MEMOIRS. 



Mr. Moore came to Oxford from St. Paul's 

 School in 1867. Strangely enough, he was unsuc- 

 cessful in gaining a Scholarship, though he tried 

 at several colleges ; so he entered as a commoner 

 at Exeter College. There his excellence was 

 early recognized ; he gained a first class in 

 Moderations and in the Final Schools (1871), and 

 was elected in 1873 to a fellowship at St. John's. 

 There he remained as Tutor till 1876, when he 

 took the living of Frenchay in Gloucestershire, 

 which he held till 1880, and then returned to 

 Oxford at the request of the Warden of Keble 

 College, and became a tutor at that college and 

 also at Magdalen College. These offices he re- 

 tained till his death, being also elected in 1889 an 

 Official Fellow at Magdalen as Dean of Divinity. 

 From 1878 he was also Examining Chaplain, first 

 to Bishop Mackarness and then to Bishop Stubbs, 

 the former of whom appointed him to an Honorary 

 Canonry in the Cathedral in 1887 ; since 1880 he 

 has lectured as assistant to Dr. Bright. He was 

 Select Preacher before the University 1885-1886; 

 Oxford preacher at Whitehall, 1887-1888 ; Curator 

 of the Botanic Gardens, 1887; and was just ap- 

 pointed as Examiner in the School of Literae 

 Humaniores. It is a striking tribute to his many- 

 sidedness that he was nominated on the same day 

 Examiner in the School of Theology. He wrote 

 frequently for the Guardian^ and at times for the 



