Thomas Ethelbert Page, CH (27 March 1850 – 1 April 1936) was a British classicist and schoolmaster.
Early life
Thomas Ethelbert Page was born in Lincoln, England on 27 March 1850. He was the second son of William Tomlinson Page, the manager of the Lincoln and Lindsey Banking Company, and his wife Anne, whose maiden surname was Watson.[1][2][3] He was baptised at St Peter at Arches Church, Lincoln, on 28 April 1850.[4]
During the time of the 1851 census, taken on 30 March, Thomas was living with his family at number 18, Salter Gate, Lincoln.[5]
He attended Lincoln Grammar School, Shrewsbury School, and St John's College, Cambridge, where he ranked second in Classics in 1873.[6]
Thomas married Delamotte Caroline Eugenie Toynbee, on 16 December 1875 at St George's Hanover Square Church, London.[8] Her father Edward was born in 1825 at Heckington, and was a half-brother of Joseph Toynbee.They had two daughters.[6] He died at a nursing home in Godalming, on 1 April 1936,[9] five days after his 86th birthday.[1][2]
References
^ ab"Dr. Thomas. E. Page. Noted Classical Scholar."Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer, Thursday 02 April 1936, p.5.The British Newspaper Archive; Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited in partnership with the British Library. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
^ ab"Dr. T. E. Page. Scholar Who Was Honoured at 83."Belfast News Letter, Thursday 02 April 1936, p.13. The British Newspaper Archive; Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited in partnership with the British Library. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
^"Marriages."Lincolnshire Chronicle, Friday 24 December 1875, p.5.The British Newspaper Archive; Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited in partnership with the British Library. Retrieved 1 March 2020.
^"Death Of Noted Greek Scholar."Daily Herald, Thursday 2 April 1936, p.11.The British Newspaper Archive; Findmypast Newspaper Archive Limited in partnership with the British Library. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
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