Name
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Portrait
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Dates
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Notes
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Andrew Dokett
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1448–1484
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English churchman and academic
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Thomas Wilkynson
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1484–1505
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Vicar, Canon of Ripon
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John Cardinal Fisher
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1505–1508
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Catholic Bishop of Rochester; executed by Henry VIII for refusing to accept him as head of the Church of England in 1535, canonised in 1935. Namesake of the Fisher Building.
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Robert Bekensaw
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1508–1519
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English churchman and academic
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John Jenyn
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1519–1525
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Cleric
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Thomas Forman
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1525–1527
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Rector of All Hallows, London. Early Reformer.
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William Frankleyn
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1527–1529
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English churchman, dean of Windsor
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Simon Heynes
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1529–1537
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Theologian. Early reformer.
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William May
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1537–1553, 1559–1560
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Theologian and dean of St Paul's Cathedral; his report saved the Cambridge colleges from dissolution under Henry VIII
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William Glyn
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1553–1557
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Also Bishop of Bangor
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Thomas Pecocke
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1557–1559
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Theologian
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John Stokes
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1560–1568
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Also Archdeacon of York
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William Chaderton
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1568–1579
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Later Bishop of Chester and Bishop of Lincoln
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Humphrey Tyndall
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1579–1614
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Theologian, Dean of Ely and Archdeacon of Stafford
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John Davenant
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1614–1622
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Later Bishop of Salisbury
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John Mansell
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1622–1631
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Churchman, theologian, philosopher
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Edward Martin
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1631–1644, 1660–1662
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Sent the college silver to King Charles I; imprisoned in the Tower of London by Oliver Cromwell; restored to presidency under Charles II
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Herbert Palmer
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1644–1647
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Puritan and member of the Westminster Assembly; installed as President by Cromwell
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Thomas Horton
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1647–1660
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Theologian; removed by the restoration of the monarchy
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Anthony Sparrow
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1662–1667
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Later Bishop of Exeter and Bishop of Norwich
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William Wells
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1667–1675
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Archdeacon of Colchester
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Henry James
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1675–1717
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Theologian, Regius Professor of Divinity.
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John Davies
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1717–1732
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Clergyman and classicist.
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William Sedgwick
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1732–1760
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Clergyman and academic.
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Robert Plumptre
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1760–1788
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Clergyman and academic.
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Isaac Milner
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1788–1820
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Clergyman, mathematician, inventor, abolitionist. Lucasian Professor of Mathematics and Dean of Carlisle.
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Henry Godfrey
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1820–1832
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Clergyman and academic.
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Joshua King
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1832–1857
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Mathematician, Lucasian Professor of Mathematics.
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George Phillips
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1857–1892
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Clergyman, mathematician, scholar of Semitic languages.
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William Magan Campion
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1892–1896
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Clergyman and mathematician.
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Herbert Edward Ryle
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1896–1901
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Theologian, Hulsean Professor of Divinity. Later Bishop of Exeter, Bishop of Winchester and Dean of Westminster
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Frederic Chase
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1901–1906
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Theologian, Norrisian Professor of Divinity. Later Bishop of Ely.
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Thomas Cecil Fitzpatrick
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1906–1931
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Clergyman and physicist. Namesake of Fitzpatrick Hall in Cripps Court.
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John Archibald Venn
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1931–1958
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Economist and government advisor. Son of the logician John Venn.
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Arthur Armitage
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1958–1970
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Barrister and government advisor. Namesake of the Armitage Room above Fitzpatrick Hall.
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Sir Derek Bowett
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1970–1982
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International lawyer, Whewell Professor of International Law.
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Lord Oxburgh
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1982–1988
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Geologist and geophysicist
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Sir John Polkinghorne
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1988–1996
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KBE; FRS; physicist and theologian; extensive writer on science-faith relations; Templeton Prize 2002; member of General Synod
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Lord Eatwell
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1997–2020
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Economist, previously chief economic adviser to Neil Kinnock and chairman of the British Library; Opposition Spokesman for the Treasury in the House of Lords.
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Mohamed A. El-Erian
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2020 –
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Economist, previously Chief Executive Officer at PIMCO
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