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Adm. pens. at QUEENS', May 24, 1780. Of Derbs. [S. of the Rev. Stebbing (CCE19571), R. of Hartshorne. B. 1762. School, Repton.] ' Matric. Easter, 1781; Scholar, 1784; B.A. 1784; M.A. 1787; B.D. 1796. Fellow, 1786. F.S.A., 1795. Tutor to Francis, son of Sir Robert Burdett, at Ealing, 1785: with his pupil made a tour to the Western Highlands, 1787, and published an account of it. Later, studied the topography of the West country, of Derbyshire, Leicestershire and Sussex, and finally settled in Staffs., 1791. R. of Hartshorne, Derbs., 1799-1802. Author, The Topographer; History and Antiquities of Staffs. Died Oct. 28, 1802. Brother of Robert (1791). (Repton Sch. Reg.; Boase, Collect. Cornub., 645; D.N.B.)
SEE OXFORD DNB: Shaw, Stebbing (17621802), historian