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VENN: Adm. at CLARE, July 4, 1764; B.A. 1764, incorp. from Oxford; M.A. 1764. S. of William (1745), clerk, of Bourne, Lincs. Matric. (Lincoln College, Oxford) June 10, 1756, age 18; B.A. (Oxford) 1760. C. of Camberwell, Surrey, and in 1761 chosen afternoon Lecturer there. R. of Cowley, Middlesex, 1771; resigned in 1807. Married, May 9, 1764, Wynant. After his wife's death in 1802 lived a very secluded life and devoted himself to his children. Author, a translation of Formey's Ecclesiastical History; Sermon on the Importance of a Religious Education. Died June 17, 1811, at his house at Camberwell, aged 73. (Al. Oxon.; G. Mag., 1764, 1. 250 and 1811, 1. 606; P. E. Towell.)