Richard Prescott Keigwin ( ; 8 April 1883 – 26 November 1972) was an English academic. He also played first-class cricket for Cambridge University, the Marylebone Cricket Club,

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and

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, and played hockey for Essex and England.

Early life and education

Keigwin was born in Lexden in Essex and educated at Clifton College (Watsons House) in Bristol. He studied at

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, where he gained an MA in the Classics and Modern Languages Tripos. He was the editor of '' The Granta'' in 1919.

Sporting achievements

Whilst at Clifton, Keigwin partnered

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in the school

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pair (he was also the school racquets captain) and he captained the school cricket XI for 1902-3 when Collins also played. In March 1903 Keigwin was runner-up at the Cambridge University's Freshmen's Lawn Tennis Tournament, losing in the final in two straight sets to future Wimbledon champion

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without winning a game. In addition to playing for the Marylebone Cricket Club at cricket, he also represented Cambridge University at cricket, rackets,

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and hockey. He played hockey for Essex and England, and cricket and tennis for Gloucestershire. He also played for the Free Foresters against the Netherlands cricket XI in the 1920s, although he did not appear for Free Foresters at first-class level. After the First World War, as a result of Keigwin's interest in Danish cricket, the game in Denmark picked up whilst he lived there and British cricket teams began visiting Denmark more frequently - these teams included the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC),

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, Incogniti, Gentlemen of Worcestershire and Sir Julien Cahn's XI. Keigwin's best bowling figures in first-class cricket were 8/79 against

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in 1903. A year later, he scored his only first-class hundred, for Cambridge against Warwickshire. His brothers,

Herbert Keigwin Herbert Stanley Keigwin ( 4 May 1878 – 11 March 1962) was an English cricketer and colonial administrator in South Africa. Keigwin was born in Capel, Colchester, Essex, the brother of Henry Keigwin and R. P. Keigwin. He was educated at St Pa ...

and

Henry Keigwin Henry David Keigwin (14 May 1881 – 20 September 1916) was an English cricketer. He was born in Lexden, in Colchester and died near Thiepval, France. He was educated at Clifton College, along with his brothers R. P. Keigwin and Herbert Keig ...

both also played first-class cricket.

War service and honours

In the first world war he was a Lieutenant in the

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serving on the

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HMS ''Indomitable'' and stationed off the Belgian coast. He was present at the surrender of the German fleet. He was created a Chevalier of Belgian Order of Léopold, Knight of the

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by HM King Christian X of Denmark and awarded King Christian X's medal for "Valuable assistance rendered to Denmark during the war."

Published works

*''Lanyard Lyrics'' (1914) *''Lyrics for Sport'' (1917) Keigwin was a noted translator of Danish into English: * ''Four Tales from Hans Andersen'' (1935) *''Kaj Munk, Playwright, Priest and Patriot'' (1944) *''The Jutland Wind'' (1944) * ''In Denmark I Was Born'' (1948) *''Denmark, Land of Beauty'' (1950) * ''Fairy Tales'' by Hans Christian Andersen (1950, 3 vols) * ''Tales the Moon Can Tell'' by Andersen (1955) *''Heinemann's Illustrated Hans Andersen Series'' (1955) * ''Seven Tales from Hans Christian Andersen'' (1961) *''Five Plays'' (1964) *''The Ugly Duckling'' by Andersen (1973) *''The Snow Queen: A Story in Seven Parts'' by Andersen (1975) * ''80 Fairy Tales'' by Andersen (1976) Keigwin also contributed to ''Centenary Essays on Clifton College'' (1962).

Occupation

Keigwin taught modern languages at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, and taught at Clifton College from 1919, as an assistant master (Master #246).Clifton College Register He was House Tutor of Watson's House (his own old house) at Clifton College in 1919 and 1920, and was the Housemaster of Dakyns' House (Clifton College) from 1920 until 1935. Between 1935 and 1945, he was Warden of

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. He was President of the

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from 1957 to 1959, and a Governor of Clifton College. Keigwin died at Polstead in

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and is buried in the churchyard of St Mary.

References

External links

Clifton College Register ''The spirit nourishes within'' , established = 160 years ago , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent boarding and day school , religion = Christian , president = , head_label = Head of College , head ...

(1862–1962) published by the

Full list of his published work
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