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Acting solicitor / legal adviser to St. John's College.

Rector of North Cadbury, Somerset.

James Pilkington, was the son of Richard Pilkington and his wife, Alice, of Rivington, Lancashire. He was one of seven boys, his younger brother Leonard (1527-1599) was also Master of St John's. James Pilkington entered Pembroke College at 16 but soon transferred to St John's, receiving his B.A. in 1539. He was elected to the Fellowship shortly after receiving his degree. He became a senior fellow and preacher, taking part in the a disputation on transubstantiation. He was ordained between 1547-1550 and was presented to the vicarage of Kirby in Kendal by Edward VI but he resigned to continue his studies at Cambridge, taking his BTh. in 1551.

Pilkington left for the continent upon Mary's accession to the throne, travelling to Switzerland and Germany. He was appointed Master of St John's shortly after his return to England in 1559. In February 1561 he was made Bishop of Durham and resigned the mastership of SJC in October of that year. He was succeeded by his brother Leonard.

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Leonard Pilkington, was the younger brother of James Pilkingon. He, like his brother, was born at Rivington, Lancashire. Leonard matriculated at St John's as a sizar and graduated BA in 1544. He was appointed to the fellowship in 1546 and proceeded to the MA the following year. He was named mathematical examiner at the College in 1548, lecturer in mathematics in 1550 and a senior fellow in 1551. He was ordained a deacon at St Paul's, London in May 1552, and he was appointed preacher at St John's later that year. He was forced to resign his fellowship shortly after Mary took the throne. He left England like his brother. He returned to England upon Elizabeth's accession. He was named Master of the College on 19 October 1561 succeeding his brother James.
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Powell & Moya are an architectural practice founded by Phillip Powell and Hidalgo Moya in 1946. Powell & Moya primarily build housing, and most of their designs are in the modernist style. Powell passed away in 2003, and Moya in 1994.

Powell & Moya built the Cripps Building for St John’s College in the 1960’s.

Elder son of the Revd Francis Powell and his wife, Susan. He was born at Colchester on 27 September 1717, and was educated at Colchester grammar school. He was admitted pensioner at St John's College Cambridge in 1733, matriculating several years later in 1738. In November 1735 he was elected a foundation scholar, holding exhibitions from the College in November 1735, 1736, and 1738. He graduated BA (1738-9), MA (1742), BD (1749), and DD (1757). He was admitted as a fellow of St John's in 1740. In 1741 he became private tutor to Charles Townsend, who later became Chancellor of the Exchequer. In December 1741 he was ordained deacon and priest, and was presented to the rectory of Colkirk in Norfolk on 13 January 1742. He then returned to College, and was Assistant Tutor for two years; becoming Principal Tutor in 1744. In 1745 he acted as Senior Taxor of the University, and became a Senior Fellow of St John's in 1760. He resigned his fellowship in 1763, and was admitted a Fellow of the Royal Society in March 1764. On 25 January 1765, he was unanimously elected Master of St John's College, and succeeded to the Vice-Chancellorship of the University for the period 1765-6. In December 1766 he was appointed to the archdeaconry of Colchester by the Crown, and then in 1768 he somewhat controversially claimed the rich College rectory of Freshwater on the Isle of Wight for himself, resigning the benefice of Colkirk as he did so.

During his first year as Master of St John's, Powell established College examinations, the success of which led him into an engagement with John Jebb and his wife about annual examinations for the University as a whole. He also provoked two further controversies during his time at Cambridge. The first, his sermon preached in 1757 and subsequent publication of A Defence of the Subscriptions Required in the Church of England inadvertently initiated the major controversy concerning the undergraduate and clerical subscription to the Thirty-Nine Articles which led to the Feathers tavern petition in 1772. The second was his anonymous debate and attempted sabotage of Edward Waring's candidature for the Lucasian Professorship of Mathematics in 1760. Powell had a stroke of apoplexy in 1770 and died from paralysis on 19 January 1775. He was buried in St John's College Chapel on 25 January, the anniversary of his election as Master.

