RACSTER, JOHN, son of John Racster, Norfolk; b.; adm.; Min. Can. (aged 14) 1580; QS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1584, adm. scholar 1585; BA 1588/9; MA 1592 (incorp. Oxford 9 Jul 1594); Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll. 4 Oct 1591, Major Fellow 11 Mar 1591/2 – c. 1597; ordained; Rector of Suckley, Worcs., from 1596; author, A Booke of the Seven Planets or Seven Wandering Motives of Wm. Alabaster’s Wit retrograded or removed, 1598, in answer to The Seven Motives for his Conversion by William Alabaster (qv); in the dedication of his book Racster writes “the same schoole bred us both, the same university nourced us both, the same colledge maintained us both, the same master preferred us both, the same roofe, nay the same bed, sometimes contained us both”; m.; d. 1640.
Racic, Antun, son of Stefan Antun Racic, shipowner, of Cavtat, Yugoslavia, and Pava, d. of Nikola Pasic of Belgrade; b. 8 Oct. 1920; adm. Jan. 1936 (B); left July 1939; Univ. of Belgrade; d. 1994.
RABY, ARTHUR TURNOUR, son of Alexander Raby, Cobham, Surrey, iron and copper manufacturer, and Anne Cox; b. 31 Aug 1789; in school lists 1801, 1803; m. 1813 Henrietta Jane Smith; d. at Homburg, Prussia, Germany 14 Aug 1856.
RABBET, MICHAEL; b.; adm.; QS in 1568; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1571, adm. scholar 1572, matr. Easter 1572; BA 1575/6; MA 1579 (incorp. Oxford 14 Jul 1584); migrated to Gonville and Caius Coll., Fellow and Tutor Nov 1579 – Lady Day 1587; BD 1586; ordained deacon and priest (Lincoln) 8 Feb 1581/2; Rector of Cricket Malherbie, Somerset 1581; Rector of Streatham, Surrey, from 1585; adm. Gray’s Inn 20 Feb 1596/7; Rector of St. Vedast, Foster Lane, London, 13 Feb 1603/4 – 1617; one of translators of the Bible; m. 1st, ---; m. 2nd, 19 Oct 1619 Margaret Gifford; d. 5 Feb 1630/1, aged 78.
Quixley, Frederick George Peter, b. 23 Dec. 1915; adm. Apr. 1929 (A); left July 1935; Metropolitan Police Coll., Sub-Divisional Inspector Metropolitan Police; Roy. Tank Regt 1940-6 (Maj.), served Middle East and Italy; RAOC 1946-51 (Maj.), retd 1959; BP Co. and other mining interests, retd 1975; m. 24 Dec. 1941 Dorothy Irene Betsy, d. of William Atkinson of Dorking, Surrey; d. 1990.