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Skeat, Walter William. Adm. pens. at CHRIST'S, May 4, 1854. [2nd] s. of William [architect] (and Sarah Bluck). B. [Nov. 21, 1835], in London. Schools, King's College, London, and Highgate Grammar School. Matric. Michs. 1854; Scholar, 1855; B.A. (14th Wrangler) 1858; (Theol. Exam., 1st Class, 1859); M.A. 1861; Litt.D. 1886. Fellow, 1860 and 1883-1912. Elrington and Bosworth Professor of Anglo-Saxon, 1878-1912. Incorp. at Exeter College, Oxford, 1875. Hon. D.C.L., Oxford and Durham; Hon. LL.D., Edinburgh; Hon. Litt.D., Dublin; Hon. Ph.D., Halle. Ord. deacon (Ely) 1860; priest (Norwich) 1861; C. of East Dereham, Norfolk, 1860-1. C. of Godalming, Surrey, 1862-3. President of the Cambridge Philological Society, 1883-5. Fellow of the British Academy from its foundation. An early member of the Early English Text Society. Founder and President of the English Dialect Society, 1873-96. His 'own prescription...was enthusiasm with unremitting application; he would take part in a fireside conversation, all the while sorting glossary slips as tranquilly as a woman does her knitting....He explains that he usually gave three hours to a difficult word; "during that time I made the best I could of it and then let it go."' Married, Nov. 15, 1860, Bertha, eldest dau. of Francis Jones, of Lewisham. Author, Etymological Dictionary (10 editions); Commentaries, etc. on Early English Texts; Piers the Plowman; A Tale of Ludlow Castle, a Poem; Havelock the Dane; A Moeso-Gothic Glossary; The Bruce, by Master John Barbour; Joseph of Arimathea, or the Holy Grail; Chatterton's Poems; The Gospel of St Mark in Anglo-Saxon, from MSS.; Specimens of English (1394-1579); Chaucer's Treatise on the Astrolabe; Place Names in Cambs.; Place Names in Hunts.; Place Names in Herts.; Place Names in Beds.; etc. Died Oct. 6, 1912, in Cambridge. Father of the next. (Highgate Sch. Reg.; Peile, II. 534; Crockford; Who was Who; D.N.B.) | Walter William SKEAT Approx. lifespan: 18351912 pens. Christ's College adm1854:05:04 2nd s. of William SKEAT Architect: (and Sarah Bluck) b. 1835:11:21 London Schools Sch: King's College London ), and Sch: Highgate Grammar School Highgate, [ London ] Matric 1854:10MT: Scholar 1855 BA 14 th Wrangler 1858 (Theol. Exam, 1st Class(1859); MA 1861 LittD 1886 Fellow 1860, and 1883-1912 Elrington and Bosworth Professor of: Anglo-Saxon 1878-1912 Incorp. at 1875 Hon. DCL OX and Durham, [ Co. Durham ] Hon.LLD Edinburgh, [ Scotland ] Hon. LittD Dublin, [ Ireland ] Hon. PhD Halle, [ Germany ] Ord. deacon Ely 1860 Ord. priest Norwich 1861 C.: East Dereham, Norfolk 1860-61 C.: Godalming, Surrey 1862-63 President of: CB Philological Society 1883-85 Fellow of: : British Academy from its foundation. An early Member of: : Early English Text Society Founder and President of: : English Dialect Society 1873-96 His "own prescription...was enthusiasm with unremitting application; he would take part in a fireside conversation, all the while sorting glossary slips as tranquilly as a woman does her knitting....He explains that he usually gave three hours to a difficult word; "during that time I made the best I could of it and then let it go."" m. 1860:11:15 Bertha JONES eldest dau. of Francis JONES of Lewisham, [ London ] Publ.: Etymological Dictionary (10 editions); Commentaries, etc. on Early English Texts; Piers the Plowman; A Tale of Ludlow Castle, a Poem; Havelock the Dane; A Moeso-Gothic Glossary; The Bruce, by Master: John Barbour; Joseph of Arimathea, or the Holy Grail; Chatterton's Poems; The Gospel of St Mark in Anglo-Saxon, from MSS.; Specimens of English (1394-1579); Chaucer's Treatise on the Astrolabe; Place Names in Cambridgeshire; Place Names in Hunts.; Place Names in Herts.; Place Names in Beds. ; etc. d. 1912:10:06 in CB, [ Cambridgeshire ] Father of Walter William SKEAT (1884) ( Highgate School Reg.; Peile, II. 534; Crockford; Who was Who; D.N.B .) [add:]Papers at Sch: King's College London [:add] [add:]Portrait engraving: CAS: G.151; portrait, by C.E. Brock, 1899, at Christ's College [:add] [add:](Goodison: CCS : 87)[:add] [add:] bur. Ascension Parish Burial Ground Cambridge, Cambridgeshire [:add] [add:](Martin Packer, 2014)[:add] |