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Matriculated at Clare, 1880. He read Classics and gained a first class degree in 1883. He was also a member of the Boat Club and later became Captain. He became Professor of Literature in Newcastle and also lectured in Cambridge. He then lectured in the US in 1892. He later joined the staff of Punch, becoming editor between 1906-1934. He was knighted in 1914 and later made a Baronet in 1933 in recognition of his public services. He died in 1936.

Master of Clare College, Cambridge, 1612-1620

Probably son of Christopher Scott of Bamston, Essex. Baptised there 4 February 1569.
Matriculated sizar from Pembroke, Michaelmas 1588.
B.A. 1591-2; M.A. from Clare, 1595; D.D. 1613.

Fellow of Clare.
1612-1620 Master of Clare.
1619-1620 Vice-Chancellor.

Subalmoner to the King.
1615-1620 Dean of Rochester.

21 December 1620 died in London and is buried at Bamston, Essex.

Admitted to Clare College on 23 January 1950, to study Law.

Born in 1927, the daughter of Edgar Walter Savours (civil engineer) and Margaret (a poet and teacher)

1949 - Bachelor's degree with honours from the Royal Holloway College, University of London
Studied at the Sorbonne in Paris, where she earned a diploma in French civilization in 1950
1950-1951 - Studied art at the Burslem School of Art

1952-1954 – worked as a library assistant at the University of Aberdeen
1954-1966 - assistant librarian and curator of manuscripts at the Scott Polar Institute at Cambridge University
1970 - assistant keeper at the National Maritime Museum
1973 - appointed custodian of manuscripts
1977 – retirement in 1987 - in charge of the Arctic gallery

1955 - member of the Cambridge Spitsbergen Physiological Expedition
1960 – member of the Australian National Antarctic Expedition
1960-1961 - honorary research fellow at the Australian National University
1978-1980 - member of the council of the Royal Geographical Society
She was also a member of the council and a vice president of the Hakluyt Society (from 2002) and of the Society for Nautical Research

Probably the 2nd son of John Sanderson of Little Addington, Northamptonshire, and perhaps grandson of Laurence Saunderson (admitted to Clare College 1560)

Matriculated as a pensioner from Clare College April 1622
B.A. 1625/6

Ordained deacon (Peterborough) 5 September 1627
Ordained priest 21 December 1628
Vicar of Little Addington, Northamptonshire, 1627-46 sequestered

Probably brother of John Sanderson (admitted to Clare College in 1616)

For more information see: Howcutt, Francis Cecily Sanderson of Little Abbington and Moulton

https://archive.org/details/cecily-sanderson-little-addington-moulton-v01/mode/2up

Probably the son and heir of John Sanderson of Little Addington, Northamptonshire

Matriculated as a pensioner at Clare College April 1616

B.A. 1619/20

Admitted at Gray's Inn, 1 November 1619

Probably the brother of Laurence Sanderson (admitted to Clare College in 1622)

For more information see: Howcutt, Francis Cecily Sanderson of Little Abbington and Moulton

https://archive.org/details/cecily-sanderson-little-addington-moulton-v01/mode/2up

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 Lavenham, Suffolk, in 1575. He matriculated at St John's College, Cambridge in 1589 before migrating to Trinity and then gaining his BA in 1593-4.

He was later a Fellow of Clare 1598-1620.
He was also a Taxor, 1604 and was incorporated at Oxford in 1605.
He vacated his Fellowship when he succeeded to some property but he died soon after in 1622.
He is remembered as the author of the famous Cambridge play, which so delighted James I called Ignoramus. It was written in Latin in 1614-1615 by Ruggle and was modelled on an Italian Comedy by Giovanni Battista della Porta to caricature the pedantry of the legal profession. It was played before King James on 8 March 1615 on the occasion of his visit to the University and he then made a special journey to Cambridge on 13 May to see the play again.

Afterwards Ruggle was tutor at Babraham, Cambridgeshire, to the two sons of Toby Palavicino. The latter was Executor to Ruggle and paid his bequest of £100 to the College on 3 March 1624-5. Ruggle bequeathed his valuable collection of French, Spanish and Italian books to the College. [Details from Harrison index and Book of Clare, pp. 76, 143-4].

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.