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The Psalms in English by Ernest Hampden-Cook, c. 1921-31
'The Psalms for the People. An idiomatic & slightly paraphrastic translation into everyday English mainly from the Massoretic Hebrew text. By Ernest Hampden-Cook, BA London; MA Cambridge; formerly exhibitioner for Hebrew, St John's College Cambridge & Hebrew prizeman, Owens College Manchester; editor and part reviser of Dr R.F. Weymouth's 'New Testament in Modern Speech'.'
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Latin verse compositions by members of St John's College, Cambridge, 1837-1859
A collection of Latin verses submitted by members of St John's College for University prizes, such as Sir William Browne's Medal for Latin Ode. Each poem appears to be in the autograph of the author. Contents as follows.
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David Pegg, Greek and Latin prose and verse compositions. 1934-6
David Pegg, of St John's College (BA 1938): exercise book of Latin and Greek prose and verse translations composed while studying for Part I of the Classical Tripos at St John's, 1934-6. His work is corrected by supervisors, among them T. R. Glover, M. P. Charlesworth, R. L. Howland and H. P. W. Gatty. With MS note on contents by Professor John Crook, 24 Nov. 1999.
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Thomas W. Keeble, London PhD thesis. English, 1948
Thomas Whitfield Keeble (of St John's College, d. 1994): 'The burlesque of mythology in seventeenth-century poetry in Spain', London PhD thesis, 1948. An obituary for the author appears in The Eagle (1995), 170-1.
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Laurence Hilary Macklin, School and undergraduate diaries. English, 1920-4
Laurence Hilary Macklin (1902-69) was educated at Christ Church Cathedral Choir School, Oxford, and then at Felsted School. He came up to St John’s College in 1921 to read Classics, being placed in the third class in part I of the Classical Tripos in 1923. He then switched to English, achieving a third class in the English Tripos of 1924, and graduated BA. Macklin was an able oarsman and rowed in the First Boat of the Lady Margaret Boat Club in 1923 and 1924.
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George Scurfield, 'The Bitter Mangoes'. English, 1991
George Bazeley Scurfield, of St John's College (d. 1991): 'The Bitter Mangoes', memoirs of his years at St John's and his wartime service in the Far East for which he was awarded the MC, 1938-45. Written in 1991.
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Jack Goody, 'Beyond the Walls'. English, 1992
J. R. Goody, Fellow of St John's College (b. 1919): 'Beyond the walls', memoirs, in third-person, of his experiences as an escaped prisoner of war in Italy, 1943-5. Chapters 1-3 were written while a PoW, the work being completed in 1992.
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Ebenezer Cunningham, Autobiography. English, c. 1970
Ebenezer Cunningham, Fellow of St John's College (1881-1977): 'Ebenezer', an autobiography for the most part written in his ninetieth year. With copies of two letters from Clifford [Evans] to Richard [Perham?], Fellows of St John's, one dated 20 May 1987, the other undated, commenting on the contents.
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Hugh Gatty, Papers. English, c. 1934-48
Hugh Percival Wharton Gatty, Fellow and Librarian of St John's College Cambridge (1907-48): Miscellaneous papers relating to books and medieval manuscripts, College furniture and plate 'taken from his rooms after his death', according to a note signed by the then Senior Bursar of St John's, J. S. Boys Smith, Apr. 1948.
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Hugh Gatty, 'The Hospital of St John the Evangelist'. English, 1936
Hugh Percival Wharton Gatty, Fellow and Librarian of St John's College Cambridge (1907-48): 'The Hospital of Saint John the Evangelist, Cambridge ... Delivered before the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, 4 May, 1936'.