Henry Morgan (academic)

The Reverend Henry Arthur Morgan, D.D. (1 July 1830 – 2 September 1912) was an English academic, master of Jesus College, Cambridge from 1885 until his death.[1] He was born in Gothenburg and educated at Shrewsbury and Jesus College, Cambridge.[2] and he was ordained in 1859.[3] Morgan was a Fellow at Jesus from 1858 to 1885.[4]

The Reverend Henry Morgan was affectionately nicknamed ‘Black Morgan’ to distinguish him from the unrelated Senior Tutor and Dean of Jesus College called The Reverend Edmund Henry Morgan (‘Red Morgan’). In 1862, Henry Morgan and Leslie Stephen were the first mountaineers to ascend Jungfraujoch in the Bernese Alps. Morgan wrote extensively about academia, theology and geography. He was pivotal in raising the profile of smaller colleges within the University of Cambridge.[5]

"Black Morgan", caricature by Hay in Vanity Fair, 1889.

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  1. ^ 'The Master Of Jesus College, Cambridge' The Times (London, England), Wednesday, Sep 04, 1912; pg. 7; Issue 39995.
  2. ^ 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. iv. Kahlenberg – Oyler, (1947) p180
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 19088 p997: London; Horace Cox; 1908
  4. ^

    "Morgan, Henry". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 20 December 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)

  5. ^ "B. Fletcher Robinson Chronology" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 July 2013. Retrieved 16 February 2024.