosophers — 
 
 Bacon, 46; Temple, 49; 
 Whichcote, 76 ; Wheweil, 
 136; More, 81; Cudv/orth, 
 82; Culverwell, 84; Smith, 
 87; Barrov/, 89; Sidgwicii, 
 169; Wheweil, 136: Mai- 
 thus, 126 ; Newton, 96 ; 
 Clarke, 103 ; Maurice, 141 ; 
 Sidgwick, 169. 
 
 Phoenix Park, 169. 
 
 Physicians (see Doctors). 
 
 Physicians, R. College of, 29, 
 71, 87. 
 
 ** Physiolog}'-," Text Book cf^ 
 
 175- 
 Pigott Episode, 173. 
 
 " Pilgrim's Progress,'' lo-i. 
 " Pindaric Odes," 113. 
 ** Pindarique Odes," 87. 
 '' Pisgah Sight of Palestine,'' 
 
 73- 
 Pitt, Earl of Chatham, no, 
 
 "95 131- 
 Pitt, Ministry, no. 
 Pitt, W., 119, 121, 125, i3r. 
 Plague, 88. 
 Planet, Uranus, 156; Neptune, 
 
 156. 
 Plate, College, 26, 63, 70. 
 Platinum, 125. 
 
 Piatonists, 91 ; Wliichcote. 
 
 76 ; More, 81 ; Cadwortbj 
 
 82 ; Culverwell, 84 i 
 
 Smith, 87. 
 
 *' Playground of Europe.'^ 
 
 165. 
 Play Writers — 
 
 Greene, 50; Marlowe, 52; 
 Nash, 55 ; Randolph, 74 -, 
 Miltou, 75 ; Dryden, 92 j 
 Sliadwell, 95 ; hytton, 140 ; 
 Tennyson, 146. 
 '* Plurality of Worlds," 136. 
 
 207 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Poem, English, 124, 136. 
 
 Poets — 
 
 Tusser, 37; Spenser, 43 
 Greene, 50 ; Constab!i& 
 50 ; Marlowe, 52 ; Jonbon 
 58; Fletcher, 59, 60; Her 
 rick, 71 ; Waller, 72 
 Randolph, 74 ; Milton 
 74 ; Crashaw, 80 ; Marvell 
 85 ; Cowley, 87 ; Dryden 
 92 ; Prior, 102 ; Byrom 
 109; Gray, 112; Mason 
 114; Wordsworth, ii;6 
 Coleridge, 128 ; Kirke 
 White, 133; Byron, 134 
 Tennyson, 146 ; Neale 
 150 ; Calverley, 167 
 Donne, 56; Herbert, 69 
 Frere, 128; Sterling, 142 
 Houghton, 143. 
 
 Pole, Cardinal, 12, 30, 35. 
 
 " Polonius," 143. 
 
 Ponet, J., 30. 
 
 Pope (poet), 80, 97. 
 
 Popes, 3, 49, 89. 
 
 Person, R., 122, 132. 
 
 Postmaster General, 168. 
 ' Praise of Folly," 20. 
 
 Pratt, C. Eail Camden, Jic- 
 
 Prayer, Book of Commo);, 17, 
 22, 38. 
 
 Preachers — 
 
 Andiewesj 48 ; Fuller 
 73 ; Stillingfieet, 9? • 
 Tillotson, 91 ; Beveridge, 
 95 ; Marsh, 120 ; Vaughan, 
 149 ; Farrar, 166 ; Latimer, 
 17; Barrow, 88; Taj^lor, 
 78 ; Donne, 56 ; ?klaurice, 
 141 ; Melvill, 138. 
 
 Preachers, of University, 17, 
 41. 
 
 Presbyterianism, 57. 
 
 Presbyterians, 78. 
 
 President, Royal ColiPgs of 
 Physicians, 29. 
 
 Prime Ministers, Walpole, 
 105; Pitt, 119; Grey, 12$; 
 Palmerston, 131 ; Camp- 
 bell Bannerman, iCg. 
 Primitive Church, 82. 
 Prince Bishops, 159. 
 Prince Lee, J., 161. 
 '' Principia," 97, 106. 
 Prior, M., 102, 99. 
 " Private Devotions," Cosin's. 
 
