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Adm. sizar (age 23) at CHRIST'S, June 28, 1811. S. of Benjamin. B. in London. ' Matric. Michs. 1811; Scholar, 1812; LL.B. 1819; LL.D. 1834. Ord. deacon (London) Mar. 14, 1813, as a "literate"; priest, 1813. Afternoon Lecturer at St Luke's, Old Street, London, 1820. C. of Stoke-upon-Trent, 1829-39. R. of Longton, Staffs., 1839-63. Author, Shorthand in Miniature; Rhetoric in Miniature; Sermons on the Lord's Prayer; Sermon on Druidism; Logic in Miniature; Sermon on Odd Fellowship; Early History of Egypt; etc. On Aug. 15, 1852, a mob burnt his house, destroying all his books and furniture. Died Sept. 1863. (Peile, II. 368; Boase, VI. 730; Crockford.)