William Campion (mathematician)

William Magan Campion
William Magan Campion
	Portrait of Campion by Charles Edmund Brock, 1893
Born	October 28, 1820; Ireland
Died	October 20, 1896 (aged 75); Queens' College, Cambridge, England
Nationality	British
Alma mater	Queens' College, Cambridge
Occupation	Mathematician

William Magan Campion (1820–1896) was a Sadleirian Lecturer in Mathematics and the President of Queens' College, Cambridge, from 1892 until his death.[1]

Life

St Botolph's Church, Cambridge, c. 1870

Campion was born in Ireland on 28 October 1820, and was the second son of William Campion of Maryborough, Co. Laois. He was admitted as pensioner to Queens' College, Cambridge in 1845 to read Maths; he was 4th Wrangler. He was elected Fellows of Queens' in 1850.[2] Campion was considered too young for the College presidency of the College in 1857 on the death of Joshua King, but was elected President in 1892 after the death of George Phillips when already old and in poor health.

Campion was a member of the first Council of the Senate, and its Secretary in 1865. He was Rector of the St Botolph's Church, Cambridge, 1862-1892, and a rural dean, 1870-1892, and Honorary Canon of Ely Cathedral, 1879-1896.

In conjunction with W. J. Beaumont he wrote a learned yet popular exposition of the Book of Common Prayer, entitled The Prayer-Book Interleaved.

He died in the President's Lodge at Queens' College on 20 October 1896 is buried in the Mill Road Cemetery, Cambridge.[3]

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References

"Campion, William (CMN845WM)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
"Minutes of meetings of the Council of the Senate of Cambridge University". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 7 November 2014.
"Mill Road Cemetery". Mill Road Cemetery. Retrieved 7 November 2014.

Academic offices
Preceded by George Phillips	President of Queens' College, Cambridge 1892–1896	Succeeded by Herbert Edward Ryle

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[1] "Campion, William (CMN845WM)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[2] "Minutes of meetings of the Council of the Senate of Cambridge University". University of Cambridge. Retrieved 7 November 2014.

[3] "Mill Road Cemetery". Mill Road Cemetery. Retrieved 7 November 2014.