The Eagle (magazine)

The Eagle, founded in 1859, is an annual magazine published with the assistance of St. John's College, Cambridge.

The poet Thomas Ashe founded "The Eagle" in the year in which he graduated from St John's. [Ronald Bayne, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/754 ‘Ashe, Thomas (1836–1889)’] , rev. Katherine Mullin, "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2005, accessed 5 Jan 2008] , with the help of a college fellow, Joseph Bickersteth Mayor. [John R. Gibbins, [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/56421 ‘Mayor, Joseph Bickersteth (1828–1916)’] , "Oxford Dictionary of National Biography", Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 5 Jan 2008] Henry George Hart (1843-1921) [ODNB] and Robert Forsyth Scott (1849-1933) were later editors of the magazine. [cite journal | journal = Notes and Queries | title = The Rev. George Plaxton | author = Aleyn Lyell Reade | volume = 10 S X | date = October 17, 1908 | pages = p.301 | quote = Mr R. F. Scott, of St. John's, who edits The Eagle,.. | url = http://books.google.com/books?id=qlUCAAAAIAAJ ] [cite book | title = Dictionary of National Biography | year = 1901 | author = Smith, Elder | pages = p.51 | quote = information from R. F. Scott, esq., St. John's College, Cambridge. ]

Samuel Butler wrote for "The Eagle". [ODNB]

History

* 1859-1935 : Published by W. Metcalfe ^{OCLC|17524145}
* 1959- : Published annually by St. John's College ^{OCLC|70910081}

Since 1981, a supplement has also been published. ^{OCLC|55869791}

Between 1889 and 1915, some of the records from the Cambridge Archives were printed in the magazine. [ [http://janus.lib.cam.ac.uk/db/node.xsp?id=EAD/GBR/1859/SJCA St John's College, Cambridge Archives] ] [ [http://www.joh.cam.ac.uk/library/special_collections/manuscripts/oriental_manuscripts/browne_1434/ Browne 1434. The Khamsa of Nizami. Persian] ]

References

External links

* [http://www.philsp.com/data/data102.html Magazine Data Page 102]