Thomas Field (9 November 1855 – 20 May 1936) was a priest in the

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and most notable as an educational reformer, the headmaster of two major schools.

Life

He was born on 9 November 1855 to Thomas Field of

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, a draper. Field was a distinguished Oxford "classic", he taught at

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and

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from 1878 to 1886, and had been Headmaster of

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from 1886 to 1897, before becoming warden of

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1897 to 1913. He was described in those days as being tall, ponderous and swarthy, with a mighty chest and close cut black beard, a man of invincible energy, truly the picture of the

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Headmaster. He had an elephantine memory, whose singing was an unmelodious roar. A tale is told of Field's days at Radley - that he was left, owing to a sudden conspiratorial silence, to blare forth alone - 'I am a worm and no man'. ( Psalm 22:6) He was ordained into the Church of England in 1880. He was appointed Vicar of St. Mary's Church, Nottingham on 28 July 1913 and he held this post until 1926. He was a Canon of

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from 1913 until 1936. He died on 20 May 1936.

References

* ''Thomas Field DD'' A Memoir by H S Goodrich, SPCK 1937.
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The History of Radley College 1847-1947
{{DEFAULTSORT:Field, Thomas (Anglican priest, born 1855) 1855 births 1936 deaths Vicars of St Mary's Church, Nottingham 19th-century English Anglican priests 20th-century English Anglican priests Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Oxford Fellows of Magdalen College, Oxford Heads of schools in England Wardens of Radley College