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English cricketer, philosopher, and college president
Thomas Case (b
Liverpool 14 July 1844 – d
Falmouth 31 October 1925)
[1] was an English academic, philosopher, sportsman and author.
[2]
Case was educated at
Rugby
[3] and
Balliol .
[4] He was
Fellow of
Brasenose College, Oxford , from 1868 to 1870;
Tutor at Balliol from 1870 to 1876; and on the staff of
Corpus Christi College, Oxford , from then onwards. He was
Waynflete Professor of Metaphysical Philosophy at Oxford from 1889 to 1910; and President of Corpus from 1904 to 1924.[
citation needed ]
Case was also a
first-class cricketer (active 1864–1869) who played for
Oxford University and
Middlesex . He played in 35 first-class matches. He was a righthanded
batsman who totalled 982 career
runs with a highest score of 116.
[5] His sons,
William and
Thomas , were also first-class cricketers.
[6]
[7]
He married Elizabeth Donn (1848–1927), the daughter of composer
William Sterndale Bennett and he was buried on 4 November in Wolvercote cemetery, near Oxford.
[8]
References
^ 'Mr. Thomas Case'
The Times Monday, 2 Nov. 1925, Issue 44108, p. 2.
^ Among others he wrote 'Materials for History of Athenian Democracy from Solon to Pericles', 1874; 'Realism in Morals', 1877; 'Physical Realism', 1888; 'St Mary’s Clusters', 1893; 'Twelve Songs', 1918; and 'Three Songs', 1924 >
British Library website accessed 15:32
GMT , Saturday, 22 May 2020.
^
"Case, Thomas" .
Who's Who & Who Was Who . Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 23 May 2020 . (Subscription or
UK public library membership required.)
^
Foster, Joseph (1888–1892).
"Case, Thomas (2)" .
Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886 . Oxford: Parker and Co – via
Wikisource .
^
Thomas Case at CricketArchive
^ Jones, T. G. H.; Kenrick, Frank B.; Julian L., Baker (1942).
"Obituary notices: Lancelot Salisbury Bagster, 1887–1940; Thomas Bennett Case, 1871–1941; William Lash Miller, 1866–1940; Leonard Temple Thorne, 1855–1941" . Journal of the Chemical Society : 333–4.
doi :
10.1039/JR9420000333 . Retrieved 9 August 2019 .
^ Dhole, Pradip.
"Thomas Bennett Case: Oxford brewer who was the first cricket Supersub" . Cricket Country. Retrieved 9 August 2019 .
^ ONB
External links
Works by or about
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