- Thomas Field
Thomas Field was born on
9 November 1855 and died20 May 1936 . He was a priest in theChurch of England .He was the son of Thomas Field of
Folkestone , a draper.He was a distinguished Oxford "classic", he taught at
Repton School andHarrow School from 1878 to 1886, and had been Headmaster ofThe King's School, Canterbury from 1886 to 1897, before becoming warden ofRadley College 1897 to 1913.He was described in those days as being tall, ponderous and swarthy, with a mighty chest and close cut black beard, a man of invincible energy. He was truly the picture of the Victorian Headmaster.
People recall a man of elephantine memory, whose singing was an unmelodious roar. A delightful but apocryphal tale is told of Field's days at Radley - that he was left, owing to a sudden conspiratorial silence, to blare forth alone - 'I am a worm and no man'.
He was ordained into the Church of England in 1880. He was appointed Vicar of
St. Mary's Church, Nottingham on28 July 1913 and he held this post until 1926. He was a Canon ofSouthwell Minster from 1913 until 1936.References
"Thomas Field DD" A Memoir by H S Goodrich,
SPCK 1937.
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