Edward John Burrow, D.D, F.R.S (1785 – 8 August 1861) was an English

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and miscellaneous writer.

Biography

A member of

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, he graduated with a B.A. in 1805 and M.A. in 1808. He then continued his studies at

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, and took the degrees of B.D. and D.D. in 1820. He was incumbent of

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, 1810–16, and minister of a chapel at

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1816–23. He then became domestic chaplain to Tomline,

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. In July 1827 he accepted the office of principal of a college and school at Mount Radford,

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, and began his duties on 29 September 1827. In consequence of disputes with the proprietors he resigned or was dismissed from this office (the immediate cause of his leaving depends on the rights of the case) in the following January. In 1835, Burrow went out to

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as civil chaplain, and was appointed

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in 1842. Having remained there until his health became feeble, he then returned to England in 1859 and resided at

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and other places on the south coast. He died at

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on 8 August 1861. and his wife, Emma Margaret, died on 10 June 1871.

Works

* ''Elements of

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'' ( 1815) * ''The

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'' (1817, 1837) * ''A Letter … to W. Marsh … on the nature … of certain principles … falsely denominated Evangelical'' (1819), ''A Second Letter'' (1819) * ''A Summary of Christian Faith and Practice'' (1822) * ''Questions on Memorial Scripture Copies'' (1829) * ''Hours of Devotion'', translated from the German of

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(1830) * ''School Companion to the Bible'' (1831)

References

1785 births 1861 deaths English Christian religious leaders Conchologists Alumni of Magdalene College, Cambridge Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford Translators from German Fellows of the Royal Society 19th-century British translators {{Gibraltar-bio-stub