Thomas Case (cricketer, born 1844)
Thomas Case (Liverpool, 14 July 1844 – 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.[3]
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
[edit | edit source]- ^ '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.
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