VoELCKER, John Augustus
VOELCKER, JOHN AUGUSTUS. Hon. M.A., 1894. Adm. a
member of St John's, Feb. 25, 1898. [S. of Dr John Christo- pher Augustus, F.R.S. B. June 24, 1854, at Cirencester,
Gloucs. School, University College School, London, and at
London University and Giessen, Germany; B.A., London,
1878; B.Sc. 1882.] Ph.D., Giessen. Consulting Chemist to the
Royal Agricultural Society of England, 1885-1937. Director
of the Experimental Station at Wobum, Beds., 1885-1936.
Went to India to report on scientific improvement of agri-
culture, 1889-90. CLE., 1928. Married, 1884, Alice, eldest
dau. of William Westgarth, of Melbourne, and had issue.
Author, Improvement of Indian Agriculture; Fifty years of
field experiments at the Wobum Experimental Station, etc.
Died Nov. 6, 1937, in London. {Who was Who; The Times, Nov. 8, 1937.)
VOIGT, GEORGE. Adm. sizar at Clare, Mar. 14, 1845. [S. of
Philip Henry, merchant.] B. [Oct. 3, 1826], in London.
[School, Christ's Hospital.] Matric. Michs. 1845; B.A. 1849; M.A. 1855. Ofd. deacon (Worcester) 1852; priest, 1853.
Assistant Master at King Edward's School, Birmingham, 1851-61; at Dulwich College, 1861-89. Married, Jan. 9, 1854,
Sarah Ranney, dau. of Henry Millet. Died Nov. 23, 1889, at
Dulwich. (Christ's Hospital Exhibitioners; Crockford; The Guardian, Nov. 27, 1889.)
VOIGT, WOLDEMAR. Hon. Sc.D., 1899. [B. 1850.] Professor
of Mathematical Physics in the University of Gottingen,
1883-1919. Foreign Member, Royal Society, 1913. Died
Dec. 13, 1919. (Camb. Univ. Reporter, June 6, 1899; F. P. White.)
VOKINS, JAMES GILBEY. Adm. at Trinity Hall, 1896. S. of
James Theodore, Esq., of 22, Park Square East, London,
N.W. Matric. Michs. 1896.
VOLLANS, WILLIAM. Adm. Fell.-Com. at Sidney, July 5, 1785.
S. of WiUiam, gent., of Cridlen Park, Yorks. B. Oct. 25, 1761,
at Pontefract. Schools, Pontefract (Mr Holmes) and Brad-
ford. Matric. Lent, 1787; B.A. 1789; M.A. 1793. Ord. deacon
(London) Mar. 8, 1789. R. of Hemsworth, Yorks., 1790-1840. Died 1840, in London. (Clerical Guide; Clergy List; G. Mag.,
1840, I. 327.)
VON BAR, CARL LUDWIG. Hon. LL.D., 1895. [B. 1836.]
Professor of Law in the University of Gottingen. Died in
1913. (Camb. Univ. Reporter, Oct. 2, 1895.)
VON ERLANGER, carl HEINRICH VICTOR, Baron. Adm.
pens, at Christ's, Oct. 22, 1894. S. of Baron William. B. 1872, at Nieder Ingelheim, Rheinhassen, Germany. Schools,
Gymnasium Frankfurt, Gymnasium Darmstadt and at
Lausanne Academy, Switzerland. Matric. Michs. 1894.
Resided part of two terms. Made three journeys into
Abyssinia and SomalUand; on the last travelling from the
Gulf of Aden to Harar, and to Addis Ababa, the court of the
Negus Menelik, thence to Abera, Gishir and Kismaju on the
Indian Ocean. Collected very large quantities of mammals,
birds and reptUes, some of which he presented to the
Zoological Gardens. At Nieder Ingelheim had a great collec- tion of bird skins and a private zoological garden. Died
Sept. 6, 1904, in a motor-car accident at Salzburg. (Peile, 11.
