Person Ward; John (c 1679 - 1758) Ward John c 1679 - 1758 Male London, England c 1679 In his apartments, Gresham College, London 17 October 1758 Burial: Dissenter's burial ground, Bunhill Fields, London

Schoolmaster Education: Studied with John Ker in his leisure time from the Navy Office; Edinburgh; LLD (1751) Career: Clerk in the Navy Office; opened a school in Tenter Alley, Moorfields, London (1710); Professor of Rhetoric at Gresham College, London (1720); wrote a biography of the Professors of Gresham College; travelled through Holland and Flanders to Paris (1733); one of the original Trustees of the British Museum Memberships: FSA (1736); Spalding Society Son of John Ward, Dissenting Minister, and his wife, Constancy Rayner Royal Society roles: VP 1753-? Fellow 30/11/1723 John Harwood Sources: Bulloch's Roll; DNB References: Obituaries in: 'Gentleman's Magazine' 1758, p504; 'London Magazine' 1758, p540 International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa 1996 ISBN 0-9696035-3-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 c 1679 - 17 Oct 1758 NA864 21/11/2001 Andyg Martind 02/04/2026 RS_NET\VirginiaM Yes eb521f1f-13a8-4343-a236-c10a327d5695