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Adm. sizar (age 18) at TRINITY, Jan. 26, 1814. S. of Charles [spectacle-maker, of St Alphage, London Wall]. B. [Apr. 14, 1796], in London. School, Christ's Hospital. ' Matric. Michs. 1814; B.A. 1818; M.A. 1821. Ord. deacon (London) Dec. 24, 1820; priest, Dec. 23, 1821. Assistant mathematical Master at Christ's Hospital, 1818-20; fourth grammar Master, 1820-32. Assistant Chaplain and Secretary to the Magdalene Hospital, 1832. St Matthew's day preacher at Christ's Hospital, 1821 and 1835. C. and Lecturer of Cripplegate Without, 1835-45. Married, and had issue. Compiled the British Essayist (30 vols.) in 1827-. Editor of many memoirs and literary works by Paley, Skelton and Johnson. Died Oct. 12, 1845, in Bridgewater Square, London. (D.N.B.; G. Mag., 1845, II. 543.)