Edward Elder (1 October 1812–6 April 1858) was an English teacher, the headmaster of Charterhouse School from 1853.

Life

Elder was the son of John Edward Elder of

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, born on 1 October 1812. At the age of twelve he was sent to Charterhouse, where he remained till 1830, when he gained an open scholarship at Balliol College, Oxford. There he took first class honours ''in literis humanioribus'' and won the Ellerton theological essay prize. He graduated B.A. 1834, M.A. 1836, D.D. 1853. He held a tutorial appointment at Balliol till 1839, when he became headmaster of Durham Cathedral Grammar School. Elder was a successful head, and when in 1853 Augustus Page Saunders became

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and he was appointed headmaster of Charterhouse, many of the Durham boys, among them

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, migrated to London with him. At Charterhouse he was intermittently ill and absent from the school; and suffered a breakdown. On 6 April 1858 he died. A tablet to his memory was placed in Charterhouse Chapel, facing the founder's tomb. Elder contributed articles to William Smith's

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* ;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Elder, Edward 1812 births 1858 deaths 19th-century Barbadian people Headmasters of Charterhouse School