John Charles Horobin (1856–1902) was a British academic. He was the first Principal of

Homerton College, Cambridge Homerton College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Its first premises were acquired in Homerton, London in 1768, by an informal gathering of Protestant dissenters with origins in the seventeenth century. In 1894, the col ...

. Horobin was born in Tean, Staffordshire and educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, graduating BA in 1888 and MA in 1892. He was a member of the London School Board from 1891 to 1896; and Principal of Homerton from 1890 to his death on 26 July 1902.'Obituary'

The Times ''The Times'' is a British daily national newspaper based in London. It began in 1785 under the title ''The Daily Universal Register'', adopting its current name on 1 January 1788. ''The Times'' and its sister paper '' The Sunday Times'' (f ...

(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