Boscawen, William St Chad

First name(s)

William St Chad

Surname

Boscawen

Position(s) held at King's College London ^Ref: *5

Evening Class Lecturer in Oriental Archaeology, 1895/96

Education & professional details

School, college and/or university attended ^Ref: *4

Rossall College or Northern Church of England School, Thornton, Fylde, Lancashire, 1871

Qualifications ^Ref: *3

[MA]

Position(s) held (non King's College London) ^Ref: *6

Assyriologist British Museum (1876) temporarily standing in for Mr George Smith

Professional activities ^Ref: *7

Fellow of the Royal Historical Society (15th January 1885-21st January 1886 only); member of Society British Archaeology

Publications ^Ref: *8

'Their [Hittite] inscriptions' and 'The Assyrians in Eastern Palestine and Syria Deserta' both in Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly Statement 13.3 July 1881 p221-224;

'A Phoenecian Funereal Tablet' in Palestine Exploration Fund Quarterly Statement 14.1 Jan 1882 pp38-47 

Textbook of cuneiform inscriptions: prepared for the use of students, London: s.n., 1886;

'The testament of the monuments to Old Testament history' in 'The summary and analysis of the books of the Old Testament (Teachers' Bible), new edition, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1894 

The Bible and the monuments; the primitive Hebrew records in the light of modern research [S.I.], Eyre and Spottiswoode, 1895 and 3rd edition, 1897 

The first of empires: Babylon of the Bible in the light of latest research, London & New York, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1903

Personal details

Date of birth ^Ref: *1

9th Dec 1854

Place of birth

Hanmer, Flintshire, Wales

Date of death ^Ref: *2

1st Apr 1913

Place of death ^Ref: *2

154 High Street, Camden Town, East St Pancras

Family details ^Ref: *9

Father: William H Boscawen, Vicar of Hanmer; sister: Isabelle Nina Boscawen (b1857); spouse: Catherine (d17th July 1904 Middlesex Hospital)

Notes ^Ref: *10

• Birth: registered William Henry but William St Chad entered in section 10 of the birth certificate " Name entered after registration".  St Chad's was a local church, possibly his father's incumbency? .
• Published an extensive letter to The Times entitled 'Remarkable Babylonian Inscription from Susa'
• Gave a series of 6 public lectures commissioned by and at the British Museum on 'The History and Antiquities of Assyrian and Babylonian Empires' (1885)
• Also gave similar lectures at the British Museum on 'The new bronze gates of Balawat, Assyria' (1879); at the London Institution (1880), at the Victoria Institute (1886), and at University College on 'Chaldean archaeology' (1893). All mentioned in The Times.
• Various passing references in The Times to a field trip expedition to Assyria (1879-1880)