Robert Townley Caldwell (16 March 1843 – 8 September 1914) was the
Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge from 1906 to 1914.
Biography
Born in
Barbados
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on 16 March 1843, he was educated at
St John's College, Winnipeg,
King's College, London
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and
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
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, where he graduated B.A. as 10th
wrangler in 1865. Elected a
Fellow
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In learned or professional societies, it refers to a privileged member who is specially elected in recognition of their work and achievements.
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of Corpus Christi in 1865, he spent the rest of his working life there serving as a Mathematical
Lecturer
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,
Bursar
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and finally
Master
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until his death on 8 September 1914. He was also an active Cambridgeshire
Freemason
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, from his initiation into
Isaac Newton University Lodge
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rising to be Provincial Grand Master.
Notes
1843 births
University of Manitoba alumni
Alumni of King's College London
Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Masters of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
1914 deaths
Barbadian emigrants to the United Kingdom
British Freemasons
Members of Isaac Newton University Lodge
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