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Harold attended school at Mill Hill and during his spare time helped his father produce the first edition of the OED. By the time Harold had finished school and was preparing to leave for university, he had been responsible for over 27,000 quotation that later appeared in the OED.
He had won a place at Balliol College, Oxford and in 1890 he graduated with a first degree in Mathematics and became an assistant master at Queen's College, Taunton and later at Carlisle Grammar School . In 1896 he became headmaster of Ormskirk Grammar School in Lancashire.
On January 4, 1897 he married Miss Kate Maitland Crosthwaite .
In 1901 he was appointed a school inspector and in 1928Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 See also 1928 in aviation 1928 in film 1928 in literature 1928 in mu he became a member of the board of educationBoard of education is the typical styling of the title in the United States of the board of directors of a local school district and generallly the statewide organization responsible for the oversight of such local boards as well. Boards of education are.
In 1897 he was encouraged by Baron von der Lasa (who had just completed his book on the history of European chess) to research into the further past of chess. In order to do this he learnt Arabic (in addition to his native English, and German) and examined many historical chess documents, in 1913 his research resulted in his most significant work a History of Chess, a work which today is still used as a standard reference, supporting the theory that chessFor other meanings, see Chess (disambiguation). Chess (from the Persian word Shah is a board game for two players played on a square board divided into eight rows (or ranks and eight columns (or files creating 64 individual squares which alternate in colo originated from IndiaThe Republic of India is a large multicultural country in South Asia, with a population of over one billion. The Indian economy is the fourth largest in the world, in terms of purchasing power parity, and is the world's second-fastest growing economy..
Other works include:
Most of his unpublished works are now held in the library of Oxford University.