Born in Ufford, Northamptonshire around 1475, George Quarles served as Royal Auditor to both King Henry VII and King Henry VIII of England.

Rev. Edward Earle Raven was born on the 27th of December 1889, the son of John E. Raven (a barrister). He was educated at Uppingham School before coming up to Cambridge to study Classics at St John’s College.

Deeply religious, Raven had always been destined for the church, and after his graduation he was ordained in 1914. He briefly worked as an army chaplain and then as Head of Maurice Hostel, before becoming chaplain at the College in 1921. He was awarded a fellowship in 1923, and then become the Dean of College in 1927. He held this post until his death.

Raven married his wife Margaret in 1930, and they had one son and three daughters. He published one book, The Heart of Christ’s Religion, and enjoyed cricket in his spare time. Raven died on the 2nd of December, 1951.

Born on 12th November 1817 in Ashton under Lyne, Lancashire to William and Sarah Reyner. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School and in 1835 he entered St. John’s College Cambridge. He was a 4th Wrangler in 1839 and became a Fellow of the College in 1840. He then held the position of Sadlerian Lecturer in Mathematics from 1847-57. He was Junior Dean of St. John’s from 1848-1851 and then Senior Bursar from 1857-1876.
Whilst he was Senior Bursar he was one of the people who oversaw the development of the Platt estates in Kentish Town into the general estates of the College. From 1862-1885 more than 700 house leases were granted on the estate, plus shops, a school and All Saints Church. The rents from these estates helped sustain the College through the agricultural depression.
He was also one of the team of people who agreed to the appointment of Gilbert Scott in 1862 to design and construct the new college chapel. The death of Henry Hoare in 1866 caused considerable problems for financing the chapel as Hoare had offered to pay for the chapel tower in installments over his lifetime and he died with only £2,000 paid of the £6,000 the tower was due to cost. Hoare’s son told the College that he would only pay for the tower if the College gave him the living of Staplehurst, where his family lived, to enable his brother to become rector there. The College refused, with the result that they themselves paid for the tower, keeping the Staplehurst living, which Reyner himself took up in 1876. The chapel was consecrated in 1869, coming in vastly over budget.
Reyner was criticised as Bursar by his successors as having allowed the College to engage in reckless expenditure and by inflating the College revenues by doing one-off things (such as the sale of timber from Brookfield Wood) that were not sustainable.
Reyner died in Staplehurst on 16th September 1892, having been the rector of Staplehurst parish for 16 years. He was buried in Staplehurst cemetery.

Rickman and Hutchinson was an architects practice based in Birmingham. Thomas Rickman (1776-1841), a self-taught architect, established a practice in Liverpool in 1817. The following year, Rickman took on the eighteen year-old Henry Hutchinson (1800-1831) as a pupil. A second office in Birmingham was opened in 1820, to which Rickman and Hutchinson both transferred. In December 1821 they entered into a partnership. The firm became well-known, especially as church architects. In 1825 Rickman and Hutchinson were invited to submit designs for New Court at St John’s College, Cambridge. Their plans were selected and they supervised the construction between 1826 and 1831. The partnership came to an end in November 1831, when Henry Hutchinson died after a long period of illness. Rickman continued the practice, going into partnership with Richard Charles Hussey (1802-87) in 1835. Rickman retired in 1838, leaving the office to Hussey. He died on 4 January 1841.

Ctizen of Canterbury, [of Monkton, Thanet, Kent, probably the pensioner adm. 1612, B.A.1616]

Born at Darton, Yorkshire. Matriculated St John's 1844; Scholar, 1847; B.A. (17th Wrangler) 1848; Tyrwhitt Hebrew Scholar, 1851; M.A. 1851. Ordained deacon (Oxford) 1848; priest, 1848; curate of Bicester, Oxon., 1848-9; curate of Brighouse, Yorks., 1849-51. Usher at Bradford Grammar School, 1851-71. Curate of Hartshead with Clifton, Yorks., 1859-73; curate of Mirfield, 1873-8. Latterly of King's End House, Bicester

The Royal Commission on the Historical Monuments of England was founded in 1908 with the aim of compiling an inventory of ancient and historic monuments in England. In 1999 they were merged with English Heritage. Their records now belong to Historic England.

