Campion, William Magan, 1820-1896 (President of Queens College Cambridge)
Biography
William Magan Campion (1820-1896) was born in Ireland on 28 October 1820. He attended Queens' College, Cambridge, and was a Fellow, 1850-1892, mathematical lecturer, 1850-1853, President, 1892-1896, and Proctor, 1865. Campion was a member of the first Council of the Senate, and its Secretary in 1865. He was Rector of St Botolph's, Cambridge, 1862-1892, and a rural dean, 1870-1892, and Honorary Canon of Ely, 1879-1896. He died at Cambridge on 20 October 1896.
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Minutes of meetings of the Council of the Senate of Cambridge University
In the hand of W.M. Campion, 15 November 1856 - 3 October 1862, 110 folios. The entries from 18 November 1857 to 7 December 1860 are in shorthand. Another hand appears on fos 22v, 23 and 57. Attached to fo. 95 is a letter from J. Fuller to W.M. Campion, 2 December 1861.
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