Bartholomew Price

His chief public activity at Oxford was in connection with the Hebdomadal Council, and with the Clarendon Press, of which he was for many years secretary.

In 1891 Price was elected Master of Pembroke College, which dignity carried with it a canonry of Gloucester Cathedral.

[1] In 1889 he was one of the shareholders in Silver's factory in Silvertown, East London, an immensely profitable rubber company.

That year saw a major strike by Silver's workers for higher pay but after 12 weeks the strikers were forced back to work by hunger.

/ FOR 45 YEARS SEDLEIAN PROFESSOR OF NATURAL / PHILOSOPHY – MASTER OF PEMBROKE COLLEGE, / CANON OF GLOUCESTER CATHEDRAL / BORN AT COLN ST DENIS, GLOUCESTERSHIRE, 14 MAY 1818 / DIED AT OXFORD, 28 DEC. 1893 / AND HIS BELOVED WIFE AMY ELIZA, DAUGHTER OF WILLIAM COLE COLE OF EXMOUTH, BORN 19 SEPTEMBER 1835, DIED 14 OCTOBER 1909.” Nowadays, Professor Price is best remembered as one of the teachers of Lewis Carroll.

This grave marker in Holywell Cemetery, Oxford confirms the birth and death date of Bartholomew Price, and also provides information about his wife