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Richard Fisher Belward (5 September 1746 – 16 May 1803) was an English priest and academic. He was born Richard Fisher, adopting the name Belward in 1791.
Fisher was born in Long Stratton, Suffolk, the son of Richard Fisher, a surgeon. His schoolmaster at both Botesdale School and Thetford Grammar School was John Cole Gallaway. He was admitted to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in January 1765, aged 18, graduating BA ( 9th wrangler) 1769, MA 1772, DD 1796. He was ordained deacon in 1769 and priest in 1772.
He gained a fellowship at Caius in 1769, served as President of Fellows 1790–1795, Master of the college 1795–1803, and Vice-Chancellor of the University in 1796.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1790.
He died on 16 May 1803 in Roydon,The Bury and Norwich Post: Or, Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, and Cambridge Advertiser (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Wednesday, May 18, 1803; Issue 1090. British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800–1900. and was buried in
Richard Fisher Belward (5 September 1746 – 16 May 1803) was an English priest and academic. He was born Richard Fisher, adopting the name Belward in 1791.
Fisher was born in Long Stratton, Suffolk, the son of Richard Fisher, a surgeon. His schoolmaster at both Botesdale School and Thetford Grammar School was John Cole Gallaway. He was admitted to Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge in January 1765, aged 18, graduating BA ( 9th wrangler) 1769, MA 1772, DD 1796. He was ordained deacon in 1769 and priest in 1772.
He gained a fellowship at Caius in 1769, served as President of Fellows 1790–1795, Master of the college 1795–1803, and Vice-Chancellor of the University in 1796.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1790.
He died on 16 May 1803 in Roydon,The Bury and Norwich Post: Or, Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, and Cambridge Advertiser (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Wednesday, May 18, 1803; Issue 1090. British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800–1900. and was buried in Diss
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on 24 May 1803.
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People from South Norfolk (district) People educated at Thetford Grammar School 18th-century English Anglican priests Masters of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Fellows of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Alumni of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge 1746 births 1803 deaths Burials in Norfolk {{Christian-clergy-stub