James Surtees Phillpotts
James Surtees Phillpotts (1839-1930) was an author, Fellow of New College, Oxford, and Headmaster of Bedford School.[1]
Biography
Born on 18 July 1839, James Surtees Phillpotts was educated at Winchester College and at New College, Oxford, where he was elected as a Fellow. He was Assistant Master at Rugby School between 1862 and 1874, and Headmaster of Bedford School between 1875 and 1903. The father of Dame Bertha Phillpotts, James Surtees Phillpotts died on 16 October 1930, and was described in The Times as "one of the great Head Masters of the last century".[2]
Publications
- Stories from Herodotus in Attic Greek, Longman, 1874
- King and Commonwealth: A History of Charles I and the Great Rebellion, 1876
- Shakespeare's Tempest, Rivington, 1876
- Homer without a Lexicon for Beginners, Rivington, 1876
- Psalms Chronologically Arranged, Macmillan, 1880
- Selections Adapted from Xenophon, Oxford University Press, 1883
References
- ↑ "Who's Who". Retrieved 1 October 2014.
- ↑ Obituary, The Times, 20 October 1930
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