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Charles Archibald Edmund Pollock MA (abt. 1859 - 1944)

The Rev. Charles Archibald Edmund Pollock MA
Born about in Hampstead, Middlesex, England, United Kingdommap
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Husband of — married 5 Jul 1895 in Stamford, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdommap
[children unknown]
Died at about age 85 [location unknown]
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Profile last modified | Created 15 Jul 2022
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Biography

Charles was born about 1859. He was the son of Alfred Pollock and Caroline Currie. [1]

He went to Highgate school. He was then an undergraduate at Trinity College Cambridge. He read Mathematics and, after "migrating" to Corpus Christis College, achieved a 1st class honours degree, designated 6th Wrangler.[2]

In 1881, having graduated from Cambridge, he was as yet without a job, but visiting William Done, Vicar of All Hallows, Bromley (London, not Kent).[3]

In 1895 he m;arried Grace Isabella Blenkin.[4]

In the 1911 census he is living in Cherry Hinton, Cambridge, with his wife and two children.[5]

A senior member of Corpus Christi College, he was appointed Senior University Proctor in 1911. (proctor is a post with disciplinary responsiblities[6]

He was president of Corpus Christi from 1921-8. (art uk website!)

He died in 1944

Portrait here - [3]

Sources

  1. "England and Wales Census, 1871", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VRJW-SX7 : 26 June 2022), Charles A E Pollock in entry for Alfred Pollock, 1871.
  2. [1] record id PLK877CA
  3. "England and Wales Census, 1881", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27S-TTBR : Tue Dec 12 06:49:04 UTC 2023), Entry for William Donne and Margaret E Donne, 1881.
  4. "British Newspaper Archive, Family Notices", , FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPC2-BHNL : Fri Oct 27 19:24:19 UTC 2023), Entry for Charles Archibald Edmund Pollock and Grace Isabella Blenkin, 5 Jul 1895.
  5. "England and Wales Census, 1911," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:X7K6-CHP : 22 July 2019), Charles Archibald Edmund Pollock, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1911 England and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 14, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
  6. [2] University of Cambridge Historical Register 1748-1910 pub 1911

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