Admitted to Clare College in 1972, Fellow 1982, Lecturer 1988, Director of Studies 1992, Senior Tutor 2000-2006.
Early modern historian specialising in the colonial history of India. She is a retired Professor in Indian History and Culture at the Faculty of Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oxford.
Emeritus Fellow of Clare College
Elected as a Fellow of the British Academy in 2020
The Revd Canon William Telfer MC ()[1] was an English clergyman and academic,
Born in Rochester, Kent, the son of a schoolmaster
Graduated from Clare College in 1908 and was ordained and became the Vicar of All Saints Church in Rotherhithe
During the First World War he served as a chaplain and was awarded the Military Cross in the 1916
1921 - became a Fellow of Clare College
He specialised in early Christian studies
1921 - Dean of Clare College
1944-47 - Ely Professor of Divinity at Cambridge University
1947-1956 - Master of Selwyn College
Born in 1836 the son of John, M.D. of Ferns, Co. Wexford, Ireland
School - Diocesan, Wexford and at Trinity College, Dublin (Gold medal; M.A.)
Admitted as a pensioner at Clare, 15 Oct 1861
Admitted at Caius, 5 Dec 1862, but returned to Clare
B.A. (12th Wrangler and 1st in 1st Class, Moral Science Tripos) 1865; M.A. 1868
Fellow of Clare, 1866; Dean, 1875-84
Junior Proctor, 1879-80
Ordained deacon (Ely), 1872; priest, 1873
Vicar of Litlington, Cambridgeshire, 1884-92
1873 - Married Eliza M. Paula, daughter of Jeremiah Tully, solicitor of Eyre Square, Galway, and The Grove, Tuam
Author, theological
Died May 13, 1907, at Cambridge
School - Rossall
Admitted to Clatre on 7 Oct 1872
Matriculated Michaelmas 1872
Exhibitioner; Chancellor's English medal, 1875
B.A. 1876; M.A. 1879
Seatonian prize, 1891, 1892, 1895, 1896, 1898, 1903, 1906
Ordained deacon (Winchester) 1876; priest (Rochester) 1877; Curate of St Mary Magdalene, Peckham, 1876-80
Curate of St Stephen's, St Marylebone, 1880-2
Curate of St Stephen's, Paddington, 1883-6
Rector of St Paul's, Aberdeen, 1886-94
Vicar of Wrawby, Lincs., 1894-1908
Married, 5 Sept 1883 to Mary, eldest daughter of W. G. Shuttleworth of Peckham
Died 25 Jan 1908, aged 55, at Brigg