James Gerard (clergyman) explained

Dr James Gerard
Birth Date:c. 1740
Death Date:14 February 1789

James Gerard (c.1740 – 1789) was a Clergyman and Warden of Wadham College, Oxford.

Education

He was educated at John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon, (now Abingdon School) from 1751-1757.[1]

He was Artium Magister (A.M) (13 July 1765), B.D (17 June 1777) and Doctor of Divinity (20 June 1777)[2]

Career

He was the Warden of Wadham College, Oxford from 5 May 1777 until 1783. The warden was the term used by Wadham for the head of the college.[3]

He gained an ecclesiastical preferment as rector of Monks Risborough in 1783.[4] He started his appointment at Monks Risborough on 9 July 1783 on his father's (Joseph Gerard) cession.[2]

Personal life

He married and had one child and his mother was Elizabeth Reynolds.[2]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Book: Preston, Arthur Edwin. St.Nicholas Abingdon and Other Papers, pre isbn. 363. 1929. Oxford University Press.
  2. Book: Lipscomb, George. The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham, Volume 2, pre isbn. 420. 1847. J & W Robins.
  3. Web site: Famous Wadhamites. Wadham College. 2018-10-14. 2016-06-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20160601172224/http://www.wadham.ox.ac.uk/about-wadham/famous-wadhamites. dead.
  4. Book: Multiple Contributors. The New Christian's magazine Being an Universal Repository of Divine Knowledge, pre isbn. 55. 1783. Alexander Hogg.

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