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SJCR/SJAC/1/2/Tanner/4
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- 1885-1931 (Creation)
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52 files and 2 items. Paper
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Joseph Robson Tanner was born on the 28th July 1860, the son of Joseph Tanner, who headed a printing firm in Somerset. He was educated at Mill Hill School, before coming up to St John’s in 1879. There, he placed in the First Class of the Historical Tripos, and was both Treasurer and President of the Union Society. Tanner became a Fellow of the College in 1886; from there, he also held posts as College Lecturer in History (1883-1912), Director of Historical Studies (1905-1920), Assistant Tutor (1895-1900), Tutor (1900-1912) and Tutorial Bursar (1900-1921). He was also a member of the Council of the Senate, the Press Syndicate, and edited the Historical Register of the University of Cambridge.
Tanner continued to write frequently after his post-war retirement from College services, producing and editing works such as the Cambridge Medieval History, Samuel Pepys and the Royal Navy, and English Constitutional Conflicts of the Seventeenth Century.
Tanner was married in 1888, to Charlotte Maria Larkman. He died on the 16th January 1931, and his funeral was held in the College Chapel the following week.
Obituary in the Eagle: Vol. 46, Easter 1931, p. 184
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Includes: letters, flyers and notices relating to College affairs, students, educational matters; women's suffrage and the University and personal correspondence.
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The original order of this collection was destroyed at a much earlier date. The decision has been taken to arrange the letters chronologically where possible. Where the collection had been divided into categories previously this division has been maintained.
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To find files in boxes please use the File # (ie Tanner/4/1-42) ignore the Sub-Collection number to locate files within boxes.