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.[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- ^ '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.
- ^ a b "Case, Thomas". Who's Who & Who Was Who (2007 ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 16 June 2024. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . 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 (14 May 2017). "Thomas Bennett Case: Oxford brewer who was the first cricket Supersub". Cricket Country. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
- ^ ONB
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