NOTED SCHOLAR'S DEATH
FROFESSQR C. W. EGERTON UNIVERSITY SERVICE (Per Press Association.) AUCKLAND, this day. A notable scholar and a successful teacher, who gave 40 years’ faithful service to the Auckland University College as its professor of English, Professor Charles William Egerton died at his home in Remuera. The late Professor Egerton was born in Liverpool in 1862, and had a brillient university career at Trinity College, Dublin. Professor Egerton was appointed to the. chair of English at the Auckland University College in 1894. During his long occupancy of the chair he represented the college for a considerable period on the academic board of the University of New Zealand, and he was chairman of the professorial board on a number of occasions.
When he was about to retire in 1932, the university authorities appealed to him to continue for another v
year, and he did so until the end of 1933.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20053, 27 September 1939, Page 14
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151NOTED SCHOLAR'S DEATH Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20053, 27 September 1939, Page 14
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