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(1927- ) Legal scholar. Admitted to Gonville and Caius College Cambridge in 1950 as a Fellow; Praelector Rhetoricus, 1958-80; President, 1976-80; Senior Tutor, 1980-9. Lecturer in Law, University of Cambridge.

Clerk of Works, Gonville and Caius College.

John Henry Pratt. Born 1809. Son of Rev. Josiah Pratt, the original Secretary of the Church Missionary Society. Studied at Oakham School. Began at Cambridge in 1829. B.A at Gonville and Caius 1833; M.A. at Christ’s and Sidney Sussex colleges 1836. 1838 left to India. In 1844 became Chaplain to the Bishop of Calcutta. In 1850 appointed Archdeacon of Calcutta. 1866 founded ‘Hill Schools Nomination Endowment Dund’; closed in 1871. Wrote A Demonstration on the Parallelogram of Force (1834) and published Mathematical Principles of Mechanical Philosophy (1836; revised 1842; expanded and republished 1860 as A Treatise on Attractions, LaPlace’s Functions, and the Figure of the Earth).Between 1843-1862 contributed to the Journals and Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society and in the Asiatic Society of Bengal. 1866 became a fellow of the Royal Society. Contributed to the Calcutta Review. 1856 edited The Notes of the Eclectic Society. A number of other articles and writings are recorded. Died December 30th 1871 of cholera at Ghazepore

The Praelector Rhetoricus, usually known simply as the Praelector, is responsible for seeing that members of the College are matriculated, for submitting supplicats (graces or requests for admission to a degree), and presenting members of the College in the Senate House for degrees.

(1905-1993) Mathematician. Admitted Gonville and Caius College, 1925; Fellow, 1930-93; Steward, 1948-51; Junior Bursar,1951-68. Lecturer in Mathematics, University of Cambridge.

(For further biographical information, see obituary by Philip Grierson, The Caian, 1993.)

Junior Bursar, Gonville and Caius College.

Ipswich.

(1934- ) Banker and numismatist. Educated at Christ Church Oxford. Admitted Caius 1987 as Fellow; Senior Bursar, 1987-2000.

Fellow of Trinity College.

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