| 词条 | William Emerton Heitland |
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William Emerton Heitland (21 December 1847 – 23 June 1935) was an English Cambridge University based classicist.[1][2][3] who was described as having a passionate desire to attain the truth. LifeHeitland's father, Arthur Allan Heitland{{refn|group="note"|Heitland was a godson of the Duke of Wellington.[4]}}, youngest child of Major William Peter Heitland of the Madras Pioneers, was a farmer and his mother, Mary Browne of Colkirk House{{refn|group="note"|Colkirk House was built for William Rowland Sandiford[5] (Mary Heitland {{née}} Browne's stepfather[6]), Sandiford wiped out the Browne's fortune.}}, Lady of Nowers Manor in Hindringham, was the daughter of Riches Repps Browne (1791-1823) more commonly known as Repps Browne,[7]{{refn|group="note"|Browne was tenant of Ellem Lodge in Longformacus, Berwickshire, Scotland[8] and son and heir of Daniel Browne, a woolen draper based in King's Lynn.}} a Norfolk gentleman by his wife Mary Jex{{refn|group="note"|A Mary Jex of the same family married Joseph Godwin, one of the brothers of philosopher and novelist, William Godwin at Fulmodeston on 11 December 1776.}} (1800-1839) of Fulmodeston in Norfolk. Heitland was admitted a pensioner of St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1867, a Craven scholar, 1869, B.A (Senior Classic{{refn|group="note"|Senior Classic at Cambridge is of the same rank in regard to classical achievement as that of Senior Wrangler is to achievement in mathematics.}}), 1871, M.A, 1874, Fellow, 1871-1935 and Tutor, 1883-93.[9] He married Margaret Bateson at Marylebone in 1901, she was the daughter of William Henry Bateson, master of St John's College in 1901; she lived between 1860 and 1938. He is buried in the Ascension Parish Burial Ground, Cambridge.[10] with his wife, a journalist and stalwart of the suffragette movement. At the time of his death, his estate was valued at £26519 4s. 4d.One third of the residue of Heitland estate help establishing a fund named after him. American born illustrator and watercolor artist Wilmot Emerton Heitland, N.A. (1893-1969) was his nephew, some of his paintings are on display at the Art Institute of Chicago, the Brooklyn Museum and the Philadelphia Museum School of Art. RelativesBritish engraver John Browne (1742-1801). LegacyThe Heitland Fund,[11] capital and income at the disposal of the Fitzwilliam Museum. Notes1. ^Mr. W. E. Heitland A Veteran Cambridge Classic (Obituaries) The Times Monday, Jun 24, 1935; pg. 9; Issue 47098; col A 2. ^{{acad|id=HTLT867WE|name=Heitland, William Emerton}} 3. ^Peter Searby, Heitland, Margaret (1860–1938), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 accessed 16 March 2013 4. ^"After Many Years, A Tale of Experiences and Impressions Gathered in the Course of an Obscure Life ", by William Emerton Heitland, published by Cambridge University Press, 1926 5. ^"Nephew of Peter Sandiford, Rector of Fulmodeston, Will of Reverend Peter Sandiford, Doctor in Divinity, Rector of Fulmodeston with Croxton , Norfolk, proved 7 November 1835. 6. ^"Will of Thomas Jex, Gentleman of Fulmodeston", proved 23 June 1840, Norwich Consistory Court Probate Records. 7. ^"Will of Repps Brown, Gentleman of Whitchester, Berwickshire", proved 14 January 1841, PROB 11/1939/46, National Archives. 8. ^{{cite news |title=The mystery house that defeated the detectives |date=6 September 2003 |publisher=The Daily Telegraph}} 9. ^"Alumni Cantabrigienses", Volume 2, From 1752 to 1900, Part 3, Gabb-Justamond, Edited by John Venn and J.A. Venn, published by Cambridge University Press 10. ^{{findagrave|grid=34801825}} 11. ^"Statutes and Ordinances of the University of Cambridge", published by University of Cambridge, 2009, p.815 Published works
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