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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.

Master of Clare College, 1915-1929

Born on 19 September 1851 in Aberdeen. Son of William Mollison.
School - Aberdeen Grammar
Aberdeen University; M.A. 1872

Admitted to Clare on 21 October 1872
B.A. (2nd Wrangler and 2nd Smith's prize) 1876
M.A. 1879
LL.D. 1916
Fellow, 1876
Tutor, 1880-94
Senior Tutor, 1894-1913
Master, 1915-29

Mathematical Lecturer at Jesus College, 1877-82
Secretary of the General Board of Studies, 1904-15
Hon. LL.D., Aberdeen, 1897

In 1877 he married, 1877, Ellen, the daughter of Mr Mayhew of East Dereham, Norfolk.

Mollison was a distinguished mathematician and a sound Classical scholar.
'Remarkable for his mental alertness, energy, and perseverance.'

He died on 10 March 1929 in London leaving legacies to the College.

Born in Wisbech and attended Gresham School.
Matriculated at Clare, 1933. Read Law.

Born in Wellington, New Zealand
Educated at Canterbury University College, New Zealand

Admitted to Clare on 5 Oct 1932.
1933-35 - Research

Born in 1832 the son of Henry, Esq., of Needham Market, Suffolk.
School - Ipswich

Admitted as a pensioner at Clare College on 11 June 1851
Matriculated at Michaelmas 1851; B.A. 1855; M.A. 1858
Fellow, 1855
Dean
Proctor, 1862

Ordained Deacon (Ely) 1856
Ordained Priest (London) 1857
Curate of Christ Church, St Pancras, London, 1856-9
Vicar of Litlington, Cambs., 1866-7
Rector of Rotherhithe with St Paul's, Globe Street, London, 1867-1907
Lady Margaret Preacher, 1869
Rural Dean of Southwark, 1875-87
Hon. Canon of Rochester, 1893-1905
Hon. Canon of Southwark Cathedral, 1905-24

Lived latterly at 4, Scroope Terrace, Cambridge

Author, History of the Parish of St Mary, Rotherhithe.
Died 17 October 1924, at Cambridge.

Admitted as a sizar at Clare College on 9 April 1851
Matriculated Michaelmas 1851
B.A. 1855; M.A. 1859

Ordained deacon, 1856; priest (Exeter) 1857

Second Master of Queen Mary's School, Walsall, 1858-60
Head Master of King Edward's School, Stafford, 1860-70
Vicar of St Chad's, Stafford, 1866-70
Rector of Orcheston St Mary, Wiltshire, 1876-88
Vicar of Little Malvern, Worcestershire, 1895-7. Resided latterly at Malvern Wells.
Died there on 7 December 1920.

Matriculated at Clare, 1963, and graduated in 1967.

Born in Hong Kong the son of G.M. Dalety
School - Charterhouse

Matriculated at Clare, 1946 to study Law
1947 Law Qual 2 2nd class
1948 Law Tripos II 2:2
1949 LLB 2:1

Died 2004

Brother of Euan Campbell Dalgety who matriculated in 1943 and who was killed while in the RAF

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.

Admitted to Clare College on 20 March 1875
Matriculated Michaelmas 1875 Scholar
B.A. (Class. Tripos, 1st Class) 1879
M.A. 1882; B.D. 1896; D.D. 1905

Fellow, 1881-87
Select Preacher, 1889

Ordained deacon (Ely) 1881
Ordained priest (St David's) 1883
Curate of St Barnabas, Cambridge, 1881-82

Professor of Latin in St David's College, Lampeter, 1882-88
Head Master, King's School, Chester, 1888-92
Rector of Fornham All Saints' with Westley, Suffolk, 1892-1904
Rector of Duxford, Cambs., 1904-10
Rector of Ripple, Kent, 1910-26

His edition of The Remains of Dionysius Alexandrinus, published in Cambridge Patristic Texts, 1904, is of lasting importance.
He edited other liturgiological works, and left a collection of books on this subject to the College library.

Joint editor, Vetus Liber Archidiaconi Eliensis (Cambridge Antiquarian Society)

Died 25 August 1926