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Charles Duke Yonge (30 November 1812 – 30 November 1891)[1] was an English historian, classicist and cricketer. He wrote numerous works of modern history, and translated several classical works. His younger brother was George Edward Yonge.

Charles Duke Yonge
Born(1812-11-30)30 November 1812
Died30 November 1891(1891-11-30) (aged 79)
Burial placeBelfast
Education
EmployerQueen's College, Belfast
Spouse
Anne Bethell
(m. 1837)
RelativesGeorge Edward Yonge (brother)

Biography

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Charles Duke Yonge was born in Eton, Berkshire on 30 November 1812.[1] He was baptised on 25 December 1812. He was the eldest of eight children to the Reverend Charles Yonge (1781–1830) and Elizabeth Lord (?–1868). His parents married on 4 December 1811. His grandparents were Duke Yonge and Catherine Crawley on his father's side, and Joseph Lord and Corbetta Owen of Pembroke South Wales on his mother's side.[2][better source needed]

He was educated at Eton College. At age eighteen, he became a foundation scholar at King's College, Cambridge between 1831 and 1833.

On 17 May 1834, he attended St. Mary's Hall, Oxford, a dependency of and later incorporated into Oriel College. He graduated with a first-class honours B.A. in Classics in December 1834. In 1874, he acquired his M.A. from Keble College. He was a professor of history and English literature at Queen's College, Belfast from 1866. He died 30 November 1891 and was buried in Belfast.[1]

As a cricket player, during the 1836 season for Oxford University, he scored a total of 85 runs in three matches and caught one player out.[3]

Works

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Translations

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Dictionaries

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  • A phraseological English-Latin dictionary, for the use of Eton [and other schools] and King's College, London (1856)
  • An English-Greek lexicon

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Notes

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  1. ^ a b c Hamilton 1900, p. 324.
  2. ^ "Biographies". www.yongefamily.info. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
  3. ^ "Home". espncricinfo.com.
  4. ^ Thatcher 1901, p. 228.
  5. ^ Thatcher 1901, p. 241.

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  •   This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainHamilton, Thomas (1900). "Yonge, Charles Duke". In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 63. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 324.
  • Thatcher, Oliver J., ed. (1901). The Ideas That Have Influenced Civilization in the Original Documents: Ten Volumes. Vol. III: The Roman World. Milwaukee: The Roberts-Manchester Publishing Co.
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