William Mansfield Poole

William Poole
Personal information
Born6 April 1871
Clifton, Bristol
Died13 December 1946(1946-12-13) (aged 75)
Rye, East Sussex
Sport
SportRowing
ClubOxford University Boat Club

William Mansfield Poole (6 April 1871 – 13 December 1946) was an educationalist and author of several widely held academic text books. He had a particular gift for languages and was an early head of Modern Languages at the Royal Naval College, Osborne. In his youth he was also an accomplished oarsman, and rowed for Oxford in the 1891 Boat Race.