Introduction
Born: August 12, 1835, Greenwich, England.
Died: May 8, 1866, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, of tuberculosis.
Buried: All Saints Churchyard, Freshwater, Isle of Wight
Born: August 12, 1835, Greenwich, England.
Died: May 8, 1866, Freshwater, Isle of Wight, of tuberculosis.
Buried: All Saints Churchyard, Freshwater, Isle of Wight
Philip was the son of Charles Worsley, rector of Finchley, Middlesex.
He was educated at the Comely grammar school, Highgate, and Corpus Christi College, Oxford (BA & MA, 1861). At Corpus Christi, he won the Newdigate prize in 1857 with a poem on The Temple of Janus. He became a fellow of his college in 1863.