Sir Walter Durnford GBE VD JP (b Middleton 21 February 1847 – d Cambridge 7 April 1926) was an English academic.
The son of Bishop Richard Durnford he was educated at Eton College. He entered King's College, Cambridge in 1865, graduating B.A in 1869 and M.A in 1890. He was appointed a Fellow of Kings in 1869. He was on the staff of Eton from 1870 to 1899. He was Mayor of Cambridge in 1905; and Provost of King's College, Cambridge from 1918 until his death.
References
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- 'Death Of Sir Walter Durnford' The Times (London, England), Thursday, Apr 08, 1926; pg. 12; Issue 44240
- Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752-1900 Vol. ii. Chalmers – Fytche, (1944) p362
- Sutton, Charles William (1901). "Durnford, Richard" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography (1st supplement). London: Smith, Elder & Co. pp. 170–171.
- 'University Intelligence' The Times (London, England), Saturday, May 11, 1872; pg. 8; Issue 27374.
- Durnford family
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- "Durnford, Walter". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 7 December 2018. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
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