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William Merry (other)
William Merry may refer to: * William Merry (priest) (1835–1918), English scholar and clergyman * William L. Merry (1835–1911), American diplomat * William E. Merry (1861–1941), American politician * Bill Merry (William Gerald Merry, born 1955), English cricketer {{hndis, Merry, William ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Merry (priest)
William Walter Merry (1835–1918) was an English people, English classical scholar, clergyman, and educator. Life William Merry was born in Evesham, Worcestershire, and was educated at Cheltenham College and Balliol College, Oxford, Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, where he gained the Chancellor's Prize for a Latin essay in 1858. He was fellow and lecturer of Lincoln College, Oxford, from 1859 and Rector (college), Rector (head) of the College from 1884. He was select preacher to the University in 1878–79 and in 1889–90, and Whitehall preacher in 1883–84; public orator at Oxford from 1880 to 1910; a member of the Hebdomadal Council (1896–1908); and Vice-Chancellor (1904–06). Works For many years he was engaged in the preparation of editions of the classical authors, published by the Oxford University Press, Clarendon Press, Oxford. These included Homer's ''Odyssey'' (books i to xii, with James Riddell (scholar), James Riddell; second edition, 1886); a schoo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
