One of three Sassoon brothers who came to Clare (1905). NB He lived at 4 Market Hill, Cambridge during his time at Clare.
Grew up in Retie, Belgium, and attended secondary school at the Sint-Jan Berchmanscollege in Mol
He read sinology at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven (1991)
He went on to study Chinese philosophy at National Taiwan University before moving to Clare College where he obtained a Ph.D. in Oriental studies (1997)
He was a research fellow at Oxford (Wolfson College) and taught at the University of Arizona before returning to Cambridge in 2002
He served as Secretary-General of the European Association for Chinese Studies from 2006 to 2012, and has been a long-serving trustee of the Needham Research Institute
In 2013 he was elected Fellow of the British Academy
He is the Joseph Needham Professor of Chinese History, Science, and Civilization at Cambridge University
Joseph Senior (1911) studied Classics, was awarded the Greene Cup in 1915 and Owst Prize for Classics (for finishing in top 6 across the University in Part II). He was killed in action in 1917 serving with the Royal Flying Corps.
For rebuilding works (money), 1525
Cave Benefaction to Otley Grammar School, 1607
Wilson Scholarship (Calne, later settled on part of Mowbrays Farm, Ickleton), 1724 Still in named existence, 1992
Trott Scholarship (Draughton rentcharge), [1686] 1725
Elliott Benefaction to Scholarship Fund, 1911
Wardale Scholarship in Classics, 1937
The Prize was founded in commemoration of Radu Murgoci (admitted 1925)