Edward Atkinson (6 August 1819, Leeds – 1 March 1915, Cambridge[1]) was Master of Clare College from 1856 to his death.
[2] Atkinson was educated at Leeds Grammar School and Clare College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1838, gaining a scholarship, graduating B.A.
[3] He became Fellow of Clare in 1842; and was ordained a priest of the Church of England in 1844;[4] He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1862–1863, 1868–1870, and 1876–1878.
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