Bowman, Eddowes (1810–1869), teacher and classical scholar, eldest son of John Eddowes Bowman the elder (1785–1841), and Elizabeth Eddowes (1788–1859), his cousin, was born at Nantwich on 12 November 1810. He was educated chiefly at Hazelwood, near Birmingham, by Thomas Wright Hill, father of ...
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Alexander Gordon
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Case, Janet Elizabeth (1863–1937), classics teacher and journalist, was born on 28 July 1863 at 117 Adelaide Road, Hampstead, London, the youngest of the six daughters of William Arthur Case (1818–1872), schoolmaster and fellow of University College, London, and his wife, Sarah Wolridge Stansfeld...
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Dawes, Elizabeth Anna Sophia (1864–1954), classical scholar and teacher, was born on 7 November 1864 at Surbiton, Surrey, the daughter of the Revd John Samuel Dawes, of Newton House, Surbiton, and his wife, Anna Sophia Elizabeth Blasius. Her father, who held a DD degree from ...
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Alexander Gordon
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Fell, John (1735–1797), Independent minister and classical tutor, was born at Cockermouth, Cumberland, on 22 August 1735, the son of Daniel Fell, a clerk at the dissenting meeting-house and a schoolmaster. He was apprenticed to a tailor in Cockermouth and after completing his apprenticeship moved to ...
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T. W. Bayne
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Hunter, John (1745–1837), classical scholar and college principal, was born in the autumn of 1745 at Closeburn, Dumfriesshire, where his father is said to have been a farmer. Although left an orphan in boyhood, he received a good elementary education before entering Edinburgh University...
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R. M. Barrington-Ward
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Sargeaunt, John (1857–1922), classical scholar and teacher, was born at Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, on 12 August 1857, the eldest son of John Barneby Sargeaunt, barrister, and his wife, Elizabeth, daughter of the Revd William Drake, curate-in-charge of St Giles's Church, Northampton. He was educated at ...
