Matriculated at Clare College in 1892 and was Master of Clare 1929-1939.
John Wilson (admitted 1663) was a Freeman Fellow, 1669 - 1672.
Philip Whitwell Wilson was born in Westmorland, Cumbria, the son of I. Whitwell Wilson, a Justice of the Peace, and Annie Bagster.
He was educated at Kendal Grammar School.
Admitted to Clare College in 1894.
President of the Cambridge Union, and was also one of the first editors of the literary magazine Granta.
He worked in the Press Gallery in the House of Commons for twelve years immediately after leaving Clare and was an MP for St. Pancras (South) between 1906 - 1910. He also went on to write for the New York Times when he moved to America.
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'Tripos' verses were Latin (or occasionally Greek) verses composed for distribution, usually as printed sheets, at academic ceremonies in Cambridge from 1565 (at the latest) until 1894. Most of the earliest have as their subjects serious academic questions which were formally debated as part of the ceremonies; many others are humorous or satirical; some are simply on whatever topic happened to take the author's fancy.
The verses were part of the University's ceremony of graduation. Printed on the back of the verses are the names of the successful candidates for a baccalaureate degree.
See also College Development
The Freeman Foundation was set up following bequest from John Freeman by his will of 1614. The Freeman scholarships started in 1618. The Foundation was based on lands at Risby, Linwood and Tetney ?purchased in 1622
Johnson Exhibitions (Witham and Manthorpe, later Whaplode and Holbeach), 1629
Diggons Foundation (Braintree, Liss and Stepney), 1657
Metcalfe Scholarship (Owstwick), [1680-1722] 1724