Ambrose John Wilson

January 13, 1853 (age 76)

Birmingham, England

In the same year he became lecturer of Queen"s and Saint John"s Colleges simultaneously, and in December was ordained deacon by the Bishop of Oxford. In 1877 he was appointed tutor of Saint John"s, which position he resigned, and the next year became classical tutor at the Diocesan College at Rondesbosch, in Cape Colony, and head master of Saint Mark"s Grammar School, George. In March of this year he was ordained priest by the Bishop of Cape Town, and took his degree of Master of Arts at Oxford in absence. In 1879 he was appointed Classical Examiner in the University of Cape Town, which conferred on him the honorary degree of Master of Arts In 1880 Doctor Wilson returned to England, and accepted the head-mastership of the Carlisle Grammar School, a post which he held till 1885, when he was appointed to the position as head master of the Melbourne Church of England Grammar School. In 1882 he took the Oxford degree of Bachelor of Divinity, and in 1885 had that of Doctor of Divinity conferred on him. Wilson was headmaster of Lancing College 1895-1901, and was appointed rector of Tackley, Oxfordshire, in early 1902. Doctor Wilson was married at Saint Margaret"s Bay, near Dover, on 3 September 1880, to Mission Julia Mary Lawrence. Wilson died in London on 27 August 1929.

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Background

Wilson, Ambrose John was born on January 13, 1853 in Birmingham. Son of late Joseph W. Wilnon, Commander of Order of Leopold, principal of Crystal Palace School of Practical Engineering, and Harriet, daughter of late Ambrose Moore.

Education

He was educated at Merchant Taylors" School in London, and having secured a scholarship at Saint John"s College, Oxford, he took a second-class in Classical Moderations in 1873, and a first-class in Litteræ Humaniores in 1875. He graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1876, and was elected a Fellow of Queen"s College, Oxford, an appointment which he retained till 1881.

Career

In the same year he became lecturer of Queen"s and Saint John"s Colleges simultaneously, and in December was ordained deacon by the Bishop of Oxford. In 1877 he was appointed tutor of Saint John"s, which position he resigned, and the next year became classical tutor at the Diocesan College at Rondesbosch, in Cape Colony, and head master of Saint Mark"s Grammar School, George. In March of this year he was ordained priest by the Bishop of Cape Town, and took his degree of Master of Arts at Oxford in absence.

In 1879 he was appointed Classical Examiner in the University of Cape Town, which conferred on him the honorary degree of Master of Arts In 1880 Doctor Wilson returned to England, and accepted the head-mastership of the Carlisle Grammar School, a post which he held till 1885, when he was appointed to the position as head master of the Melbourne Church of England Grammar School.

In 1882 he took the Oxford degree of Bachelor of Divinity, and in 1885 had that of Doctor of Divinity conferred on him. Wilson was headmaster of Lancing College 1895-1901, and was appointed rector of Tackley, Oxfordshire, in early 1902.

Doctor Wilson was married at Saint Margaret"s Bay, near Dover, on 3 September 1880, to Mission Julia Mary Lawrence. Wilson died in London on 27 August 1929.

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Vice-president Brighton (Rugby) Football Club. Cricket, singing, and bicycling.

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Father:: Joseph West. Wilnon
Mother:: Harriet

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