Walter Hobhouse
Walter Hobhouse[1] (5 April 1862 – 30 October 1928) was an eminent Anglican priest[2] and author[3] in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
The second son of Bishop Edmund Hobhouse[4] he was born on 5 April 1862 and educated at Eton and New College, Oxford. He was Fellow and Lecturer of Hertford College, Oxford from 1884 to 1887; and then a Student [5] and Tutor of Christ Church, Oxford, from 1887[6] to 1894. He was Headmaster of Durham School[7] from 1894 to 1899; Editor of The Guardian[8] from 1900[9] to 1905; Chancellor of St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham, from 1905 to 1913; Archdeacon of Aston from 1912 to 1913; and Archdeacon of Gloucester[10] from 1917[11] to 1919.
He died on 30 October 1928.[12]
References
- ^ NPG details
- ^ ‘HOBHOUSE, Rev. Walter’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 8 April 2013
- ^ Amongst others he wrote "Theory and Practice of Ancient Education", 1885; "The Spiritual Standard", 1896; "Otium Didascali", 1898; "The Church and the World in Idea and in History", 1909) > British Library web site accessed 11:19 GMT Monday 8 April 2011
- ^ National Library of New Zealand
- ^ A Student at Christ Church is what elsewhere is called a Fellow
- ^ University Intelligence The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 11 May 1887; pg. 9; Issue 32069
- ^ School web site
- ^ Not to be confused with The Manchester Guardian
- ^ Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times (London, England), Thursday, 25 January 1900; pg. 6; Issue 36048
- ^ National Archives
- ^ WALTER HOBHOUSE (Archdeacon of Gloucester) The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 10 July 1917; pg. 9; Issue 41526
- ^ The Rev. Dr. Walter Hobhouse. The Times (London, England), Thursday, 1 November 1928; pg. 16; Issue 45039
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