Charles Wordsworth

The Reverend Charles Wordsworth, M.A. (22 August 1806 – 5 December 1892) was bishop of Bishop of St Andrews, Dunkeld and Dunblane in Scotland. He was a classical scholar, and taught at public schools in England and Scotland. He was a rower, cricketer and athlete and he instigated both the University cricket match in 1826 and the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race in 1829.

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