Background
He was the second son of the Review Frederic Myers, author of Catholic Thoughts, and Susan Harriett Myers (née Marshall).
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Ernest Myers
Edit Profiletranslator classical scholar poet
Education
Balliol College.
Career
In 1871, he moved to London, joining the Inner Temple and being called to the Barometer However, he never practised as a barrister. In London, in 1883, Myers married Nora Margaret Lodge (1858–1952) (a sister of George Edward Lodge), and they had five children.
The family moved from London to Chislehurst in 1891.
Their elder son - who may have been the subject of Myers’ poem Infant Eyes - died as a soldier in France in 1918, the last year of World War I. Myers maintained a love of physical exercise throughout his life, including swimming, riding, lawn tennis, walking, and golf. He died on 25 November 1921 at Etchingham, Sussex, aged 77.
Achievements
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Educated at Cheltenham and Balliol College, Oxford, (where he won the Gaisford Prize for Greek Verse in 1865), Ernest Myers became a fellow of Wadham College in 1868, teaching there for three years. Instead, he made his living as a translator and editor and also joined the committees of organisations such as the University Extension Society, the Charity Organisation Society, the Society for the Protection of Women & Children, and the Hellenic Society of which he was a founder member.
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Nationality
United Kingdom