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Sir Harold Jeffreys was a British geophysicist who made significant contributions to mathematics and statistics. His book, Theory of Probability, which was first published in 1939, played an important role in the revival of the objective Bayesian view of probability.

Jeffreys studied for the Mathematical Tripos at St John's College, Cambridge, where he established a reputation as an excellent student: obtaining first-class marks for his papers in Part One of the Tripos, he was a Wrangler in Part Two, and in 1915 he was awarded the prestigious Smith's Prize.

In 1914 he became a Fellow of St John's College, and he retained his Fellowship until his death 75 years later. At the University of Cambridge he taught mathematics, then geophysics and finally became the Plumian Professor of Astronomy.

Admitted pensioner at Clare College, 25 May, 1687
B.A. 1690/1
M.A. 1694
Exeter Fellow, 1693-1710.

Ordained priest (Lincoln) 3 June 1694
Vicar of Great Gransden, Huntingdonshire, 1708-43
Vicar of Gamlingay, 1710
Chaplain to the Bishop of Ely

Died on 19 February 1742/3, aged 72; buried at Gransden

Born in Goginan, Cardiganshire and educated at Lewis School Pengam and the University of Wales, Aberystwth.
Matriculated at Clare in 1897 to study Natural Sciences.
1899 BA and 1903 MA.

1 August 1912 married Muriel Gwendolen Edwards, a colleague and keen climber. She was the first woman to be elected a Fellow of the University of Wales.

1901 - demonstrator to the Jacksonian Professor of Natural Philosophy, Sir James Dewar.
1902 became a Fellow of Clare College and then a lecturer.

1907 - became a keen climber after receiving some tuition in Snowdonia.
1909 - member of the Alpine Club.

Jones and his wife were killed in an accident on their honeymoon in Switzerland, while climbing the Aiguille Rouge de Peuterey 2941m a subpeak of Aiguille Noire de Peuterey on 15 August 1912 in Italy. Their guide, Julius Truffer, slipped and fell on Jones, and all three dropped nearly 1,000 feet to the Fresnay Glacier.

William Clifford Jones was from the Rhondda Valley and attended LLandovery College before coming to Clare in 1933 "to read law and play rugby". He was awarded three Blues and thirteen Caps for Wales whom he captained in 1938.

After leaving Clare he qualified as a solicitor.
During the Second World War he served as a major with the Control Commission.
He later gave up being a lawyer and joined his father in the family business.

He came back to Welsh rugby in 1957 as a selector, was chairman of the committee for a period, and served until 1978.
He played a significant part in the establishment of the national coaching scheme and the squad training system which underpinned the success of the Welsh team in the late 1960s and the 70s.
In 1979 he was awarded the OBE.1980-81 was President of the Welsh Rugby Union.

Obituary: The Clare Association Annual, 1990-91, pg. 72

Born on 17 April 1889 the son of P. Keen.
School - Charterhouse

Admitted to Clare on 22 July 1908.
Read law and entered Inner Temple but death of his father led to him becoming head of the family firm of granary keepers and lighterman in Rotherhithe.
Became Chairman and President of the Model Railway Club.
Died in 1973.

Obituary in Clare Association Annual, 1973-4, p. 70

Originally from Barnsley, William Kelsey came to Clare in 1914 and is pictured in the 1914 matriculation photograph. He received his commission on his 19th birthday, serving as a Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery. He was grievously wounded in France on 14 July 1916, later dying of his injuries at the Empire Hospital in London. His name is included on the College War Memorial plaque in the Chapel.

Born in 1925 in Tunbridge Wells
School - Rugby

Admitted to Clare College on 15 January 1943

Admitted to Clare College in 1950
1964 - made a Fellow

Among his many interests, Dr Knewstubb was an expert on the Clare College silver who organised exhibitions of the College treasures, and he was an enthusiastic singer.