Byron entered Trinity on July 1, 1805; but he did not go into residence till the following October. His tutors were the Rev. Thomas Jones (1756-1807), who was Senior Tutor from 1787 till his death in 1807, and the Rev. George Frederick Tavell (B.A., 1792; M.A., 1795), to whom Byron alludes in
Hints from Horace
, lines 228-230:—
"Unlucky Tavell! doom'd to daily cares
By pugilistic pupils, and by bears!"
[cross-reference: return to Footnote 8 of Letter 87]
[37 — To John Hanson]
Trinity Coll., Oct. 26, 1805.