Robert Rattenbury

Robert Mantle Rattenbury (9 December 1901 – 29 July 1970) was an English classical scholar and Registrary of the University of Cambridge.

[1] In 1926 Rattenbury was elected as a fellow of Trinity College and in 1953 as Registrary of the university,[1][4] meaning as head of its administration.

[5] Between 1935 and 1938, Rattenbury and T. W. Lumb published in Paris an edition of the Aethiopica of Heliodorus of Emesa, in three volumes, with critical notes in French.

Wielding the authority of his office as Registrary, Rattenbury took charge of the exercise, giving the Anglo-Hungarian don Robert Bolgar of King's the task of escorting the new recruits from London and helping them to settle in.

[11] Rattenbury continued to serve as Registrary until 1969 but did not reach retirement as a fellow, dying suddenly in July 1970[12] at Grantchester, where he lived.