David Arthur Gilbert Hinks
1913-48. Classicist; Junior Bursar. Published books on the origins of classical rhetoric.
Memorial inscription
M.S.
DAVID ARTVRI GILBERTI HINKS
SOCII ET THESAVRARII
VIRI SINGVLARI MENTIS ACVMINE QVI INGENIVM
LITTERIS HVMANIS PENITVS EXCVLTVM ITA POSTEA NEGOTIIS ADHIBVIT VT ET DOMI ET MILITIAE INSIGNISSIMVS RERVM ADMINISTRATOR EVADERET COMES INTER SVOS LEPIDVS QVICQVID AGEBAT NIHILO NISI OPTIMO CONTENTVS OBIIT ADHVC IVVENIS A.D.IV NON.NOV. MCMXLVIII ANNO AETATIS SVAE XXXVIMO APVD COLLEGIVM CVI TOTVM SE DEDERAT DESIDERATISSIMVS
Translation
Sacred to the memory of David Arthur Gilbert Hinks, Fellow and Bursar of the College. Naturally endowed with an exceptionally sharp mind, and deeply imbued in literature, he later applied his intellect to business, achieving great fame as an administrator in both the College and the army.
A charming colleague, he would never settle for second best in anything he did. He died, greatly mourned, in the College to which he devoted his whole life, on 2nd November 1948, still a young man, at the age of thirty-five.
Brass located on the south wall of the Ante-Chapel. Inscription text by W. Hamilton.
