BIB_ID
190531
Accession number
MA 9868.1
Creator
Courtney, W. L. (William Leonard), 1850-1928.
Display Date
Oxford, England, 1886 January 28.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1908.
Description
1 item (2 pages) ; 17.8 x 11.4 cm
Notes
Acquired as part of a large collection of letters addressed to William Angus Knight, Chair of Moral Philosophy at the University of St. Andrews and Wordsworth scholar. Items in the collection have been individually accessioned and cataloged.
Written from "New College, / Oxford."
Written from "New College, / Oxford."
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from William Angus Knight, 1908.
Summary
Concerning scholarship possibilities for Knight's son; sending him the most recent copy of the University Gazette, "...in which from page 273 onward you will find full information as to scholarships at the Oxford Colleges. The Lent Term is generally the best term for boys to compete for schol'ps & I should recommend your son to try for them this time next year. He need not come into residence (if he is successful) until Oct : 1887. As to the best Colleges, I think that Balliol, New College, Corpus Christi, & Magdalen represent in popular estimation the pick of scholastic prizes : then perhaps Trinity. - I am conscious of not having fulfilled a promise to you - I hope to do so before long. I wrote yesterday to Principal Tulloch to ask for leave to dedicate a new book of mine on Moral Phil. to the University of St. Andrews - my 2nd mother."
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