Daniel Harper (headmaster)

Hugo Daniel Harper (3 May 1821 – 8 January 1895) was Principal of

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, from 1877 to 1895. Harper was born at Langwick, Glamorgan on 3 May 1821. He went to school at

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and was first admitted as a

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on 25 May 1840 but less than a month later transferred to Jesus College, Oxford, where he was awarded a scholarship and obtained a second in classical moderations, followed by a first in mathematics in 1844. He was a Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford from 1845 to 1852. He was headmaster of Cowbridge Grammar School (1847–50) and

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(1851–77). He served as Chairman of the Conference of Headmasters.Obituary, ''The Times'', 9 January 1895. He was ordained Deacon at Christ Church Cathedral on 18 May 1845, and Priest at Salisbury Cathedral on 23 December 1855. On 19 December 1850 at All Saints' Church, Knightsbridge he married Mary Charlotte Harness, the elder daughter of