Frederic William Henry Myers

MYERS, Frederic William Henry. b. Keswick, Cumberland, 6 March 1843; d. Rome, 17 January 1901. He was the son of a clergyman; he was educated at Cheltenham College and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was distinguished both intellectually and physically: he is said to have learned Virgil by heart at school, and he was the first Englishman to swim the river below Niagara Falls. At Cambridge he won the Bell and the Craven scholarships, and no fewer than six University Prizes. He became a Fellow of Trinity College in 1865, and a University Lecturer in Classics (1865-69): in 1871 he accepted a temporary post in the Department of Education, and in 1872 he became a School Inspector. A passionate...