MAW
's father, Thomas Arnold
, was the second son and namesake of the eminent Victorian headmaster Thomas Arnold. Matthew Arnold
was his elder brother.
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. Mrs. Humphry Ward. Clarendon Press, 1990.
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Prodigally gifted,
Sutherland, John, b. 1938. Mrs. Humphry Ward. Clarendon Press, 1990.
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Thomas Arnold lived a life...
Family and Intimate relationships
Aldous Huxley
His mother, born Julia Arnold
, was a younger sister of Mary Augusta Ward and a niece of Matthew Arnold
. She took a first-class English honours degree at the new Somerville College, Oxford
...
Family and Intimate relationships
Ethel M. Arnold
EA's uncle Matthew Arnold
, a leading writer of the Victorian period, was the author of such texts as Culture and Anarchy. Her sister Mary Augusta, known as Mrs Humphry Ward
, was one...
Family and Intimate relationships
Dinah Mulock Craik
George Lillie Craik became (following his marriage to Dinah Mulock and possibly as a result of his connection with her) a partner in the Macmillan publishing firm
.
Taught by governesses until she was thirteen, Margaret Haig Thomas learned to read at about five. She was taught German and French, and she also learned Welsh as a child but did not retain it...
Education
Dorothy Wellesley
She also furthered her own education by early-morning visits to the library, sometimes permitted though sometimes stopped, during which she read everything I could lay hands on, including Tennyson
, Matthew Arnold
, Swift
's...
Education
Arthur Hugh Clough
He was a model student at Rugby School
, where Thomas Arnold
was headmaster and his son Matthew Arnold
a fellow student who became a close friend of Clough's. From Rugby AHC
went on to...
Education
Mary Augusta Ward
On her arrival in Oxford, her father
became to some extent interested in her education, enrolling her for music lessons with the organist James Taylor
, and having her copy work for him. He provided...
Education
Elizabeth Jennings
Her BA later (according to the Oxford system) brought her an automatic MA. She began working for a graduate degree on Matthew Arnold
, but did not finish it.
Dowson, Jane. “What is the true standing of Oxford poet Elizabeth Jennings?”. Oxford Today, 23 Oct. 2016.