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Adm. pens. (age 18) at TRINITY, Jan. 6, 1803. 4th s. of William [wrongly entered as s. of John in Trinity Coll. Adm. Bk.], of Stackhouse, Yorks. School, Giggleswick. ' Matric. Michs. 1803; Scholar, 1804; Prizeman; B.A. (2nd Wrangler) 1807; M.A. 1810. Fellow, 1808. Head Master of Durham School, 1812-33. Ord. deacon (Durham) 1813; priest, Sept. 23, 1815. Professor of Mathematics at Durham University in 1817. V. of Brantingham, Yorks., 1818-33. Married Rosetta Anne, dau. of J. T. H. Hopper, Esq., of Witton Castle, Durham. Died Oct. 30, 1833, aged 47. Buried in Durham Cathedral. M.I. Brother of Thomas (1793) and father of the next. (Whitaker, Craven, 162; H. M. Wood; Burke, L.G.)