Edward Beck (academic)
Edward Anthony Beck (21 March 1848 - 12 April 1916)[1] was a British academic in the last third of the 19th century and the first decades of the 20th.[2]
Beck was educated at Bishop's Stortford College and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was to spend the rest of his career.[3] He was Scholar in 1867; Chancellor's English Medallist, 1868 and 1870; Fellow from 1871 to 1902; Seatonian Prizeman in 1874; Assistant Tutor in 1875; ; Junior Tutor in 1885; Senior Tutor in 1887; and Senior proctor from 1881 to 1888, when he became Vice Master. He was Master of Trinity Hall, Cambridge from his election in November 1902 until his death;[4] and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1904 until 1906.[5]
References[]
- ^ Death of the Master of Trinity Hall. The Times (London, England), Thursday, Apr 13, 1916; pg. 11; Issue 41140
- ^ "Beck, Edward Anthony". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 1920–2016 (July2018 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 25 July 2018. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
- ^ 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. i. Abbey – Challis, (1940) p100
- ^ "University intelligence". The Times (36920). London. 8 November 1902. p. 12.
- ^ University web-site
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