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Glover/A/A5/33
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- 19 April 1936 (Creation)
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Glover was the eldest son of Richard Glover, a Baptist minister from Bristol. He was admitted to St John's as a scholar in 1888 and, after gaining a first in both parts of the Classical Tripos, was elected a Fellow of the College in 1892. Four years later he went to Canada to take up the post of Professor of Latin at Queen's University, Kingston, Ontario. He returned to St John's as a teaching Fellow in 1901, and in 1911 was appointed to a University Lectureship in ancient history. He held the post of Orator at Cambridge, and was twice Proctor.
Glover was a prolific author. Many of his books and essays were on a classical theme, 'Studies in Virgil' (1904), 'Herodotus' (1924), 'Democracy in the Ancient World' (1927), and 'Greek Byways' (1932) being just a few of his titles. His restless intellect also took in other themes. 'Poets and Puritans' (1915) included essays on Bunyan and Boswell. 'The Jesus of History' (1917) made Glover's name known to thousands of non-classicists, while 'A corner of Empire: the old Ontario Strand' (1937) reflected his deep love of Canada, fostered during his five years' residence. Glover was also known as an avid letter writer, his thoughts on many subjects appearing frequently in the pages of 'The Times'. A deeply religious man, Glover was immensely proud of being elected to the post of President of the Baptist Union in 1924.
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Manuscript letter, written from the Wilton Hotel, London. Glover wants Carlile and his wife to know how much he has enjoyed his stay with them and how much he would like to come again. The sea, ships, talks, arguments, walks, Platonism, matters concerning the 'Baptist Times', daffodils, etc. have been a huge pleasure for him. The Voyseys were at the station yesterday to see him off. Glover was very glad of this contact, since he does not often see them in Cambridge. The view of the primroses from the train window yesterday was delightful. They arrived in London twenty-four minutes late. It was a shock to see that Westminster Abbey had had a wash-and-brush-up, like the Cambridge Colleges. Glover read most of a book by the evangelist and journalist, Hugh Redwood (1883-1963) last night. He thinks he may leave the book somewhere for the finder to pick it up and read it (Redwood is, in his opinion, a good chap). But he will take the Latin book to Cambridge. Hopes that Carlile has a good time at the Spurgeon conference and sends his love.