 68. 
 " Private Thoughts on Re- 
 ligion," 94. 
 T*'^vate Tutors^ Hambiin 
 Smith, t6o; Routh, 167; 
 Hopkins, 157. 
 Prize, Seatonian. 152. 
 Prizeman, Member's, 125, 151, 
 
 167. 
 Prizeman, Smith's, 148, 153, 
 
 iS7> 167. 
 Proctors, 8, 17, 32, 33, 42, 62. 
 Professors — 
 
 Botany, Hen slow, 138. 
 Civil Law, 156; Maine, 156; 
 
 Smith, 29. 
 Dixie Eccl. History, 175. 
 
 Creighton. 
 Downing, Laws of England. 
 
 Maitland, 173. 
 Experimental Physics, Clerk 
 
 Maxwell, 166. 
 Hebrew, Cudworth, 82. 
 History and Modern Lan- 
 guages, Gray, 113. 
 Hulsean, Lightfoot, 162. 
 Jacksonian Nat. Philo- 
 sophy, Milner, n8 j 
 Willis 141. 
 Knightsbridge Philosophy, 
 Whewell, 136; Maurice, 
 141 ; Sidgwick, 169. 
 Lowndean Astronomy, 
 
 Adams 156. 
 Lucasian Mathematics, Bar- 
 row, 89 ; Newton, 89, 97 ; 
 
 208 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Stokes, 153 ; Whiston, 
 102; Milner, 118; Airy, 
 
 139- 
 Margaret, Cartwright, 39 ; 
 
 Whitgift, 40 ; Chaderton, 
 
 41 ; Ward, 57 ; Davenant, 
 
 60, 72 ; Gunning, 80 ; 
 
 Pearson, 81 ; Marsh, 120 ; 
 
 Lightfoot, 162. 
 Mineralogy, Clarke, 126; 
 
 Whewell, 136 ; Henslow, 
 
 138. 
 Modern History, Kingsley, 
 
 155; Seeley, 169; Acton, 
 
 169. 
 Music, Walmisley, 150 ; 
 
 Sterndale Bennett, 170. 
 Oxford Savilian, Geometry, 
 
 Astronomy, 84. 
 Physic, 72; Glisson, 71. 
 Physiology, Foster, 175. 
 Plumian Astronomy, Cotes, 
 
 106 ; Airy, 140 ; Challis, 
 
 140. 
 Political Economy, 168, 
 
 Fawcett. 
 Regius Div., 38; Whitgift, 
 40 ; Chaderton, 41 ; Whit- 
 
 aker, 42 ; Overall, 50 ; 
 
 Gunning, 80 ; Westcott, 
 
 159- 
 Regius Greek, Erasmus, 20; 
 
 Cheke, 28 ; Smith, 29 ; 
 
 Barrow, 89; J ebb, 171; 
 
 Porson, 122. 
 
 Sadlerian Mathematics, Cay- 
 ley, 155- 
 
 Surgery, Humphry, 161. 
 
 Whewell International Law, 
 Maine, 156. 
 
 Woodwardian Geology, Mid- 
 dleton, ic8 ; Sedgwickj 
 
 131- 
 Prose Writers — 
 
 Erasmus, 19 ; Ascham, 30 ; 
 Bacon, 46 ; Fuller, 73 ; 
 
 Herbert, 70; Taylor, 78; 
 Marvell, 85 ; Spedding, 
 144 ; Thirlwall, 137 ; 
 Macaulay, 138 ; Lytton, 
 140; Smith, 87; SterUng, 
 142 ; Tillotson, 91 ; King- 
 lake, 146; Thackeray, 147 j 
 Neale, 150; Kingsley, 155; 
 Pepys, 93; Sterne, 11 1. 
 
 Protestant Views, 20, 21, 25, 
 26, 32, 79. 
 
 Public Orator, 16, 24, 28, 29, 
 30, 69, 143, 171. 
 
 Pugin, 152. 
 
 Puritanism, 26, 36, 39, 41, 57, 
 
 62, 71. 
 - Puritans, 26, 33, 39, 40, 42, 48, 
 49, 52, 54, 69; Mildmay, 
 36; Cartwright, 39; Chad- 
 erton, 42 ; Whitaker, 42 ; 
 Ward, 57 ; Hutchinson, 86. 
 
