The Eagle, founded in 1859, is an annual magazine published with the assistance of St. John's College, Cambridge.

The poet Thomas Ashe

Thomas Ashe (poet)

Thomas Ashe was an English poet.He was born in Stockport, Cheshire in 1836. His father, John Ashe , originally a Manchester manufacturer and an amateur artist, resolved late in life to take holy orders, was prepared for ordination by his own son, and became vicar of St. Paul's at Crewe in 1869....

 founded The Eagle in the year in which he graduated from St John's., with the help of a college fellow, Joseph Bickersteth Mayor. Henry George Hart (1843–1921) and Robert Forsyth Scott

Robert Forsyth Scott

Sir Robert Forsyth Scott was a mathematician, barrister and Master of St John's College, Cambridge-Life:...

 (1849–1933) were later editors of the magazine.

Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler (novelist)

Samuel Butler was an iconoclastic Victorian author who published a variety of works. Two of his most famous pieces are the Utopian satire Erewhon and a semi-autobiographical novel published posthumously, The Way of All Flesh...

 wrote for The Eagle.

History

• 1859-1935 : Published by W. Metcalfe
  W. Metcalfe and Son
  W. Metcalfe and Son was a printer and publisher in Cambridge during the 19th and early 20th centuries. Its office has been located on Green Street, Trinity Street and St Mary's Street. A large number of books about Cambridge were published by W. Metcalfe and Sons during that era...
  
   
• 1959- : Published annually by St. John's College 

Since 1981, a supplement has also been published.

Between 1889 and 1915, some of the records from the Cambridge Archives were printed in the magazine.

External links

• St John's College Publications includes online back-issues of The Eagle since 2001.
• Magazine Data Page 121 (but page number may change again)