John Woolley (educator)

[2] Woolley then won an open scholarship at Exeter College, Oxford, graduating BA, 1836, with a first-class in classics, MA, 1839, and DCL in 1844.

[1] He became headmaster of Norwich Grammar School in 1849, and in 1852 was appointed principal and professor of classics at the University of Sydney.

[2][1] Woolley arrived in Sydney with his wife and daughters on 9 July 1852 and quickly started making arrangements for the opening of the University.

On his way back to Australia, Woolley was drowned in the Bay of Biscay when the SS London sank on 11 January 1866.

[1] Woolley married in July 1842 Mary Margaret, daughter of Major William Turner, who survived him with six children.

J. Sheridan Moore's lecture on The Life and Genius of James Lionel Michael contains a glowing reference to Woolley.