Item 48 - MS notes in Nora Sidgwick's hand

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Reference code

Add. MS c/105/48

Title

MS notes in Nora Sidgwick's hand

Date(s)

  • 17 May 1900 (Creation)

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Item

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1 doc

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Name of creator

(1838-1900)

Biographical history

Henry Sidgwick was born in Skipton, Yorkshire in 1838, the son of the Revd William Sidgwick, headmaster of Skipton Grammar School, and Mary Crofts. He attended Rugby School, where his cousin, the future Archbishop of Canterbury, Edward White Benson was aread more

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Scope and content

Includes the words that Henry would like to have said over his grave 'if it is decided not to have the Church of England service': 'Let us commend to the love of God with silent prayer the soul of a sinful man who partly tried to do his duty. It is byread more

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