Percival Hebblethwaite

  Research Notes:

Name: Percival. Hebblethwaite
College: TRINITY
Entered: Michs. 1869
Born: Oct. 20, 1849
Died: Feb. 23, 1922
More Information: Adm. pens. at TRINITY, Oct. 8, 1868. S. of Thomas Frederick, of Greville Terrace, Hull. B. Oct. 20, 1849, at Hull. School, Rossall and at King's College, London. Matric. Michs. 1869; Scholar, 1871; prizeman; B.A. (5th Classic) 1873; M.A. 1876. Second Master at Liverpool Royal Institution, 1875-8. Private Tutor, 1878-82. Assistant Lecturer in Classics at University College, Liverpool, 1882-98; Lecturer in Classics and Hon. Assistant Professor, 1898-1904; Secretary, 1900-4. Registrar, Liverpool University, 1904-13. Of Birch Road, Oxton, Cheshire. Died Feb. 23, 1922. (Rossall Sch. Reg.; Who was Who.)


A Key to Greek Examination Papers by Percival Hebblethwaite (1891)

A Key to Greek Examination Papers by A. A. M. Stedman ... Fifth edition by Percival Hebblethwaite and Algernon Methuen Marshall Stedman (1918)

  Noted events in his life were:

• Occupation: Second Master at Liverpool Royal Institution, From 1875 to 1878. ²

• Occupation: private classics tutor, From 1878 to 1882. ²

• Education: at Rossall School, Kings's College, London and Trinity College, Cambridge. ² He was admitted pens. at Trinity College on October 8, 1868. and Matriculated at Michaelmas 1869; he was Scholar in 1871, a prizeman, Batchelor of Arts (5th Classic) 1873 and Master of Arts in 1876.

• Residence: 9 Brompton Ave, Toxteth Park, Liverpool. ⁷ He was then living with his wife, two small sons, his mother-in-law and two servants

• Residence: the rectory at East Leake, Notts, at the time of the census in April 1891. ⁸ He and his wife were probably visiting her sister and her husband; their children were not present (and cannot be found elsewhere).

• Occupation: Assistant Lecturer in Classics at University College, Liverpool, From 1882 to 1898. ² He went on to be Hon. Assistant Professor from 1898-1904, Secretary from 1900 to 1904 and Registrar at Liverpool University from 1904 to 1913

• Occupation: Classical Professor, University College, Liverpool, at the time of the census in March 1901. ⁹ He was then living with his wife and four of their children at 8 Wellington Road, Oxton, Cheshire. They employed three domestic servants.

• Residence: Church Street, Dunster, Somerset, prior to his death in February 1922. ¹⁰

• Probate: by Douglas Nichols Hebblethwaite (schoolmaster) and Revd. Sidney Pell Potter (clerk), 26 Apr 1922, London Probate Registry. ¹⁰ His estate was valued at £280 15s 6d.

Percival married Annie Selina Nichols, daughter of Thomas Nichols and Frances, on 16 Jan 1877 in Cambridge (Holy Trinity).¹ (Annie Selina Nichols was born circa 1858 in Cambridge ^{11 12 13 14}, baptised on 19 Dec 1858 in Cambridge (St Clement) ¹⁵ and died Q4 1948 in Birkenhead Registration District, Cheshire ¹⁶.)