James Rendel Harris b. Plymouth, Devon, 27 January 1852 - 1 March 1941, (Clare 1870) was an English biblical scholar and curator of manuscripts, who was instrumental in bringing back to light many Syriac Scriptures and other early documents. His contacts at the Monastery of Saint Catherine on Mount Sinai enabled twin sisters Agnes Smith Lewis and Margaret Dunlop Gibson to discover there [1] the Sinaitic Palimpsest, the oldest Syriac New Testament document in existence. He himself discovered there other manuscripts
William John Harrison (1884-1969) was awarded a scholarship to Dulwich in1900 and was then admitted as scholar at Clare College in 1904 and became Fellow in 1907 after getting a First in Mathematics. The next year he was one of the three joint winners of the Smith Prize for a an essay on Mathematics. After lecturing in maths at Liverpool and then back in Cambridge he was commissioned as a Scientific Officer at Woolwich Arsenal in 1914. From 1919-1924 he continued scientific work in Cambridge and then changed direction to deal with administration of Clare College. He became Bursar, Financial Tutor and Steward and also dealt with the College Archives. This was the period when the College was run mainly by three men, Sir Henry Thirkill, Dr. W. Telfer and William Harrison who were known as the "Holy Trinity". Harrison retired in 1949 but continued his research in the Archives publishing books on the history of the College. He died in 1969.
Rev. Canon David Frederick Cox Hawkins (1917-1997) at Clifton College 1930-35, Clare 1935 (in 1st May Boat 1938)
Alfred Charles Morris Jackaman (d.1980, Clare 1922) purchased Gatwick Airport in 1933 and is noted for inventing the concept of the circular airport terminal building, which was subsequently copied all over the world until air travel outgrew it.
Professor Robin Matthews 1927-2010, Economist, Master of Clare 1975-1993
Thomas Merton, born Tom 1915-1968 (Clare 1933-34); later became Cistercian (Trappist) monk and Contemplative in America; was the author of many publications
John Edmund Misaubin (c. 1720-1740) was born in London and matricuated at Clare in 1735. He was the son of John (Jean) Misaubin who was a learned physician in London and the subject of the article. Apparently, John Edmund Misaubin was murdered in 1740.
Reverend Professor Charles Francis Digby Moule (1908-2007) CBE, MA, Hon DD, FBA. was born in China, to missionary parents. He went to school in Weymouth, whence, with a minor scholarship to Emmanuel College, 1927-31. He read Classics and then went to Ridley Hall (training college for Anglican clergy) where, in addition to its curriculum, he sat an advanced course in Theology for what was then a competitive University scholarship. He was ordained and, after one curacy, returned to Ridley Hall as staff member. Thence to be a Fellow and Dean of Clare College and a University Teaching Officer, first as a Lecturer and then as Lady Margaret's Professor.
Matriculated at Clare, 1899
Born 1943, attended Macclesfield School before coming to Clare in 1961