William Cookesley Explained

William Cookesley
Country:	England
Fullname:	William Gifford Cookesley
Birth Date:	1 December 1802
Birth Place:	Brasted, Kent, England
Club1:	Cambridge University
Year1:	1822–1827
Date:	31 March
Year:	2013
Source:	https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36598/36598.html CricketArchive

William Gifford Cookesley (1 December 1802 – 16 August 1880) was an English classical scholar and cleric.

Life

He was born at Brasted in Kent, and was educated at Eton College and at King's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1825, M.A. in 1827. He was one of the assistant masters at Eton for many years.^[1]

In 1857, Cookesley was appointed vicar of Hayton, East Riding of Yorkshire, and became incumbent of St. Peter's, Hammersmith, in 1860, and rector of Tempsford, Bedfordshire, in 1868. He died on 16 August 1880.^[1]

Works

Cookesley's publications on classical subjects were:^[1]

• Selections from Pindar. With English Notes, 1838.
• Pindari Carmina. Notas quasdam Anglice scriptas adjecit G.G.C., 1844, (another edition, pars prima, 1850, and an edition in 2 vols., 1851).
• Selecta e Catullo (with notes), 1845.
• Account and Map of the Ancient City of Rome, 1850; and a similar Account and Map of Ancient Athens, 1851 (also 1852).
• Selecta e Propertio (with notes), 1851.
• Eton Selections from Ovid and Tibullus (with notes), 1859 (another edition, 1860).
• Cæsar's Gallic War (with English notes), 1861.

Cookesley also published:^[1]

• Sermons, London, 1843; and Old Windsor Sermons, London, 1844.
• A revised translation of the New Testament, 1859.
• A few Remarks on some of the more prominent errors contained in Bishop Colenso's Book on the Pentateuch, London, 1863.
• Memorial Sketch of F. J. Cookesley, edited by W. G. C., 1867.
• Various pamphlets published between 1845 and 1867.

Cricket career

Cookesley was a first-class cricketer associated with Cambridge University, active from 1822 to 1827. He is recorded in 4 matches, totalling 34 runs with a highest score of 30, holding no catches and taking 2 wickets.^[2]

References

Attribution

Notes and References

1. Cookesley, William Gifford. 12.
2. Web site: William Cookesley . CricketArchive . 31 March 2013.