Andrew Clark

“ He contributed much on Basque and Spanish philology and antiquities to ‘Bulletin de la Société des Sciences et des Arts de Bayonne,’ ‘Bulletin de la Société Ramond de Bagnères-de-Bigorre,’ ‘Revue de Linguistique,’ and ‘Bulletin de la Real Academia de la Historia de Madrid.’ He was a corresponding member of the Royal Historical Society of Madrid. With all serious students of Basque, whether French, Spanish, English, or German, he corresponded and was generous in the distribution of his stores of information. ”

“ Becoming a senior student, and classical tutor of Christ Church, Oxford, in 1863, he acted as one of the classical moderators from 1862 to 1865. In 1866 he left Oxford to become second classical master at Cheltenham College, whence he passed in 1871 to the headmastership of Brighton College. ”

“ After two years at a preparatory school at Twyford near Winchester, Moberly became a commoner of Winchester in 1856, and obtained a scholarship there in 1867. Thence he passed in 1803 to New College, Oxford, with a Winchester scholarship. In Easter term 1865 he obtained first-class honours in classical moderations, but in the final classical schools, in 1867, he was placed in the second class. ”

“ The Scottish bishops also appointed him to the Bell lectureship in ecclesiastical history, an office which entailed the custodianship of a mass of important documents illustrating the church history of Great Britain, which had been accumulated by the founder for the use of his lecturer. ”

“ Jean-de-Luz, Basses-Pyrénées. In 1881 he settled at Sare, in a house which overlooked the valley of La Rhune. There he mainly devoted himself to study, writing on the Basques and also on church history. ”

“ He married at Alvechurch, Worcestershire, on 11 Sept. 1879, Mary Anne, younger daughter of John Rusher Eaton of Lambeth, and sister of John Richard Turner Eaton, fellow of Merton (1847-65) and rector of Alvechurch (1879-86) . She died at Fairford, Gloucestershire, on 21 March 1911, and was buried in Christ Church cemetery in the same grave with her husband. ”

“ Ince published many occasional sermons, addresses, and pamphlets dealing with controversial topics in university administration or church doctrine. The following are of chief interest : 'The Past History and Present Duties of the Faculty of Theology in Oxford,' two inaugural lectures read in the Divinity School, Oxford, in Michaelmas term, 1878 (these led to a published correspondence with Rev. H. R. Bramley, fellow of Magdalen College, afterwards precentor of Lincoln, as to the patristic and liturgical interpretation of Τούτο ποιείτε, 1879) . 2. ”

“ The fruit of these researches appeared in his Bampton lectures on 'The Christian Platonists of Alexandria,' delivered and published in 1 886. These at once won him recognition as an exact scholar and an acute philosopher and theologian. ”

“ He was taken ill suddenly at Christ Church on 13 July 1908, having just sent to press the most important of his works, 'The Origins of Christianity.' He died on 15 July, and was buried in the Christ Church portion of Osney cemetery, near Oxford, Bigg married on 2 Jan. ”

“ In December 1867 he was elected senior student of Christ Church, and held his studentship till his marriage in 1880. He was engaged in lecturing and teaching in classical subjects at the college, 1868–75. ”