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William Charles Denis Browne (1888-1915), matriculated at Clare in 1907. He was admitted on a Classics scholarship but spent most of his time at College pursuing musical interests and rowing. Took a teaching position at Repton after Clare but was there less than a year and then took a job as organist at Guy's hospital in London. He then taught music at Morley College at the same time as working at Guy's hospital and was also a music critic for the Times and New Statesman. He was killed in action at Gallipoli during the First World War.

Attended school in Heidelberg.

Is on the War Memorial.

Basil Brown, matriculated at Clare, 1943 and was a member of the Argus Club; read Natural Sciences; died in July 2002

Matriculated as a pensioner from Clare College Lent term 1577/8
B.A. from Magdalene College 1580/1
M.A. 1584
Probably Fellow of Clare College
Proctor 1599

Born in 1924 the son of Alfred Simeon Boyes and Edith.
School - Rugby
Admitted to Clare in 1943

Lieutenant RNVR, N Russian convoys and British Pacific Fleet, 1942-46
Cambridge University, 1942, 1946-1948
Mellon Fellowship
Yale University, 1948-50
Assistant Master at Rugby School, 1950-55
Headmaster of Kendal Grammar School, 1955-60
Director of Studies, Royal Air Force College, Cranwell, 1960-65
Headmaster of City of London School, 1965-84

Professor of Anatomy at Cambridge University and a Fellow of Clare College.

Born in New York, USA in 1907 to James Dickson Boyd and Grace Smythe, he moved with his father to his homeplace in County Antrim, United Kingdom in 1917.

Matriculated pensioner from Clare College, Michaelmas 1615
B.A. 1618-9; M.A. 1622
Fellow
Perhaps Vicar of Plumstead, Kent, 1632 (M.A.)
Perhaps Rector of Bramfield, Herts.

Ejected in 1635 and re-instated in 1660
Died in 1677

Born 1710 in Ipswich the son of Weyman Bouchery
Schools - Canterbury and St. Paul’s, London

Admitted pensioner to Clare College 1728; Matriculated 1729
B.A. 1732/3; M.A. 1736
Fellow 1736-47

Rector of Llanymynech, Shrops 1745-48
Rector of LLansaintfraid-yn-Mechain (Montgomery) 1746-48
Prebendary of St. Asaph (Flintshire), 1746
Chaplain to the Bishop of St Asaph
Vicar of Swaffham 1748-87
Curate of Northolt, Middlesex

Married Anna Jemima Hales at Isleworth
Died 1808 and is buried at Swaffham

Born at Lackford, Suffolk in c.1564, the son of John Borage
School, Bury St Edmunds

Admitted pensioner (age 17) at Caius on 6 November 1581
Matriculated in 1581. Probably afterwards scholar at Clare
Admitted at the Middle Temple, December 1584

Founded a Fellowship at Clare, by will, 1636-7. He made over a rentcharge of £15 a year for the foundation of a Fellowship confined to natives of Norfolk and tenable for five years from the time of taking the MA degree.