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, educated at

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and

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in 1834. A

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of Merton College, Oxford, he was only an Archdeacon for two years.''Deaths''

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(London, England), Saturday, Apr 06, 1844; pg. 7; Issue 18577

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1807 births Alumni of University College, Oxford Fellows of Merton College, Oxford Archdeacons of Lindisfarne 1844 deaths {{York-archdeacon-stub