John Charles Horobin (1856–1902) was a British academic. He was the first Principal of Homerton College, Cambridge. Horobin was born in

Tean, Staffordshire Tean is a large village in Staffordshire, England. It is around south-east of Stoke-on-Trent. The River Tean runs through the village, heading east towards Uttoxeter. Population details for the 2011 census can be found under Checkley. The v ...

and educated at

Emmanuel College, Cambridge Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I. The site on which the college sits was once a priory for Dominican mon ...

, graduating BA in 1888 and MA in 1892. He was a member of the

London School Board The School Board for London, commonly known as the London School Board (LSB), was an institution of local government and the first directly elected body covering the whole of London. The Elementary Education Act 1870 was the first to provide for ...

from 1891 to 1896; and Principal of Homerton from 1890 to his death on 26 July 1902.'Obituary' The Times (London, England), Monday, July 28, 1902, Issue 36831, p.6.

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1856 births 1902 deaths People from Staffordshire Moorlands (district) Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge Principals of Homerton College, Cambridge Members of the London School Board Educational administrators {{Academic-administrator-stub