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| Raleigh, Walter Alexander. Adm. at KING'S, Oct. 6, 1881. S. of the Rev. Alexander, D.D., Congregational Minister, of Hare Court. B. Sept. 5, 1861, in London. Schools, City of London, Edinburgh Academy; [B.A. University College, London, 1881.] Matric. Michs. 1881; exhibitioner, 1882; B.A. 1885; M.A. 1892; Hon. Fellow, 1912. President of the Union, 1884. Clark Lecturer at Trinity, 1899 and 1911; Leslie Stephen Lecturer, 1907. Professor of English Literature at Aligarh College, India, 1885-7. Regius Professor of Modern Literature at University College, Liverpool, 1890-1900; Professor of English Literature at the University of Glasgow, 1900-4; Professor of English Literature at Oxford, 1904-22. Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, 1904, and of Merton College, 1914. Fellow of University College, London. Knighted, 1911. Married, 1890, Lucie Gertrude, dau. of Mason Jackson. Author, The English Novel; Style; R. L. Stevenson; Milton; Wordsworth; Shakespeare; Complete Works of George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax; etc. Edited The Times Broadsheets for Soldiers and Sailors. Appointed in 1919 to write the official History of the War in the Air, and in the Spring of 1922, went on a flying expedition in Mesopotamia, where he caught typhoid fever, which caused his death on May 13, 1922, at Oxford. (King's Coll. Reg.; D.N.B.) | Walter Alexander RALEIGH Approx. lifespan: 1861–1922 Adm King's College 1881:10:06 s. of Rev. Alexander RALEIGH, DD, Congregational Minister of: Hare Court, Hare, [ London ] b. London 1861:09:05 schools Sch: City of London School [ London ] Sch: Edinburgh Academy, [ Scotland ] BA Sch: University College London 1881 Matric 1881:10MT: Exhibitioner 1882 BA 1885 MA 1892 Hon. Fellow 1912 President of: : Cambridge Union Society 1884 Clark Lecturer at: : Trinity College 1899, and 1911 Leslie Stephen Lecturer: 1907 Professor of English Literature: Sch: Aligarh College Aligarh, India 1885-87 Regius Professor of Modern: Literature Sch: University College Liverpool, [ Lancashire ] 1890-1900 Professor of: English Literature at University of Glasgow, [ Scotland ] 1900-04 Professor of: English Literature OX [ Oxfordshire ] 1904-22 Fellow of: : Magdalen College [Oxford] 1904, and of Merton College [Oxford] 1914 Fellow of: Sch: University London Knighted 1911 m. 1890 Lucie Gertrude JACKSON dau. of Mason JACKSON Publ.: The English Novel; Style; R. L. Stevenson; Milton; Wordsworth; Shakespeare; Complete Works of George Savile, 1st Marquess of Halifax ; etc. Publ.: Edited The Times Broadsheets for Soldiers and Sailors. Appointed: in1919 to write the official History of the War in the Air, and in the Spring of 1922, went on a flying expedition Mesopotamia , where he caught typhoid fever, which caused his death; d. on OX 1922:05:13 [ Oxfordshire ] ( King's College Reg.; D.N.B .) |