List of Provosts of King's College, Cambridge
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The following persons have served as Provost of King's College, Cambridge
since its foundation in 1441.
King's College, Cambridge
King's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. The college's full name is "The King's College of our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge", but it is usually referred to simply as "King's" within the University....
since its foundation in 1441.
| Provost | Appointed |
|---|---|
| William Millington | 1441 |
| John Chedworth | 1447 |
| Robert Wodelark | 1452 |
| Walter Field | 1479 |
| John Dogget John Doget John Doget was an English diplomat, scholar and humanist. He was the nephew of Cardinal Thomas Bourchier, Archbishop of Canterbury. He was born in Sherborne, Dorset, and was probably educated in Bourchier's household before being admitted to Eton College as a king's scholar about 1447... |
1499 |
| John Argentine John Argentine John Argentine was an English physician who attended Edward V of England and later Arthur, Prince of Wales and was Provost of King's College, Cambridge .-Life:... |
1501 |
| Richard Hatton | 1508 |
| Robert Hacomblen | 1509 |
| Edward Fox Edward Foxe Edward Foxe was an English churchman, Bishop of Hereford. He was the most Lutheran of Henry VIII's bishops, and assisted in drafting the Ten Articles of 1536.... |
1528 |
| George Day George Day (bishop) George Day was Bishop of Chichester.-Life:He graduated at the University of Cambridge in 1520–21, and became a Fellow of St. John's College, Cambridge on 19 September 1522... |
1538 |
| John Cheke John Cheke Sir John Cheke was an English classical scholar and statesman, notable as the first Regius Professor of Greek at Cambridge University.... |
1549 |
| Richard Atkinson | 1553 |
| Robert Brassie | 1556 |
| Philip Baker | 1558 |
| Roger Goad Roger Goad Roger Goad was an Engish academic theologian, Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and three times Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge.-Life:... |
1570 |
| Fogge Newton | 1610 |
| William Smith | 1612 |
| Samuel Collins Samuel Collins (theologian) Samuel Collins was an English clergyman and academic, Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge and Provost of King's College, Cambridge.-Life:... |
1615 |
| Benjamin Whichcote Benjamin Whichcote Benjamin Whichcote was a British Establishment and Puritan divine, Provost of King's College, Cambridge, and leader of the Cambridge Platonists.-Life:... |
1645 |
| James Fleetwood James Fleetwood James Fleetwood was an English clergyman and Bishop of Worcester.-Life:... |
1660 |
| Thomas Page | 1676 |
| John Coplestone | 1681 |
| Charles Roderick | 1689 |
| John Adams John Adams (provost) John Adams D.D. was an English churchman and provost of King's College, Cambridge.-Life:John Adams was born in London, and educated at Eton College and Cambridge, where he was admitted to King's College in 1678, took the degree of B.A. in 1682, and M.A. in 1686... |
1712 |
| Andrew Snape | 1720 |
| William George | 1743 |
| John Sumner | 1756 |
| William Cooke | 1772 |
| Humphrey Sumner | 1797 |
| George Thackeray | 1814 |
| Richard Okes | 1850 |
| Augustus Austen Leigh | 1889 |
| Montague Rhodes James M. R. James Montague Rhodes James, OM, MA, , who used the publication name M. R. James, was an English mediaeval scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge and of Eton College . He is best remembered for his ghost stories, which are regarded as among the best in the genre... |
1905 |
| Walter Durnford | 1918 |
| Alan England Brooke | 1926 |
| John Tresidder Sheppard John Tresidder Sheppard Sir John Tresidder Sheppard was an eminent classicist and the first non-Etonian to become the Provost of King's College, Cambridge.-Early life:John Sheppard was educated at Dulwich College. He went up to King's College, Cambridge where he studied Classics.... |
1933 |
| Stephen Glanville Stephen Glanville Stephen Ranulph Kingdon Glanville, MBE was an English historian and egyptologist.-Biography:S R K Glanville was born in Westminster, London, the eldest son of Stephen James Glanville and Nannie Elizabeth . He was first cousin to Frank Kingdon-Ward the explorer and botanist and also related to... |
1954 |
| Noel Annan | 1956 |
| Edmund Leach Edmund Leach Sir Edmund Ronald Leach was a British social anthropologist of whom it has been said:"It is no exaggeration to say that in sheer versatility, originality, and range of writing he was and still is difficult to match among the anthropologists of the English speaking world".-Personal and academic... |
1966 |
| Bernard Williams Bernard Williams Sir Bernard Arthur Owen Williams was an English moral philosopher, described by The Times as the most brilliant and most important British moral philosopher of his time. His publications include Problems of the Self , Moral Luck , Ethics and the Limits of Philosophy , and Truth and Truthfulness... |
1979 |
| Patrick Bateson Patrick Bateson Sir Patrick Bateson, FRS is an English biologist and science writer. Bateson is emeritus professor of ethology at Cambridge University and president of the Zoological Society of London since 2004.... |
1988 |
| Judith Mayhew-Jonas Judith Mayhew Dame Judith Mayhew Jonas, DBE is a New Zealand-born British lawyer and academic.Born and educated in New Zealand, Judith Mayhew graduated LLM from the University of Otago, where she lectured before moving to the UK as a lecturer in law at King's College London where she set up and became Director... |
2003 |
| Ross Harrison | 2006 |