Robert Caldwell (academic)
Robert Townley Caldwell (16 March 1843 – 8 September 1914) was the Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge from 1906 to 1914.
Robert Townley Caldwell | |
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| Born | 16 March 1843 Bridgetown, Barbados |
| Died | 8 September 1914 (aged 71) Inneshewen, Dess, Aberdeenshire, Scotland |
| Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
| Spouses |
Ellen Philippa Mary Farquhar
(m. 1883) |
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| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Mathematics |
| Institutions | University of Cambridge |
Biography
Born in Barbados on 16 March 1843, he was educated at St John's College, Winnipeg,[1] King's College, London and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. as 10th wrangler in 1865.[2]
Elected a Fellow of Corpus Christi in 1865, he spent the rest of his working life there serving as a Mathematical Lecturer, Bursar and finally Master[3] until his death on 8 September 1914.[4] He was an active Cambridgeshire Freemason, from his initiation into Isaac Newton University Lodge rising to be Provincial Grand Master.[5]
Notes
- “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007; ISBN 9780199540877
- "Caldwell, Robert Townley (CLDL861RT)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ”The College of Corpus Christi and of the Blessed Virgin Mary A History from 1822 to 1952” Bury, JPT Cambridge CUP, 1952
- Death Of The Master Of Corpus. Business Head And Reformer, The Times, Wednesday, 9 September 1914; pg. 11; Issue 40630; col D.
- "Provincial Grand Lodge of Cambridgeshire - Col. Robert Caldwell (1891-1914)". cambridgeshirefreemasons.org.uk. Retrieved 4 August 2023.
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