Bell, William Abraham
(male)
04/26/1841 - 06/06/1920
English
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; Trinity Hall, Cambridge
Physician, photographer, and businessman; photographed American West; wrote New Tracks in North America (1869)
(Also in the Wellesley Index.)
Blakesley, Joseph William
(male)
03/06/1808 - 04/18/1885
English
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; Trinity College, Cambridge
Dean of Lincoln and journalist; member of Apostles club; held living of Ware, Hertfordshire; wrote letters on social and political subjects to The Times; wrote Four Months in Algiers, with a Visit to Carthage (1858); contributed to the Quarterly and Edinburgh reviews. See Boase I: 305, ODNB.
(Also in the Wellesley Index.)
Dixon, Edmund Saul
(male)
03/09/1809 - 04/10/1893
English
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Cleric; Rector of Intwood; wrote Ornamental and Domestic poultry (1848), The dovecote and the aviary (1851), other works; wrote for the Quarterly Review, Household Words, and other periodicals. See Boase V: 113.
(Also in the Wellesley Index.)
Riley, Henry Thomas
(male)
1816 - 04/14/1878
English
Trinity College, Cambridge; Clare College, Cambridge; Corpus Christi College, Cambridge; Exeter College, Oxford
Translator and antiquary; barrister; inspector for Historical Manuscripts Commission; translated The Metamorphoses of Ovid (1852) and other works; wrote Dictionary of Latin Quotations (1856). See Boase III: 177.
Robertson, John Parish
(male)
1792 - 11/01/1843
Scottish
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Merchant and writer; active in various trade projects in South America; wrote numerous articles and papers; best known for Letters on Paraguay (1839) and Letters on South America (1843). See RLF case 1034, ODNB.
Schomberg, Rev. John Duff
(male)
01/08/1792 - 05/02/1864
English
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Vicar of Polesworth; Master of Stoke Grammar School; wrote Elements of the British Constitution; Church of England its own Witness; The Theocratic Philosophy of English History.
Simpson, John Palgrave
(male)
06/13/1807 - 08/19/1887
English
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Playwright and journalist; also wrote novels, travel books; contributed to The Times, Blackwood's Magazine, Bentley's Miscellany, other periodicals. See Boase III: 583, ODNB.
(Also in the Wellesley Index.)
Symons, Jelinger Cookson
(male)
08/27/1809 - 04/07/1860
English
Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Barrister; edited The Law magazine; editor and proprietor of the English journal of education; inspector of schools; wrote Outlines of popular economy (1840), Parish settlements and the practice of appeals (1844) and many other works. See Boase III: 361-2, ODNB.
(Also in the Wellesley Index.)