George Borlase

George Borlase (1743 – 7 November 1809) was an English churchman, Registrary and Knightbridge Professor of Moral Philosophy at the University of Cambridge.

He was the sixth son of Walter Borlase, vicar of Madron, and his wife Margaret.

[1] After attending a grammar school in Exeter, he was admitted to Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1759 at the age of 16.

[3] Borlase was nominated for the Mastership of Peterhouse, but after a contested election against Barnes he was rejected.

[5] Borlase is most well known for being the first editor of a list of the graduates at Cambridge University between 1659 and 1787, known as the Cantabrigienses Graduati (London, 1787).