Edward Perowne

Edward Henry Perowne was an English clergyman and college head, Master of Corpus [Christi College, Cambridge].

Life

Edward Henry Perowne was the youngest son of three born to the Revd John Perowne and Eliza née Scott, Church [Missionary Society|C.M.S.] missionaries at Burdwan in India. He was educated at home and at Norwich before going on to Corpus Christi College, Cambridge in 1846. Made a scholar the following year, he graduated B.A. in Classics in 1850.
He was ordained as a deacon in 1850 and a priest in 1851, becoming the curate at Maddermarket in Norfolk.
Perowne was made a Fellow of his old college Corpus Christi in 1858 eventually becoming Master in 1879.
From 1879 to 1881 he was Vice-Chancellor of [the University of Cambridge], as well as holding various other positions in the Church of England.
He died unmarried on 5 February 1906 in Cambridge. He is buried in Grantchester.