Montague Rhodes James was an English author, medievalist scholar and provost of King's College, Cambridge (1905–1918), and of Eton College (1918–1936). He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge (1913–1915).
M. R. James, c. 1900
M. R. James's scholarly work uncovered the burial places of the abbots of Bury St Edmunds Abbey in 1903 (from front to rear): Edmund of Walpole (1248–1256); Henry of Rushbrooke (1235–1248); Richard of the Isle of Ely (1229–1234); Samson (1182–1211); and Ording (1148–1157).
Illustration by James McBryde for M. R. James's story "'Oh, Whistle, and I'll Come to You, My Lad'". James was close friends with the illustrator, and the collection Ghost Stories of an Antiquary in 1904 was intended as a showcase for McBryde's artwork, but McBryde died having completed only four plates.
The Virgin Mary: page from a 15th-century book of hours from the catalogue of the Fitzwilliam Museum
King's College, Cambridge
King's College, formally The King's College of Our Lady and Saint Nicholas in Cambridge, is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. This college lies beside the River Cam and faces out onto King's Parade in the centre of the city.
King's College Chapel and the Gibbs' Building
Henry VI, the college's founder
Old Court
The College Chapel, as first planned by Henry VI. The building line between light and dark stone can be seen on the chapel's side.
