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SJCR/SJAC/1/2/Ward/2/1
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- 1871-1876 (Creation)
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1 file. Paper
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Name of creator
Biographical history
Joseph Timmis Ward was born in Banbury in 1853, and subsequently educated at King’s School, Rochester. He was matriculated at St John’s in 1872, and took his degree in 1876 as Senior Wrangler. Following this, he was first Smith’s prizeman, and was elected to a Fellowship that lasted until his death.
Ward was ordained as a deacon in 1877, and then as a priest at Ely in 1879. After returning to Cambridge, he became mathematical lecturer at St John’s, where he also served as a tutor for twelve years started in 1883. From 1896 to 1903, he was also Senior Dean.
Ward was an original founder of Westcott House, Cambridge. He was a supporter of the Cambridge Mission to Delhi, and served as Secretary of the Committee for the St John’s College Mission at Walworth c.1906-1910. He died in Cambridge on the 23rd June 1935.
Obituary in the Eagle: Vol. 49, Mich 1935, p. 122
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Scope and content
Includes: valuation of furniture in Ward's room; telegraph from Ward's mother; personal correspondence including Ward's letters to his mother.