Roger Tapp came to Clare in 1957 to read Natural Sciences.
He gained his doctorate in 1964 on the "Cellular function in the salivary gland" and became a Fellow of the College in 1962 and was a Fellow for 64 years ago.
He continued his research in physiology using electron microscopy, publishing numerous papers and contributing to three text books together with E Glasby and C Huang.
In 1996 Roger produced an integrated histology course aided by videos. He lectured on Respiration, Digestion, Blood Clotting and the Kidney.
Roger supervised for several colleges, including Clare.
He was Graduate Tutor for nine years from 1978-87.
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c.1939 - 17 March 2026
Described by J. R. Wardale as the only volume to survive the fire in the Master's Lodge and Muniment Room in 1521.
(Gransdens and Warmfield), 1686
Cave Benefaction to Otley Grammar School, 1607
Johnson Exhibitions (Witham and Manthorpe, later Whaplode and Holbeach), 1629
Metcalfe Scholarship (Owstwick), [1680-1722] 1724
Macfarlane-Grieve Benefaction, 1911 and 1915
Elliott Benefaction to Scholarship Fund, 1911
Mellon Scholarships, 1932 (refounded as Fellowships financed by Old Dominion Foundation, 1948). Further gifts from Paul Mellon and Old Dominion Foundation, 1952, 1954 and nd [c. 1962]
Wardale Scholarship in Classics, 1937