William Alder Strange | |
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Died | 17 April 1874 | (aged 60)
William Alder Strange (1813–1874) [1] was a headmaster and author. [2]
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]
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]
Dr Strange was twice married:
His eldest son Cresswell Strange was Canon Residentiary of Worcester. [7]
He published Cards on Logic, a series of his Sermons and was also a contributor to The Christian Annotator.
William Alder Strange | |
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![]() Portrait of William Alder Strange | |
Born | |
Died | 17 April 1874 | (aged 60)
William Alder Strange (1813–1874) [1] was a headmaster and author. [2]
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]
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]
Dr Strange was twice married:
His eldest son Cresswell Strange was Canon Residentiary of Worcester. [7]
He published Cards on Logic, a series of his Sermons and was also a contributor to The Christian Annotator.