The Rowers of Vanity Fair
by Wikibooks contributors
A book Wikibooks counts as complete, from its open-content textbook collection.
Description from Wikibooks.
- Publisher
- Wikibooks contributors
- Subjects
- Nonfiction literature
- Licence
- CC BY-SA 4.0, as Wikibooks states it
- Who can read
- Teens profiles and older, judged from its title and subjects
Contents
- The Rowers of Vanity Fair
- printable version
- Introduction
- Editors, Authors, and Artists of Vanity Fair
- 1839 - 1854: New Traditions
- Northcote, Stafford Henry (Earl of Iddesleigh) - "He Does His Duty to His Party, and Is Fortunate if It Happens to Be His Duty to His Country" - Ape - October 8, 1870 - The 1836 Eton v. Westminster Boat Race
- Brett, William Baliol (Lord Esher) - "Popular Judgment" - Ape - January 1, 1876 - The 1838 Cambridge v. Leander Boat Race
- Boscawen, Evelyn (Viscount Falmouth) - "Never Bets" - Spy - September 1, 1877 - Gambling and Aquatic Nobbling
- Denman, George - "He Was an Ornament on the Bench" - Stuff - November 19, 1892 - The 1841 Boat Race
- Waddington, William Henry - "France at the Congress" - T. - September 28, 1878 - The Thames Conservancy
- De Rutzen, Albert - "A Model Magistrate" - WAG - August 16, 1900
- Hornby, John James (Provost of Eton) - "The Head" - Spy - January 31, 1901 - The War of the Ribbons
- Chitty, Joseph William - "The Umpire" - Spy - March 28, 1885 - The Four Secrets of Chitty's Success
- Peel, Arthur Wellesley (Viscount Peel) - "The Speaker" - Spy - July 2, 1887 - Brutal Athletes and Effeminate Fops
- Macnaghten, Edward - "He Succeeded Lord Blackburn" - Spy - October 31, 1895 - Sporting Judges
- 1855 - 1871: Dr. Warre and Fixed-Seat Orthodoxy
- Warre, Edmond - "The Head" - Spy - June 20, 1885 - On the Grammar of Rowing
- Smith, Archibald Levin - "3rd Commissioner" - Spy - November 3, 1888 - The 1859 Boat Race: Cambridge Sinks, Smith Too
- Channell, Arthur Moseley - "An Amiable Judge" - Spy - February 17, 1898 - How to Choose an Oarsman
- Carter, John Corrie - “Steered Three Winning Crews” - WH - July 3, 1912 - "My Garments Expansion Require"
- Lawes, Charles Bennett - “Athlete and Sculptor” - Verheyden -May 12, 1883 - Belt v Lawes
- Dilke, Charles Wentworth - “A Far Advanced Radical” - Coïdé - November 25, 1871 - Crawford v. Crawford
- Brassey, Albert - “The Master of the Heythrop” - Spy - March 15, 1906 - Blazers
- Rasch, Frederic Carne - “South-East Essex” - Spy - April 2, 1896 - The 1869 Oxford v. Harvard Boat Race
- Smith, Ernest John Heriz - “Pembroke” - Hay - January 28, 1888 - Sporting Heads of Colleges
- 1872 - 1889: Sliding Seats
- Brock, Thomas - “The Queen's Memorial” - Spy - September 25, 1905 - The 1872 London v. Atalanta Boat Race
- Brooks, Frederick Vincent - “A Master Craftsman” - WH - September 18, 1912 - Rowing Pictures
- Lord Barnard (Henry de Vere Vane) - “Raby Castle” - GAF - December 15, 1898
- Bankes, John Eldon - “Good Form” - Spy - March 29, 1906 - Henley Society and Houseboats
- Eaton, Herbert Francis (Major General Lord Cheylesmore) - “Brown” - (Spy) - October 31, 1891; and “Arms and Sport” - Ray - July 17, 1912 - Oarsmen at War
- Fuller-Acland-Hood, Alexander (Baron St. Audries) - "First Conservative Whip" - Spy - November 26, 1903
- Compton, Lord Alwyne Frederick - “North Bedfordshire” - Spy - April 3, 1902
- Vincent, Edgar (Viscount D’Abernon) - “Eastern Finance” - Spy - April 20, 1899 - To a Henley Minstrel
