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William Archibald Spooner (22 July 1844 – 29 August 1930) was a long-serving Oxford don, notable for absent-mindedness, who was liable to mix-up the syllables in a spoken phrase, with unintentionally comic effect. The habit became known as a spoonerism, and is often used as a humorous device. ==Life and career== Spooner was born at 17 Chapel Street, Grosvenor Place, London, SW1. He was educated at Oswestry School (where he was a contemporary of Frederick Gustavus Burnaby) and New College, Oxford, where he was the first non-Wykehamist to become an undergraduate. He was ordained deacon in the Church of England in 1872 and priest in 1875. He had five children: William Wycliffe, Frances Catherine, Rosemary, Ellen Maxwell, and Agnes Mary. Spooner remained at New College for more than sixty years, serving as fellow (1867), lecturer (1868), tutor (1869), dean (1876–1889) and warden (1903–1924). He lectured on ancient history, divinity and philosophy (especially on Aristotle's ethics). Spooner was well liked and respected, described as "an albino, small, with a pink face, poor eyesight, and a head too large for his body". It was said that "his reputation was that of a genial, kindly, hospitable man."〔''Reader's Digest'' (February 1995)〕 In the opinion of Roy Harrod, Spooner exceeded all the heads of Oxford and Cambridge colleges he had known "having regard to his scholarship, devotion to duty, and wisdom."〔Hayter, W. (1977). ''Spooner: A biography''. London: W.H. Allen. (See page 135)〕 Spooner was buried in the cemetery at Grasmere in Cumbria.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=William Archbald Spooner (1844–1930) – Find a Grave Memorial )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「William Archibald Spooner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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