Papers of Wilfrid Henry Woollen

The papers cover WHW's early life, Cambridge, religious beliefs, and teaching career. Material includes correspondence, diaries, notes, memorabilia, biographical information, a small number of photographs, and two ceramic St John's College candlesticks.

Son of Henry Woollen, civil servant, and Sarah Hastings. Attended Lavender Hill Elementary School and Ipswich School. BA in mathematics at St John's College, 1909. Taught at Wellesley House, Broadstairs, 1909-10. Ordained deacon in the Church of England 1911, then converted to Roman Catholicism. Schoolmaster at Mount St Benedict, Gorey, County Wexford 1915-18, St Gerard's, Bray, County Wicklow, 1918-21, Downside School 1921-27, and Ealing Priory School 1927. Treated for tuberculosis at Nordrach-upon Mendip sanatorium. Taught at Campion House, Osterley, 1939-50. Died 22 July 1960.

The papers have been kept in the arrangement in which they were received.

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Given by grandson, Martin Weiler, in 2021.

Son of Henry Woollen, civil servant, and Sarah Hastings. Attended Lavender Hill Elementary School and Ipswich School. BA in mathematics at St John's College, 1909. Taught at Wellesley House, Broadstairs, 1909-10. Ordained deacon in the Church of England 1911, then converted to Roman Catholicism. Schoolmaster at Mount St Benedict, Gorey, County Wexford 1915-18, St Gerard's, Bray, County Wicklow, 1918-21, Downside School 1921-27, and Ealing Priory School 1927. Treated for tuberculosis at Nordrach-upon Mendip sanatorium. Taught at Campion House, Osterley, 1939-50. Died 22 July 1960.

Preferred citation: St John's College Library, Papers of Wilfrid Henry Woollen.

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