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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

Born on 29 May 1729 the son of William Dodd vicar of Bourne, Lincolnshire
Admited as a sizar at Clare College on 2 October 1745
Matriculated in 1746
B.A. 1749/50
M.A. 1759
LL.D. 1766

Ordained deacon (Ely) 18 Oct 1751; priest (London) 17 Jun 1753
Lecturer at West Ham, and elsewhere in London
Chaplain at the Magdalen House 1758
Chaplain to the King 1763-74
Preb. of Brecon, 1763
Rector of Hockliffe, Bedfordshire, with Chalgrave, 1772
Vicar of Wing, Buckinghamshire, 1775-77
A popular preacher in London

For forging a bond on his patron Lord Chesterfield, he was convicted and hanged at Tyburn
Dr Johnson keenly interested himself in attempting to secure his reprieve

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.

Born in London, probably the son of Thomas Done, of Gray's Inn, London.
Admitted Fellow Commoner at Clare College, 13 October 1703.
Admitted at the Inner Temple in 1705.

Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA

Admitted to Clare as a pensioner on 19 May 1758
Matriculated Michaelmas 1758

MA of Sch: Philadelphia College Philadelphia
Ordained deacon, London 11 March 1759
Ordained priest 1762

In 1970 Stearn and Son joined Eaden Lilley Photographers.
The copyright of the photos taken by Eaden Lilley has now passed to Lafayette Photography.

School - Doncaster Grammar, and at Yorkshire College, Leeds

Admitted as a scholar at Clare College on 21 March 1884
Natural Sciences Tripos Pt I, 1st Class, 1886
B.A. 1888; M.A. 1892
Athletics 'blue,' 1887

Ph.D. (Würzburg); F.I.C. Junior Demonstrator in Chemistry at Cambridge, 1888.

University Extension Lecturer, 1891-3
Lecturer on Pharmaceutical Chemistry, 1894-98
Professor of Chemistry, Victoria University College, Wellington, New Zealand, 1899-1919
President, Chemical Section, Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, 1909

During the Great War, 1914-19, member of N.Z. Munitions Committee
Director, Cawthron Institute of Scientific Research, Nelson, N.Z. 1919-33
President, N.Z. Institute, 1920, 1921

K.B.E., 1938

Author, Papers on organic chemistry.

Richard Eden, Emeritus Professor of Energy Studies, was elected Fellow of Clare College in 1951, also becoming Director of Studies in Mathematics. He was closely involved in the founding of Clare Hall in 1966 and in that year he also became a Fellow of Clare Hall, where after retirement he is now an Honorary Fellow. He is the author of Clare College and the founding of Clare Hall, (Clare Hall, 1998).