David Melville, DD (5 February 1813 – 8 March 1904) was a

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priest and university administrator. Educated initially at

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, he was subsequently awarded a scholarship to

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, where after graduating he was ordained as a clergyman. He became a

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, and one of his scholars was

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. In 1846 he left

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and moved to

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where he founded

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. He was

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until he resigned in late 1902. He married Emma Hill at

Kilcoo, County Down Kilcoo ( – from the legend that Saint Patrick's body stayed there while on its way to Downpatrick to be buried)Placen ...

on 28 July 1848.Dimbleby, Josceline Rose ''A Profound Secret'' Black Swan 2005 p33

Works

* The probable course of legislation on popular education, and the position of the church in regard to it (1868)

References

Academics of Durham University 19th-century English Anglican priests 1813 births 1904 deaths Masters of Hatfield College, Durham Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Hatfield College, Durham {{ChurchofEngland-clergy-stub