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Masters

The following have served as masters of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, or its forerunner, Gonville Hall.^[1]

Gonville Hall
№	Master^[2]		Term of office
1	John Colton		4 June 1349	c. 1360
2	William Rougham		c. 1360	1393
3	Richard Pulham		1393	1412
4	William Somersham		1412	1416
5	John Rickingale		1416	1426
6	Thomas Attwood		1426	1454
7	Thomas Boleyn		1454	1472
8	Edmund Sheriffe		1472	1475
9	Henry Costessey		1475	1483
10	John Barly		1483	1504
11	Edmund Stubb		1504	1513
12	William Buckenham		1513	1536
13	John Skypp		1536	1540 resigned
14	John Styrmin		1540	1552†
15	Thomas Bacon		1552	1557
Gonville and Caius College
№	Master	Portrait	Term of office
(15)	Thomas Bacon D.D.		4 September 1557 (continued)	1 January 1559†
16	John Caius M.D.		24 January 1559	27 June 1573 (nominated Legge)
17	Thomas Legge LL.D.		27 June 1573	12 July 1607†
18	William Branthwaite D.D.		14 December 1607	January 1619†
19	John Gostlin M.D.		16 February 1619	21 October 1626†
20	Thomas Batchcroft D.D.		22 October 1626	15 April 1649 (expelled)
21	William Dell M.A.		4 May 1649	11 May 1660 (resigned)
(20)	Thomas Batchcroft D.D.		11 May 1660 (restored)	1 December 1660 (resigned)
22	Robert Brady M.D.		1 December 1660	19 August 1700†
23	James Halman M.A.		24 August 1700	23 December 1702†
24	Sir John Ellys M.A.		1 January 1703	29 November 1716†
25	Sir Thomas Gooch D.D.		29 November 1716	14 February 1754†
26	Sir James Burrough M.A.		27 February 1754	7 August 1764†
27	John Smith D.D.		17 August 1764	17 June 1795†
28	Richard Fisher Belward D.D. FRS		1 July 1795	16 May 1803†
29	Martin Davy M.D. D.D. FRS		31 May 1803	18 May 1839†
30	Benedict Chapman D.D.		11 June 1839	23 October 1852†
31	Edwin Guest LL.D. FRS		4 November 1852	8 October 1880 (resigned)
32	Norman Macleod Ferrers D.D. FRS		27 October 1880	31 January 1903†
33	Ernest Stewart Roberts M.A.		16 February 1903	16 June 1912†
34	Sir Hugh Kerr Anderson M.D. FRS		2 July 1912	2 November 1928†
35	John Forbes Cameron M.A.		23 November 1928	30 September 1948
36	Sir James Chadwick Ph.D. CH FRS		1948	1959
37	Sir Nevill Francis Mott M.A. CH FRS		1959	1966
38	Joseph Needham Ph.D. CH FRS		1966	1976
39	Sir William Wade LL.D. QC FBA		1976	1988
40	Peter Gray Ph.D. Sc.D. FRS		1988	1996
41	Neil McKendrick M.A. FRHistS		1 October 1996	2006
42	Sir Christopher Hum M.A. KCMG		2006	2012
43	Sir Alan Fersht Ph.D. FRS FMedSci		1 October 2012	30 September 2018
44	Pippa Rogerson Ph.D.		1 October 2018	Incumbent

Presidents of Fellows

The following have served as the president of Fellows of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge from the given date.

President	Term of office
James Burrough	1751–1754 (elected Master)
John Smith	1754–1764 (elected Master)
Joshua White	1764–1766
Charles Carver^[3]	1766–1767
James Hicks^[4]	1767–1769
Bartholomew Edwards	1769–1782
Samuel Reeve^[5]	1782–1789†
Richard Fisher Belward^[6]	1790–1795 (elected Master)
Thomas Cooke Burroughes^[7]	1795–1797
Martin Davy	1798–1803 (elected Master)
John Drew Borton^[8]	1803–1805
Jeremy Day^[9]	1819–1821
Hamnet Holditch^[10]	1835–1867†
Benjamin Heath Drury^[11]	1868–1875
Alfred George Day^[12]	1875–1877
Benjamin Heath Drury	1877–1894
Ernest Stewart Roberts^[13]	1894–1903 (elected Master)
John Venn	1903–1923†
Edward John Gross^[14]	April–Aug. 1923†
William Warwick Buckland^[15]	1923–1946†
F. J. M. Stratton^[16]	1946–1948
Edwin Keppel Bennett	1948–1956
Sir Ronald Fisher	1956–1959
Joseph Needham	1959–1966 (elected Master)
Philip Grierson	1966–1976
Michael Prichard	1976–1980
Iain Macpherson	1980–1992
Sir Sam Edwards	1992–1997
James Fitzsimons^[17]	1997–2005
W. Yao Liang^[18]	2005–2013
John Mollon^[19]	2013–2021
Peter Robinson^[20]	2021–

Deans

The following have served as dean of the college.

Arthur Knight
1878 – Frederic Wallis
2005–present Rev Dr Carolyn Hammond

References

^ 'The colleges and halls: Gonville and Caius', A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 3: The City and University of Cambridge. (1959), pp. 356-362. British History Online.
^ 'The colleges and halls: Gonville and Caius', A History of the County of Cambridge and the Isle of Ely: Volume 3: The City and University of Cambridge. (1959), pp. 356-362. British History Online.
^ "Carver, Charles (CRVR741C)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ "Hicks, James (HKS742J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ "Reeve, Samuel (RV756S)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ "Fisher (post Belward), Richard (FSR765R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ "Burroughes, Thomas Cooke (BRHS773TC)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ "Borton, John Drew (BRTN785JD)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ "Day, Jeremy (DY790J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ "Holditch, Hamnett (HLDC818H)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ "Drury, Benjamin Heath (DRRY835BH)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ "Day, Alfred George (DY843AG)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ "Roberts, Ernest Stewart (RBRS865ES)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ "Gross, Edward John (GRS862EJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ "Buckland, William Warwick (BKLT881WW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
^ Vistas in Astronomy. Vol. 1. p. xv. Retrieved 23 December 2021.
^ College News Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. babylon.acad.cai.cam.ac.uk
^ Professor Yao Liang
^ College news
^ College news

Obituary of John Venn (New York Times)
Venn, James, Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College vol. 1 (Cambridge, 1898) p. 110 at books.google.com, accessed 27 January 2009
Thomas Dinham Atkinson. Cambridge described & illustrated. 332 XIV. GONVILLE AND CAIUS COLLEGE.