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| WARD, ADOLPHUS WILLIAM. Adm. pens. at PETERHOUSE, May 23, 1855. [2nd] s. of John, Esq., H.M. Consul-General at Leipzig (and Caroline, dau. of the Rev. John Bullock, R. of Radwinter, Essex ). B. Dec. 2, 1837, at Hampstead. Schools, Bury St Edmunds, Dresden and Leipzig. Matric. Michs. 1855; Scholar; B.A. (12 th Classic ) 1859; M.A. 1862; Litt.D., 1884. Fellow, 1862. Hon. Fellow, 1891. Master, 1900-24. Vice-Chancellor, 1901-2. Hon. LL.D., Glasgow and St Andrews; Ph.D., Leipzig; Hon. Litt.D., Manchester. F.B.A., 1903; President, 1911-13. Adm. at the Inner Temple, Jan. 13, 1860. Called to the Bar, Jan. 26, 1866. Professor of History and English Literature at Owens College, Manchester, 1866-97; Principal there, 1870-97. Vice-Chancellor of Victoria President of the Royal Historical Society, 1899. Knighted, 1913. President, International Historical Congress, 1913. Knight of the Prussian Order of the Crown, 1911. Married, Feb. 8, 1879, his cousin, Adelaide Laura, dau. of the Rev. Thomas Burne Lancaster, R. of Grittleton, Wiltshire , and had issue. Author, History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne; Germany , 1815-1890; The House of Austria in the Thirty Years' War, etc. Joint Editor of the Cambridge Modern History ; and of the Cambridge History of English Literature, and of the Cambridge History of British Foreign Policy, 1783-1919. Translated Curtius' History of Greece . Died June 19, 1924, at Cambridge. Brother of John (1853). ( T. A. Walker, 509 and MS. note; Inns of Court; Who was Who; D.N.B. ) | Adolphus William WARD Approx. lifespan: 1837–1924 pens. Peterhouse adm1855:05:23 2nd s. of John WARD Esq., H.M. Consul-General at: : Leipzig (and Caroline BULLOCK dau. of Rev. John BULLOCK R.: Radwinter, Essex , ) b. Hampstead, [London], 1837:12:02 schools Sch: Bury St Edmunds School Bury St Edmunds, [Suffolk], Dresden, [Germany], and Leipzig, [Germany], Matric 1855:10MT: Scholar BA 12 th Classic 1859 MA 1862 LittD 1884 Fellow 1862 Hon. Fellow 1891 Master: 1900-24 Vice-Chancellor 1901-02 Hon.LLD Glasgow, [Scotland], and St Andrews, [Fife], PhD Leipzig, [Germany], Hon. LittD Manchester, [Lancashire], FBA 1903 President: 1911-13 Adm. Inner Temple: 1860:01:13 Called to the Bar: 1866:01:26 Professor of History and English Literature: Sch: Owens College Manchester, [Lancashire], 1866-97 Principal: there 1870-97 Vice-Chancellor of Sch: Victoria University Victoria, [Lancashire], 1886-90, and 1894-6 Ford Lecturer at: : OX, [Oxfordshire], [Oxfordshire], 1899 President of: : Royal Historical Society 1899 Knighted 1913 President: International Historical Congress 1913 Knight of the Prussian Order of the Crown 1911 m. 1879:02:08 his cousin, Adelaide Laura LANCASTER dau. of Rev. Thomas Burne LANCASTER R.: Grittleton, Wiltshire , had issue Publ.: History of English Dramatic Literature to the Death of Queen Anne; Germany 1815-1890; The House of Austria in the Thirty Years' War etc. Joint Editor of: : Camb. Modern History ; and of the Camb. History of English Literature and of the Camb. History of British Foreign Policy 1783-1919. Translated Curtius' History of Greece d. CB, [Cambridgeshire], 1924:06:19 brother of John WARD (1853) ( T. A. Walker 509 and MS. note; Inns of Court; Who was Who; D.N.B. ) [add:]Photographs: CAS: H.161; E.108; < > CUA , : Phot.39a ( Gownsman 1911:05:20 ), 67[:add] |