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Henry Edward Moberly (born 11 December 1822 at Madras; died 22 September 1907 at Winchester, Hampshire) was an English cleric and school housemaster. As an amateur cricketer, he played first-class cricket from 1842 to 1845.
Life
[edit]The eldest son of Lt-Col. Henry Moberly of Madras, Moberly was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford.[1] He played cricket for Oxford University, making 10 known appearances in first-class matches.[2]
Moberly matriculated at New College in 1841, graduating B.A. in 1845, and was a Fellow there from 1841 to 1860. He was ordained as a Church of England priest and became Dean of Divinity at New College in 1851, bursar in 1853 and sub-warden in 1856.[3] He taught at Winchester College 1859–80 and founded one of the oldest boarding houses at Winchester, still known formally as Moberly's.[4] He then became a parish priest and was vicar of Heckfield, Hampshire, 1880–83 and rector of St Michael's, Winchester, from 1883.[3]
F. D. How included Moberly in the 1904 book Six Great Schoolmasters.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ J.B. Wainewright, Winchester College, 1836-1906: A Register (P. and G. Wells, Winchester 1907), p. 37 (Internet Archive).
- ^ CricketArchive. Retrieved on 17 November 2008.
- ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ "Winchester College - Boarding House, B. Moberly's (Toye's)".
- ^ "Review of Six Great Schoolmasters by F. D. How". The Athenaeum (4031): 102. 28 January 1905.
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