The First 40 Presidents of Queens' College Cambridge

by Jonathan Dowson

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Queens' College, part of the University of Cambridge, was founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou, wife of the inept and ill-fated Henry VI. The first of its 40 Presidents to date was Andrew Doket, an ambitious Catholic priest, while the latest, the eminent economist Dr. Mohamed El-Erian, was installed in 2020, in the midst of the Covid pandemic.This account traces the history of the College through the lives and times of each of the 40 Presidents in chronological order. Their varied careers, (whic