Charles Wordsworth

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Charles Wordsworth was a 19th-century British clergyman, classical scholar, and educationalist best known for helping to establish the famous Oxford–Cambridge Boat Race.

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instanceOf 19th-century British person
Anglican clergyman
classical scholar
educationalist
person
almaMater Christ Church, Oxford
birthDate 1806-08-22
birthPlace Lambeth, London, England
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfOrdination 1835
deathDate 1892-12-05
deathPlace St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
linked to: St Andrews
educatedAt Christ Church, Oxford
Harrow School
employer Glenalmond College
Winchester College
father Christopher Wordsworth Sr.
fieldOfWork classics
education
theology
genre autobiography
religious writing
knownFor helping to establish the Oxford–Cambridge Boat Race
promoting athletics at Oxford
work in classical education
language English
memberOf Scottish Episcopal Church
mother Priscilla Lloyd
name Charles Wordsworth
notableStudentOf Thomas Arnold (indirectly through educational circles)
linked to: Thomas Arnold
notableWork Annals of My Early Life, 1806–1846
Annals of My Life, 1846–1856
occupation bishop
classical scholar
clergyman
educationalist
schoolmaster
positionHeld Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane
Warden of Trinity College, Glenalmond
relative William Wordsworth
religion Anglicanism
residence Oxford, England
linked to: Oxford

St Andrews, Fife, Scotland
linked to: St Andrews
sibling Christopher Wordsworth
sport rowing
sportingAchievement organising early Oxford–Cambridge Boat Races

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The Boat Race founder Charles Wordsworth
Charles Wordsworth name Charles Wordsworth