Alfred Ernest Crawley
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| Born | 1867 | ||||||
| Died | 1924 | ||||||
| Residence |
St John's School, Leatherhead [1892] Buckhold Hill, Pangbourne, Berks [1904] Tesdale House, Abingdon, Berks [1905] Derby School, Derby [1906] Orchards, Oxshott, Surrey [1909] Sudbrooke, The Avenue, Claygate [1911] | ||||||
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anthropologist journalist sportsman educator | ||||||
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Office Notes
House Notes
1892.10.23 proposed for election at next meeting
1904.05.24 Proposed by T.A. Joyce; seconded by William Gowland
1913.02.18 The Treasurer read letters from Mr A.E. Crawley and the Revd. McCormick as to their arrears of subscription. It was resolved that Mr Crawley’s subscription for the current year be remitted and his resignation be accepted with regret, that the Revd. McCormick’s case be held over for consideration till the next meeting, and that proceedings be taken against Mr Garson.
1913.04.08 It was resolved that ... no further action be taken in regard to Mr Crawley’s arrears for last year
in list given as E. Crawley MA
Notes From Elsewhere
Alfred Ernest Crawley (11 July 1867[2] or 1869[3] – 21 October 1924) was an English schoolmaster, sexologist, anthropologist, sports journalist and exponent of ball games.
Crawley reached the quarterfinals of Wimbledon in 1902 and 1906. He also reached the quarterfinals of Queens in 1913.
Ernest Crawley was the son of Rev. Samuel Crawley, rector of Oddington, Oxfordshire, and the brother of the Olympic lawn tennis player Walter Crawley.[3] He was educated at Sedbergh School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in classics in 1890. He became an assistant master for seven years at St John's School, Leatherhead, before teaching at Lancing College from 1898 to 1901 and at Bradfield School from 1901 to 1905.[2] In 1906 he became headmaster of Derby School, though he resigned in December 1908 and took up journalism.[3] In 1913 he resigned from being a clergyman under the terms of the Clerical Disabilities Act 1870.
Though lawn tennis was Crawley's favourite sport, "he was also fond of golf, figure-skating, fives, and revolver shooting".[3] His Book of the Ball (1914) compared several games, trying to discover and illustrate general principles governing the behaviour of the ball. Crawley wrote on sport for publications including The Observer,[4] The Times,[3] and Fry's Magazine.[5]
Crawley's most well-known anthropological book, The Mystic Rose dealt with the anthropology of marriage. He emphasised the importance of marriage ceremonies,[6] explaining sexual and marriage custom with reference to taboo.[7]
Crawley was a Fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute and the Sociological Society. He contributed to the Encyclopaedia of Religion and Ethics on a range of anthropological topics: 'Anointing', 'Chastity', 'Cursing and Blessing', 'Dress', 'Drinks, Drinking', 'Fire', 'Fire-Gods', 'Food', 'Kissing', 'Life and Death (Primitive)', 'Oath (Introductory and Primitive)', 'Obscenity', 'Ordeal (Introductory and Primitive)', 'Orgy', and 'Processions and Dances'.[8] He died 21 October 1924 in Kensington.[3]
“It will be interesting to the parishioners to know that the eldest son of the Rector, Mr A.E.Crawley, M.A., Senior Classical and Composition Master at Lancing College, was admitted to holy orders on Trinity Sunday by the Lord Bishop of Chichester. Mr Crawley had a most brilliant career at Cambridge. In 1887 he gained the open “Senior Classical Scholarship” at Emmanuel College, and at the “Previous Examination” he obtained a “First Class” in Classics, “First Class” in “Additionals” and “Second Class” in “Mathematics.” In 1888 Mr Crawley gained a Classical Exhibition of £50 a year from the Goldsmiths’ Company; he became also “Foundation Scholar” (£60 a year) and Latin Prize Essayist. In 1889 his Scholarship was advanced to £80, and he graduated as B.A. in the “First Class” of the “Classical Tripos.” In 1890 he was again placed in the “First Class” of the “Classical Tripos” at the “Further Examination.” In 1891 Mr Crawley became Senior Classical Master at St. John’s School, Leatherhead. In 1892 he gained the “Sudbury-Hardyman” Prize, value £30, open to B.A.’s of Emmanuel College for the best dissertation on an original subject. His subject was “Clavus Annalis.” In 1897 he became Senior Classical Master of Lancing College, in addition to his classical work.
Alfred Ernest Crawley was born at Lincoln in 1869. He attended Sedbergh School before going up to Emmanuel College. He married Constance Alice White at the Church of St. Andrew, Oddington on 31 July 1900, the ceremony being conducted by his father.
He was a very skilled player and coach of lawn tennis, following in the tradition of his father. He died at Kensington on 21 October 1924.
Publications
External Publications
The idea of the soul, 1909; The tree of life, 1905
'Branchos', Folk-Lore, Vol. 6, No. 2 (June 1895), pp. 267–69 '
Achilles at Skyros', The Classical Review, Vol. 7 No. 6 (June 1893), pp. 243–45
'Sexual Taboo: a study in the relations of the sexes', Journal of the Anthropological Institute, Vol. 24 (1895), pp. 116–25
'Sexual Taboo: a study in the relations of the sexes (Part II)', Journal of the Anthropological Institute, Vol. 24 (1895), pp. 219–35
'Sexual Taboo: a study in the relations of the sexes (Part III)', Journal of the Anthropological Institute, Vol. 24 (1895), pp. 430–446
'Taboos of Commensality', Folk-Lore
The mystic rose: a study of primitive marriage, 1902.
· Revised and enlarged ed., 2 vols, 1927. Ed. by · Theodore Besterman.
Translation into Greek for multilingual private printing of Rubáiyát of Omar Khayyám, the astronomer-poet of Persia, English tr. by Edward Fitzgerald, privately printed on hand-made paper / Japanese vellum, 1902
The tree of life: a study of religion, 1905
'The origin and function of religion', in Sociological Society, ed., Sociological Papers, Vol. 3, 1906, pp. 243–278, Excerpts online here.
'Exogamy and the Mating of Cousins', in Anthropological Essays presented to E. B. Tylor, 1907, pp.52–68
The idea of the soul, 1909 Review of The Threshold of Religion by R. R. Marett, Man, Vol. 9 (1909). pp. 140–41
'Primitive eugenics', The Eugenics Review, Jan. 1910, pp. 275–80. Reprinted online here. 'Totemism Unveiled', Nature 84 (1910), pp. 31–2
Book of the ball, 1913
Lawn tennis, 1919.
Skating: English, international, speed, 1920 Lawn tennis do's and don'ts, 1922
The technique of lawn tennis demonstrated by cinematography, 1923.
The lawn tennis umpire & referee: what he must know, and what he should do, 1923 Studies of savages and sex, 1929. Ed. by Theodore Besterman.
Dress, drinks, and drums: further studies of savages and sex, 1931. Ed. by Theodore Besterman.
Oath, curse, and blessing, and other studies in origins, 1934. Ed. by Theodore Besterman. Thinker's Library, no. 40. (Selection from the 1929 Studies and the 1931 Dress, drinks, and drums.)