St John’s College, Cambridge by Robert Forsyth Scott, Edmund H. New. Author Robert Forsyth Scott, Edmund H. New. The author, R. F. Scott, was Master of the College from 1908 until his death in 1933. This history, first published in 1907, covers the period from its foundation, on the ancient site of the hospital of St John the Evangelist, to the start of the twentieth century.