9-858: Sidgwick is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Arthur Sidgwick (1840–1920), English classical scholar and schoolteacher Cecily Sidgwick (1854–1934), British novelist Eleanor Sidgwick (1845–1936), English activist for higher education of women Henry Sidgwick (1838–1900), English philosopher and economist Mary Sidgwick Benson (1841–1918), English hostess, wife of Edward Benson, Archbishop of Canterbury Nevil Sidgwick (1873–1952), English theoretical chemist Robert Sidgwick (1851–1934), English cricketer Rose Sidgwick (1877–1918), British university teacher, co-founder of International Federation of University Women See also [ edit ] Sedgewick (disambiguation) Sedgwick (disambiguation) Sidgwick & Jackson , imprint of
18-433: A Fellow of Corpus Christi College, Oxford . He stood out among the generally orthodox, conservative classics dons as a Liberal , as did the radical Thomas Collins Snow. He pioneered, with Arthur Herbert Dyke Acland , undergraduate study groups to raise awareness of current affairs. Gilbert Murray arrived as an Oxford undergraduate in 1884, and Sidgwick became a father figure to him. In his autobiography, after noting
27-520: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Arthur Sidgwick Arthur Sidgwick (1840–1920) was an English classical scholar who had an early career as a schoolteacher. Despite his self-deprecating remark "in erudition I am naught", he is considered a great teacher of ancient Greek poetry . He also became an important figure in the advancement of female education at the University of Oxford . The fourth son and fifth child of
36-694: The Rev. William Sidgwick (died 1841) and his wife Mary Crofts, he was born at Skipton , Yorkshire; Henry Sidgwick was his older brother. He was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge , matriculating in 1859, and graduating B.A. as second classic in 1863. He was President of the Cambridge Union in 1863. As was Henry, he was elected to the Cambridge Apostles . They tried, but failed, to have F. W. H. Myers elected also. A Fellow of Trinity College from 1864 to 1879, Sidgwick
45-574: The continuity with school, Murray wrote: "Sidgwick was a great exception. So was one of the St John's fellows, T. C. Snow". He enjoyed the chance to discuss liberal politics freely; and Stapleton writes that Murray's vision of "an alliance between classical scholarship and liberalism" was inspired by Sidgwick. It was at an 1887 picnic organised by the Sidgwicks that Murray met Rosalind Howard, Countess of Carlisle , his future mother-in-law. Sidgwick
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63-576: Was an educational reformer. He was secretary of Oxford's Association for the Education of Women from 1882 to 1907, then becoming its president. There he worked with Bertha Johnson and Annie Rogers . In 1893 he argued in favour of women being allowed to serve on educational governing bodies. A long-time suffragist , he was also influential in the 1920 decision by the University of Oxford to grant degrees to women. An anti-imperialist, Sidgwick
72-496: Was for that period an assistant master to Rugby School, invited to return by Frederick Temple , headmaster at the end of his time as a pupil there. He clashed with Henry Hayman , the headmaster of Rugby. With Henry Lee Warner (1842–1925) as an ally, Sidgwick organised a significant resistance to the incoming Hayman's authority. There followed a furore in 1873–4. It saw Hayman ousted after trying to sack Sidgwick and Charles James Eliseo Smith (1835–1900). In 1879, Sidgwick became
81-652: Was president of the Oxford Liberal Association for 28 years. He belonged to the local group of Positivists , centred on Richard Congreve at Wadham College . He was also allied to the Manchester Guardian ' s supporters, typefied by his friend Leonard Hobhouse ; and helped C. P. Scott recruit Hobhouse to the newspaper in 1897. Sidgwick married in 1873, in the hiatus from teaching at Rugby School caused by his quarrel with Hayman, Charlotte Sophia Wilson, sister of James Maurice Wilson ,
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