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Authorised form of nameLowth; Robert (1710 - 1787); Bishop of London
Other forms of surnameLouth
'Robert St Davids'
'Robert London'
Dates1710 - 1787
NationalityBritish
Place of birthWinchester, Hampshire, England
Date of birth27 November 1710
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Fulham, London (03 November 1787)
ActivityEducation:
Winchester College (1722); New College, Oxford. BA (1733), MA (1737), DD (1754, by diploma)
Career:
Ordained as priest; Vicar of Overton, Hampshire (1735); Professor of Poetry, Oxford University (1741- resignation c 1750); Archdeacon of Winchester (1750); Rector of Woodhay, Hampshire (1753); Chaplain to William Cavendish, 4th Duke of Devonshire (FRS 1761) whilst the latter was Lord Hartington; Bishop of St Davids (1766); Bishop of Oxford (1766); Bishop of London (1777)
Memberships:
Royal Society of Gottingen (1765)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election21/11/1765
RelationshipsSon of William Lowth, divine, and his wife Margaret, daughter of Robert Pitt of Blandford, Dorset; married (1752) Mary, daughter of Lawrence Jackson of Christchurch, Hampshire
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
Authority:
Altname from DNB
CodeNA8325
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1765/20Lowth, Robert: certificate of election to the Royal Society
IM/002820Lowth, Robertnd
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