William Teulon Swan Stallybrass (formerly Sonnenschein, 1883–1948) was a barrister

Barrister

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, Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford

Brasenose College, Oxford

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 from 1936, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Oxford

University of Oxford

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 from 1947, just before his death.

He was colloquially known as "Sonners" at Oxford University due to his former name, Sonnenschein.

Stallybrass died unexpected in a railway accident when he stepped out of a moving train near Iver station

Iver railway station

Iver railway station is a railway station in the village of Richings Park, near Iver, Buckinghamshire, England. It is the first station outside Greater London on the Great Western Main Line.-History:...

 in Buckinghamshire

Buckinghamshire

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. He was almost blind

Blindness

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 at the time.

Books

• The Pocket Emerson, edited by W. T. S. Sonnenschein (1909)
• A Society of States; or, sovereignty, independence, and equality in a League of Nations (1918)
• The Buccaneers of America, translation of 1684–5 (with facsimiles of the original engravings), revised and edited by W. Stallybrass, et al. (1923)
• The Law of Torts, 8th edition (1934)

External links

• Books from Amazon.co.uk by William Teulon Swan Sonnenschein.
• Information from the National Portrait Gallery (London).