Robert Soame
- Born: 1542, King's Lynn, Norfolk
- Died: 14 January 1609, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire aged 67
- Buried: 20 January 1609, Little St Mary's Church, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
General Notes:
Robert Soame atriculated as a pensioner of St.John's College Cambridge in 1559, and became a fellow of Queens' College in 1562, and acted as college bursar from 1567-9, and was appointed a university preacher, being notably radical in religion. He became chaplain to Robert Dudley, earl of Leicester, a patron of many puritans. Robert became a college head and died, unmarried.
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