William Gunion Rutherford

He was born in Peeblesshire on 17 July 1853 and educated at St Andrews and Balliol College, Oxford, where he graduated in natural science.

[1] His intention to enter medical profession was abandoned in favour of a scholastic career.

From 1883 to 1901 he was Head Master of Westminster School;[1] and his death deprived classical scholarship in the UK of one of its most brilliant modern representatives.

[1] Rutherford devoted special attention to Attic Greek idioms and the language of Aristophanes.

This work was a translation of the books of Romans, first and second Thessalonians, and first and second Corinthians, with a brief analysis.