Thomas Case (b

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14 July 1844 – d Falmouth 31 October 1925) was an English academic, philosopher, sportsman and author. Case was educated at

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and Balliol. He was

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of Brasenose College, Oxford, from 1868 to 1870;

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at Balliol from 1870 to 1876; and on the staff of

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, from then onwards. He was

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at Oxford from 1889 to 1910; and President of Corpus from 1904 to 1924. Case was also a

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er (active 1864–1869) who played for

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and

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. He played in 35 first-class matches. He was a righthanded

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who totalled 982 career runs with a highest score of 116. His son's,

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and

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, were also first-class cricketers. He married Elizabeth Donn (1848-1927), the daughter of composer

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and he was buried on 4 November in Wolvercote cemetery, near Oxford.ONB

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