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Born in London the son of John and Susannah of Wardour Street, London

Admitted as a pensioner to Clare College on 13 June 1799
Matriculated at Michaelmas 1799
B.A. 1803, M.A. 1806, D.D. 1818

Ordained deacon 1803, priest 1805. Vicar of Honington, Lincs. 1805-67
Married Harriet Brooke of Low Leyton, Essex at Knaresborough, Yorkshire. Father of Henry A. Coles born 1825.
Died on 24 October 1867

Son of John Copley of Nether Hall (admitted Fellow Commoner of Clare in 1678). Born at Nether Hall, Doncaster. Baptised 13 January 1684/85

Admitted Fellow Commoner at Clare, 19 June 1703.
2 December 1711 married Eleanor Shaw.

Died c. 1782.

Born in 1617 in Aller, Somerset, the son of Ralph
Educated by his step-father Dr Stoughton

Admitted as a pensioner to Emmanuel College 1632, matriculated 1632
B.A. 1635/6, M.A. 1639, B.D. 1646, D.D. 1651
Made Fellow of Emmanuel 1639

Master of Clare College 1645-54
Regius Professor of Hebrew 1645-88
Rector of North Cadbury, Somerset 1650
Master of Christ’s College 1654-88
Rector of Toft, Cambridgeshire, 1656
Vicar of Great Wilbraham 1656
Rector of Ashwell, Hertfordshire, 1662
Prebendary of Gloucester 1678
Author of Intellectual system.

Father of John born in 1672
Died 26 June 1688 buried in Christ’s College Chapel

Born in Palmanova, Friuli, Italy and educated at the University of Florence (1916–1920) graduating with a degree in Natural Sciences.

First World War - served in the military corps of the alpini and was captured by the Austrians.

Worked in the Universities of Florence, Pavia (1923–1924) and Milan (1924–1927) and as a consultant geologist for the Edison Company for hydroelectric plants in Italy, Spain, Switzerland, Greece, Turkey and Brazil, and the same capacity for the Public Power Corporation of Greece.
1973 he became Professor Emeritus at the University of Milan.

Led geographical and geological expeditions in Europe, Africa, and Asia. He also explored Antarctica.

In 1954 he led the Italian expedition to K2 when Achille Compagnoni and Lino Lacedelli became the first people to reach the summit

He spent his last four years in Rome, where he died in December 2001, aged 104.

Matriculated pensioner from Clare College October 1607
Of Liss, Hampshire
Benefactor to Clare College

Master of Clare College, 1654-1660

Born in Deane, Bedfordshire in 1612. Son of Thomas, Rector of Deane. Baptised on 18 October 1612
School - Upper Deane
Admitted at Emmanuel College on 13 September 1629
Matriculated in 1629
B.A. 1633/4
M.A. 1637
B.D. from Sidney, 1644
D.D. from Clare, 1655
Fellow of Sidney, 1638
Master of Clare, 1654-60, and 1661-78
Vice-Chancellor, 1655-56, 1656-57, 1662

Ordained deacon at Peterborough, 10 March 1638/39
Rector of Offord Cluny, Huntingdonshire, 1654-78
Prebendary of York, 1662
Archdeacon of Bedford, 1667-78
Died in Cambridge on 22 November 1678

Took a degree in geology and earth sciences at the University of Chicago
1925 - Master of Science in geology
1930 - Ph.D. in geology from Harvard after studying at Radcliffe College, the female-coordinated liberal arts college affiliated with Harvard College

1925-1926 - professor at Goucher College
1926-1928 - professor at Wellesley College
Independent academic engagements and research pursuits excluded her from the educational profession for some time
1957-1961 - professor of Engineering Geology at Harvard University
1963-1970 - research fellow while pursuing her own research and interests in the field of geology

It was through her research that she met her husband and lifelong scientific partner, Karl von Terzaghi, whom she married after receiving her Ph.D. in 1930.