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Adm. pens. (age 18) at TRINITY, June 21, 1739. S. of Richard, bookseller, of London. School, Westminster. ' Matric. 1739; Scholar, 1740; B.A. 1742-3; M.A. 1746; D.D. 1770. Fellow, 1745-58. Regius Professor of Greek, 1750-9. Ord. deacon (Ely) May, 1746; priest (Rochester) Mar. 6, 1746-7. V. of Ware and Thundridge, Herts., 1759-77. V. of Brasted, Kent, 1777-84. Preacher at St Paul's, Covent Garden. Classical scholar. Died Mar. 15, 1784. Will ('P.C.C.) 1784; of St Giles-in-the-Fields. (Al. Westmon., 320; D.N.B.)