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Adm. sizar at QUEENS', May 31, 1799. Of Cumberland. [B. at Carlislegate, Bolton, Cumberland.] ' Matric. Michs. 1799; B.A. (3rd Wrangler) 1803; M.A. 1806; B.D. 1815. Fellow, 1803-43. Senior Proctor, 1811-12. In Holy Orders. A notable figure among the Cambridge Evangelicals. Author, The Advent of Christ (six Sermons preached before the University of Cambridge); Twelve Sermons (preached . . . chiefly before the University of Cambridge); The Blessedness of dying in the Lord (a Sermon preached in the Chapel of Queens' College on occasion of the death of George the Third); numerous other Sermons. Died Oct. 18, 1843, at the residence of his nephew at Leamington. His extensive library, together with a collection of minerals, coins and antiquities, was sold by auction at Cambridge, Nov. 22-25, 1843. (Clergy List; Canon C. H. Smyth; G. Mag., 1843, II. 662.)