Charles Joseph Faulkner
Charles Joseph Faulkner (1833–1892) was a British mathematician and fellow of University College, Oxford and a founding partner of Morris, Marshall, Faulkner and Co. where he worked with his sisters Kate Faulkner and Lucy Faulkner Orrinsmith.
Artistic career
Faulkner was part of a group of
Oxford career
Doubting the firm would ever achieve a sound financial footing, Faulkner resigned as financial manager in 1864 and returned to his fellowship at Oxford, although he maintained his ties to his erstwhile partners, accompanying Morris and
One of the first acts of the Oxford branch of the League was invite Morris and Eleanor Marx to a meeting at the Holywell Music Room. This was the occasion of Morris’s first major unscripted speech. About 400 persons were present – 100 or so friends of Morris and Faulkner, 250 neutrals, and 30 avowed anti-socialists. The latter kicked up a storm, howling down Morris’s words and then letting off a stink bomb. Scuffles broke out and Faulkner suspended the meeting.[8]
At Oxford, Faulkner served as bursar (1864–1882), dean of degrees (1875–1889), registrar (1866–1882) and librarian (1884–1889). He resigned his Oxford fellowship after suffering a stroke in 1888 and died in 1892.[3][7]
Notes
- ^ a b c Waggoner 2003, pp. 33–36.
- ^ Harvey & Press 1991, p. 38.
- ^ a b c "Sussex Parish Churches". Archived from the original on 9 July 2013. Retrieved 4 October 2010.
- ^ Parry 1996, pp. 13, 16, 258.
- ^ Parry 1996, p. 121.
- ^ Parry 1996, pp. 18, 57.
- ^ a b "The Red House Circle - Marshall & Faulkner". Archived from the original on 23 July 2011. Retrieved 9 October 2010.
- ISBN 0571174957.
References
- Harvey, Charles; Press, Jon (1991). William Morris: design and enterprise in Victorian Britain. New York: Manchester University Press. ISBN 0-7190-2419-6.
- Parry, Linda, ed. (1996). William Morris. New York: Abrams. OL 814447M.
- Waggoner, Diane (2003). The Beauty of Life: William Morris and the Art of Design. Thames & Hudson. ISBN 978-0-500-28434-6.