Matriculated at Clare, 1965.
Known to friends as Sebastian and also known as Jack Sprott.
Born at Sillwood Place, Crowborough, Sussex, to Herbert Sprott and his wife, née Mary Elizabeth Williams
School - Felsted School
Clare College where he became a member of the Cambridge Apostles
He was invalidated from serving in the military during the First World War and taught in preparatory schools
In the 1920s, he became acquainted with other members of the Bloomsbury Group
He was romantically involved with the economist John Maynard Keynes, who was at the time also seeing the ballerina Lydia Lopokova. The affair with Keynes ended after Keynes married Lopokova
After a job as a demonstrator at the Psychological Laboratory in Cambridge, he moved to the University of Nottingham, where he eventually became professor of philosophy
He died on 2 September 1971 at Langham Road, Blakeney, Norfolk
Fellow at Clare, d. 5 July 2004
Rosalind (Polly) O'Hanlon, Clare 1972, Fellow 1982, Lecturer 1988, Director of Studies 1992, Senior Tutor 2000-2006
HAG Parsons retired in 1949 as kitchen manager after over 50 years at Clare
William Brian Reddaway 1913-2002, Economist, Fellow of Clare
Came up to Clare in 1952 to read law.
One of three Sassoon brothers who came to Clare (1905). NB He lived at 4 Market Hill, Cambridge during his time at Clare.
Joseph Senior (1911) studied Classics, was awarded the Greene Cup in 1915 and Owst Prize for Classics (for finishing in top 6 across the University in Part II). He was killed in action in 1917 serving with the Royal Flying Corps.