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Born in Prussia in 1841. Son of John Frederick Lewis, merchant of Burg, Magdeburg, Prussia.

Admitted pensioner (age 27) at Pembroke, on 1 May 1841
Matriculated Michaelmas 1841.
B.A. (4th Wrangler) in 1845.
Migrated to Clare. M.A. 1848.
1848 Exeter Fellow; 1848 Diggons Fellow; 1853-60 Fellow of Clare College.
Naturalised 22 February 1848.
Professor of Natural and Experimental Philosophy at St Andrews, 1847-59, and of Mathematics, 1859-79. Resigned.
Hon. LL.D., from St Andrews, 1869.
Fellow of the Royal Society.

Married Sarah Sophia, daughter of Benjamin Cotton, of Upton Manor, Freshwater, Isle of Wight.
Died 8 January 1890.
Father of Max Temple (admitted to Clare in 1880), and Francis Norton (admitted to Clare in 1886).

Became a Fellow of Clare College in 1913.

Born in 1630 at Old Haugh End Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire. Son of Robert Tillotson, clothier of Halifax.
School – Colne, Lancashire
Admitted as a pensioner at Clare College on 23 April 1647
Matriculated in 1647
B.A. 1650
M.A. 1654
D.D. 1666

Fellow 1651-61 deprived
Ordained c.1661
Chaplain to Sir Edmund Prideaux
Rector of Kedington, Suffolk , 1663-64
Preacher at Lincoln's Inn, 1663-91
Lecturer at St Laurence Jewry, London, 1664
Chaplain to the King, 1666-91
Prebend of Canterbury, 1670-72
Prebend of Chichester, 1670
Fellow of the Royal Society, 1671
Dean of Canterbury, 1672-89
Canon of St Paul's, London, 1675-91 ; Dean 1689
P.C. 1691
Clerk of the Closet, 1689-91

Archbishop of Canterbury, 1691-94

Died on 22 November 1694

Matriculated as sizar from Clare College in April 1627
B.A. 1629/30
M.A. 1633
Fellow 1633-77
Senior Proctor 1648-49
Ordained Deacon at Peterborough on 1 March 1639/40
Ordained priest at Lincoln on 18 July 1661
Vicar of Everton, Huntingdonshire, 1663-77
Died in College 1677

Master of Clare College (1726-1736).

Son of Robert and Margaret Morgan and baptised at St Paul's, Covent Garden on 24 September 1678
Admitted as a pensioner at Clare on 12 October 1693
Matriculated in 1693
B.A. 1697/8
M.A. 1701
D.D. 1728 (Com. Reg.)
Fellow, 1700-20
Master of Clare, 1726-36
Vice-Chancellor, 1732-3

Ordained priest (Lincoln) 11 June 1704
Chaplain to Bishop Moore of Ely
Rector of Whitton-cum-Thurston, Suffolk, 1714
Rector of Glemsford, Suffolk, 1718-36

Died on 30 April 1736
On his death he left all of his books to the library at Clare.

Originally from Barnsley, William Kelsey came to Clare in 1914 and is pictured in the 1914 matriculation photograph. He received his commission on his 19th birthday, serving as a Lieutenant in the Royal Field Artillery. He was grievously wounded in France on 14 July 1916, later dying of his injuries at the Empire Hospital in London. His name is included on the College War Memorial plaque in the Chapel.

John Rutter (1945-), Clare 1964, was director of Music at Clare from 1975-1979. He later formed the Cambridge Singers and continued to compose music and carols. He was awarded a CBE in the Queen's New Year Honours for 2007 (in December 2006).

Born in 1615, the son of John Philpott, Somerset herald and his wife Susan

Admitted to Clare College in 1634 as a Fellow Commoner
M.A. 1636 incorporated in that degree at Oxford University 1640
Died 1682

Attended school in Heidelberg.

Is on the War Memorial.