History of the College of St John the Evangelist, Cambridge [Paperback]

A history based on the archival work of Thomas Baker, a Fellow of St John's in the eighteenth century.Thomas Baker (16561740), an avid historian and book-collector, traces the history of St Johns 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.Thomas Baker (16561740), an avid historian and book-collector, traces the history of St Johns 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.Thomas Baker (16561740) 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.1. Introductory material; 2. Robert Shorton; 3. Alan Percy; 4. Nicholas Metcalfe; 5 George Day; 6. John Tayler; 7. William Bill; 8. Thomas Leaver; 9. Thomas Watson; 10. George Bullock; 11. James Pilkington; 12. Leonard Pilkington; 13. Richard Longeworth; 14. Nicholas Shepherd; 15. John Still; 16. Richard Howland; 17. William Whitaker; 18. Richard Clayton; 19. Owen Gwyn; 20. Willl#É