William Mansfield Poole

William Mansfield Poole (6 April 1871 – 13 December 1946) was an educationalist and author of several widely held academic text books.[1][2][3][4] He had a particular gift for languages and was an early head of Modern Languages at the Royal Naval College, Osborne.[2][5] In his youth he was also an accomplished oarsman.[6]

Life

William Mansfield Poole was born on 6 April 1871 in Clifton, then in the county of Gloucestershire.[7] He was the son of Robert Burton Poole who was then a Master at Clifton College and would later be Headmaster of Bedford Modern School between 1877 and 1900.[8][9]

Poole was educated at Bedford Modern School where he was in the First IV from 1887 to 1889; the first XV from 1886 to 1888; Captain of the team in 1887 and 1888.[6] During his time in the IV the School three times won the Public School Challenge Cup at Marlow Regatta and the Public School Cup twice at Barnes and Mortlake Regatta.[6] In 1889 he stroked the first coxswainless Public School IV to row at Henley.[6] Going up to Magdalen College, Oxford, he rowed in the 1891 Boat Race.[10]

After Oxford, Poole joined the staff of Merchant Taylors School.[6] He went abroad to increase his knowledge of French and German before being appointed Modern Language Master to the Black Prince, a training ship for naval cadets.[6] He went with them when they were removed to the Royal Naval College, Osborne where he became Head of Modern Languages.[6] After Osborne he became Senior Modern Language Master at the Royal Naval College, Dartmouth.[6] During his career he was the author of several text books.[3] On retirment, Poole and his wife started a school in Brussels for English girls coming there to perfect their colloquial French.[2] After about ten years he returned to England and settled in Beckley.[6]

In 1908, Poole married the Hon. Millicent Chance Foster, daughter of Walter Foster, 1st Baron Ilkeston.[11] They had one son and two daughters.[2] Poole died in the District Memorial Hospital in Rye on 13 December 1946.[12] His estate was left to his son, Major Evered Mansfield Poole.[12]

Selected works

References

  1. ↑ "Educational Times and Journal of the College of Preceptors, January to December 1907". Mocavo. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes, Published 1928
  3. 1 2 3 "Commercial French". Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  4. ↑ "Kellys Handbook to the Titled, Landed & Official Classes for 1923". Mocavo. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  5. ↑ http://www.worldcat.org/identities/np-poole,%20william%20mansfield$1871/ William Mansfield Poole at WorldCat Identities
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Obituary in The Eagle, The Magazine of Bedford Modern School, Easter 1947, Vol. XXVI No.2
  7. ↑ England 1911 Census
  8. ↑ Oxford Men and Their Colleges 1880-1892
  9. ↑ School of the Black and Red-A History of Bedford Modern School by Andrew Underwood (1981); reset and updated by Peter Boon, Paul Middleton and Richard Wildman, 2010
  10. ↑ "Oxford men, 1880-1892, with a record of their schools, honours and degrees. Illustrated with portraits and views". Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  11. ↑ "Dod's peerage, baronetage and knightage of Great Britain and Ireland for ..., including all the titled classes". Mocavo. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
  12. 1 2 England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007
  13. ↑ "Poucinet; es- tu content? ou L'histoire des nez; and Les douze mois ... Edited with notes, vocabulary, etc. by W. M. Poole.". worldcat.org. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  14. ↑ "French commercial correspondence". worldcat.org. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  15. ↑ "A French and German picture vocabulary". worldcat.org. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  16. ↑ "Commercial French in two parts,". worldcat.org. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  17. ↑ "Textes et questions". worldcat.org. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  18. ↑ "Conversations en classe". worldcat.org. Retrieved 28 June 2015.
  19. ↑ "Grammaire française élémentaire avec exercices". worldcat.org. Retrieved 28 June 2015.

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