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Adm. sizar (age 19) at ST JOHN'S, July 3, 1749. S. of Richard, husbandman, of Yorks. B. at Gouthwaite Hall, Nidderdale. School, Sedbergh. ' Matric. 1749; Scholar, 1752; B.A. 1753; M.A. 1756; B.D. 1763; D.D. 1789 ( Lit. Reg.). Fellow, 1758-89. Master, 1789-1815. Vice-Chancellor, 1790. Ord. priest (Lincoln) Sept. 28, 1759. For a time assistant Master at Harrow. Professor of Arabic, 1770-95. Lord Almoner's Reader in Arabic, 1770-1815. Benefactor to the College. Died Jan. 28, 1815. (Coll. Hist. of St John's.)