Edward Daniel Stone

Edward Daniel Stone (1832 – 17 September 1916) was an ordained deacon, classical scholar and a schoolmaster at Eton College.

Early life He was the son of Lucia Catherine Stone (née Boswell) and Joseph Stone. His siblings were Walter George Boswell Stone, an antiquarian; William Harry Stone, and Edith Stone.

He attended Eton College beginning in 1845 and in 1856 he received a BA from King's College, Cambridge. Three years later he received his master's degree at Cambridge. From 1855 until 1862, he was a Fellow of King's. In 1860, he was ordained a deacon of the Church of England.

Reilly stated that in 1884, he established a school in Broadstairs, Kent in Stone House and operated the school until 1895. Stone moved to Abingdon, Berkshire after retirement in 1898, living with his son Rev. Francis Joseph (Frank) Stone, who was the Science Master at Radley College.

Author He was the author of The Field of Rivalry: An Heroic Poem, in four books, written in the 1850s. Stone published Dorica, a volume of poems, four of which were in Dorset dialect. The volume was inspired by poet William Barnes. In 1912, Stone published Herbert Kynaston: A Short Memoir with Selections from His Occasional Writings a memoir of Herbert Kynaston (1835 - 1910), principal of Cheltenham College, canon of Durham Cathedral and professor of Greek at Durham University.

Personal life

In August 1861, Stone married Elizabeth Theresa "Lily" Vidal. Their ten children

During his life, Stone corresponded with his son-in-law Compton Mackenzie.

Stone died on 17 September 1916 in Abingdon and is buried in Radley at St. James's Churchyard.

Works He was a Greek and Latin scholar. Among others he published: The Hannibalian Or Second Punic War, 1881 Ionides: Exercises in Greek Iambics, 1883 Dorica; (A Book of his Poetry) Kegan Paul, Trench & Co, 1888 Selection from the Greek tragedians, 1890 Tu Es Petrus. An Examination of Two Passages in S. Matthew's Gospel, and of the Doctrine of the Real Presence, 1909 Florilegium Latinum; Translations Into Latin Verse, with Francis St John Thackeray, 1923