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William Dealtry

1775–1847

A Cambridge mathematician who moved into the heart of evangelical Anglican life, he wrote on both religion and science before becoming Archdeacon of Surrey. His career linked the lecture room, the pulpit, and the reform-minded church world of early 19th-century England.

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The Character and Happiness of Them That Die in the Lord A sermon, preached Oct. 13, 1822, in Park Chapel, Chelsea, on occasion of the death of the late Rev. John Owen

The Character and Happiness of Them That Die in the Lord A sermon, preached Oct. 13, 1822, in Park Chapel, Chelsea, on occasion of the death of the late Rev. John Owen

by William Dealtry

About the author

Born in Yorkshire in 1775, he studied at St Catharine Hall and then Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was named second wrangler and second Smith's prizeman in 1796. He later became a fellow of Trinity, taught mathematics at the East India College at Haileybury, and published The Principles of Fluxions in 1810.

His life then moved more fully into the Church of England. In 1813 he became rector of Clapham after John Venn's death, placing him close to the evangelical circle associated with Clapham and with debates around the British and Foreign Bible Society, which he strongly supported. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society, later received a prebendal stall at Winchester Cathedral and became chancellor of the diocese in 1830.

In 1845 he was appointed Archdeacon of Surrey. Alongside his church offices, he published sermons, charges, and religious pamphlets. He died at Brighton on October 15, 1847.