Richard Prescott Keigwin ( ; 8 April 1883 – 26 November 1972) was an English academic. He also played

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for

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, the

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and

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, and played

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for

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and

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Early life and education

Keigwin was born in

Lexden Lexden is a suburb of Colchester and former civil parish, now in the unparished area of Colchester, in the Colchester district, in the county of Essex, England. It was formerly a village, and has previously been called Lessendon, Lassendene and ...

and educated at

Clifton College ''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 ...

(Watsons House) in

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. He studied at

Peterhouse, Cambridge Peterhouse is the oldest constituent college of the University of Cambridge in England, founded in 1284 by Hugh de Balsham, Bishop of Ely. Today, Peterhouse has 254 undergraduates, 116 full-time graduate students and 54 fellows. It is quite ...

, where he gained an MA in the Classics and Modern Languages

Tripos At the University of Cambridge, a Tripos (, plural 'Triposes') is any of the examinations that qualify an undergraduate for a bachelor's degree or the courses taken by a student to prepare for these. For example, an undergraduate studying mathe ...

. He was the editor of '' The Granta'' in 1919.

Sporting achievements

Whilst at Clifton, Keigwin partnered AEJ Collins in the school racquets 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

'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

at cricket, he also represented Cambridge University at cricket, rackets,

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and hockey. He played hockey for

and England, and cricket and

tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

for

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. He also played for the

Free Foresters Free Foresters Cricket Club is an English amateur cricket club, established in 1856 for players from the Midland counties of England. It is a 'wandering' (or nomadic) club, having no home ground. The Free Foresters were founded by the Rev. Willi ...

against the

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cricket XI in the 1920s, although he did not appear for Free Foresters at first-class level. After the

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, as a result of Keigwin's interest in Danish cricket, the game in

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picked up whilst he lived there and

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cricket teams began visiting Denmark more frequently - these teams included the

(MCC),

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, Gentlemen of

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and Sir

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'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

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. His brothers, Herbert Keigwin and Henry Keigwin 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

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coast. He was present at the surrender of the

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fleet. He was created a Chevalier of

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, Knight of the

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by HM King

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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

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into

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: * ''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

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, and taught at

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

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and is buried in the churchyard of St Mary.

References

External links

* Clifton College Register (1862–1962) published by the

Full list of his published work
at COPAC.ac.uk * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Keigwin, Richard Prescott 1883 births 1972 deaths Military personnel from Colchester Burials in Suffolk English cricketers Essex cricketers Gloucestershire cricketers Cambridge University cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers English male field hockey players English racquets players Instructors of the Royal Naval College, Osborne People educated at Clifton College Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge Danish–English translators Royal Navy officers of World War I Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War I Knights of the Order of the Dannebrog Gentlemen of England cricketers People from Colchester People from Polstead 20th-century translators H. D. G. Leveson Gower's XI cricketers