Sujet

William Archibald Spooner, British clergyman and educationalist, 1898. Artist: Spy

Légende

William Archibald Spooner, British clergyman and academic, 1898. Spooner (1844-1930) had a 60 year association with Oxford University lecturing on ancient history and philosophy, and attaining the post of Warden of New College in 1903. He was an albino, of very short stature, and suffered from poor eyesight. The slips of the tongue known as Spoonerisms (matathesis) are named after him due to the apparent frequency with which he made them. Cartoon from Vanity Fair, London, 1898.
Oxford Science Archive

Date

1898

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images

Notre référence

HRM19B64_042

Model release

Non

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

30,3Mo (2,7Mo) / 22,4cm x 34,0cm / 2640 x 4016 (300dpi)

Mots clés

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