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Adm. pens. at TRINITY, June 15, 1809. [S. of John, of Dundee. B. July 18, 1792, at Hackney, Middlesex. School, private.] ' Matric. Michs. 1809; Scholar, 1811; B.A. (6th Wrangler) 1813; M.A. 1816; D.D. per Lit. Reg. 1829. Fellow, 1814. Ord. deacon (Norwich, Litt. dim. from Bristol) July 20, 1817; priest, 1818. First Principal of Bishop's College, Calcutta, 1820-38. Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury, 1839. Hulsean Advocate, 1839-44. V. of Brasted, Kent, 1843-53. Canon of Ely, 1848-53. Regius Professor of Hebrew, 1848-53. Ramsden Preacher, 1853. Well known as a Sanskrit and Arabic scholar. Author of a translation of the Gospel story into Sanskrit, and a translation into Sanskrit of the Sermon on the Mount; contributions to the Arabic translation of the Anglican Prayer Book. Died Dec. 25, 1853, at Brasted; buried in Ely Cathedral. (Boase, II. 875; C.U. Hist. Reg.; D.N.B.)