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Adm. pens. (age 17) at CAIUS, Nov. 10, 1825. [Eldest] s. of John Medows, of Barham [Hall], Suffolk. B. there, Apr. 11, 1808. School, Bury St Edmunds. ' Matric. Michs. 1826; Scholar, 1827-30; B.A. 1830; M.A. 1833. Hon. Fellow, 1886. Ord. deacon (Norwich) 1831; priest (London) 1832; C. of Barham, Suffolk. C. of Euston. R. of St Peter's, Saffron Hill, 1836-43. Lecturer at St Andrew's, Holborn, 1836-43. Preb. of St Paul's. R. of St Ethelburga, Bishopsgate, 1843-1900; retired from residential duty, 1878. A well-known Oriental scholar. Married (1) 1834, Elizabeth, dau. of the Rev. William Parker, R. of St Ethelburga, and had issue; (2) c. 1860, Louisa Röhrs. Author, The Koran translated; The Book of Job; Ethiopic Liturgies and Prayers (trans. from MSS. in the British Museum); The Liturgies of St Basil, St Gregory and St Cyril (trans. from the Coptic); The Prophecies of Isaiah, etc. Resided latterly at St Leonard's-on-Sea, where he died June 6, 1900. (Crockford; Venn, II. 198; and Add. Boase, VI. 492; D.N.B.)