Charles Edward Searle (18 June 1828 in Hackney – 29 July 1902 in

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) was an English clergyman and academic, Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge from 1880 until his death in 1902.

Biography

Charles Edward Searle was the seventh son of Samuel Browne Searle and Charlotte née Smales, of Hackney. His father died when he was young, leaving his mother with 12 children, and thus two of the brothers were educated at

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, supported by the governor of the hospital. Searle specialized in mathematics, and was elected to a scholarship at Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1848, graduating BA (10th wrangler) in 1851. Elected a fellow, he was ordained

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in 1854, and

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in 1855. He was curate in Broughton in 1855, of

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, 1856–64, and of

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1864–70. In that year he returned to Pembroke as a tutor, served as lecturer and Dean, and eventually (from his election in 1880) Master of Pembroke. "To him, more than to any other single man, the growth of the College, both in numbers and distinction, during the later part of the nineteenth century, was due." He was Vice-Chancellor of

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in 1888–89. He was the friend and chief mentor of

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. In 1881 he married Miss Fowler, niece of John Power, his predecessor as Master. Searle died on 29 July 1902.

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List of Vice-Chancellors of Cambridge University
1828 births 1902 deaths Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge Fellows of Pembroke College, Cambridge Masters of Pembroke College, Cambridge Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge {{England-academic-administrator-stub