Schoolar and theologian. Born Limehouse. Educated at Westminster School. Headmaster of Westminster School 1788-1802. Dean of Westminster 1803-15. Responsible for enclosing what is now Vincent Square thus saving it from development and keeping it as playing fields for the school. Died Islip, Oxfordshire, where he had become rector in 1807.
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