- Angle, Bernard Jack - “Jack in the Box” - F.C.G. - April 5, 1890 - Henley 1878: Thames R.C. in the Grand
- Grenfell, William Henry (Lord Desborough) - “Taplow Court” - Spy - December 20, 1890 - The 1877 Boat Race: The Dead Heat
- Lehmann, Rudolf Chambers - “Rudy” - Spy - January 17, 1895 - "The Perfect Oar"
- Rowe, George Duncan - “A Celebrated Oarsman who prefers cricket to rowing and golf to both” - Spy - July 4, 1906 - Toilettes for Henley Week
- Shearman, Montague - “A.A.A.” - WAG - July 4, 1895 - The 1878 Boat Race: Oxford Sliding
- Baring, John (Lord Revelstoke) - “Barings” - Spy - August 11, 1898
- McCalmont, Harry Leslie Blundell - “Mr. H.L.B. McCalmont” - Spy - October 5, 1889; and “Giralda” - Spy - January 9, 1896 - Henley 1880: Eton in the Ladies'
- de Havilland, Reginald Suarez - “Havvy” - Spy - July 4, 1901 - The 1884 Torpids
- McLean, Douglas Hamilton - “Ducker” - Spy - April 8, 1897 - The 1887 Boat Race: McLean's Broken Oar
- McKenna, Reginald - “In the Winning Crew” - Spy - October 31, 1906; and “The Universal Puzzle Is: Find Mr. McKenna” - Owl - April 23, 1913 - Early Fairbairnism
- Pemberton, Max - “A Puritan’s Wife” - Spy - February 4, 1897 - Punts Amuck
- Searle, Henry Ernest - “H. Searle/ Professional Champion Sculler of the World” - Spy - September 7, 1889 - Professional Sculling
- Douglas-Scott-Montagu, John Walter Edward - “A Southern Scott” - Spy - October 8, 1896
- Muttlebury, Stanley Duff - “One of the Presidents” - Spy - March 22, 1890 - The 1890 Boat Race, Part I: “A Poorer Lot than Usual”
- 1890 - 1898: Oxford’s Decade
- Nickalls, Guy - “Wingfield Sculls” - Spy - July 20, 1889 - The 1908 London Olympics: Nickalls’ Finale
- Smith, William Frederick Danvers (Viscount Hambleden) - “Head of the greatest publishing house in Christendom” - Spy - December 8, 1904 - Problems in Pairs
- Forster, Robert Henry - “Bill” - ELF - July 6, 1910 - A Boat Race Fantasy
- Lord Ampthill (Oliver Arthur Villiers Russell) - “O.U.B.C.” - Spy - March 21, 1891 - The 1890 Boat Race, Part II: Tom Nickalls’ Insider Trading
- Fletcher, William Alfred Littledale - “Flea” - Spy - March 18, 1893 - University Sports, Part II: “The Serious Side”
- Cotton, Hugh Benjamin - "Benjie" - Spy - March 15, 1894 - The 1893 Boat Race: Oxford's Health
- Fogg-Elliot, Charles Thurston - “Fogg” - Spy - March 22, 1894 - Henley 1893: A Woodgate Sampler
- Pitman, Charles Murray - “O.U.B.C.” - Spy - March 28, 1895 - The Silvery Thames
- Crum, Walter Erskine - “Crumbo” - Spy - March 19, 1896 - The 1896 Boat Race
- Guinness, Rupert Edward Cecil Lee (Lord Iveagh) - “Rupert” - Spy - November 9, 1905 - Henley 1895 and 1896: The Diamond Sculls
- Gold, Harcourt Gilbey - “Tarka” - Spy - March 23, 1899 - Romance and Rowing
- 1899 - 1914: Fairbairnism and Foreigners
- Dudley-Ward, William - "C.U.B.C." - Spy - March 29, 1900 - The 1899 Boat Race
- Hemmerde, Edward G. - "The New Recorder" - Spy - May 19, 1909 - Romance and Rowing, Part II: “In Which a Hero of Henley Suffers Adversity”
- Chapman, Wilfrid Hubert - “C.U.B.C.” - Spy - April 2, 1903 - Henley 1901: Leander v. University of Pennsylvania
- Johnstone, Banner Carruthers - “Bush” - Spy - July 3, 1907 - Henley 1906: The Debate on Foreign Entries
- Stuart, Douglas Cecil Rees - “Duggie” - Spy - March 13, 1907 - Stuart on Styles
- Bourne, Robert Croft - “A Good Stroke” - Ape Junior - March 29, 1911 - The 1911 Boat Race
- Swann, Sydney Ernest - “The Light Blue Stroke” - WH - April 3, 1912 - The 1912 Stockholm Olympics: English Decadence