Finch, Frederick

First name(s)

Frederick

Surname

Finch

Position(s) held at King's College London ^Ref: *4

• Lecturer in English (1885-1891)
• Evening Class Lecturer in English Literature and English Language, Precis 1885-1891

Education & professional details

School, college and/or university attended ^Ref: *3

King's College (1871-1873) Matriculated 1872

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

• Mercantile Clerk;
• Boarding House Keeper

Professional activities ^Ref: *5

Associate King's College (Gen Lit & Sci) 1874

Personal details

Date of birth ^Ref: *1

26th February 1854

Place of birth ^Ref: *1

Westminster, Middlesex

Date of death ^Ref: *2

17th January 1926

Place of death ^Ref: *2

Wembley Park, Middlesex

Family details ^Ref: *7

Son of James Finch, (1825-1870), Clerk to Confectioner/Master Confectioner, and Elizabeth Sutton, (c1820-19 June 1890), Boarding House Keeper; sister Kate Finch (1855-1864); married Isabel Grainger Barker (1854-1932) on 5 December 1881 at Oxhey, Herts; childre: Elizabeth Mary Winifred Finch born 1882; Frederick George or Frederick Gerald Finch born 1884; Phyllis Kate Freda Finch born 1887; Marie Isabel C. born 1893

Notes ^Ref: *8

Frederick Finch was Inglis Foundation Scholar in Modern History 1872; winner of first year Divinity prize 1872; Geology Prize 1872; Inglis Foundation Scholar in English Language 1873; Winner of Dasent (Essay) Prize in 1874. Topic that year was " Luxury" .