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1789–1851
An Anglican clergyman with a historian’s curiosity, he wrote on church history, Christian antiquity, and public questions such as oaths. His career joined scholarship with prominent church posts in London and at St Paul’s.
Born in Monmouth on January 30, 1789, he was educated at Oriel College, Oxford, where he later served as fellow, dean, and tutor. He went on to become rector of St Giles-in-the-Fields in London and later a residentiary canon of St Paul’s Cathedral.
He is remembered as a church historian and theologian whose books ranged across early Christianity, Reformation subjects, and practical religious concerns. Among the works associated with him is Oaths; Their Origin, Nature, and History (1834), and his writing reflects the wide, learned interests of a 19th-century Anglican scholar.
He died on October 5, 1851. Available sources located here did not provide a confirmed portrait photograph or painting suitable for use, so no profile image is included.