John Percival
From LoveToKnow 1911
"JOHN PERCIVAL (1834-1918), English divine, was born in Westmorland Sept. 27 1834, the son of William Percival, of a yeoman family. He was educated at Appleby and Queen's College, Oxford, where he took his degree in 1858. In 1860 he was ordained, and went to Rugby as an assistant master. In 1863 he went to Clifton College as first headmaster, remaining there for 15 years. He was elected president of Trinity College, Oxford, in 1878, and while in this position took much interest in the foundation of Somerville College for women. In 1887 he became headmaster of Rugby, and in 1895 was appointed to the bishopric of Hereford. His broad churchmanship placed him in opposition to the dominant tendency in the Church of England, and he was also a strong and militant Liberal in politics, being an ardent advocate of the disestablishment of the Church in Wales. He died at Oxford Dec. 3 1918.
