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Adm. pens. at ST JOHN'S, Dec. 3, 1806. B.A. 1807, incorp. from Oxford; M.A. 1807. S. of Timothy (next), clerk. B. 1764, at Winchester. Bapt. there Mar. 13, 1764. School, Winchester. ' Matric. from New College, Oxford, Oct. 11, 1782; Scholar; B.A. (Oxford) 1786; Fellow, 1782-90. D.D. (Canterbury) 1811. R. of St Laurence, Winchester, 1788-1831. Head Master of Warminster School, Wilts., 1789-93. Second Master at Winchester College, 1793-1810; Head Master, 1810-24. Produced the explosion at Winchester, in 1818, by injudicious and irregular attempts to curb the overgrown power of the Praefects. R. of Avington, Hants., 1806-20. R. of Ashow, Warws., 1812-31. R. of Binfield, Berks., 1820-31. Married, Jan. 11, 1790, Anne Gage, dau. of the R. of Holton, Oxon. A friend and correspondent of Dr Parr; see Parr's Works, where (vol. 7) are some of Gabell's letters on points of classical scholarship. Author, Pamphlets on the Corn question; a Discourse delivered on the fast-day in Feb. 1799, in London. Died Apr. 18, 1831. (D.N.B.; Al. Oxon.; Cant. Act Bk.; H. Chitty; Foster, Index Eccles.; G. Mag., 1831, I. 469; Austen Papers, 1704-56.)