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Edward Daniel Stone (1832 – 17 September 1916) was an ordained deacon, classical scholar and a schoolmaster at Eton College.
He was the son of Lucia Catherine Stone (née Boswell) and Joseph Stone.[1] His siblings were Walter George Boswell Stone, an antiquarian; William Harry Stone, and Edith Stone.[2]
He attended Eton College beginning in 1845 and in 1856 he received a BA from King's College, Cambridge. Three years later he received his master's degree at Cambridge.[3][4] From 1855 until 1862, he was a Fellow of King's. In 1860, he was ordained a deacon of the Church of England.[1][3]
Beginning in 1857, he was assistant master at Eton, a position he held for about 27 years.[3][4] His students included Sir Henry Babington Smith and Sir Evelyn Ruggles-Brise.[1] On 20 November 1873 he was admitted into the Chemical Society.[5]
Reilly stated that in 1884, he established a school in Broadstairs, Kent in Stone House and operated the school until 1895.[1][3][lower-alpha 1] Stone moved to Abingdon, Berkshire after retirement in 1898, living with his son Rev. Francis Joseph (Frank) Stone, who was the Science Master at Radley College.[1][7]
He was the author of The Field of Rivalry: An Heroic Poem, in four books, written in the 1850s.[3] Stone published Dorica, a volume of poems, four of which were in Dorset dialect. The volume was inspired by poet William Barnes.[8] In 1912, Stone published Herbert Kynaston: A Short Memoir with Selections from His Occasional Writings a memoir of Herbert Kynaston (1835 - 1910),[9] principal of Cheltenham College, canon of Durham Cathedral and professor of Greek at Durham University.[10]
In August 1861, Stone married Elizabeth Theresa "Lily" Vidal.[11] Their ten children[1] included Lucy, Frank, Ned, Ruth, Mary, Margaret, William Johnson, Guy, Faith, and Christopher.[2] They adopted Nelly Stone.[12]
During his life, Stone corresponded with his son-in-law Compton Mackenzie.[2][13]
Stone died on 17 September 1916 in Abingdon and is buried in Radley at St. James's Churchyard.
He was a Greek and Latin scholar. Among others he published:
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