Cecil Headlam Explained

Cecil Headlam (19 September 1872 – 12 August 1934) was an English first-class cricketer active in 1895–1908, who played for Middlesex and Oxford University. He was born in Paddington; died in Charing.^[1] He was also a cricket historian.^[2]

Headlam was educated at Rugby School, then won a demyship at Magdalen College, Oxford. He travelled extensively and wrote travel books and histories,^[3] and edited anthologies including a collection of the poems of his brother Walter.^[4]

His recreations included cricket, fishing, golf, climbing, and gardening.

Works

• Book: The Story of Nuremberg. 1899. Dent.
• Book: Peter Vischer. 1901. Bell. ^[5]
• Book: The Marriage of Mr. Molyneux. 1901. Hurst & Blackett.
• Book: The Story of Chartres. 1902. Dent.
• Book: Friends that Fail Not: Light Essays Concerning Books. 1902. Hurst & Blackett.
• Book: Ten Thousand Miles through India and Burmah: Account of Oxford Authentics' Cricket Tour with Mr. K. J. Key in Year of Coronation Durbar. 1903. Dent.
• Book: Oxford and its Story. 1904. Dent. ^{[6] [7]}
• Book: Provence and Languedoc. 1912. Methuen. ^[8]

Primary Sources

• Headlam, Walter & Cecil, Walter Headlam, His Letters and Poems, London: Duckworth, 1908

External links

• Cecil Headlam obituary

Notes and References

1. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30104/30104.html Cecil Headlam at CricketArchive
2. Web site: অযান্ত্রিক. 18 June 2014. Calcutta Armenians, Calcutta, c. 1660. 2021-04-21. puronokolkata.com. Purono Kolkata. en. https://web.archive.org/web/20230128061318/https://puronokolkata.com/2015/07/07/calcutta-armenians-calcutta-c1660/. 28 January 2023.
3. Book: Who's who in Literature . 185. 1924 . Literary Year Books Press .
4. http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U211017 HEADLAM, Cecil
5. Review of Peter Vischer by Cecil Headlam. The Monumental News. XIV. 9. September 1902. 535.
6. The Academy and Literature. 5 November 1904. 67. 1696. Review of Oxford and its Story by Cecil Headlam. 408–409.
7. Review of Oxford and its Story by Cecil Headlam. The Athenaeum . 4034. February 18, 1905. 199–200.
8. Review of Provence and Languedoc by Cecil Headlam. The Athenaeum . 4432. October 5, 1912. 373.