 Puritan Teaching, 42, 48, c.6j 
 
 75- 
 Pusey, Dr., 137. 
 
 "Quatrains," Omar Khay- 
 yam, 143. 
 ** Queen Mary," 146. 
 Queens — 
 
 Anne, 95, loi, loS. 
 
 Anne Boleyn, 13. 
 
 Anne of Cleves, 14. 
 
 Catherine of Arragon, 13, 
 14, 17. 
 
 Catherine Howard, 14. 
 
 Elizabeth (see Elizabeth). 
 
 Elizabeth Wydeville, 5. 
 
 Jane Seymour, 13. 
 
 Mary (see Mary). 
 
 Mary IL, 95. 
 
 Rainbow, 154. 
 Raleigh, 41, 43. 
 Ramists, 49, 54, 54, 78. 
 Randolph, T., 74. 
 Ranke, 177. 
 
 209 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Ray, J., 90, 76, 95. 
 
 " Ready Money Mortiboy," 
 
 170. 
 Rede, Sir R., 7 
 Rede, Lecturers, 7, 11. 
 Redman, John, 24, 30, 31. 
 Reform Bill, 125. 
 Refo rmers — 
 
 Alcock, 6 ; Fisher, S ; 
 
 Tiinstall, 10; Gardiner, 11; 
 
 Cranmer, 13; Croke, 16; 
 
 Goodrich, 16; Latimer, 17; 
 
 Bilney, 19; Erasmus, 19; 
 
 Coverdale, 21 - Ridley, 22; 
 
 Cartwright, 39; Parker, 24; 
 
 Redman, 24; Rogers, 27 j 
 
 Grindal, 32; Bncer, 38; 
 
 Bradford, 37. 
 Reformation, 20, 22, 25, c?- 
 
 ji, 49, 66, 79, 163. 
 Religious I>if-e, 64. 
 Religious Tract Society, 118. 
 Restoration, Church, 151. 
 Revised Version, 147, 160. 
 Rhodes, Cecil, 31, 35. 
 •• Rhyme of Anc. Mariner," 
 
 129. 
 Rice, J., 170. 
 Richelieu, 140. 
 " Rickets," 71. 
 Ridley Hall, 22. 
 Ridley, Nich, 22, iS, 30, 31, 
 
 33> 37> 40- 
 " Rienzi," 140. 
 " Rigid Dynamics," 167. 
 " Risen Master," 158. 
 Rogers, J., 27, 23, 31. 
 Roman Catholics, 30, 31, 34, 
 
 48, 49, 56, 96, 176. 
 Roman Church, 80, 86, 93. 
 Romany, 171. 
 Roosevelt, 77. 
 Rose, H. J., 137, 136. 
 Rosetta Stone, 13c. 
 Rotherham, Thomas, 5, 6, 7. 
 
 Rotherham, Town of, 6. 
 
 Rotterdam, 19. 
 
 Routh, ]•:. J., 167. 
 
 Royal Academy, 154. 
 
 Ro)''al Exchange, 32. 
 
 Royal Society, 84, 97, 1x5, 
 
 154, '56, 175- 
 Royalist Sympathies, 62, 63, 
 
 68, 70, 72, 80, 87. 
 Russia, 132. 
 Rutlandshire, 45. 
 
 S. Albans, 47. 
 
 S. Albans, Viscount, 47, 
 
 S. Augustine of Canterbury. 
 163. 
 
 S. Augustine's College, Can- 
 terbury, 154. 
 
 S. Andrew's, V\>lls Street, 
 
 S. Benedict's Order, 2. 
 
 S. Benet's Church, i. 
 
 S. Giles' Church, i. 
 
 S. Helen's Church, Bishops- 
 gate, 32. 
 
 S. Michael's Church, S. 
 Albans, 47. 
 
 S. Rhadegund's Nunnery, 1. 
 
 S. Stephen, Chapel of, West- 
 minster, 5. 
 
 S. John, Chapel of, 16. 
 
 Sackville College, 151. 
 
 Sacrament, Blessed, 63^ 65. 
 
 Saffron Walden, 16, 29, 61. 
 
 Salisbury, Earl of, 46, 53. 
 
 Salisbui-y, Lord, 164. 
 
 Sancroft, W., 85, 26, 67, 102. 
 
