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GEORGE RIDDING (1828-1904)

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Originally appearing in Volume V23, Page 316 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GEORGE See also:RIDDING (1828-1904)  , See also:English headmaster and See also:bishop, was See also:born at See also:Winchester See also:College, of which his See also:father, the Rev . See also:Charles See also:Ridding, See also:vicar of See also:Andover, was a See also:fellow, on the 16th of . See also:March 1828 . He was educated at Winchester and at Balliol College, See also:Oxford . He became a fellow of See also:Exeter College and was' a See also:tutor' from 1853 to 1863 . In 1853 he married See also:Mary Louisa See also:Moberly, who died within a See also:year of her See also:marriage . He was appointed second See also:master of Winchester College • in 1863, and on the retirement of his father-in-See also:law, Dr Moberly, he succeeded to the headmastership . During the See also:tenure of this See also:office (186.7-1884) he carried out successfully a See also:series of See also:radical reforms in the organization of the school, resulting in a See also:great increase both in its reputation and See also:numbers . In 1884 he became the first bishop of See also:Southwell, and brought his See also:powers of organization and conspicuous tact and moderation to See also:bear on the management of the new See also:diocese . He took an active See also:share in its educational and social See also:work, and was materially assisted in these respects by his second wife, See also:Lady Laura See also:Palmer, daughter of the 1st See also:earl of See also:Selborne . He resigned his see a See also:short See also:time before his See also:death, which took See also:place on the 3oth of See also:August 1904 . See See also:Church Quarterly See also:Review (See also:July 1905) .

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