Langham Dale

He was born at Kingsclere, son of Henry Dale and his wife Mary Ann Stroud.

He was educated at Christ's Hospital, and graduated at Queen's College, Oxford, in 1847.

[1][2] Dale was in the following year presented by Sir John Herschel as a professor of classics at the South African College in Cape Town.

During a visit to England in that year, he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Glasgow and on his return to the Cape in 1859 he was appointed successor to James Rose-Innes as superintendent general of education.

He served as chairman of the Public Service Commission of 1886-87, was a fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and contributed numerous scientific,[3] classical and literary articles to the Cape Monthly Magazine.