James Porter (Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge)

James Porter,^[1] D.D.^[2] (b Belfast 2 October 1827 - d Cambridge 2 October 1900)^[3] was a British academic^[4] in the second half of the 19th century.^[5]

Porter was born in Drumlee, Castlewellan, Co. Down , Ireland in the year 1825, the son of Rev. James Porter, Presbyterian Minister, and the brother of (1) William Archer Porter, a lawyer and educationist who served as the Principal of Government Arts College, Kumbakonam and tutor and secretary to the Maharaja of Mysore, (2) Jane Bailie Porter, who married Alexander Crum Brown, the Scottish organic chemist and (3) Margaret Archer Porter, who married Peter Tait (physicist). Porter entered Peterhouse, Cambridge on July 8, 1847, where he was to spend the rest of his career.^[6] He was 9th Wrangler in 1851;^[7] Fellow of Peterhouse from 1853; ordained priest in 1856, becoming Dean; Bursar in 1861; Tutor in 1863; Senior proctor in 1868; Master in 1868; Vicar of Cherry Hinton in 1880; and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 1881.^[8]

"He was endowed with a great activity both mental and physical, which found expression on the one hand in a keen participation in athletic sports, and on the other in whole-hearted efforts to promote the highest interests of the University."^[9] In Dr T. A. Walker's History of Peterhouse (1906) the Rev. James Porter is described as a “man of notable business qualifications and of a rare generosity of spirit.”^[10]

References

↑ Art UK
↑ Look & Learn
↑ The Master Of Peterhouse The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Oct 03, 1900; pg. 4; Issue 36263
↑ National Archives
↑ Porter, James. ukwhoswho.com. Who Was Who. 1897–1916 (1 December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 1 August 2018.
↑ 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. v. Pace – Spyers, (1953) p162
↑ "Mr Hopkins' Men: Cambridge Reform and British Mathematics in the 19th Century" Craik, A.D.D. p294: St Andrews, Springer, 2008 ISBN 978-1-84800-132-9
↑ University web-site
↑ Knott, Cargill Gilston (1911). Life and Scientific Work of Peter Guthrie Tait. Cambridge University Press. p. 14.
↑ Walker, Thomas Alfred (1906). Peterhouse. London: Hutchinson & Co. p. 187.

Academic offices
Preceded by Henry Wilkinson Cookson	Master of Peterhouse, Cambridge 1868—1900	Succeeded by Adolphus William Ward
Preceded by Frederic Henry Chase	Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1881—1884	Succeeded by Ernest Stewart Roberts

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[1] Art UK

[2] Look & Learn

[3] The Master Of Peterhouse The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Oct 03, 1900; pg. 4; Issue 36263

[4] National Archives

[5] Porter, James. ukwhoswho.com. Who Was Who. 1897–1916 (1 December 2007 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 1 August 2018.

[6] 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. v. Pace – Spyers, (1953) p162

[7] "Mr Hopkins' Men: Cambridge Reform and British Mathematics in the 19th Century" Craik, A.D.D. p294: St Andrews, Springer, 2008 ISBN 978-1-84800-132-9

[8] University web-site

[9] Knott, Cargill Gilston (1911). Life and Scientific Work of Peter Guthrie Tait. Cambridge University Press. p. 14.

[10] Walker, Thomas Alfred (1906). Peterhouse. London: Hutchinson & Co. p. 187.

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