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Richard Buckley Litchfield

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157:. The exact location of the grave is "Cimetière du Grand Jas, 18ème allée (ex-Protestant) n°44"; the inscription on his gravestone reads: "He prayeth best who loveth best, all things both great and small" (taken from Samuel Taylor Coleridge's The Ancient Mariner poem ) - and - "A founder of the Working Men's College, London where he devotedly worked for nearly fifty years." 138:, she described him thus: "He was a nice funny little man, whose socks were always coming down; he had an egg-shaped waistcoat, and a fuzzy, waggly, whitey-brown beard, which was quite indistinguishable, both in colour and texture, from the Shetland shawl which Aunt Etty generally made him wear round his neck." 196: 282: 292: 297: 118: 287: 44: 149:; he died on 11 January 1903, and is buried in the English part of the Cemetery « LE GRAND JAS » in 67: 277: 272: 229: 134: 48: 40: 213: 142: 98: 79: 266: 257: 129: 56: 253: 114: 105:, in 1871, but there were no children from the marriage. He wrote a substantial 102: 94: 52: 36: 122: 106: 60: 110: 87: 20: 154: 150: 146: 83: 75: 71: 24: 74:, where he worked devotedly from 1854 to 1901, being the College's 35:
R. B. Litchfield was the only son of Captain Richard Litchfield of
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Richard Buckley Litchfield: A memoir written for his friends
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Tom Wedgwood, the First Photographer: An Account of His Life
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Litchfield was a fellow Working Men's College colleague of
218:A History of the Working Men's College (1854-1954) 82:between 1872 and 1875. In the mid-1850s he was 27:) was a British scholar and philanthropist.. 8: 243:. University Press, Cambridge. (276 pages). 167:The Beginnings of the Working Men's College 197:"Litchfield, Richard Buckley (LTCT849RB)" 185: 191: 189: 7: 283:Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge 239:Litchfield, Henrietta Emma (1910). 14: 175:. London, Duckworth and Co, 1903. 103:Henrietta Emma ('Etty') Darwin 47:, where he became a friend of 39:, England. He was educated at 1: 293:English Christian socialists 220:, Routledge Kegan Paul, 1954 201:A Cambridge Alumni Database 97:. He married a daughter of 59:in 1854, and was called to 51:, and where he then taught 314: 254:Richard Buckley Litchfield 203:. University of Cambridge. 125:in the year of his death. 55:. He was admitted to the 45:Trinity College, Cambridge 17:Richard Buckley Litchfield 298:People from Herefordshire 128:In his niece-by-marriage 66:He was a founder of the 169:. London, England, 1902 68:Working Men's College 23:– 11 January 1903 in 78:, and becoming its 49:James Clerk Maxwell 19:(6 January 1832 in 41:Cheltenham College 288:English academics 214:J. F. C. Harrison 143:Kensington Square 305: 232: 227: 221: 211: 205: 204: 193: 313: 312: 308: 307: 306: 304: 303: 302: 263: 262: 250: 236: 235: 228: 224: 212: 208: 195: 194: 187: 182: 163: 141:He lived at 31 119:Thomas Wedgwood 86:of the College 33: 12: 11: 5: 311: 309: 301: 300: 295: 290: 285: 280: 275: 265: 264: 261: 260: 249: 248:External links 246: 245: 244: 234: 233: 222: 206: 184: 183: 181: 178: 177: 176: 170: 162: 159: 99:Charles Darwin 80:Vice Principal 32: 29: 13: 10: 9: 6: 4: 3: 2: 310: 299: 296: 294: 291: 289: 286: 284: 281: 279: 276: 274: 271: 270: 268: 259: 255: 252: 251: 247: 242: 238: 237: 231: 226: 223: 219: 215: 210: 207: 202: 198: 192: 190: 186: 179: 174: 171: 168: 165: 164: 160: 158: 156: 152: 148: 144: 139: 137: 136: 131: 126: 124: 120: 116: 112: 108: 104: 100: 96: 91: 89: 85: 81: 77: 73: 69: 64: 62: 58: 54: 50: 46: 42: 38: 30: 28: 26: 22: 18: 258:Find a Grave 240: 230:Period Piece 225: 217: 209: 200: 172: 166: 140: 135:Period Piece 133: 130:Gwen Raverat 127: 121:, which was 92: 65: 57:Inner Temple 34: 16: 15: 278:1903 deaths 273:1832 births 115:photography 95:John Ruskin 53:mathematics 267:Categories 180:References 37:Cheltenham 123:published 107:biography 63:in 1863. 111:inventor 88:magazine 109:of the 61:the Bar 21:Yarpole 155:France 151:Cannes 147:London 84:editor 76:Bursar 72:London 25:Cannes 161:Works 43:and 31:Life 256:at 132:'s 113:of 269:: 199:. 188:^ 153:, 145:, 117:, 101:, 90:. 70:, 216:,

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Yarpole
Cannes
Cheltenham
Cheltenham College
Trinity College, Cambridge
James Clerk Maxwell
mathematics
Inner Temple
the Bar
Working Men's College
London
Bursar
Vice Principal
editor
magazine
John Ruskin
Charles Darwin
Henrietta Emma ('Etty') Darwin
biography
inventor
photography
Thomas Wedgwood
published
Gwen Raverat
Period Piece
Kensington Square
London
Cannes
France

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