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Venn: Adm. sizar at ST CATHARINE'S, July 2, 1790. Of Yorkshire. S. of John, farmer and maltster, of Dewsbury Moor. [B. 1767. School, Batley Grammar.] ' Matric. Michs. 1790; B.A. 1794; M.A. 1798. Studied medicine at Edinburgh and under Dr John Hunter in London. Began to practise at Wakefield; then, deciding to take Holy Orders, was admitted at St Catharine's. Ord. deacon (Ely) Oct. 19, 1794; priest (York) July 1, 1798; C. of Balsham, Cambs., 1794. C. of Birstall, Yorks., 1798-1801; V. there, 1801-36. There he coached Thomas Musgrave, afterwards Archbishop of York and his brother, Charles Musgrave, afterwards Archdeacon of York. Retired, 1836, owing to a stroke. Author, The Brumoniad. Died Jan. 1837.