VENN
Adm. pens. (age 19) at TRINITY, Sept. 10, 1819. [Eldest] s. of Thomas Shaw Bancroft. B. [Apr. 5, 1801], at Leeds. Schools, Chapel Allerton and Leeds Grammar. ' Matric. Michs. 1820. Migrated to Caius, Apr. 23, 1822; B.A. 1825; M.A. 1828. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) 1825; priest, 1826; C. of Kegworth, Leics., 1825-9. C. of Halifax, Yorks., 1829-32. P.C. of Harrow Weald, Middlesex, 1832-4. V. of Stone, Bucks., 1839-59. R. of Ellesborough, 1859-63. V. of Bishopsbourne, Kent, 1863-70. F.R.S., 1838. Married, July 25, 1825, at St Paul's Cray, Charlotte Dorothea, dau. of James Farish. One of the original members (and sometime President) of the Microscopical Society. Discovered a means of separating heat-rays from those of light, and effected several improvements in photographic methods. Invented ‘Reade's Kettledrum,’ a hemispherical condenser for the microscope. Died Dec. 10, 1870, at Bishopsbourne. Brother of Richard (1822) and of William (1839). (Venn, II. 183; Boase, III. 66; Crockford; D.N.B.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1825 | Ordi(ordination) | Reade, Thomas Bancroft | / | deacon | View |
| 1825 | Appt(Licensing) | Reade, Thomas Bancroft | Kegworth / | Stipendiary Curate | View |
| 1826 | Ordi(ordination) | Reade, Joseph Bancroft | / | priest | View |
| 1830 | Appt(Licensing) | Reade, Joseph Bancroft | Halifax / | Curate | View |