Cornelius Neale (12 August 1789 – February 1823,

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) was an English clergyman. Cornelius Neale came from a

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family with an

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background: his father James Neale was one of the founders of the

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. He entered

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and graduated

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in 1812, with first

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and the second Chancellor's medal. He was elected a fellow of his college. He was ordained and took a curacy in

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. He died of consumption in February 1823. In 1816 he married Susannah, daughter of

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: they had one son,

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References

* Michael Chandler, ''The Life and Work of John Mason Neale'', Gracewing (Jul 1995) . pp. 3–4 * Olinthus Gregory,

Charles Jerram Charles Jerram (1770–1853) was an English evangelical priest of the Church of England. Life Born 17 January 1770, in the parish of Blidworth, Nottinghamshire, he was son of Charles Jerram, a farmer; his mother, Mary Knutton, a religious woman o ...

, ''Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Character, Literary, Professional, and Religious of the late John Mason Good MD'', Crocker and Brewster, Boston, Mass. (1829). pp. 256–259 *

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, ''Memoir of the Rev. Cornelius Neale'' (2nd edition, 1835)

External links

*William Jowett's
Memoir of the Rev. Cornelius Neale M.A.
' (2nd edition, 1835) - full text online at google.com 1789 births 1823 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Fellows of St John's College, Cambridge 19th-century English Anglican priests Evangelical Anglican clergy Senior Wranglers {{ChurchofEngland-clergy-stub