John Saul Howson (5 May 1816 – 1885),
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, was born at
Giggleswick-on-Craven,
Yorkshire
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.
Early and private life
Howson's father was head-master of
Giggleswick School
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Early school
In 1499, Giggleswick School was founded on half an acre of land leased by the Prior an ...
. His nephew
George William Saul Howson (1860–1919) was a reforming headmaster of
Gresham's School
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, Holt, Norfolk, between 1900 and his death.
After attending the school, he went to
Trinity College, Cambridge
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. Graduating
BA in 1837 and
MA in 1840, he became private tutor at Cambridge to the
Marquess of Sligo
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and the
Marquess of Lorne
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.
Career
In 1845 Howson, having taken orders, accepted the post of senior classical master at the
Liverpool College
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under his friend
W. J. Conybeare, whom he succeeded as principal in 1849. This post he held until 1865, and it was largely due to his influence that a similar college for girls was established at
Liverpool
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.
On 2 June 1865, Howson was appointed as Honorary Chaplain of the
1st Lancashire Rifle Volunteer Corps
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In 1866 he left
Liverpool
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to become vicar of the
Parish Church of St Peter and St Paul, Wisbech
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, and in 1867 he was appointed dean of
Chester Cathedral
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, where he gave himself vigorously to the work of restoring the crumbling fabric, collecting nearly £100,000 in five years for this purpose
His restoration created a great debate and led in part to formation of the
Society for the Protection of Ancient Buildings
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.
His sympathies were with the evangelical party, and he stoutly opposed the "Eastward position," but he was by no means narrow. He did much to reintroduce the ministry of women as
deaconesses
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. The building of the
King's School for boys, and the
Queen's School for girls (both in
Chester
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), was due in a great measure to the active interest which he took in educational matters.
Howson's chief literary production was ''The Life and Epistles of St Paul'' (1852) in which he collaborated with Conybeare.
Family
He married the daughter of
John Cropper, who survived him by only a few days.
He died at
Bournemouth
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on 15 December 1885 and was buried in the cloister garth of Chester.
Howson was the father of
George Howson
George William Saul Howson MA (8 August 1860 – 7 January 1919) was an English schoolmaster and writer, notable as the reforming headmaster of Gresham's School from 1900 to 1919.
Early life
Howson was one of the four sons of William Howson of ...
(1854–1943) who was
Archdeacon of Warrington
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from 1916 to 1933, and then
Archdeacon of Liverpool
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from 1933 to 1934; another son
James Howson (1856–1934) was
Archdeacon of Craven from 1928 to 1934. His grandson
George Howson
George William Saul Howson MA (8 August 1860 – 7 January 1919) was an English schoolmaster and writer, notable as the reforming headmaster of Gresham's School from 1900 to 1919.
Early life
Howson was one of the four sons of William Howson of ...
was the founder and chairman of the
Royal British Legion
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Poppy Factory
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.
References
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