(1836–1924), Anglican clergyman and scholar, was born in London on 10 December 1836, son of the Revd Richard H. Wace. His father was forced through illness to resign his parish work and spent the rest of his life teaching pupils at Goring in Oxfordshire and Wadhurst in Sussex. Wace was educated at Marlborough College, Rugby School and King’s College, London before going up in 1856 to Oxford University. He matriculated at Trinity College but soon moved with a scholarship to Brasenose College.