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Greville John Chester
1830–1892
An Anglican clergyman, traveler, and prolific Victorian writer, he turned years of travel in Egypt, the Levant, and the Americas into books that mix observation, curiosity, and a collector’s eye. He is also remembered for supplying important antiquities to major British museums.
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Evelyn Manwaring : A tale of Hampton Court Palace
by Greville John Chester
About the author
Ordained in the Church of England, he was born in Norfolk in 1830 and later stepped away from regular parish work because of ill health. After that, travel became a major part of his life, and he spent many winters abroad, especially in Egypt.
Those journeys made him an energetic collector and donor of antiquities. Museums including the British Museum, the Ashmolean, and the Fitzwilliam benefited from objects he gathered, and modern accounts remember him as a keen amateur scholar with interests ranging from archaeology to natural history.
He also wrote extensively. His books include travel writing such as Transatlantic Sketches in the West Indies, South America, Canada, and the United States, along with novels and religious works listed in library and author records. He died in 1892.