This is a list of people whose papers are in Trinity College Library, arranged by the main subjects treated therein. It generally excludes reference to smaller collections of papers, with a few exceptions of small collections of particular significance.
The arrangement has been based on that of the schools of study at the University of Cambridge, though not all the people listed are academics. The main categories are as follows:
- Arts and Humanities
- Humanities and Social Sciences
- Biological Sciences
- Physical Sciences
- Technology
- Business
These main categories are divided into subsections, under which the people named are arranged in chronological order of birth.
Arts and Humanities
Art
- Eveleen Myers (1856-1937), née Tennant, photographer
- Clive Bell (1881-1964), art critic and writer
- Sir Walter Lamb (1882-1961), classicist, Secretary to the Royal Society of Arts
- Julian Trevelyan (1910-1988), painter and printmaker
Bibliography and museum curatorship
- Sir Francis Palgrave (1788-1861), archivist and historian
- Arthur Hamilton Smith (1860-1941), museum curator
- Ronald McKerrow (1872-1940), bibliographer and literary scholar
- Sir Walter Greg (1875-1959), literary scholar and bibliographer
- Philip Gaskell (1926-2001), bibliographer and librarian
Classics
- James Henry Monk (1784–1856), Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol and classical scholar
- William Hepworth Thompson (1810-1886), college head
- Robert Leslie Ellis (1817-1859), mathematician and classical scholar
- Alexander Chisholm Gooden (1818-1841), classical scholar
- Hugh A. J. Munro (1819-1885), classical scholar
- William George Clark (1821-1878), literary and classical scholar
- Joseph Bickersteth Mayor (1828-1916), philosopher and classical scholar
- Robert Burn (1829-1904), classical scholar and archaeologist
- Henry Jackson (1839-1921), classical scholar
- Sir Richard Claverhouse Jebb (1841-1905), Greek scholar
- John Maxwell Image (1842-1919), classicist
- Sir James Frazer (1854-1941), social anthropologist and classical scholar
- James Duff Duff (1860-1940), classicist
- Francis Macdonald Cornford (1874-1943), classical scholar
- Sir Walter Lamb (1882-1961), classicist, Secretary to the Royal Society of Arts
- Charles Erskine Stuart (1882-1917), classicist
- Andrew Sydenham Farrar Gow (1886-1978), classical scholar
- Sir Denys Lionel Page (1908-1978), classical scholar
- Enoch Powell (1912-1988), politician
Divinity
- John Henley (1692–1756), dissenting minister and eccentric, known as Orator Henley
- Thomas Yeates (1768-1839), orientalist and biblical scholar
- James Henry Monk (1784–1856), Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol and classical scholar
- Henry Venn Elliott (1792-1865), clergyman
- Charlotte Mayor (1792-1870), née Bickersteth, missionary
- William Whewell (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science
- Julius Charles Hare (1795–1855), author and Church of England clergyman
- Frederick Field (1801-1885), patristics scholar
- Joseph Williams Blakesley (1808-1885), Dean of Lincoln
- Edward White Benson (1829-1896), Archbishop of Canterbury
- Christian David Ginsburg (1831-1914), biblical scholar and missionary
Languages
- Robert Calverley Trevelyan (1872-1951), poet, dramatist, and translator
- Dennis Green (1922-2008), philologist
- Vivien Law (1954-2002), linguist
Literature and drama
- Thomas Gray (1716-1771), poet and literary scholar
- Mary Berry (1763–1852), author
- Lord Byron (1788-1824), poet
- Julius Charles Hare (1795–1855), author and Church of England clergyman
- Lord Macaulay (1800-1859), historian, essayist, and poet
- Lord Houghton (1809-1885), author and politician
- William George Clark (1821-1878), literary and classical scholar
- Henry Arthur Bright (1830-1894), author and merchant
- Frederic W. H. Myers (1843-1901), psychical researcher and essayist
- Edward Bensly (1863-1939), literary scholar
- R. Erskine Childers (1870-1922), author and politician
- Ronald McKerrow (1872-1940), bibliographer and literary scholar
- Robert Calverley Trevelyan (1872-1951), poet, dramatist, and translator
- Sir Walter Greg (1875-1959), literary scholar and bibliographer
- Edward Morgan Forster (1879-1970), novelist and essayist
- Clive Bell (1881-1964), art critic and writer
- Dame Rose Macaulay (1881-1958), author
- Leopold Hamilton Myers (1881-1944), novelist
- A. A. Milne (1882-1956), writer
- James Smith (1904-1972), literary critic
- Constance Babington Smith (1912-2000), writer and photographic intelligence interpreter
- Theodore Redpath (1913-1997), literary scholar
- John Cornford (1915-1936), poet and political activist
- Sir Peter Shaffer (1926-2016), playwright
Music
- Sir Charles Villiers Stanford (1852-1924), composer
