Cambridge Mathematical Tripos: Cambridge, January 25t: Wrangles: … Edwards, Sidney Sussex and Pinsent, St. John’s (fourth) … Mr. Hume Chancellor Pinsent, of St. John’s College, is a son of the late Mr. R. S. Pinsent, of Devonport, was born in September 1857, and educated at Amersham Hall School, Reading, under Mr. West, as headmaster. In December 1875, he gained an Exhibition in Mathematics at St. John’s, after having at the- Cambridge Centre of the Senior Local Examinations passed first in Honours. In June 1874, he was first in Honours at the London Matriculation Examination. He entered upon residence at Cambridge in October 1874, and was elected to a Foundation Scholarship in June 18 77. Mr. Pinsent’s college tutor was the Rev. E. Hill; his private tutor, Mr. T. Dale, of Trinity, third Wrangler in 1862.
[see also Chelmsford Chronicle: Friday 1st February 1878 and Leeds Mercury: Saturday 26th January 1878]
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GRO0435 Devonport: Hume Chancellor Pinsent: 1857 – 1920
GRO0741 Devonport: Richard Steele Pinsent: 1820 – 1864