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William Wolfe Capes
William Wolfe Capes was a notable Hereford scholar.
Capes attended St Paul's School, London, and the Queen's College, Oxford. Ordained in 1868, he was a cleric in the Diocese of Winchester, rector of Liphook, rector of Bramshott, and canon of Worcester. In addition, he served as Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford, as well as bursar, fellow, tutor and reader of the Queen's College, Oxford. A noted scholar, he dealt with records of the Hereford Cathedral Library, presenting his published work to the members of the Cantilupe Society. He was also a member of the Canterbury and York Society. He was elected an honorary fellow of Queen's College, Oxford in November 1902.
He was the uncle of Charles Webster Leadbeater, an influential member of the Theosophical Society. The essayist Walter Pater was his student.
Books by William Wolfe Capes
Roman History: The Early Empire by William Wolfe Capes
William Wolfe Capes (1834-1914) was an Anglican cleric, a classicist, and a historian. This is his short chronicle of the early Roman Empire, from the aftermath of the murder of Julius Caesar in 44 B.C.E. to the assassination of the tyrannical Domiti...
Roman History: The Early Empire, from the Assassination of Julius Caesar to that of Domitian
What happened to Rome after Julius Caesar was assassinated? In his book Roman History: The Early Empire, from the Assassination of Julius Caesar to that of Domitian, William Wolfe Capes provides a comprehensive account of the political, social, and...