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Adm. sizar at TRINITY, Feb. 21, 1809. [5th s. of the Rev. Thomas, P.C. of Denton, near Darlington. B. Apr. 9, 1791. Schools, Sedbergh and Richmond.] ' Matric. Michs. 1809; Bell Scholar, 1810; Scholar, 1812; B.A. (2nd Wrangler and 2nd Smith's prize) 1813; M.A. 1816; D.D. (per Lit. Reg.) 1839. Fellow, 1814; Tutor, 1823-39. Lowndean Professor of Astronomy and Geometry, 1837-58. Adm. ad eundem at Oxford, June 17, 1830. F.G.S.; F.R.S., 1818; F.R.A.S., 1820. Member of the University Commission, 1850 and of the Statutory Commissioners, 1855. With Babbage and J. F. W. Herschel founded an Analytical Society, whose aim was the introduction into mathematics of Continental methods. Ord. priest (Norwich) Sept. 22, 1822. Dean of Ely, 1839-58. Carried through a complete restoration of the Cathedral, under Sir George G. Scott. R. of Wentworth, Cambs., 1847-58. One of the founders of the Cambridge Philosophical Society; President, 1841. Married, 1847, Frances Elizabeth, 2nd dau. of William Selwyn, Q.C. Author, Statutes of the University; A Collection of Examples of Applications of Differential and Integral Calculus; A Treatise on Algebra; Lectures on Trigonometry; Life of Thomas Young, M.D. Died Nov. 8, 1858, in Suffolk Street, Pall Mall, London. (Sedbergh Sch. Reg.; Boase, II. 1411; Al. Oxon.; D.N.B.; G. Mag., 1859, II. 426-9; Winstanley, Early Victorian Cambridge.)
| dob | Birthplace | Age at | Date | Type | Full Record |
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| 8/4/1791 | Denton, Durham | 0 | 22/9/1822 | Ord | View |