William Herbert Cam

William Herbert Cam was born on 10 November 1850, the son of William and Emily Anne Cam of Dursley, Gloucestershire.^[1]

William Herbert Cam was at Bedford School and a scholar of New College, Oxford. He was a master at Wellington College, headmaster of Dudley Grammar School (1897-83) and Abingdon School (1883-93).^[2] He was then rector of Birchanger and rector of Paulerspury.

Cam married Kate Scott and they had nine children.^[3] Their daughter Helen Maud Cam (1885-1968) who initially was educated by her father at School House, Abingdon School, became vice-mistress of Girton College, Cambridge (1944–48) and professor of medieval history at Harvard University (1948–54).

He died on 3 October 1927 aged 76.^[4]