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Henry Furneaux

British classical scholar (1829–1900)

Field	Value
name	Henry Furneaux
birth_date	26 June 1829
birth_place	St. Germans, Cornwall
death_date
known_for	his editions of the works of Tacitus
occupation	Classical scholar
nationality	British

Henry Furneaux (26 June 1829 – 7 January 1900) was a British classical scholar at the University of Oxford, specialising in the writings of the Roman historian Tacitus.

Biography

Furneaux was born in 1829 in St Germans, Cornwall, England, where his father, Rev. Tobias Furneaux, was vicar for almost fifty years. During his education in Winchester College he was noted for his excellent memory, and from there he gained a scholarship to Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he read Classics and was awarded a first class in 1851. He went on to become Fellow and tutor of Corpus Christi College, and was ordained and became moderator in 1856, then became proctor in 1865, and was examiner in Literae Humaniores from 1871 to 1876. From 1868 to 1893 he was Rector of Lower Heyford in Oxfordshire, and after resigning in 1893 he lived in Oxford.

On 25 May 1870 he married Eleanor Elizabeth Severn, the youngest daughter of the artist Joseph Severn, and twin of artist Arthur Severn. They had two sons and three daughters, including Margaret Eleanor Furneaux who married F. E. Smith, 1st Earl of Birkenhead in 1901. His grandchildren were Frederick Smith, 2nd Earl of Birkenhead, and Lady Eleanor Smith and Lady Pamela Smith, members of the Bright Young Things.

Furneaux died from "failure of action of the heart" on 7 January 1900.

Works

Furneaux is best known for his special study of the writings of the Roman historian Tacitus, and his editions of the Annals, the Germania and the Agricola remained unsurpassed for many years. His works include:

Personal

His obituary in The Times concludes, "His cheerful, kindly company, his sound scholarship, his unostentatious but profoundly appreciated virtues, will be for long sorely missed in the life of the University."

References

"FURNEAUX, Rev. Henry : Who's Who". ukwhoswho.com.
(22 October 1945). "Lady Eleanor Smith – Novels of Gypsies and of the Circus". [[The Times]].
"Cornelii Taciti Annalium Libri XIIIi-XVI – Blackwell's Bookshop Online".
(12 June 1851). "University Intelligence". The Times.
(8 January 1900). "Obituary: The Rev. Henry Furneaux". The Times.
T. Wilson Parry. (16 November 1932). "A Relic of Keats". The Times.
(10 September 1968). "Margaret Countess of Birkenhead". The Times.
Nicholas Jenkins. "Rev. Henry Furneaux – I27420 – Individual Information – PhpGedView".

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