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28 Nov 2016: WWI Roll of Honour: Sydney Garner Bennett (1888 – 1916) Sydney Garner Bennett was born in 1888 in Lowestoft, Suffolk, the only son of Henry and Mary Bennett. His father served as a Primitive Methodist Minister at various churches in Suffolk and

25 Nov 2016: Sir Busick Harwood, First Professor of Medicine, and the College vault. In November 2014, Downing College commemorated its first Professor of Medicine, Sir Busick Harwood, who died 200 years earlier. He was named in the College’s founding charter

25 Nov 2016: From the Archives: Downing and the outbreak of war. The outbreak of war, 1914. On July 28th 1914, Austria declared war on Serbia following the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand by a Serbian nationalist. As Russia mobilised, Germany declared

25 Nov 2016: From the Archives: 250 years since Downing wasn’t founded! The 250th anniversary of the death of Sir Jacob Downing, 4th Baronet. 2014 marked the 250th anniversary of a significant event in the history of Downing College. On 6th February 1764, Sir