 Sandys, E., 33, 26. 
 
 " Satires," 58. 
 
 Savoy Chapel, 73. 
 
 Schools — 
 Beverley, 68. 
 Bury S. Edmunds, 85. 
 Charterhouse, 80, 88, 135, 
 
 i37> i47> 170- 
 Christ's TTospital, 128, 156. 
 
 210 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Eton College, 5, 49, 61, ^7, 
 72, 81, 105, no, HI, 112, 
 1 145 117, 122, 123, 12&, 
 132, i35> M4j 146, 164, 
 165, 173, 174. 
 
 Felsted, 83, 88. 
 
 Harrow, 131, 134, 142, 143, 
 148, 149, 154, 167, 174. 
 
 Huntingdon, 71. 
 
 King Edward's, Birming- 
 ham, 159. 
 
 King's School, Canterbiiry, 
 52, 60, 79, 120. 
 
 Lancaster, Blue Coat, 136. 
 
 Merchant Taylors, 44, 4S. 
 
 Marlborough, 166. 
 
 Rugby, 160, 169. 
 
 S. Aiban's, 88. 
 
 St. Paul's, 21, 74, 93, 98, 
 106. 
 
 Shrewsbury, 117. 
 
 University College, 167. 
 
 Westminster, 58, 63, 69, 71 j 
 92, 102. 
 Scholarship, Craven, 139, i6y, 
 
 171. 
 Scholarship, Person, 171. 
 Scholarship, Whewell, 174. 
 " Scholemaster, The," 30. 
 Schumann, 170. 
 Scientists — 
 
 Dee, 36 ; Horrocks, 83 ; Ray, 
 90 ; Bacon, 46 ; Wil- 
 lughby, 95 ; Newton, 96 ; 
 Cavendish, 115; Young, 
 130 ; Darwin, 144 ; Kel- 
 vin, 157; Foster, 174; 
 Wollaston, 125 ; vStokes, 
 153 ; Harvey, 61 ; Clerk 
 Maxwell, 166 ; Barrow, 
 89. 
 Scientific Subjects, 150, 153, 
 
 155- 
 Scots, Mary, Queen of, 38. 
 Scott, Sir W., 37, 127, 128, 129. 
 
 '■" Scripture Doctrine of the 
 
 Trinity," 103. 
 Seatonian Prize, 152. 
 Secretary of Admiralty, 94. 
 Secretary of State, 29, 54, 140. 
 Secretary for War, 169. 
 Sedgwick, A., 131, 135, i6o, 
 
 138. 
 
 Seeley, Sir J. R., 168, 167. 
 
 '* Select Discourses," 87. 
 
 Selwyn, G. A., 144. 
 
 Senior Wrangler, 136, 157, 
 158, 167; Paley, n6; 
 Martyn, 129 ; Herschel, 
 135; Airy, 139; Ellis, 
 153; Stokes, 153; Cayley, 
 155; Adams, 156; Thom- 
 son, 153 ; Routh, 167. 
 
 •' Sentimental Journey," 112. 
 "Sepulchral Monuments," 115. 
 
 '* Serious Call," ic8 
 
 Sermons, 48, 73, 89, 104, 112, 
 117, 120, 136, 149, 150, 160. 
 
 Seven Bishops, 85, 88. 
 
 Seymour, Jane, 13. 
 
 Shad well, T., 95. 
 
 Shaftesbury, Lord, 131. 
 
 Shakespeare, 41, 44, 50, 52, 
 
 58, 59> 71. 73. 79- 
 Shelf ord, 138. 
 Shelley, 129, 134. 
 " Shepheards Calender," 44. 
 Sherlock, T., 105, 103, 104, 
 
 107. 
 Sheykhs, 172. 
 Shorthand Writing, 109. 
 Sidgwick, H., 169, 171. 
 Sidney, Sir Philip, 49, 50. 
 Simeon, C, 123, 120, 129, 132, 
 
 133- 
 Sinai, 171. 
 Sisterhood, East Grinstead, 
 
 152. 
 Six Articles, lo, 11, 14, 18. 
 " Slavery," 124. 
 Slave Trade, 121, 124. 
 
 211 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Sloane, Hans, 94. 
 
