He was born at Burnham, Bucks, the son of the vicar of the parish. He was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge,[2] and in 1814 was appointed assistant master at Eton under John Keate. In 1834 he became headmaster of Eton, which role he performed until 1853, when he was elected Provost of Eton following the death of Francis Hodgson. While he was headmaster and Hodgson was Provost, new buildings were erected, including the school library and the sanatorium, the college chapel was restored, the Old Christopher Inn was closed, and the custom of Montem, the collection by street begging of funds for the university expenses of the captain of the school, was suppressed.[3]
Hawtrey is supposed to have suggested the modern language prizes given by Prince Albert, and himself founded the prize for English essay. In 1852 he became provost of Eton, and in 1854 vicar of Mapledurham. He was buried in the Eton College chapel.[3]
On account of his command of languages, he was known in London as "the English Mezzofanti", and he was a book collector of the finest taste. Among his own books are some translations from the English into Italian, German and Greek. He had a considerable reputation as a writer of English hexameters and as a judge of Homeric translation:[3] his translation of a brief passage from the Iliad was described by Matthew Arnold, in On Translating Homer, as "the most successful attempt hitherto made at rendering Homer into English".[4]
F. D. How included Hawtrey in the 1904 book Six Great Schoolmasters.[5]
^Arnold, Matthew (1960). R. H. Super (ed.). On the classical tradition. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press. p. 149.
^"Review of Six Great Schoolmasters by F. D. How". The Athenaeum (No. 4031): 102. 28 January 1905.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Hawtrey, Edward Craven". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 104.
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edward, craven, hawtrey, 1789, january, 1862, english, educationalist, headmaster, later, provost, eton, college, life, edithe, born, burnham, bucks, vicar, parish, educated, eton, college, king, college, cambridge, 1814, appointed, assistant, master, eton, un. Edward Craven Hawtrey 7 May 1789 27 January 1862 was an English educationalist headmaster and later provost of Eton College 1 Edward Craven HawtreyLife EditHe was born at Burnham Bucks the son of the vicar of the parish He was educated at Eton College and King s College Cambridge 2 and in 1814 was appointed assistant master at Eton under John Keate In 1834 he became headmaster of Eton which role he performed until 1853 when he was elected Provost of Eton following the death of Francis Hodgson While he was headmaster and Hodgson was Provost new buildings were erected including the school library and the sanatorium the college chapel was restored the Old Christopher Inn was closed and the custom of Montem the collection by street begging of funds for the university expenses of the captain of the school was suppressed 3 Hawtrey is supposed to have suggested the modern language prizes given by Prince Albert and himself founded the prize for English essay In 1852 he became provost of Eton and in 1854 vicar of Mapledurham He was buried in the Eton College chapel 3 On account of his command of languages he was known in London as the English Mezzofanti and he was a book collector of the finest taste Among his own books are some translations from the English into Italian German and Greek He had a considerable reputation as a writer of English hexameters and as a judge of Homeric translation 3 his translation of a brief passage from the Iliad was described by Matthew Arnold in On Translating Homer as the most successful attempt hitherto made at rendering Homer into English 4 F D How included Hawtrey in the 1904 book Six Great Schoolmasters 5 References Edit Francis St John Thackeray 1891 Hawtrey Edward Craven In Stephen Leslie Lee Sidney eds Dictionary of National Biography Vol 25 London Smith Elder amp Co Hawtrey Edward Craven HWTY807EC A Cambridge Alumni Database University of Cambridge a b c Chisholm 1911 Arnold Matthew 1960 R H Super ed On the classical tradition Ann Arbor University of Michigan Press p 149 Review of Six Great Schoolmasters by F D How The Athenaeum No 4031 102 28 January 1905 This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain Chisholm Hugh ed 1911 Hawtrey Edward Craven Encyclopaedia Britannica Vol 13 11th ed Cambridge University Press p 104 External links EditWorks by or about Edward Craven Hawtrey in libraries WorldCat catalog Academic officesPreceded byJohn Keate Head Master of Eton College1834 1853 Succeeded byCharles Old GoodfordPreceded byFrancis Hodgson Provost of Eton1853 1862 Succeeded byCharles Old Goodford Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edward Craven Hawtrey amp oldid 1140203131, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
