Walter Wyatt Grave (16 October 1901 – 20 May 1999) was a university administrator at
Cambridge University
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. He was the first master of
Fitzwilliam College
Fitzwilliam College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge.
The college traces its origins back to 1869 and the foundation of the Non-Collegiate Students Board, a venture intended to offer academically excellent students of all ...
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He was principal of the University College of the West Indies
The University of the West Indies (UWI), originally University College of the West Indies, is a public university system established to serve the higher education needs of the residents of 17 English-speaking countries and territories in the ...
, Jamaica
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from 1953 to 1958. He was awarded the CMG in 1958.
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1901 births
1999 deaths
Masters of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge
Heads of the University of the West Indies
Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George
Censors of Fitzwilliam House, Cambridge
Registraries of the University of Cambridge
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