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W.W. Rouse Ball

Framed Cambridge Pentacle Club membership certificate for John Davenport

Framed Cambridge Pentacle Club membership certificate for John Davenport

The Pentacle Club started issuing membership certificates in 2014. This was presented to John on 18 Feb 2014. The Pentacle Club was founded by Professor W.W. Rouse Ball as a Cambridge University society in 1919. In the 1960s it opened up its membership to include local people unconnected with the university. John Davenport joined the club as an undergraduate in the late 1960s.