Edward Daniel Stone (1832 – 17 September 1916) was an ordained deacon, classical scholar and a

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Early life

He was the son of Lucia Catherine Stone (née Boswell) and Joseph Stone. His siblings were Walter George Boswell Stone, an antiquarian; William Harry Stone, and Edith Stone. He attended

beginning in 1845 and in 1856 he received a BA from

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. Three years later he received his master's degree at Cambridge. From 1855 until 1862, he was a Fellow of King's. In 1860, he was ordained a deacon of the Church of England.

Career

Educator

Beginning in 1857, he was assistant master at Eton, a position he held for about 27 years. His students included Sir

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and Sir Evelyn Ruggles-Brise. On 20 November 1873 he was admitted into the

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. Reilly stated that in 1884, he established a school in Broadstairs,

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in Stone House and operated the school until 1895. Stone moved to Abingdon, Berkshire after retirement in 1898, living with his son Rev. Francis Joseph (Frank) Stone, who was the Science Master at

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Author

He was the author of ''The Field of Rivalry: An Heroic Poem'', in four books, written in the 1850s. Stone published ''Dorica'', a volume of poems, four of which were in Dorset dialect. The volume was inspired by poet

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. In 1912, Stone published ''Herbert Kynaston: A Short Memoir with Selections from His Occasional Writings'' a memoir of Herbert Kynaston (1835 - 1910), principal of

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and

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of Greek at

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. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1912). Kynaston, Herbert. Dictionary of National Biography 1912 Supplement. Vol. 2. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

Personal life

In August 1861, Stone married Elizabeth Theresa "Lily" Vidal. Their ten children included Lucy, Frank, Ned, Ruth, Mary, Margaret, William Johnson, Guy,

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, and

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. They adopted Nelly Stone. During his life, Stone corresponded with his son-in-law

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. Stone died on 17 September 1916 in Abingdon and is buried in Radley at St. James's Churchyard.

Works

He was a Greek and Latin scholar. Among others he published: *''The Hannibalian Or Second Punic War'', 1881 *''Ionides: Exercises in Greek Iambics'', 1883 *''Dorica; (A Book of his Poetry) Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1888'' *''Selection from the Greek tragedians'', 1890 *''Tu Es Petrus. An Examination of Two Passages in S. Matthew's Gospel, and of the Doctrine of the Real Presence'', 1909 *''Florilegium Latinum; Translations Into Latin Verse, with Francis St John Thackeray'', 1923

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Stone, Edward Daniel 1832 births 1916 deaths 20th-century English Anglican priests Fellows of King's College, Cambridge Schoolteachers from Dorset Alumni of King's College, Cambridge People educated at Eton College Teachers at Eton College