Walter Durnford
Sir Walter Durnford[1] GBE VD JP (b Middleton 21 February 1847 – d Cambridge 7 April 1926)[2] was an English academic.[3]
The son of Bishop Richard Durnford[4] he was educated at Eton College. He entered King's College, Cambridge in 1865, graduating B.A in 1869 and M.A in 1890.[5] He was appointed a Fellow of Kings in 1869. He was on the staff of Eton from 1870 to 1899. He was Mayor of Cambridge in 1905;[6] and Provost of King's College, Cambridge[7] from 1918 until his death.[8]
References
- ^ NPG details
- ^ 'Death Of Sir Walter Durnford' The Times (London, England), Thursday, Apr 08, 1926; pg. 12; Issue 44240
- ^ Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752-1900 Vol. ii. Chalmers – Fytche, (1944) p362
- ^ Sutton, Charles William (1901). "Durnford, Richard" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 170–171.
- ^ 'University Intelligence' The Times (London, England), Saturday, May 11, 1872; pg. 8; Issue 27374.
- ^ Durnford family
- ^ National Archives
- ^ "Durnford, Walter". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 7 December 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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