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Authorised form of nameBurgess; Thomas (1756 - 1837)
Other forms of surname'Thomas Sarum'
Dates1756 - 1837
Date of birth18 November 1756
Date of death19 February 1837
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Salisbury
OccupationClergyman, Church of England
ActivityEducation:
Winchester College; Corpus Christi College, Oxford. BA (1778), MA (1782)
Career:
Tutor and Fellow, Corpus Christi College, Oxford; ordained deacon and priest (1784); Prebendary of Salisbury (1787-1803); Prebendary of Durham (1794); Bishop of St Davids (1803); founded St Davids College, Lampeter for the education of the clergy; Bishop of Salisbury (1825)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election19/02/1807
RelationshipsSon of a grocer of Odiham, Hampshire
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA3174
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