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Duncan Forbes (1922-1994) was a fellow of Clare College and Emeritus reader in the History of Modern Political Thought. Forbes came up to Clare in 1941, reading history and being awarded a degree after five terms on the basis of the wartime degree programme. He was called up for officer training in August 1942 and was awarded a Military Cross for his service during WWII before he returned to Clare in 1945. He received an MA in 1947 and was elected a Fellow of Clare the same year.

Forbes became particularly well known for his knowledge and work on the Scottish Enlightenment. Duncan had several early 19th century interests. His first book was a prize-winning essay on The Liberal Anglican Idea of History and though it focussed on English thinkers, it also revealed an interest in the 19th century revival of the 18th century Neapolitan philosopher, Giambattista Vico. Forbes had a further strong interest in Hegel, on whom he lectured, and wrote an introduction to the Lectures on the Philosophy of History

Forbes was the nephew of Mansfield Forbes who was also a Fellow and historian of Clare.

Born on 1 September 1859, the son of Stephen T. Gardiner
School - Bedford
Studied at Würzburg University

Admitted to Clare College on 25 January 1878
Matriculated Michaelmas 1878
Natural Sciences Tripos 1st Class, 1881
B.A. 1882; M.A. 1885; Sc.D. 1905

Fellow, 1885-1913
Bursar, 1895
Honorary Fellow, 1915
Demonstrator in Botany, 1884-8
University Lecturer in Botany, 1888-9
c. 1889, with Prof. M.C. Potter, re-instituted the Cambridge University Botanical Museum founded by Prof. Henslow

Fellow of the Royal Society, 1890
Royal Society's Medal, 1898
Author of many papers dealing with the histological and physiological aspects of botany

Died on 31 August 1941

Master of Clare College, 1713-26

Born in 1666 the son of Thomas Grigg of Middlesex
School - St Paul's School, London

Admitted as a pensioner at Jesus College on 24 September 1684
Matriculated 1685
Rustat scholar
B.A. 1688/9; M.A. 1697
D.D. (Com. Reg.) 1717
Fellow, 1696-1714

Master of Clare College, 1713-26
He was nominated by the Duke of Somerset, the Chancellor as the votes of the society were equally divided

Vice-Chancellor, 1716-7

Ordained priest (Lincoln) 08 June 1707
Vicar of Whittlesford, Cambridgeshire, 1705
Vicar of All Saints, Cambridge, 1707-17
Rector of Trowbridge, Wiltshire, 1717-26
Chaplain to the Duke of Somerset

Died on 9 April 1726

Born on 15 November 1907 in Ayr, Scotland son of James Vavasour Hammond, an Episcopalian rector.

Studied classics at Fettes College and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

In 1929 he began his personal exploration of the ancient sites in Epirus. He spent vacations exploring Greece on foot. He spent some time in southern Albania where he learnt the Albanian language. These abilities led him to be recruited by the Special Operations Executive during World War II in 1940. His activities included many dangerous sabotage missions in Greece (especially on the Greek island of Crete). As an officer, in 1944 he was in command of the Allied military mission to the Greek resistance in Thessaly and Macedonia. He published a memoir of his war service entitled Venture into Greece in 1983; he was awarded the Distinguished Service Order and the Greek Order of the Phoenix.

After the war he became senior tutor at Clare College

1954 - became headmaster of Clifton College, Bristol
1962 - appointed Henry Overton Wills Professor of Greek at Bristol University (which he held until his retirement in 1973)
1968 - elected a Fellow of the British Academy

Matriculated at Clare in 1931.

Matriculated at Clare, 1929. During his time at Clare (1929-1932) he was a member of the Music Society and he kept copies of all the programmes of concerts in which he played. He also kept copies of programmes of various other music concerts in Cambridge that he attended and it is these programmes that were bound together into the volume in this series.

Following his War service he took an LLB at Cornell University but later settled in Los Angeles working in investment banking. In 1975, he and his wife returned to Cambridge where he once again became actively involved in music-making.

Aram Soli Rudenski won an open scholarship to Clare College, Cambridge, graduating with a triple first in the mathematics and medical sciences Triposes in 1979.

He did house jobs in Hastings and John Radcliffe Infirmary. As a Medical Research Council training fellow in Oxford, he developed a highly influential mathematical model of glucose and insulin kinetics. He held consultant posts in Bradford (1999-2001) and at Salford Royal Hospital (2001-11).

He was an enthusiastic teacher and gifted polymath, with rich cultural interests in the arts and natural history.

During the AIDS crisis he gave his time generously, undertaking substantial voluntary work, especially for OXAIDS. Involvement in the Jewish community was of central importance to him. He was a member of Leeds Sinai, Jackson’s Row, and the Manchester Liberal Jewish Community.

Prostate cancer diagnosed in 2011 forced him to retire prematurely, which was a great loss to Salford Royal. He leaves his devoted partner, David.

Matriculated at Clare, 1969. Later became Senior Economics Lecturer, Buckinghamshire University, High Wycombe.

School - Wakefield School
Admitted to Clare College on 22 April 1898
Matriculated Michaelmas term 1898
Scholar and Exhibitioner
BA 3rd Wrangler, 1901
Mathematical Tripos Part II, 1st Class (1902)
MA 1905

Described by J. R. Wardale as the only volume to survive the fire in the Master's Lodge and Muniment Room in 1521.