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| Born | 1829  |
| Died | 1908 (aged 78–79) |
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| Employer | University of Oxford |
Thomas Vere Bayne (1829–1908) was an academic at theUniversity of Oxford. He was a friend of Charles Dodgson, better known asLewis Carroll, the author of theAlice in Wonderland books.
Bayne was the son of Thomas Vere Bayne, who had studied atJesus College, Oxford and who was a master atWarrington School from 1828 to 1842.[1] Bayne was born in 1829. From his childhood, he was a friend ofCharles Dodgson: Thomas Vere Bayne was a friend of Dodgson's fatherCharles and used to visit him atDaresbury;[2][3] the two sons went on to study and work at the same Oxford college.[4] Baynematriculated at theUniversity of Oxford as a member ofChrist Church on 14 June 1848, and became aFellow (called a "Student" at Christ Church) in 1849. He obtained his BA degree in 1852 and his MA in 1855,[5] and was an ordainedAnglican priest. From 1861 to 1882 he was Curator of Common Room in Christ Church, a post in which he was succeeded by Dodgson.[6] He was universityProctor in 1867, and becameKeeper of the Archives in 1885.[1] He died in 1908, sometime before theEncaenia ceremony on 25 June, at which he was remembered.[4][7] His estate amounted to £138,000.[8]
In 1996, the writerRichard Wallace proposed a theory in his bookJack the Ripper, Light-Hearted Friend that Dodgson and Bayne were responsible for theJack the Ripper murders. The theory was based on anagrams from two of Carroll's works. However, the theory has been criticised as seriously flawed (not least because they have alibis for some of the murders, and both had problems with their health), and Dodgson and Bayne are not generally regarded as likely suspects.[9][10]
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