 Smith, Sir Thomas, 29, 12, 
 
 28, 30. 
 Smith, J., 87, 76, 84. 
 Smith, J. (Baptist), 45. 
 Smith, J., Hamblin, 160. 
 Smithfield, 28, 35. 
 Smithfield, S. Bartholomew's, 
 
 36. 
 Social Community, 128. 
 Socialism, Christian, 141 . 
 Society, Propagation of the 
 
 Gospel, 95. 
 Soham, 22. 
 Solemn League and Covenant, 
 
 80, 84. 
 Solicitors General, Coke, 43 J 
 
 Bacon, 46 ; Lock wood, 
 
 172. 
 " Sophocles," 171. 
 South Sea Scheme, 105. 
 Southey, 37, 108, 127, 128, 
 
 ^33- 
 Southwark, 77. 
 Speaker of H. of C. — 
 
 Audley, 15. 
 Spedding, J., 144, 142, 153. 
 Spelman, Sir H., 53. 
 Spencer, J., 91. 
 Spenser, E., 43, 87. 
 Spohr, 170. 
 
 Stained Windows, 153, 
 Stanhope, Earl of Chesterfieldj 
 
 110. 
 Stanley, Dean, 83, 141, 155. 
 Stanton, Hervey de, 2. 
 State, 43, 51, 53. 
 State, Secretary of, 54. 
 Statesmen — 
 
 Rotherham, 5; Audley, 15; 
 
 W^'att, 21 ; N. Bacon, 27 ; 
 
 Gresham, 31 ; Burghley, 
 
 34 ; Walsingham, 38 ; 
 
 Bacon, 46 ; Essex, 51 ; 
 
 Salisbury, 53; Boyle, 55; 
 
 Williams, 62 ; Strafford, 
 
 68 ; Cromwell, 71 ; 
 
 Temple, 90 ; Walpoie, 
 105; Pitt, 119; Wilber- 
 force, 121; Grey, 125; 
 Palmerston, 131 ; Devon- 
 shire, 164: Fawcett, 168; 
 Campbell-Bannerman, 169; 
 Parnell, 173; Bacon, 27; 
 Hutchinson, 86. 
 
 Statues, 123, 132, 134, 138, 
 146, 176, 137. 
 
 Stephen, J. K., 174. 
 
 Stephen, Sir Leslie, 164. 
 
 Sterling, J-, 142, i35> i43- 
 
 Sterndale Bennett, Sir W., 
 170. 
 
 Sterne, L., iii. 
 
 Sterne, R., 70, 63, 69. 
 
 Stillingfleet, E., 92, 100. 
 
 Stoke Poges, 113. 
 
 Stokes, Sir G. G., 153, 97, 157, 
 160. 
 
 '* Stories for Young," 152. 
 
 Stow, 22. 
 
 Strafford, Earl of, 68. 
 
 Strawberry Hill, 114. 
 
 Strype, J., 98, 99. 
 
 Stubbs, Bishop, 53, 101. 
 
 •' Study of Words," 142. 
 
 Suez Canal. 172. 
 
 Sunday School, 118. 
 
 "Supernatural Religion," 162. 
 
 Surrey Chapel, 117. 
 
 Sweating Sickness, 30. 
 
 Swift, 90. 
 
 Synod of Dort, 57. 
 
 Tait, Archbishop, 160. 
 Tariff Reform Movement, 164. 
 Taverner, R., 28. 
 Taylor, J., 78, 76, 80, 81. 
 Temple, Lord Palmerston, 13 1. 
 Temple, Master of, 149. 
 •' Temple, The," 65, 70. 
 Temple, Sir W. (Emm.), go. 
 
 212 
 
CELEBRATED 'CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 Temple, Sir W. (King's), 49. 
 
 Tenison, T., 95, 102. 
 
 Tennj'son, A,, Lord, 146, 127, 
 142, 142, 143, 147, 147. 
 
 Thackeray, W. M., 147, 142, 
 146. 
 
