Claude Hermann Walter Johns
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Claude Hermann Walter Johns (February 20, 1857 — 1920) was an Assyriologist
and Church of England clergyman.
He was born at Banwell
, Somerset
. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge
(B.A., 1880), and was second master successively at Horton College, Tasmania, in 1880-84 and Paston Grammar School, in 1884-86.
He was ordered deacon in 1887 and ordained priest in the following year, and from 1887 until 1892 was tutor in St. Peter's Training College for Schoolmasters, Peterborough, as well as curate of St. Botolph's, Helpston (1887–88), and of St. John's, Peterborough (1888–91).
In 1892 he became rector of St. Botolph's, Cambridge. He was also chaplain of Queen's College from 1893 to 1901, and from 1897 lecturer in Assyriology in Cambridge University, as well as in King's College, London, from 1902. He was Edwards Fellow in Cambridge University from 1900, honorary secretary of the Cambridge Pupil Teachers' Centre from 1894 to 1900, and Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
from 1909-1920.
Assyriology
Assyriology is the archaeological, historical, and linguistic study of ancient Mesopotamia and the related cultures that used cuneiform writing. The field covers the Akkadian sister-cultures of Assyria and Babylonia, together with their cultural predecessor; Sumer...
and Church of England clergyman.
He was born at Banwell
Banwell
Banwell is a village and civil parish on the River Banwell in the North Somerset district of Somerset, England. Its population was 2,923 according to the 2001 census.-History:...
, Somerset
Somerset
The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...
. He was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge
Queens' College, Cambridge
Queens' College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou , and refounded in 1465 by Elizabeth Woodville...
(B.A., 1880), and was second master successively at Horton College, Tasmania, in 1880-84 and Paston Grammar School, in 1884-86.
He was ordered deacon in 1887 and ordained priest in the following year, and from 1887 until 1892 was tutor in St. Peter's Training College for Schoolmasters, Peterborough, as well as curate of St. Botolph's, Helpston (1887–88), and of St. John's, Peterborough (1888–91).
In 1892 he became rector of St. Botolph's, Cambridge. He was also chaplain of Queen's College from 1893 to 1901, and from 1897 lecturer in Assyriology in Cambridge University, as well as in King's College, London, from 1902. He was Edwards Fellow in Cambridge University from 1900, honorary secretary of the Cambridge Pupil Teachers' Centre from 1894 to 1900, and Master of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
St Catharine's College, Cambridge
St. Catharine’s College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1473, the college is often referred to informally by the nickname "Catz".-History:...
from 1909-1920.