The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) is a professional body for architects and the advancement of architecture primarily in the United Kingdom. The early work of the RIBA focused on fees, practice standards and ethics for architects. The RIBA is still concerned with these areas, but its activities have widened to include training, architecture prizes, publishing and the promotion of excellence in architecture. It is also lobbies the British government on architectural issues. It does not receive any government funding but relies on its members, sponsors and on charitable trading operations to fund its work.
Originally named the Institute of British Architects in London, it was founded in 1834 by several prominent architects. The Royal Charter for the institute was granted in 1837 by the Privy Council during the reign of King William IV. After the grant of the royal charter the name was altered to Royal Institute of British Architects in London, eventually dropping the reference to London in 1892. The purpose of the Royal Institute was set out in the Royal Charter and stated as being ‘the general advancement of Architecture, and for promoting and facilitating the acquirement of the knowledge of the various arts and sciences connected therewith’.
In 1848, the Royal Gold Medal award was created. The original idea for the medal was that the medal would be a prize given for an architectural competition for the institute’s new headquarters. Though the office of Queen Victoria gave royal approval for the medal, only 11 entries were received for the competition, none of which were deemed good enough for the prize. After consultation with Prince Albert, it was decided to repurpose the medal and award it to distinguished architects for work of high merit, or for some distinguished person whose work has promoted the advancement of architecture.
In 1894, the first RIBA journal was published. It is widely regarded as the UK’s leading magazine on architecture and it is still available today in print and online.
In 1934 RIBA moved to its current purpose-built headquarters at Portland Place in central London.
In the 1960s the RIBA began to develop as a regional organisation and the Eastern Region office in Cambridge was the first to open in 1966.
In 1996, the RIBA instigated the Stirling Prize for outstanding architecture. Recognised as the most prestigious architecture award in Britain, the award has been televised since 2015.
In 2014, the RIBA opened its architectural gallery. The gallery is a public exhibition space featuring the best of British architecture. The gallery has a permanent exhibition created in conjunction with the Victoria & Albert Museum that tells the story of world architecture over 2,500 years.
The RIBA publishes its own books on architecture and buildings and it has its own bookshop. The RIBA is also a big supporter of quality training and offers a varied program of CPD courses for architects. Students studying architecture at degree level must complete courses that follow the RIBA levels 1 & 2 training and are provided at university by RIBA validated trainers.

Vicar of the Church of the Lady Margaret, Walworth, c 1930-1940.

Sir John Sandys was born in May 1844 in Leicester, to the Reverend Timothy of Calcutta and Rebecca. He came into residence at St John’s in Michaelmas Term 1863. He obtained many awards during his studies including the Bell scholarship at the end of his first year of study, Browne Medal and Porson Prize in 1865, the Porson Prize for a second time the following year, Members’ Prize in 1866 and 1867, before graduating BA as Senior Classic in 1867. The same year, he was elected to the Fellowship, and he was to remain a Fellow until his death. He served as a College tutor for 30 years between 1870 and 1900, and as Public Orator for the University between 1876 and his retirement in 1919.
Sandys wrote a number of books on classical subjects, most notably a 'History of Classical Scholarship'. Published in three volumes between 1903 and 1908, it still remains a valuable reference guide. Sandys married Mary Grainger in 1880, was elected a Fellow of the British Academy in 1909 and died in 1922. He was a generous benefactor to the College, and also bequeathed a sum of money to the University to found a studentship.

Obituary in The Eagle: Vol. 43, Michaelmas Term 1922, p. 15