Author talk:George Woosung Wade

b. 16 Aug. 1858 in Woosung (port of Shanghai, China), son of Joseph Henry Wade capt. of barque 'Enterprise'and Hannah (n. Atkinson), and educated at Monmouth School and Oriel College, Oxford (scholar). He took a first class in Classical Honours Moderations (1879) and a second class in Literae Humaniores (1882). He was made deacon in 1885 and ordained priest in 1886. After serving as curate of Basing, Hampshire, from 1885 to 1888, he was appointed to the chair of Latin at St. David's College, Lampeter, and remained there for forty-four years, retiring from his chair and from the Senior Tutorship in 1932. He m. Rachel Elinor, dau. of the Rev. F.H. Joyce, and sister of Gilbert Cunningham Joyce, Bishop of Monmouth (see above). In 1934 he received the degree of D.D. (honoris causa) of the University of Wales, and he was also a canon of S. Asaph Cathedral. He d. at Monmouth on 15 October, 1941, and was buried there.
He was also much interested in topography and was wholly or partly responsible for the volumes in the Methuen Little Guide series in South Wales, Monmouthshire, Somerset, and Herefordshire.

Bibliography:

• Foster, Alumni Oxon.;
• St. David's College Magazine, 1933;
• University of Wales, Court Minutes, July 1934.

Name: George Woosung Wade
Birth - Death: 1858-
Source Citation:

• Who Was Who among English and European Authors, 1931-1949. Based on entries which first appeared in The Author's and Writer's Who's Who and Reference Guide, originally compiled by Edward Martell and L.G. Pine, and in Who's Who among Living Authors of Older Nations, originally compiled by Alberta Lawrence. Three volumes. Detroit: Gale Research, 1978. (WhE&EA)

Census

• 1911 England; Source Citation: Class: RG14; Piece: 33253; Schedule Number: 178.

Name: George Woosung Wade
Age in 1911: 52
Estimated Birth Year: abt 1859
Relation to Head: Boarder
Gender: Male
Birth Place: China
Civil Parish: Llanwnda
County/Island: Pembrokeshire
Country: Wales
Street address: Glanymor Goodwick
Marital Status: Single
Occupation: Clerk In Holy Orders And Professor Of Latin
Registration district: Haverfordwest
Registration District Number: 602
Sub-registration district: Fishguard
ED, institution, or vessel: 16
Household schedule number: 178
Piece: 33253

Probate

• Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England > 1941 > W > p. 45

WADE the reverend George Woosung D.D. of Kingscot Monmouth clerk died 15 October 1941 Administration (with Will) Llandaff 14 March to National Provincial Bank Limited.
Effects £23956 0s. 4d. Resworn £23734 2s. 5d.