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Charles Walter Moule (9 February 1834 – 11 May 1921) was an English academic, who was librarian and president of
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Corpus Christi College (full name: "The College of Corpus Christi and the Blessed Virgin Mary", often shortened to "Corpus"), is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. From the late 14th century through to the early 19th century ...
. He was born on 9 February 1834 at Fordington, Dorchester, where his father
Henry Moule Henry Moule (1801–1880) was a priest in the Church of England and inventor of the dry earth toilet, a type of pail closet. Life Education and priesthood Moule, sixth son of George Moule, solicitor and banker, was born at Melksham, Wiltshire, ...
was the incumbent. He was the fifth of eight sons; amongst his brothers were
Arthur Evans Moule Arthur Evans Moule (1836–1918) was an English missionary to China. He was the son of Henry Moule, vicar at Fordington, Dorset and his wife Mary. He was educated at the Malta Protestant College and the Church Missionary Society College, Is ...
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George Evans Moule George Evans Moule (January 28, 1828, Gillingham, Dorset – March 3, 1912, Auckland Castle) was an Anglican missionary in China and the first Anglican bishop of mid-China. Biography He was the second of eight sons of Henry Moule, an inventor a ...
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Handley Moule Handley Carr Glyn Moule (23 December 18418 May 1920) was an evangelical Anglican theologian, writer, poet, and Bishop of Durham from 1901 to 1920. Biography Moule was schooled at home before entering Trinity College, Cambridge in 1860, where ...
. Educated at Corpus Christi, he graduated BA as senior classic in 1858 and was elected to a fellowship. After a brief spell as an assistant master at
Marlborough College Marlborough College is a Public school (United Kingdom), public school (English Independent school (United Kingdom), independent boarding school) for pupils aged 13 to 18 in Marlborough, Wiltshire, England. Founded in 1843 for the sons of Church ...
he returned to Corpus as tutor in 1879, then became college librarian in 1895 (looking after the
Parker library The Parker Library is a library within Corpus Christi College, Cambridge which contains rare books and manuscripts. It is known throughout the world due to its invaluable collection of over 600 manuscripts, particularly medieval texts, the ...
), and president from 1913 until his death in 1921. He was buried in the college churchyard at
Grantchester Grantchester is a village and civil parish on the River Cam or Granta in South Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about south of Cambridge. Name The village of Grantchester is listed in the 1086 Domesday Book as ''Grantesete'' and ''Grauntset ...
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Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge 1834 births 1921 deaths People from Dorchester, Dorset {{England-academic-bio-stub