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The Revd Canon William Telfer MC ()[1] was an English clergyman and academic,

Born in Rochester, Kent, the son of a schoolmaster
Graduated from Clare College in 1908 and was ordained and became the Vicar of All Saints Church in Rotherhithe
During the First World War he served as a chaplain and was awarded the Military Cross in the 1916

1921 - became a Fellow of Clare College
He specialised in early Christian studies

1921 - Dean of Clare College
1944-47 - Ely Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University
1947-1956 - Master of Selwyn College

Born in 1804, the 3rd son of the Revd Edmund Williamson, Rector of Campton, Bedfordshire
School - Westminster

Admitted as a pensioner at St John's College on 15 June 1820 but did not reside
Admitted as a pensioner at Clare on 2 Sept 1820
Matriculated Michaelmas 1821
Scholar, 1822
Bell Scholar, 1822
B.A. (2nd Wrangler, 2nd Smith's prize) 1825
M.A. 1828
B.D. 1843
Fellow, 1827-50
Tutor, 1839-50

Admitted ad eundem at Oxford, 1845
Admitted at Lincoln's Inn, 10 June 1825
Called to the Bar, 18 May 1830
Practised as an Equity Draftsman and Conveyancer until his return to Clare in 1839

Ordained deacon (Lichfield), 27 June 1841; priest (Ely), 5 June 1842
Rector of Datchworth, Hertfordshire, 1849-75

9 April 1850 married Jane Hutchinson, daughter of William Ferguson, M.D., Inspector-General of Military Hospitals

Died on 17 December 1875

James D. Forbes was a Scottish physicist and glaciologist who worked extensively on the conduction of heat and seismology. Forbes was a resident of Edinburgh for most of his life, educated at its University and a professor there from 1833 until he became principal of the United College of St Andrews in 1859.

Politician and diplomat. For 31 years he served as a Labour Member of Parliament. He was also British High Commissioner in Accra and Nairobi, and later President of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe.

Educated at Haileybury and Clare College where he was an athlete, and president of the Cambridge Union Society. Two years at Yale followed, with a Mellon Fellowship in international law.

Born to Maha Vidane Mudaliar Gabriel de Sampayo in Colombo on 10 September 1855

Educated at St Benedict's College (former Kottanchina Seminary) before gaining a Queen's scholarship to study at the Colombo Academy (now Royal College, Colombo)
He excelled in school, winning the Form Prize, Prizes for Latin and Maths, and the Turnour Prize
He won the English University Scholarship to the University of Cambridge and study at Clare graduating in 1881 with a LLB
In later years he would name his mansion at Silversmith Street Clareden after Clare College
1881 - called to the Bar from the Middle Temple

On returning to Ceylon he started his legal practice in Colombo. He also served as a lecturer and examiner at the newly established Ceylon Law College, and was co-editor of the Ceylon Law Reports

In 1903 he was sworn in as a King's Counsel and was appointed as a Commissioner of Assize

In 1915 he was appointed a Puisne Justice and was made a senior Puisne Justice in 1922
He functioned as Acting Chief Justice on several occasions
In 1924 was made Knight Bachelor by the King

A devoted Christian, he was the first President of the Catholic Union of Ceylon. The Pope conferred on him the award of Knight Commander in the Holy Order of St. Gregory the Great.

Born in Wallington, Surrey
School - Repton School, Derbyshire

Admitted to Clare in 1928
He also had a B.Sc in physics from London University, which he apparently took as an external student while he was an undergraduate at Cambridge
He was a research student in physics at the Cavendish Laboratory and gained his Ph.D. in 1934

Joined the Department of Mineralogy and Petrology in Cambridge in 1933, serving as Demonstrator 1933-1945 and as Lecturer 1945-1977

During World War II he served with the Ministry of Supply where he worked on shell ballistics and experimental firings

1945 - returned to Clare College
1947 - elected a Fellow of St Catharine's College where he was a teacher and mentor to generations of students. His major academic contribution was his comprehensive book on Crystal Chemistry, published in 1939

1977 - he retired
He died in 2005

Statistician and Professor Emeritus of Statistics at the University of Edinburgh. He was Director of the Agricultural Research Council's Unit of Statistics from 1954 to 1984 and a former President of the Royal Statistical Society and of the Biometric Society. He was a pioneer in the development of systematic monitoring of drugs for detection of adverse reactions.

He was educated at Lymm Grammar School and Manchester Grammar School, where he won a Cambridge scholarship. He read mathematics and statistics at Clare College, Cambridge from 1934 to 1938. He was awarded a postgraduate scholarship for statistical work in agriculture.

Ecucated at Clifton College 1930-35, and admitted to Clare in 1935. Was in the 1st May Boat in 1938.

Admitted to Clare in 1938. Distinguished military career; awarded an MC during Emergency in Malaya.

Admitted to Clare College in 1930 to read for the Classical Tripos; he later became Fellow in1952 and Senior Tutor 1954-7.