 Theologians — 
 
 Tunstall, 10; Gardiner, 11 ; 
 Craniner, 13 ; Erasmus, 
 19 ; Ridley, 23 ; Parker, 25 ; 
 Andrews, 48; Donne, 56; 
 Montague, 61; Cosin, 66; 
 Taylor, 78 ; Gunning, 79 ; 
 Pearson, 82 ; Barrow, 88 ; 
 Tillotson, 91 ; Stillingfleet, 
 92 ; Beveridge, 94 ; Bentley, 
 100 ; Sherlock, 105 ; Water- 
 land, 107; Law, 108 ; Paley, 
 115; Milner, 118; Marsh, 
 120 ; Simeon, 123 ; Maurice, 
 141 ; Trench, 142; Words- 
 worth, 143; Vaughan, 149 ; 
 Westcott, 159; Lightfoot, 
 161 ; Benson, 162 ; Farrar, 
 166. 
 
 Thirlwall, C, 137, 143, 135. 
 
 " This Son of Vulcan," 170. 
 
 Thomson, W., Lord Kelvin, 
 i57> 167. 
 
 Thompson, W. H., 142, 143, 
 147, ISO, 161. 
 
 Thorwaldsen, 134. 
 
 ♦• Three Letters,*' 108. 
 
 Throne, 5, 3, 10, 12, 28, 6, 8, 9, 
 
 ", i3» 14, 7» 4i» 43> 5^ 53» 
 101, 108, 139, 34, 42, 47, 
 54, 56, 62, 59, 63, 65, 68. 
 69, 70, 72, 78, 86, 87, 85, 
 89, 88, 90, 91, 96, 95, 105, 
 131, 161. 
 
 Tichborne Case, 140. 
 
 Tillotson, 91, 76, 86, 102. 
 
 Tower, Church of S. Peter, ;-. 
 
 Tower of London, 9, 10. 2S, 
 33. 47, 5I-' 57.. 62, 63, 71, 
 85, 86, 105. 
 
 *• Toxophilus," II, 30. 
 
 Tractarians, 137, 150. 
 
 Tracts, 53. 
 
 Trafalgar, 120. 
 
 Transit of Venus, 83. 
 
 Travellers, Clarke, 126; Pal- 
 mer, 171. 
 
 Treasury First Lord, Walpole, 
 105. 
 
 " Treatise on Pope's Supre- 
 maci'^," 89. 
 
 Trench, R. C, 142, 143. 
 
 Trevelyan, Sir G. O., 171. 
 
 Tripos, Moral Science, 136. 
 
 Tripos, Nat. Science, 136. 
 
 '* Tristram Shandy,'* iii. 
 
 "True Intellectual System," 83. 
 
 Trumpington, 88. 
 
 Truro, 129. 
 
 Tunstall, Cuthbert, 10, 14, 24. 
 
 Turkey, 132. 
 
 Tusser, Thomas, 37. 
 
 ** Two Years Ago,** 155. 
 
 ** Two Voices," 146. 
 
 Tjmdale, 20. 
 
 Tyndale's Bible, 27. 
 
 Tyrone Rebellion, 44. 
 
 Ulm, 120. 
 
 Ultramontanism, 176. 
 
 '♦ Uncle Toby,'* in. 
 
 Union Society, 136, 139, 140, 
 140, 142, 147, 174. 
 
 University, Carab., 31, 34, 
 46, 77, loi, 102, 105, 
 no, 112, 120, 132, 134, 
 
 136, 137j 140, i43» '443 
 158, 161, 162, 164, 166, 
 
 172, 174, 175. 
 University of Edinburgh, 166. 
 University of Glasgow, 169. 
 University of London, 174, 
 
 175. 32- 
 University M.P.*s., 119, 131, 
 
 154. 154' 171- 
 University of Oxford, 59, 150, 
 
 167, 35. 56, 84. 
 
 213 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 University Press, 49. 
 
 Universities, Foreign, 13, 36. 
 
 Universities' Mission to Cent. 
 Africa, 158. 
 
 " Unlawfulness of Stage En- 
 tertainments," 108. 
 
 Uppingham, 78. 
 
 Uranus, planet, 156. 
 
 Ussher, 48, 53, 57. 
 
 Utrecht, 19. 
 
 Valence, Mary de, 3. 
 
 *• Vanity Fair," 147. 
 
 Vaughan, C. J., 149. 
 
 Venables, 143. 
 
 Venn, H., 114, 108. 
 
 Venus, Transit of, 83. 
 
 Vergil, 93. 
 
