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371: 33: 244: 68:; his detractors found his readings contorted and too ingenious, too often overlooking obvious explanations in favour of the convoluted, and his published work is nowadays not highly regarded. After his death, admirers 114:
Elected a fellow of Trinity in 1874, he was a College Lecturer from 1877 to 1911. In February 1911, he was appointed to fill the new King Edward VII professorship of literature at Cambridge, which had been endowed by
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Rita McWilliams Tullberg, ‘Verrall, Margaret de Gaudrion (1857–1916)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, Sept 2004; online edn, May 2007.
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Richard Smail, ‘Verrall, Arthur Woollgar (1851–1912)’, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004.
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in Cambridge, with his wife and daughter, Phoebe Margaret De Gaudrion Verrall (1888-1890). His wife was a member of the
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The Other World: Spiritualism and Psychical Research in England, 1850-1914
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Arthur Woollgar Verrall was the son of a solicitor. He was educated at
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F. Robert Rodman, Winnicott, life and work, Da Capo Press, 2004.
119:. A Trinity Tutor from 1889 to 1899; he was tutor to 444:Classical scholars of the University of Cambridge 54:) was a British classics scholar associated with 454:King Edward VII Professors of English Literature 439:People educated at Wellington College, Berkshire 311:. Cambridge University Press. pp. 132–133. 111:, where he graduated BA as 2nd Classic in 1872. 87:was highly influential. He was a member of the 78:Collected Essays in Greek and Latin Scholarship 74:Collected Literary Essays. Classical and Modern 8: 333:"Trinity College, University of Cambridge" 262:Shils, Edward; Blacker, Carmen (1996). 194: 459:Presidents of the Philological Society 434:Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge 245:"Verrall, Arthur Woollgar (VRL869AW)" 163:Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground 27:British classical scholar (1851–1912) 7: 449:Scholars of ancient Greek literature 429:Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge 335:. BBC Your Paintings. Archived from 216: 214: 25: 424:People educated at Twyford School 264:Cambridge women: twelve portraits 181:, psychoanalyst et member of the 72:and J. D. Duff edited Verrall's 363:Works by Arthur Woollgar Verrall 224:"Verrall, Arthur Woollgar"  60:King Edward VII Chair of English 58:, and the first occupant of the 36:Prof Arthur Woollgar Verrall by 372:Works by or about A. W. Verrall 128:Margaret De Gaudrion Merrifield 91:, a secret society, from 1871. 183:British Psychoanalytic Society 148:Society for Psychical Research 80:1914. Among his publications, 1: 221:Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1922). 249:A Cambridge Alumni Database 169:. A portrait of Verrall by 475: 399:British classical scholars 268:Cambridge University Press 251:. University of Cambridge. 175:Trinity College, Cambridge 109:Trinity College, Cambridge 56:Trinity College, Cambridge 419:Burials in Cambridgeshire 414:British parapsychologists 307:Oppenheim, Janet (1988). 173:is in the collection of 230:Encyclopædia Britannica 44:Arthur Woollgar Verrall 18:Arthur Woollgar Verrall 296:10.1093/ref:odnb/48503 207:10.1093/ref:odnb/36646 40: 384:of Mrs. A. W. Verrall 177:. He was an uncle of 167:Ladies Dining Society 35: 339:on 19 November 2014. 161:He is buried at the 105:Wellington College 89:Cambridge Apostles 46:(5 February 1851, 41: 367:Project Gutenberg 144:automatic writing 117:Harold Harmsworth 16:(Redirected from 466: 376:Internet Archive 350: 347: 341: 340: 329: 323: 322: 304: 298: 288: 282: 281: 259: 253: 252: 241: 235: 234: 226: 218: 209: 199: 152:Palm Sunday Case 121:Aleister Crowley 50:– 18 June 1912, 21: 474: 473: 469: 468: 467: 465: 464: 463: 389: 388: 359: 354: 353: 348: 344: 331: 330: 326: 319: 306: 305: 301: 289: 285: 278: 261: 260: 256: 243: 242: 238: 220: 219: 212: 200: 196: 191: 132:Newnham College 97: 85:the Rationalist 28: 23: 22: 15: 12: 11: 5: 472: 470: 462: 461: 456: 451: 446: 441: 436: 431: 426: 421: 416: 411: 406: 401: 391: 390: 387: 386: 378: 369: 358: 357:External links 355: 352: 351: 342: 324: 317: 299: 283: 276: 270:. p. 30. 254: 236: 210: 193: 192: 190: 187: 171:Frederic Yates 156:Arthur Balfour 101:Twyford School 96: 93: 70:M. A. Bayfield 38:Frederic Yates 26: 24: 14: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 471: 460: 457: 455: 452: 450: 447: 445: 442: 440: 437: 435: 432: 430: 427: 425: 422: 420: 417: 415: 412: 410: 407: 405: 402: 400: 397: 396: 394: 385: 383: 379: 377: 373: 370: 368: 364: 361: 360: 356: 346: 343: 338: 334: 328: 325: 320: 318:0-521-34767-X 314: 310: 303: 300: 297: 293: 287: 284: 279: 277:0-521-48344-1 273: 269: 265: 258: 255: 250: 246: 240: 237: 232: 231: 225: 217: 215: 211: 208: 204: 198: 195: 188: 186: 184: 180: 176: 172: 168: 164: 159: 157: 153: 149: 145: 141: 137: 133: 129: 124: 122: 118: 112: 110: 106: 102: 94: 92: 90: 86: 84: 79: 75: 71: 67: 66: 61: 57: 53: 49: 45: 39: 34: 30: 19: 381: 345: 337:the original 327: 308: 302: 286: 263: 257: 248: 239: 228: 197: 179:Joan Riviere 160: 140:Spiritualism 125: 113: 98: 81: 77: 73: 63: 43: 42: 29: 409:1912 deaths 404:1851 births 126:He married 393:Categories 189:References 83:Euripides 65:Agamemnon 52:Cambridge 48:Brighton 374:at the 315:  274:  136:medium 107:, and 382:Vita 313:ISBN 272:ISBN 142:and 95:Life 76:and 365:at 292:doi 203:doi 395:: 266:. 247:. 227:. 213:^ 185:. 158:. 123:. 103:, 321:. 294:: 280:. 205:: 20:)

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Arthur Woollgar Verrall

Frederic Yates
Brighton
Cambridge
Trinity College, Cambridge
King Edward VII Chair of English
Agamemnon
M. A. Bayfield
Euripides
Cambridge Apostles
Twyford School
Wellington College
Trinity College, Cambridge
Harold Harmsworth
Aleister Crowley
Margaret De Gaudrion Merrifield
Newnham College
medium
Spiritualism
automatic writing
Society for Psychical Research
Palm Sunday Case
Arthur Balfour
Parish of the Ascension Burial Ground
Ladies Dining Society
Frederic Yates
Trinity College, Cambridge
Joan Riviere
British Psychoanalytic Society

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