History of the College of St John the Evangelist, Cambridge: Volume 2 (Cambridge Library Collection - Cambridge) - Softcover

Baker, Thomas

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1108003680 ISBN 13: 9781108003681

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 2009

Synopsis

Thomas Baker (1656–1740) spent most of his long life at St John's College, Cambridge pursuing historical research. He was also an avid book collector, and bequeathed his valuable library to the college. His writings included a history of the college, which was edited by John Mayor and published in 1869. Volume 2, to which Mayor made a substantial contribution in his own right, is devoted to the Masters of the college between 1511 and 1840, and includes short biographies and anecdotes about their lives at Cambridge. It describes visits by royalty, disputes with the authorities, appeals against elections, details of salaries, and more domestic matters such as policies on tobacco-smoking and the production of plays in the library. It makes fascinating reading for those interested in Cambridge, the history of education and the lives of these distinguished scholars and the society in which they moved.

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Book Description:

Thomas Baker (1656–1740), an avid historian and book-collector, traces the history of St John's College, Cambridge in this carefully researched book, edited and published in 1869. Volume 2 focuses on the Masters of the college from its foundation to 1840, with the editor contributing the later chapters.

About this edition

• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Publication date: 2009
• ISBN 10: 1108003680
• ISBN 13: 9781108003681
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 720