Cecil Headlam
Appearance
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.[5]
Works
[edit]- The Story of Nuremberg. Dent. 1899.
- Peter Vischer. Bell. 1901.[6]
- The Marriage of Mr. Molyneux. Hurst & Blackett. 1901.
- The Story of Chartres. Dent. 1902.
- Friends that Fail Not: Light Essays Concerning Books. Hurst & Blackett. 1902.
- Ten Thousand Miles through India and Burmah: Account of Oxford Authentics' Cricket Tour with Mr. K. J. Key in Year of Coronation Durbar. Dent. 1903.
- Oxford and its Story. Dent. 1904.[7][8]
- Provence and Languedoc. Methuen. 1912.[9]
References
[edit]- ^ Cecil Headlam at CricketArchive
- ^ অযান্ত্রিক (18 June 2014). "Calcutta Armenians, Calcutta, c. 1660". puronokolkata.com. Purono Kolkata. Archived from the original on 28 January 2023. Retrieved 21 April 2021.
- ^ Who's who in Literature. Literary Year Books Press. 1924. p. 185.
- ^ HEADLAM, Cecil, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)
- ^ Who's who, A. & C. Black, 1906, p. 787
- ^ "Review of Peter Vischer by Cecil Headlam". The Monumental News. XIV (9): 535. September 1902.
- ^ "Review of Oxford and its Story by Cecil Headlam". The Academy and Literature. 67 (1696): 408–409. 5 November 1904.
- ^ "Review of Oxford and its Story by Cecil Headlam". The Athenaeum (4034): 199–200. 18 February 1905.
- ^ "Review of Provence and Languedoc by Cecil Headlam". The Athenaeum (4432): 373. 5 October 1912.
Primary Sources
[edit]- Headlam, Walter & Cecil, Walter Headlam, His Letters and Poems, London: Duckworth, 1908
External links
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- 20th-century English writers
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- English cricket biography, 1870s birth stubs