About William Cookesley
Lived 1802 – 1880 (aged 77). William Cookesley was a cricketer, classical scholar, philologist and writer.
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.
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.
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English cricketer
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William Cookesley was born on 1 December 1802 in Brasted.
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William Cookesley died on 16 August 1880.
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William Cookesley was a cricketer, classical scholar, philologist and writer.
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