795-)
VON ESSEN, PETER. Adm. pens, at Queens', Feb. 3, 1827- [A Russian.] Matric. Michs. 1827; B.A. 1832. Ord. deacon
and priest (Chester) 1831; C. of St John's, Workington, 1831-40. R. of Harrington, Cumberland, 1840-62. Married, 1836, Frances, only child of Capt. George Cooke, of Cameaton,
Cumberland. Died Feb. 24, 1874, aged 91. (Crockford;
C. R. Hudleston.)
VON GLEHN (post DE GLEHN), LOUIS CAMILLE. Adm. at
King's, Oct. 5, 1888. S. of Alexander A., merchant. B. Apr. 17, 1869. School, Brighton College. Matric. Michs. 1888;
exhibitioner; B.A, 1892; M.A. 1904. Studied at Munich
University for two terms. Assistant Master at Clifton
College, 1896-8; at Merchant Taylors', 1898-1902; at the Perse School, Cambridge, 1902-32. Married, 1920, Marion
Cross Cassels, of Northbay, Isle of Barra, Inverness-shire.
Assumed the name de Glehn, by Deed Poll, May 17, 1917.
Latterly of Manor Field, Grantchester, Cambs., where he
died Oct. 19, 1951. (King's Coll. Reg., 186; L. de Glehn.)
VON HAAST, Sir JOHN FRANCIS JULIUS RITTER. Hon.
LL.D., 1886. [S. of Mathias, merchant, of Bonn, Germany.
B. May i, 1824, at Bonn. Educated at Bonn and Cologne
Universities.] Ph.D., Tiibingen University, 1862. F.R.G.S.,
Gold Medallist, 1884; F.R.S. , 1867. C.M.G., 1883; K.C.M.G.,
1886. Government Geologist, Province of Canterbury, New
Zealand, i86i. Discovered the Southern Alps of New
Zealand. Founder and Director of the Canterbury museum
at Christchurch, 1866-87. Professor of Geology at Canterbury College, Christchurch. Married, 1863, Mary, dau. of Edward
Dobson, Esq. Author, New Zealand Scenery; Geology of the
VosPER, Richard John
provinces of Canterbury and Westland, Auckland. Died,
Aug. 15, 1887, at WeUington, New Zealand. (Boase, i. 1269;
Walford, County Families.)
VON HOGEL, Baron ANATOLE ANDREAS ALOYS. M.A. 1889 ;
Hon. Sc.D. 1922. Adm. at Trinity, June 6, 1889. [2nd] s.
of Baron Carl Alexander Anselm [Austrian Minister at
Florence and Brussels] (and Elizabeth, dau. of Gen. Francis
Farquharson). B. Sept. 29, 1854, at Florence. School,
Stonyhurst, Lanes. Curator of the University Museum of
Archaeology, 1883-1921. Worked untiringly to raise funds
for the new building, subsequently known as the Museum of
Archaeology and Ethnology. A generous donor to the
building fund and to the contents, including the incomparable
Fijian collections of which many specimens were secured by
himself during three years spent in Fiji. F.R.G.S. Founder and first President of the Cambridge University Cathohc
Association, 1895-1922, and President of St Edmund's House, Cambridge, 1917-20. Married, 1880, Eliza Margaret, elder dau. of WiUiam Froude, F.R.S. Died Aug. 15, 1928, in
Cambridge. (Who was Who; D.N.B.; The Times, Aug. 16, 1928; Cambridge Review, Oct. 12, 1928.)
VON INAMA-STERNEGG, CARL THEODOR. Hon. LL.D., 1894-
Professor of Political Science in the University of Vienna. (Camb. Univ. Reporter, May 15, 1894.)
VON METZ, AUGUSTUS ALBERT. Adm. (age 22) at Pembroke,
Oct. 9, 1889. Eldest s. of Augustus, gent., of Germany. Matric. Michs. 1889; B.A. 1892.
VON MOHL, The Chevalier. Hon. M.A., July, 1847, on the occasion of the installation of the Chancellor.
