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Tag: Summer Fields

Henry ‘Harry’ Moseley and his sporting achievements

Elizabeth Bruton 8th February 2016 15th March 2016 education, Eton Fives, rowing, school, Summer Fields
Harry College Fives trophy, 1904

In 1904, Henry ‘Harry’ Moseley won a internal Eton College tankard for the traditional handball sport of ‘Eton Fives’. In this blog post, we explore his sporting achievements and how these were complementary to his academic and scientific achievements.

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New Boys 1897: Moseley’s Year-group at War, 1914-18

Elizabeth Bruton 9th November 2015 9th November 2015 education, school, Summer Fields

Harry was not the only former Summer Fields student to serve in the Great War. In this guest blog by Gavin Hannah, editor of ‘Summer Fields, the First 150 Years’ (Third Millennium, 2014) discusses the wartime exploits of Harry’s Summer Fields classmates from the 1897 intake.

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Harry Moseley at Summer Fields, 1897 – 1901

Elizabeth Bruton 2nd September 2015 9th October 2015 classics, education, Oxford, school, Summer Fields
School cups and prizes awarded to Moseley League, Summer Fields

In this guest blog post, Gavin Hannah from Summer Fields school, Oxford and editor of Summer Fields, the First 150 Years paints an evocative picture of Harry’s years at Summer Fields school in North Oxford.

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