 ** Verses and Translations," 
 
 167. 
 Verulam, Lord, 46. 
 Vestments, 30, 67. 
 Vice Chancellor, 90, 105, 107, 
 
 118, 8, 24, 39, 33, 35. 
 *' Vindication," 82. 
 •' Vindication of Divinity,** 
 
 107. 
 •' Virginians, The," 148. 
 
 Wainwright, Murder, 140. 
 Walden, Monastery of, 16. 
 Walden, Saffron, 16, 29, 61. 
 Wales, 53, 78. 
 Waller, E., 72. 
 Wallis, J., 83. 
 Walmisley, T. A., 150. 
 Walpole, Horace, 114, no, 
 
 in, 112. 
 Walpole, Sir R., 105, 114. 
 Walsingham, Sir Francis, 38. 
 Walton, I., 54, 56, 69, 88. 
 Warburton, no. 
 Ward, Sam., 56, 84. 
 Ward, Seth., 84. 
 Warham, Abp. 10. 
 War, Secretary of State, 169. 
 
 Waterbeach, in. 
 Waterland, D., 107, 103. 
 Watson, T., 31, 23. 
 Webb, Benjamin, 150, 151. 
 Wells Street, S. Andrew's, 151. 
 
 Wellington College, 162. 
 
 Weutworth, Earl of Strafford, 
 68. 
 
 Wesley, John, 108. 
 
 Wesley, Samuel, io8. 
 
 " \^'est " Chapel, Ely. 7. 
 
 West, Nicholas, 7. 
 
 Westcott, B. F., 159, 160, 161, 
 165. 
 
 Westminster Abbey, 5, 24, 44, 
 45. 59. 83, 87, 89, 90, 97, 
 102, 120, 131, 134, 135, 
 138, 142, 145, 146, 148, 
 154. 157, 159. 166, 170. 
 
 Westminster City, 44. 
 
 " Westward Ho," 155. 
 
 Wharton, H., loi. 
 
 Wharton, T., 87. 
 
 Whewell, W., 136, 135, 147. 
 
 Whichcote, B., 76, 84, 87. 
 
 Whigs, 118, 125. 
 
 Whiston, W. , 102, 97, 103, 104, 
 106. 
 
 Whitaker, W., 42. 
 
 White, H. Kirke, 133, 124, 
 129. 
 
 White of Selborne, 90. 
 
 Whitfield, n7. 
 
 Whitgift, John, 40, 26, 33, 35, 
 
 37. 39.' 41, 43. 46, 5'. S3- 
 '* Widow Wadman," 112. 
 Wilberforce, S., 142. 
 Wilberforce, W., 121, 119, 
 
 124- 133- 
 Wilkes Trial, no. 
 William HI., 86, 90. 
 Williams, G., 152, 165. 
 Williams, J., 62, 57, 69. 
 Willis, R., 141. 
 Willughby, F., 95, 90. 
 Windsor, Deans of. West, 7. 
 
 214 
 
CELEBRATED CAMBRIDGE MEN. 
 
 ' Winter's lale," 50. 
 Wiseman, Cardinal, 177. 
 Wodelarke, Robert, 5. 
 Wollaston, W. H., 125. 
 Wolsey, Cardinal, 7, 8, 11, 13, 
 
 17, 24, 
 *' Woman of Samaria," 170. 
 Women, Higher Education; 
 
 169. 
 Wordsworth, Bp. C, 143. 
 Wordsworth, C, Dr., 137. 
 Wordsworth, W., 126, 128. 
 
 142, i43> 143- 
 *♦ World Essays," 114. 
 *' Worthies of England," 73. 
 Wranglers, 120, 126, 136, 138. 
 
 148, 150, 157, 158, 161, 
 
 164, 166, 168. 
 
 Wren, M., 62, 48, 63, 67, 69. 
 Wren, Sir Chr., 85, 94, loij 
 
 102. 
 Wyatt, Sir Th., 21. 
 
 •• Yeast," 15c. 
 
 York, 6, 172. 
 
 York, Archd. of, 16. 
 
 York Minster, 6. 
 
 Yorkshiremen, Rotherham, 5; 
 Alcock, 6 ; Fisher, 8 ; 
 Tunstall, 10 ; Bentley, 
 100; Lockwood, 172. 
 
 Young, T., 130. 
 
 Zulu Language, 14S. 
 
 215 
 
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