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Authorised form of nameHook; James (c 1772 - 1828)
Datesc 1772 - 1828
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLondon, England
Date of birthc 1772
Place of deathThe Deanery, Worcester, Worcestershire
Date of death05 February 1828
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Worcester Cathedral, Worcester, Worcestershire
OccupationClergyman, Church of England
ActivityEducation:
Westminster School; St Mary Hall, Oxford. MA (1799), BCL (1804), DCL (1806)
Career:
Took Holy Orders (1796); Vicar of Mickleton, Gloucestershire; Chaplain to the Earl of Guildford; presented by the King to the Rectory of Saddington, Leicester (1797-1802); Rector of Epworth, Lincolnshire (1802-1804); Rector of Hertingfordbury (1804-1817); Rector of St Andrew's, Hertfordshire (1805-1817); Prebendary, Winchester Cathedral (1807); Archdeacon of Huntingdon (1814); Rector of Whippingham, Isle of Wight (1817); Vicar of Candover Preston, Hampshire (1817); Dean of Worcester (1825); Vicar of Bromsgrove, and of Stone, Worcestershire (1826-1828); author of novels including 'Percy Mallory'
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election29/02/1816
RelationshipsEldest son of James Hook, organist and composer; brother of Theodore Hook, novelist; married (1797) Anne, daughter of Sir Walter Farquhar, Physician; father of Rev Walter Farquhar Hook (FRS 1862)
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; Foster
CodeNA6663
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1799/13Hook, James: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/002200Hook, Jamesnd
EC/1815/29Hook, James: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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