Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Nov. 2, 1822. [Eldest] s. of the Rev. Rann (1791) (for whom see D.N.B.), of Birmingham. [B. Nov. 6, 1804, at Summerhill, Birmingham.] Schools [King Edward's, Birmingham and] Shrewsbury. Won the Porson prize, 1824 (and was selected for the Browne medal for Greek and Latin Odes, but was not eligible) while still at school, the only schoolboy ever to win them. ' Matric. Michs. 1823; Scholar, 1823; Pitt Scholar, 1824; Browne medal (for epigrams), 1825; Porson prize, 1826; B.A. (Senior Classic) 1827; 1st Chancellor's medal, 1827; Members' prize (Bachelor's), 1828; M.A. 1830; D.D., per Lit. Reg., 1836. Fellow, 1828-32 and 1885-9; Hon. Fellow, 1880-5. President of the Union, 1825. Assistant Master at Shrewsbury, 1827-8; at Harrow, 1830-6. Head Master of Shrewsbury, 1836-66; on his resignation a testimonial to him was devoted partly to the building of the School and partly to the founding of a Chair of Latin at Cambridge (to which he gave £500), which, after his death, was called the Kennedy Professorship. Ord. deacon (Ely) June 14, 1829; priest (Lincoln, Litt. dim. from Ely) Mar. 7, 1830. Preb. of Lichfield Cathedral, 1843-67. R. of West Felton, Salop, 1866-8. Lady Margaret's Preacher, 1873. Canon of Ely, 1867-89. Regius Professor of Greek, 1867-89. One of the revisers of the New Testament, 1870-80. President of the Philological Society, 1875-8. Member of the ‘Apostles’ Conversazione Society, 1828-36. Hon. LL.D., Dublin, 1886. Author, Latin Primer; Public School Latin Grammar; for many years both these books were used in almost every school in the kingdom. Also edited The Birds of Aristophanes in English verse, and numerous other classical translations. ‘His compositions in Greek and Latin were those of a poet as well as a scholar, and he had a profound and minute knowledge of English History.’ ‘The greatest classical teacher of his century.’ Married, Mar. 26, 1831, Janet, dau. of Thomas Caird, of Paignton, Devon. Died at Torquay, Apr. 6, 1889. Brother of Charles R. (1827), etc. (Shrewsbury Sch. Reg.; D.N.B.; Boase, II. 195; C.U. Hist. Reg., 79, note 8; Memoirs of H. A. Morgan, 77; Birmingham Post, Apr. 10, 1889.)