Sir Charles William Willink, 2nd Baronet (10 September 1929 – 10 March 2009) was an English classical scholar, teacher and baronet. He succeeded his father Sir Henry Willink to the Willink Baronetcy on his death in 1973, and was himself succeeded on his death by his son Sir Edward Daniel Willink.

Life

Sir Henry's eldest son, Charles won a King's Scholarship to Eton College (where he was a friend and contemporary of Douglas Hurd, and won the Newcastle Scholarship a year before him) before reading an MA and

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at Trinity College, Cambridge. He married the artist Elizabeth Andrewes in 1954 and they had two children, Edward and Penelope. He then entered teaching, first at

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and then (from 1954 to 1984) at Eton, where he rose to housemaster. He was a specialist in ancient Greek metre and tragedy. His publications include an Oxford University Press edition of '' Orestes'' by Euripides with commentary, and numerous journal articles and reviews. From 1982 he also cooperated with his Cambridge tutor

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, the banker Frank Welsh and the naval architect John Coates to produce a full-size replica of a Greek trireme, founding the Trireme Trust with them and culminating in the launch of the ''

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'' in 1987. After his retirement he became an expert amateur botanist, specialising in flowers on

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and chairing Highgate cemetery.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Willink, Charles 1929 births 2009 deaths English classical scholars Classics educators Schoolteachers from Wiltshire Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Eton King's Scholars Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom People educated at Eton College Teachers at Eton College