Art Resource - AR922332

William Crookes, British physicist and chemist, 1903. Artist: Spy

AR922296

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

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.

Unique Identifier AR922332

Type Image

Purpose Public

Size 3037px × 4630px

Photo Credit HIP / Art Resource, NY

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