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Adm. sizar at ST JOHN'S, July 8, 1824. S. of J., clerk, of Bath. B. 1807. ' Matric. Michs. 1824; Scholar 1827; B.A. (30th Wrangler) 1828; M.A. 1835. Ord. deacon, 1832; priest (Bath and Wells) 1833; C. of Keynsham, 1832. Kept a first class school at Keynsham Grange for some time. Assistant Master at King's College School, London, 1842-69. Devoted himself to literature and educational work. An industrious student of Anglo-Saxon; published several works on that language, which are now out of print. A member of the Philological Society and of the Early English Text Society. Author, miscellaneous. Shot himself June 2 or 3, 1873, at Carrickdew, St Ives, Cornwall. (D.N.B.; Boase; G.E.C., Notes.)