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| Keith-Falconer, the Hon. Ion Grant Neville. Adm. pens. at TRINITY, Sept. 24, 1874. [3rd] s. of Francis Alexander [8th] Earl of Kintore, of Keith Hall, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire . B. July 5, 1856, at Edinburgh. Schools [Cheam and] Harrow. Matric. Michs. 1874; Tyrwhitt Hebrew Scholar; Jeremie Septuagint prize (2nd) 1876; (Theol. Trip., 1st Class, 1878; Semitic Langs. Trip., 1st Class, 1880); B.A. 1878; M.A. 1881. The most famous cyclist at Cambridge in the "eighties"; defeated the professional champion, John Keen, by 5 yards in a 2-mile race, May 11, 1878, at Cambridge, and bicycled in 1882 from Land's End to John o' Groats in under 13 days. "During his time he helped the band of Universitymen who made Barnwell a better place to live in." Hebrew Lecturer at Clare, which required the delivery of one lecture annually. Gave three lectures on the Pilgrimage to Mecca. Lord Almoner's Professor of Arabic, 1886-7; his tenure of the Chair was short, as he left Cambridge in 1886 to take up his duties as a Missionary of the Free Church of Scotland at Aden , where his knowledge of Arabic could be directly utilized. Translated "Fables of Bidpai", from the Syriac. Died near Aden , of fever, May 11, 1887. Brother of Lord Inverurie (1870). ( Harrow Sch. Reg.; Boase, II. 176; Burke, P. and B.; C.U. Hist. Reg., 90, note 2; The Scots Peerage, V. 254; D.N.B. ) | Hon. Ion Grant Neville KEITH-FALCONER Approx. lifespan: 1856–1887 pens. Trinity College adm1874:09:24 3rd s. of Francis Alexander [8th] Earl of Kintore,, of Keith Hall, Keith, Inverurie, Aberdeenshire b. Edinburgh, [ Scotland ] 1856:07:05 Schools [Cheam and] Harrow, [ Middlesex ] Matric. 1874:10MT: Tyrwhitt Hebrew Scholar Jeremie Septuagint Prize (2nd) 1876 Theol.Trip., 1st Class 1878 Semitic Langs.Trip., 1st Class(1880); BA 1878 MA 1881 The most famous cyclist CB in the "eighties"; defeated the professional champion, John Keen, by 5 yards in a 2-mile race 1878:05:11 at CB, and bicycled in1882 from Land's End to John o' Groats in under 13 days. "During his time he helped the band of Universitymen who made Barnwell a better place to live in." Hebrew Lecturer: at Clare College, which required the delivery of one lecture annually. Gave three lectures on the Pilgrimage to Mecca. Lord Almoner's Professor of: Arabic 1886-87 his tenure of the Chair was short, as he left CB in1886 to take up his duties as a Missionary: of Free Church of Scotland Aden , where his knowledge of Arabic could be directly utilized. Translated "Fables of Bidpai", from the Syriac. d. near Aden , of fever 1887:05:11 brother of Lord Inverurie KEITH-FALCONER (1870) Refs: Harrow School Reg. Refs: Boase, II. 176 Refs: Burke, P. and B. Refs: C.U. Hist. Reg., 90, note 2 Refs: The Scots Peerage, V. 254 Refs: D.N.B. |