VON ROEMER, CHARLES HENRY. Adm. pens, at Trinity,
June 13, i88i. S. of Charles, of Sandrock, Ore, Hastings.
B. Mar. 25, i860, in London. School, the Lindens, St
Leonard's-on-Sea (private). Matric. Michs. 1881. Lieut.,
Royal Sussex Regt. (T.), 1885; Captain, 1892. (Army Lists.)
VON SCALA, ARTHUR MARIA. Adm. pens, at Christ's, Oct. i, 1895. S. of Arthur, Director of the Imperial Museum of
Commerce, Vienna. B. there, Aug. 20, 1876. School,
Gymnasium, Meran, Tirol. Matric. Michs. 1895. In business in London. (Peile, 11. 802.)
VON SCHRODER, Baron WILLIAM HENRY. Adm. pens, at
Trinity, June 14, 1886. [Only] s. of Baron William [Henry],
of the Rookery, Nantwich, Cheshire (and Maria Caroline,
eldest dau. of Charles Homy, Esq., of Austria). B. Oct. 25,
1868. School, Radley. Matric. Michs. 1886. Second Lieut.,
9th Lancers, 1889-96. Of the Rookery, Nantwich. J. P. for
Cheshire, 1897. Married, 1896, Judith, dau. of E. R. Gregge-
Hopwood, of Hopwood Hall, Lanes., and had issue. Served
in the Great War, 1914-19 (Capt., Remount Service). Died
May 8, 1945, at Inverness. (Radley Sch. Reg.; Army Lists; Walford, County Families.)
VON STURMER, see STURMER.
VON THURN, ROBERT MACKENZIE (1893), see IM THORN.
VON TISCHENDORF, L. F. C. (1865), see TISCHENDORF.
VON ZAHN, THEODOR (1897), see ZAHN.
VORES, CHARLES. Adm. pens, at St John's, Oct. 10, 1870. S. of William, physician (and Jane Ann). B. Nov. 9, 1851, at
Great Yarmouth. Bapt. Dec. 3, 1851. Matric. Michs. 1870;
B.A. 1874. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) 1875; priest (Chester) 1878;
C. of Fairfield, Liverpool, 1875. C. of Wigston Magna, Leics.,
1876-9. C. of Kimcote, 1879-82. Disappears from Crocft/ord,
1897. Brother of the next.
VORES, WILLIAM MALLAM. Adm. pens, at Caius, June 26.
1866. S. of William, M.D., of Great Yarmouth. B. there,
Sept. 23, 1848. Schools, Great Yarmouth, Dereham and
King's, Rochester. Matric. Michs. 1866; B.A. 1871; M.B.
1875. At King's College Hospital and Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge. M.R.C.S., 1874. Junior Resident Medical Officer,
Royal Free Hospital. Practised at first at Great Yarmouth; then at Worthing and at Forest Gate, London, E., and
latterly at East Dulwich. Died before 1928. Brother of the
above. (Venn, 11. 375; Medical Directories.)
VOS, GEORGE HERKLOTS. Adm. pens, at Christ's, Oct. 20, 1875. S. of John Michael. B. [Sept. 16, 1854], at Chinsurah,
India. School, Guernsey. Matric. Michs. 1875; B.A. 1879;
M.B. 1884. At St Bartholomew's Hospital. M.R.C.S., 1882. Practised at Tottenham. House Surgeon, Prince of Wales
General Hospital, Tottenham; Physician, Tottenham
General Dispensary. Resided latteriy at Gillingham, Dorset.
Disappears from Medical Directories, 1940. (Peile, 11. 646.)
VOSE, JAMES RICHARD WHITE. Adm. pens, at Downing,
July 3, 1827. S. of J., of Heavitree House, Exeter. B. Mar. 4,
1811, at Liverpool. School, Exeter (Dr CoUyer). Migrated to
Corpus Christi, Feb. 18, 1828. Matric. Lent, 1828. Re-adm. May 8, 1839.
VOSPER, RICHARD JOHN. Matric. Non-Coil., Easter, 1883.
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