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Adm. pens. (age 16) at TRINITY, Mar. 29, 1758. S. of Edmund, of London. School, Charterhouse. ' Matric. Easter, 1758; Scholar, 1759; B.A. (5th Wrangler) 1762; M.A. 1765; B.D. 1789. Fellow, 1763. Held various College offices. Regius Professor of Hebrew, 1771-90. Adm. at Lincoln's Inn, Dec. 22, 1761. Ord. deacon (Norwich) Dec. 26, 1769. Founder's Day Preacher at Charterhouse, 1778. V. of Shudy Camps, Cambs., 1790-2. R. of Orwell, 1791-1803. Gunning speaks of him as ‘an admirable classic and particularly well versed in modern languages, at that time a very rare accomplishment in the University’; he also tells a story proving him to have been ‘a notorious gourmand.’ Author, Poems on various occasions with Translations from Authors in different languages. Died Aug. 7, 1803, aged 60, at Newington, Surrey. (Gunning, Reminiscences, II. 119; G. Mag., 1803, II. 794.)
| Year | Type | Name as Recorded | Location | Office/Status | Full Record |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1769 | Ordi(ordination) | Collier, William | / | deacon | View |
| 1770 | Ordi(ordination) | Collier, William | / | priest | View |
| 1788 | Appt(confirmation) | Collier, William | Archdeacon of Ely / official | official | View |
| 1790 | Appt(Institution) | Collier, William | Shudy Camps / | Vicar | View |
| 1791 | Appt(Institution) | Collier, William | Orwell / | Rector | View |
| 1791 | Appt(Resignation) | Collier, William | Shudy Camps / | Vicar | View |
| 1792 | Vac(resignation) | Collier, William | Shudy Camps / | Vicar | View |
| 1804 | Vac(Death) | Collier, William | Orwell / | Rector | View |