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Adm. pens. (age 19) at TRINITY, June 21, 1820. S. of James [and Margaret Amiraux, descendant of an old Huguenot family. B. [Apr. 12, 1802], in Guernsey. School [Blundell's], Tiverton. ' Matric. Michs. 1820; Scholar, 1823; Members' prize, 1823; Norrisian prize, 1823 and 1825; Hulsean prize, 1824; B.A. 1824; M.A. 1827; B.D. 1850; D.D. (per Litt. Reg.) 1850. Fellow, 1826-50. Christian Advocate, 1833-4. Adm. ad eundem at Oxford, 1841; D.C.L., Oxford, 1862. Regius Professor of Divinity, 1850-70. Ord. deacon (Lincoln, Litt. dim. from Ely) Sept. 11, 1830; priest (Lincoln) 1830. Preb. of Lincoln Cathedral, 1834-45. Canon and Sub-Dean of Lincoln, 1848-64. R. of Winwick, Northants., 1843-8. R. of Somersham, Hunts., 1850-70. Dean of Lincoln, 1864-72. Professor of classical and general literature at the East India Company's College, Haileybury, 1830-50; Dean there, 1838-50. Successful as a lecturer but weak as a disciplinarian; his lectures were those of a refined and elegant scholar but they were lacking in vigour and originality. In 1870 gave £1000 for the establishment of the Septuagint prizes which bear his name. Author, History of the Church in the Second and Third Centuries. Jeremie wrote on many subjects, but an excessive fastidiousness and a nervous sensitiveness to criticism acted as an effectual barrier to publication. Died June 11, 1872. Buried in Guernsey. Brother of the above. (Blundell's Sch., Tiverton, Reg.; Boase, II. 86; Al. Oxon., which calls him John A. Jeremie; Northants. Clergy; D.N.B.)