- Alan Gray (1855-1935), composer and organist
- Elizabeth Trevelyan (1875-1957), musician
Philosophy
- William Whewell (1794-1866), college head and writer on the history and philosophy of science
- Joseph Bickersteth Mayor (1828-1916), philosopher and classical scholar
- Henry Sidgwick (1838-1900), philosopher
- William Kingdon Clifford (1845-1879), mathematician and philosopher of science
- Charlie Dunbar Broad (1887-1971), philosopher
- Ludwig Wittgenstein (1889-1951), philosopher
- John Wisdom (1904-1993), philosopher
- Rush Rhees (1905-1989), philosopher
- Georg Kreisel (1923-2015), mathematical logician and philosopher of mathematics Georg Kreisel (1923-2015), philosopher
Humanities and Social Sciences
Archaeology
- Robert Burn (1829-1904), classical scholar and archaeologist Robert Burn (1829-1904)
Civil Service
Education
- George Peacock (1791-1858), mathematician and university reformer
- George Butler (1804-1910), schoolmaster
- Robert Burn (1829-1904), classical scholar and archaeologist
- Henry Montagu Butler (1833-1918), college head
- Sir James Butler (1889-1975), historian
Economics
- Henri de Saint-Simon (1760-1825), political and economic theorist
- Richard Jones (1790-1855), political economist
- Lord Layton (1884-1966), economist and newspaper proprietor
- Sir Dennis Robertson (1890-1963), economist
- Piero Sraffa (1898-1983), economist
- Maurice Dobb (1900-1983), economist
History
- Hudson Gurney (1775-1864), antiquary and banker
- Dawson Turner (1775-1858), banker, botanist, and antiquary
- Henry Hallam (1777-1859), historian
- Sir Francis Palgrave (1788-1861), archivist and historian
- Gaillard Lapsley (1871-1949), American constitutional historian
- Lord Macaulay (1800-1859), historian, essayist, and poet
- Denys Winstanley (1877-1947), historian
- Frederick Arthur Simpson (1883-1974), historian
- Sir James Butler (1889-1975), historian
- Walter Ullmann (1910-1983), historian
- Robert Robson (1929-1995), historian
History of Science
Journalism
Law
Politics
- Henri de Saint-Simon (1760-1825), political and economic theorist
- William Cobbett (1763-1835), political writer and farmer
- Lord Lyndhurst (1772-1863), politician and lord chancellor
- Robert Pemberton Milnes (1784-1858), landowner and politician
- Lord Houghton (1809-1885), author and politician
- Charles James Monk (1824-1900), politician
- Emmeline Pethick-Lawrence (1867-1954), suffragette
- R. Erskine Childers (1870-1922), author and politician
- Lord Pethick-Lawrence (1871-1961), politician
- Edwin Samuel Montagu (1879-1924), politician
- Lord Butler (1902-1982), politician
- John Cornford (1915-1936), poet and political activist
Social Anthropology
Biological Sciences
Biochemistry
Botany
Pathology
Physiology
- Lord Adrian (1889-1977), physiologist
- Sir Alan Hodgkin (1914-1998), physiologist
- Sir Andrew Huxley (1917-2002), physiologist
Psychical research
- Frederic W. H. Myers (1843-1901), psychical researcher and essayist
- Margaret de Gaudrion Verrall (1857-1916), classicist and parapsychologist
- William Henry Salter (1880-1969), lawyer and psychical researcher
- Helen Salter (1883-1959), psychical researcher and psychologist
- Charlie Dunbar Broad (1887-1971), philosopher
Physical Sciences
Astronomy
- John Bentley (c 1756-1823), astronomer
- Sir James Jeans (1877-1946), mathematician and astronomer
- Edward Hubert Linfoot (1905-1982), astronomer
Astrophysics
Fluid dynamics
Gemology
Mathematics
- George Peacock (1791-1858), mathematician and university reformer
- Robert Leslie Ellis (1817-1859), mathematician and classical scholar
- William Kingdon Clifford (1845-1879), mathematician and philosopher of science
- Sir Horace Lamb (1849-1934), mathematician
- Robert Alfred Herman (1861-1927), mathematician
- Sir James Jeans (1877-1946), mathematician and astronomer
- Srinivasa Ramanujan (1887-1920), mathematician
- E. H. Neville (1889-1961), mathematician and educationist
- Albert Edward Ingham (1900-1967), mathematician
- Lancelot Stephen Bosanquet (1903-1984), mathematician
- Harold Davenport (1907-1969), mathematician
- Sidney George Francis Guy Skinner (1912-1941), mathematician
- Georg Kreisel (1923-2015), mathematical logician and philosopher of mathematics
- Frank Adams (1930-1989), mathematician
- Alan Baker (1939-2018), mathematician
- Walter William Rouse-Ball (1850-1925), historian of mathematics
Natural philosophy
Physics
- James Clerk Maxwell (1831-1879), physicist
- Sir Joseph John Thomson (1876-1970), physicist
- Francis Aston (1877-1945), physicist
- Lise Meitner (1878-1968), physicist
- Sir Arthur Eddington (1882-1942), theoretical physicist and astrophysicist
- Sir Geoffrey Taylor (1886-1975), physicist and engineer
- Sir George Paget Thomson (1892-1975), physicist and Nobel laureate
- Otto Frisch (1904-1979), physicist