William Magan Campion (1820–1896) was a Sadleirian Lecturer in Mathematics and the President of

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, from 1892 until his death.

Life

Campion was born in Ireland on 28 October 1820, and was the second son of William Campion of Maryborough,

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. He was admitted as pensioner to

, in 1845 to read mathematics; he was 4th Wrangler. He was elected Fellows of Queens' in 1850. Campion was considered too young for the presidency of the College in 1857 on the death of Joshua King, but was elected president in 1892 after the death of George Phillips when already old and in poor health. Campion was a member of the first

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, and its secretary in 1865. He was rector of the

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, 1862-1892, and a rural dean, 1870-1892, and honorary canon of

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, 1879-1896. In conjunction with W. J. Beaumont, he wrote a learned yet popular exposition of the

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, entitled ''The Prayer-Book Interleaved''. He died in the President's Lodge at

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on 20 October 1896 and is buried in the

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The Prayer-Book Interleaved
' {{DEFAULTSORT:Campion, William Magan 19th-century English mathematicians 1820 births 1896 deaths Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge Fellows of Queens' College, Cambridge Presidents of Queens' College, Cambridge