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| Salt, Henry Shakespear Stephens. Adm. at KING'S, a scholar from Eton, Oct. 14, 1871. [S. of Thomas Henry, Colonel, Royal Bengal Artillery. B. in India in 1851.] Matric. Michs. 1871; Browne medal, 1874; B.A. (5th Classic) 1875. Assistant Master at Eton, 1875-84. Resigned when the conviction came upon him that the Eton masters 'were but cannibals in cap and gown,' and he renounced flesh food. Hon. Sec., Humanitarian League, 1891-1920. Author, Seventy Years among Savages; Memories of Bygone Eton; The Creed of Kinship. Married (1) 1879, Catherine Leigh Joynes, author of studies of Shelley, De Quincey and Richard Jefferies; (2) Catherine Mandeville. Resided latterly at 15, Sandgate, Brighton, where he died Apr. 19, 1939. (King's Coll. Reg.; The Times, Apr. 20, 1939.) | Henry Shakespear Stephens SALT Approx. lifespan: 1851–1939 Adm King's College a scholar from Sch: Eton 1871:10:14 s. of Thomas Henry SALT Colonel: Royal Bengal Artillery. b. India in1851 Matric 1871:10MT: Browne Medal 1874 BA 5 th Classic 1875 Assistant Master at: : Eton, [ Buckinghamshire ] 1875-84 Resigned when the conviction came upon him that the Eton masters "were but cannibals in cap and gown," and he renounced flesh food. Hon. Sec.: Humanitarian League 1891-1920 Publ.: Seventy Years among Savages; Memories of Bygone Eton; The Creed of Kinship m. (1) 1879 Catherine Leigh Joynes, author of studies of Shelley, De Quincey and Richard Jefferies m. (2) Catherine Mandeville. latterly At 15, Sandgate Brighton, [ Sussex ] d. [there] 1939:04:19 ( King's College Reg.; The Times 1939:04:20) |