Agnes Lewis and Maggie Gibson (both nee Smith) born in 1843 were eccentric twin sisters who undertook remarkable journeys to extend their Semitic scholarship. They later lived at Castlebrae House, Chesterton Road, which later became one of the hostels on the Colony site owned by Clare College.
Some original material was provided and copied by the former Archivist, Susy Johnson in 1993.
Matriculated at Clare, 1938-9, killed in raid on St Nagine.
Baron Baker of Windrush, scientist and Professor of Mechanical Sciences, (1901-1985)
Clare 1661
James Plumptree was an undergraduate at Queens' College, Cambridge in 1788 or 1789 and then moved to Clare in 1790, ordained in 1794 and elected as Fellow at Clare in same year; curate of Hinxton, Essex from 1897 and then Vicar of Great Gransden from 1812; married Elizabeth Robinson in 1815. Died on 23 January 1832, soon after his sixtieth birthday.
Matriculated at Clare, 1948
Clare 1965; Archivist at Bedford School
Prof. Edward Nevill WILLMER (1902-2001), Fellow from 1936
Sometime Porter at Clare, d. July 2004