#2226, John CHEVALLIER

Educated at Winchester and a Scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge 1880; BA (4th Wrangler) 1884; went to to New College, Oxford when it incorporated in1884; Fellow 1883-91; MA 1887; Senior Mathematical Scholarship 1884; Herschel Astronomical Prize 1884; Tutor Magdalen College 1884.

He died accidentally whilst an Assistant Master at Giggleswick School, Yorkshire and was buried in the graveyard near the main door. There is a memorial to him inside the church at Great Horwood, Bucks.

The Times, (London) Saturday 27th October 1917 reported as follows:

" A verdict of Accidental Death was returned at an inquest held yesterday at Giggleswick, Yorkshire, on the body of the Rev. John Chevallier, 56, rector of Great Horwood, who died after being knocked down by a cyclist on the evening of October 16th.

Mr Chevallier had been acting as a temporary assistant master at Giggleswick Grammar School, in order to release another master for military service. The evidence showed that on October 16th he went for a walk with a colleague and as they were returning about 7 o'clock Mr Chevallier was knocked down by a cycle ridden by a farm hand. He was rendered unconscious and was found to be suffering from a small scalp wound at the back of his head, injuries to the right eye and slight concussion of the brain. He died last Wednesday from hemorrhage at the base of the skull. The cyclist explained that he was trevelling from five to eight miles an hour at the time; the night was very dark and he could not see above a yard or two in front of him. He had a bright lamp on the front of his machine and rang his bell when he was 200 yards from Mr Chevallier."

Extract from his school's obituary:

That in so short a time as a term and a quarter Mr Chevallier should have achieved the conquest of all our hearts is a testimony to the greatness of his character and the beauty of his personality.  The sterling worth, the genuine modesty, the kindly helpfulness of the man endeared him to all of us.  One of the best mathematicians of his year at Cambridge he was never scornful of the elementary efforts of the feeblest while his teaching of the higher branches of the subject was a pleasure to all his pupils; and the consequences were made clear by the events of the Certificate Examination in which exceptionally successful results were obtained.