Charles Kirkby Robinson

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Charles Kirkby Robinson (1826-1909) was a British clergyman and academic, whose election to the Mastership of St Catharine's College, Cambridge in 1861 caused great controversy. Charles Robinson was born in 1826 in Acomb, North Yorkshire,^[1] and he matriculated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge in 1845. He was elected scholar in 1846, and graduated as 22nd Wrangler in 1849. He was appointed Fellow and Tutor in 1850, and was Junior Proctor in the University of Cambridge from 1858-1859. The circumstances of his election to Master in 1861 have been outlined by WHS Jones.^[2] At the time, there were just 5 Fellows of the college who were the electorate. Of these, two were candidates - Robinson, and Francis Jameson. In the election, Jameson received two votes, but Robinson received three: his own, Jameson's, and just one other. Since Jameson may have cast his vote under the impression that the candidates were to vote for each other while Robinson did not, this caused something of a stir at the time. Jameson left the Fellowship of St Catharine's shortly after, in 1862.^[3] WHS Jones records that 'this was probably the greatest disaster that ever happened to any college'; whether this was the case or not, the circumstances of the election were not forgotten during Robinson's long tenure as Master, from 1861-1909. Robinson was eventually succeeded as Master by Claude Johns.

References

↑ "Robinson, Charles Kirkby (RBN845CK)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ W.H.S. Jones, 1936, A history of St Catharine's College, Cambridge University Press, 414 pp
↑ "Jameson, Francis James (JM846FJ)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

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Name	Robinson, Charles Kirkby
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Short description	British clergyman and academic
Date of birth	1826
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Date of death	1909
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