William Cookesley

{{Short description|English classical scholar and cleric}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2024}} {{Use British English|date=July 2024}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = William Cookesley | image = | country = England | fullname = William Gifford Cookesley | birth_date = 1 December 1802 | birth_place = Brasted, Kent, England | death_date = {{death date and age|16 August 1880|1 December 1802}} | death_place = | batting = | bowling = | role = | club1 = Cambridge University | year1 = 1822–1827 | date = 31 March | year = 2013 | source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36598/36598.html CricketArchive }}

'''William Gifford Cookesley''' (1 December 1802 – 16 August 1880) was an English classical scholar and cleric.

==Life== He was born at Brasted in Kent, and was educated at Eton College and at King's College, Cambridge, where he graduated B.A. in 1825, M.A. in 1827. He was one of the assistant masters at Eton for many years.<ref name="DNB">{{cite DNB|wstitle=Cookesley, William Gifford|volume=12}}</ref><ref>{{acad|CKSY821WG|Cookesley, William Gifford}}</ref>

In 1857, Cookesley was appointed vicar of Hayton, East Riding of Yorkshire, and became incumbent of St. Peter's, Hammersmith, in 1860, and rector of Tempsford, Bedfordshire, in 1868. He died on 16 August 1880.<ref name="DNB"/>

==Works== Cookesley's publications on classical subjects were:<ref name="DNB"/>

* ''Selections from Pindar. With English Notes'', 1838. * ''Pindari Carmina. Notas quasdam Anglice scriptas adjecit G.G.C.'', 1844, (another edition, ''pars prima'', 1850, and an edition in 2 vols., 1851). * ''Selecta e Catullo'' (with notes), 1845. * ''Account and Map of the Ancient City of Rome'', 1850; and a similar ''Account and Map of Ancient Athens'', 1851 (also 1852). * ''Selecta e Propertio'' (with notes), 1851. * ''Eton Selections from Ovid and Tibullus'' (with notes), 1859 (another edition, 1860). * ''Cæsar's Gallic War'' (with English notes), 1861.

Cookesley also published:<ref name="DNB"/>

* ''Sermons'', London, 1843; and ''Old Windsor Sermons'', London, 1844. * ''A revised translation of the New Testament'', 1859. * ''A few Remarks on some of the more prominent errors contained in Bishop Colenso's Book on the Pentateuch'', London, 1863. * ''Memorial Sketch of F. J. Cookesley, edited by W. G. C.'', 1867. * Various pamphlets published between 1845 and 1867.

==Cricket career== Cookesley was a cricketer associated with Cambridge University, active from 1822 to 1827. He is recorded in 4 matches, totalling 34 runs with a highest score of 30, holding no catches and taking 2 wickets.<ref name="CA36">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36598/36598.html |website=CricketArchive |title=William Cookesley |accessdate=31 March 2013}}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==Bibliography== * {{cite book |last=Haygarth |first=Arthur |author-link=Arthur Haygarth |title=Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744–1826) |publisher=Frederick Lillywhite |location=Kennington |year=1996 |orig-year=1862 |isbn=978-19-00592-23-9}} * {{cite book |last=Haygarth |first=Arthur |author-link=Arthur Haygarth |title=Scores & Biographies, Volume 2 (1827–1840) |publisher=Frederick Lillywhite |location=Kennington |year=1997 |orig-year=1862 |isbn=978-19-00592-23-9}}

;Attribution {{DNB|wstitle=Cookesley, William Gifford|volume=12}}

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