William Alder Strange (1813–1874)[1] was a headmaster and author.[2]
William Alder Strange | |
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 Portrait of William Alder Strange | |
| Born | 23 June 1813 |
| Died | 17 April 1874 (aged 60) |
Background and education edit
The son of William Strange of Jersey and Abingdon, a wine merchant, William Alder Strange was educated at Christ's Hospital, London, where he was Senior Grecian, John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon-on-Thames (now Abingdon School),[3] and Pembroke College, Oxford, where he held a college scholarship. He was awarded the first Boden scholarship in Sanskrit at Oxford in 1833.[4]
Career edit
Strange was appointed as a master at the Liverpool Royal Institution in 1833, then served as headmaster of Abingdon School from 1840 to 1868.[5][3][4]
Augustus Hare described a visit in 1857: "...we had lunch with the Head-master of the Grammar School, who, as soon as it was over, apologised for leaving us because he had got 'to wallop so many boys'."[6]
After retiring from Abingdon, he was vicar of Bishop Middleham in County Durham from 1868 to 1874.[3][4]
Family edit
Dr Strange was twice married:
- In 1836, to Mary Elizabeth Davis, by whom he had four daughters and three sons.
- In 1860, to Martha Richmond.
His eldest son Cresswell Strange was Canon Residentiary of Worcester.[7]
Publications edit
He published Cards on Logic, a series of his Sermons and was also a contributor to The Christian Annotator.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ [billiongraves.com/grave/William-Alder-Strange/12315914 "Rev Dr William Alder Strange D.D. (1813–1874) Grave Site"]. BillionGraves.
- ^ "School Notes" (PDF). the Abingdonian.
- ^ a b c Preston, Arthur Edwin (1929). St.Nicholas Abingdon and Other Papers, pre isbn. Oxford University Press.
- ^ a b c Hinde/St John Parker, Thomas/Michael (1977). The Martlet and the Griffen. James and James Publishers Ltd. ISBN 0-907-383-777.
- ^ "Rev Dr William Alder Strange D.D. (1813-1874) Grave Site". BillionGraves, billiongraves.com/grave/William-Alder-Strange/12315914.
- ^ Augustus Hare, The Story of My Life, Volume I (Dodd, Mead and Company, New York, 1896), at pages 432-433
- ^ "School Notes - Obituary" (PDF). the Abingdonian.