William Ernest Bolland
Date of birth / Date established
26 May 1847
Date of death / Date closed
1919
Place of birth / Place established
Person/Corporate type
Individual
Biography
William Ernest Bolland was the only son of Rev. William Bolland, first Anglican Vicar of St Mary's New Plymouth.
William jr. was born in the stone vicarage on the banks of the Te Henui River, New Plymouth May 26th 1847, three days later his father died of 'typhus fever'. Mrs Bolland remained in New Plymouth for a further two and a half years, then returned to England with her son.
An ex-Mertonian with first class honours, William Ernest played in the College Eleven and was Capt of the Volunteer Battalion. After taking his degree, he married and commenced private coaching for under-graduates. During this time he and a friend Andrew Lang produced Politics of Aristotle of which Bolland made the translation and Lang added the essays. In 1879 he took up the position of headmaster of Worcester School, a position he held until 1896. He died in 1919.
William jr. was born in the stone vicarage on the banks of the Te Henui River, New Plymouth May 26th 1847, three days later his father died of 'typhus fever'. Mrs Bolland remained in New Plymouth for a further two and a half years, then returned to England with her son.
An ex-Mertonian with first class honours, William Ernest played in the College Eleven and was Capt of the Volunteer Battalion. After taking his degree, he married and commenced private coaching for under-graduates. During this time he and a friend Andrew Lang produced Politics of Aristotle of which Bolland made the translation and Lang added the essays. In 1879 he took up the position of headmaster of Worcester School, a position he held until 1896. He died in 1919.