Arthur James Ceely (14 October 1834 – 31 December 1866) was an English soldier and cricketer.
Ceely was born in Aylesbury, the son of James Ceely who was a Fellow of the Royal College of Surgeons. [1] [2] [3] He attended Charterhouse School and, in 1854, went up to Gonville and Caius College at Cambridge University. Having played cricket for Charterhouse, he played for a Gentlemen of Kent side and for Kent County Cricket Club in 1854 before appearing in non-first-class matches for the university and his college in 1855. He was described as a "brilliant cricketer" by the archives of Gonville and Caius [2] but played only three matches which have been given first-class cricket status. [4] [5] [6]
Ceely left the university after a year and enlisted in the British army. [2] He was commissioned in the 42nd Highlanders and saw service during the Indian Rebellion of 1857. He was at the Siege of Lucknow and at the Capture of Bareilly and was awarded the Indian Mutiny Medal. [1] [2] [3] He was promoted to Lieutenant in 1858. [2]
Ceely died at sea on 31 December 1866 off the Point-de-Galle in what was then Ceylon whilst returning to England. [2] [3] He was 32 years old. His parents dedicated stained glass windows to his memory at St Mary the Virgin's Church, Aylesbury. [7]
John Venn, FRS, FSA was an English mathematician, logician and philosopher noted for introducing Venn diagrams, which are used in logic, set theory, probability, statistics, and computer science. In 1866, Venn published The Logic of Chance, a groundbreaking book which espoused the frequency theory of probability, arguing that probability should be determined by how often something is forecast to occur as opposed to "educated" assumptions. Venn then further developed George Boole's theories in the 1881 work Symbolic Logic, where he highlighted what would become known as Venn diagrams.
St Peter Mancroft is a parish church in the Church of England in the centre of Norwich, Norfolk. After the two cathedrals, it is the largest church in Norwich. It was originally established by Ralph de Gael, Earl of East Anglia, between 1066 and 1075. It was later rebuilt, between 1430 and 1455. It stands on a slightly elevated position, next to the market place.
Gonville and Caius College, often referred to simply as Caius, is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge in Cambridge, England. Founded in 1348 by Edmund Gonville, it is the fourth-oldest of the University of Cambridge's 31 colleges and one of the wealthiest. In 1557, it was refounded by alumnus John Caius. The college has been attended by many students who have gone on to significant accomplishment, including fifteen Nobel Prize winners, the highest of any Oxbridge college.
Thomas Bacon was the fifteenth master of Gonville Hall, Cambridge from 1552.
Sir John Ellys or Ellis (1634?–1716) was an English academic, Master of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge from 1703.
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