Social Class of Cambridge University Alumni of the 18th and 19th Centuries

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5635296
AutoresHester Donaldson Jenkins, Hester Jenkins, Daniel Jones (0000-0002-8823-8587), D Caradog Jones
Año1950
Volumen1
Número2
Páginas93
Fecha de publicación1950-06-01
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaBritish Journal of Sociology (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 0007-1315 • E-ISSN: 1468-4446
EditorialJSTOR (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.2307/587551
OpenAlexW2330431620
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas20

r NHE MAIN source of the material for this study was Dr. J. A. Venn's Alxmni Cantabrigienses (Palt II), a record of all men entering the l L University between the years I752 and I900. Part I covered the period from the earliest times to I75I. It was begun by Dr. Venn before the first World War, his father being responsible for it during his absence on war service, and it was published in four volumes between I92I and I927. The work is continued in Part II with the same meticulous attention to detail. All authoritative contemporary records have been consulted for particulars of parentage, early education, and subsequent careers of Cambridge men, including such obvious publications as School and College Calendars, Clerical, Legal and Medical Directories and files of The Times for obituary notices. The author has had the assistance of a large number of experienced workers in this field but he himself has methodically scrutinized every entry and there can be no doubt that the resulting information is singularly free from inaccuracies. The work since I752 already extends to three volumes. Two more are in the press and one is in preparation. It is expected that these remaining volumes will be published within the next six years. When the whole work is complete the estimated number of entries recorded in both parts will be about I42,000. Since the names of the alumni Xre printed in alphabetical order, irrespective of the date of entry into the University, and a random sample of names may equally well be drawn from any part of the alphabet, it is of little consequence to this research that the volumes of Part II so far issued stop at the letter J. It might be fairly argued that, by stopping at J, the Scottish and Irish will not be adequately represented: the Macdonalds and the O'Sullivans will be omitted. But this is an advantage rather than otherwise, for our major 93

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