Hales, John Wesley

First name(s)

John Wesley

Surname

Hales

Position(s) held at King's College London

• Master of Classical Composition and English Literature at King's College School (1867-[1874])
• Evening Class Lecturer in English Language (1868-1869)
• Assistant Master of King's College School (1874-[1877])
• Professor of English Language and Literature (1877-1903)
• Lecturer of English at the King's College Ladies Department (1885-1895)
• Fellow (1902)

Education & professional details

School, college and/or university attended

• Louth Grammar
• Durham Grammar
• Glasgow High School
• University of Glasgow
• Christ’s College, Cambridge
• Lincoln's Inn ^{Ref: *1}

Qualifications

• BA (1:1, 1859)
• MA (1862)
• Called to the Bar (1867) ^{Ref: *2}

Position(s) held (non King's College London)

• Fellow, Christ’s College Cambridge (1860-1866)
• Honorable Fellow, Christ’s College Cambridge (1901)
• Assistant Tutor, Christ’s College, Cambridge (1864-1867)
• Junior Dean, Christ’s College, Cambridge (1864)
• Assistant Master at Marlborough College (1860-1863)
• Deputy Inspector of Schools (1866-1867)
• English Lecturer at Bedford College (1867)
• University Extension Lecturer (1868-)
• Clark Lecturer at Trinity College, Cambridge (1889-1893) ^{Ref: *2}

Publications

• Essays and Notes on Shakespeare
• Editor of Milton's Areopagitica
• Co-editor of Bishop Percy's Folio MS
• General editor of Messrs Bell's Series of Handbooks of English Literatur

Personal details

Date of birth

5 October 1836

Place of birth

Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Leicestershire

Date of death

19 May 1914

Family details

Second son of s. of William, Wesleyan minister [and Eliza Atherstone. ^{Ref: *2} Married to Henriette Hales, son was John Francis Hales. ^{Ref: *1}