| Robert Townley Caldwell | |||||||
| Birth Place: | Bridgetown, Barbados | ||||||
| Death Place: | Inneshewen, Dess, Aberdeenshire, Scotland | ||||||
| Field: | Mathematics | ||||||
| Work Institution: | University of Cambridge | ||||||
| Alma Mater: | University of Cambridge | ||||||
| Birth Date: | 1843 3, df=yes | ||||||
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Robert Townley Caldwell (16 March 1843 – 8 September 1914) was the Master of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge from 1906 to 1914.
Born in Barbados on 16 March 1843, he was educated at St John's College, Winnipeg,[1] King's College, London and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. as 10th wrangler in 1865.
Elected a Fellow of Corpus Christi in 1865, he spent the rest of his working life there serving as a Mathematical Lecturer, Bursar and finally Master[2] until his death on 8 September 1914.[3] He was an active Cambridgeshire Freemason, from his initiation into Isaac Newton University Lodge rising to be Provincial Grand Master.[4]