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Authorised form of nameDrury; Henry Joseph Thomas (1778 - 1841)
Dates1778 - 1841
NationalityBritish
Place of birthHarrow, Middlesex, England
Date of birth27 April 1778
Place of deathHarrow, Middlesex
Date of death05 March 1841
OccupationClergyman, Church of England
Research fieldClassics
ActivityEducation:
Harrow School; Eton School; King's College, Cambridge. BA (1801), MA (1804)
Career:
Fellow of King's College, Cambridge (1799-1808); Assistant Master, Harrow (1801-1833); ordained Deacon (1811); Master of the Lower School, Harrow (1833-1841); taught Lord Byron (FRS 1816); Rector of Fingest, Buckinghamshire (1820-1841); Classical scholar
Memberships:
Original Member, Roxburghe Club
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election26/02/1818
RelationshipsSon of Rev Joseph Drury, headmaster of Harrow School, and his wife Louisa, daughter of Benjamin Heath of Exeter; married Caroline, daughter of A W Taylor of Borehamwood
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA3453
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1817/25Drury, Henry Joseph Thomas: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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