Robert Townley Caldwell | |
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Born | Bridgetown, Barbados | 16 March 1843
Died | 8 September 1914 Inneshewen, Dess, Aberdeenshire, Scotland | (aged 71)
Alma mater | University of Cambridge |
Spouses |
Ellen Philippa Mary Farquhar
(m. 1883) |
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Scientific career | |
Fields | Mathematics |
Institutions | University of Cambridge |
Robert Townley Caldwell (16 March 1843 – 8 September 1914) was the Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge from 1906 to 1914.
Born in Barbados on 16 March 1843, he was educated at St John's College, Winnipeg,[1] King's College, London and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. as 10th wrangler in 1865.[2]
Elected a Fellow of Corpus Christi in 1865, he spent the rest of his working life there serving as a Mathematical Lecturer, Bursar and finally Master[3] until his death on 8 September 1914.[4] He was an active Cambridgeshire Freemason, from his initiation into Isaac Newton University Lodge rising to be Provincial Grand Master.[5]