Edward Fairchild Watling (8 October 1899 – 6 September 1990) was an English schoolmaster, classicist and translator. He produced translations for
Penguin Classics of
Sophocles's
three Theban plays, nine plays of
Plautus and a selection of
Seneca's tragedies.
The son of a Denbighshire dairy farmer, Watling was educated at
Christ's Hospital and
University College, Oxford. He took a Second in Classical Moderations in 1920 and a Third in Literae Humaniores ('"Greats") in 1922.
[''Oxford University Calendar 1925'', Oxford : Clarendon Press, 1925 : 234, 273]
Watling taught
Classics
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at
King Edward VII School in
Sheffield from 1924 until his retirement in 1960. He contributed to amateur dramatics in
Sheffield, both as an actor and as a producer, initially for the Sheffield Playgoers and later in
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's productions at the
Sheffield Playhouse. He also wrote sketches for the West End revues of
André Charlot, and was a regular reviewer of both books and stage productions for the ''
Sheffield Telegraph''. As "Marcus" he compiled crosswords for ''
The Listener'' until he was in his seventies.
In 1928 Watling married Cicely Porter (died 1982; one daughter). He died on 6 September 1990.
References
*
The Independent, Obituaries, 21 September 1990
Material on Old Edwardians site
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English classical scholars
People educated at Christ's Hospital
Alumni of University College, Oxford
1899 births
1990 deaths
People from Denbighshire
Schoolteachers from Yorkshire