Samuel Dill (1844–1924)

Headmaster and classicist. Educated at the Royal Academical Institution and Queen’s College, Belfast, and Lincoln College, Oxford. Fellow and tutor, Corpus Christi College, Oxford, 1869; librarian and dean; honorary fellow, 1903. High master, Manchester Grammar School, 1877–88. Introduced modern subjects into the curriculum, and forged links between the school and working boys’ clubs. Professor of Greek, Queen’s College, Belfast, 1890–1924. Author of several works on Roman society.