Talk:William Henry St John Hope

Which school was he master at?

The article states that he took up the position of a master at Rochester Grammar School after leaving Cambridge. He graduated in 1881 and and held the schoolmaster's post until he took up his appointment with the Society of Antiquaries in 1885. There's only one, rather major, problem: Rochester Grammar School only opened in 1888! RGS was a Girls' school, until 2006 when it changed to a mixed sixth form. I strongly suspect that Hope must have been a master at Sir Joseph Williamson's Mathematical School ("Rochester Maths") which dates back to 1701. The Maths school has always been a boys' school, far more appropriate for Hope to be master at. I have no references for this though, can someone investigate? Thanks, Martin of Sheffield (talk) 22:31, 21 January 2023 (UTC)

I thought the obituary in Atchaeologia Cantiana might help, but it only refers to the school as 'the Grammar School at Rochester' and 'Rochester School'. It is several decades removed from the event and perhaps assumes that its readers based in Kent might know which school was meant. A way of distinguished it from the school founded in 1888 would have been helpful. Rochester Maths appears the most likely to have been meant. We could do with something more robust though. Richard Nevell (talk) 08:24, 22 January 2023 (UTC)