| Authorised form of name | Rawlinson; Richard (1690 - 1755) |
| Dates | 1690 - 1755 |
| Date of birth | 03 January 1690 |
| Place of death | Islington, London |
| Date of death | 06 April 1755 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
St Giles's Church, Oxford, with Christopher Layer's skull in his hand; his heart is in St John's College chapel, Oxford |
| Occupation | Clergyman, Nonjuring |
| Research field | Antiquities |
| Activity | Education:
Eton College; St Paul's School, London; St John's College, Oxford; BA (1711), MA (1713), DCL (by diploma 1719); Utrecht (admitted 1719); Leyden (admitted 1719); Padua (admitted 1722)
Career:
Governor of the Bridewell and Bethlehem Hospitals (1713); ordained deacon and priest (1716); travelled in France, the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, Sicily and Malta (1719-1726); Governor of Christ's Hospital (1753); consecrated bishop (1728); had Jacobite sympathies, but took no part in rebellion; known for his frugality and eccentricity; he amassed large collections of books, manuscripts, coins, marbles, pictures, etc, most of which he left to the Bodleian Library; founded the Rawlinson Professorship of Anglo-Saxon at Oxford
Memberships:
FSA (1727)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 29/07/1714 |
| Proposer | William Jones |
| John Harwood |
| Relationships | Son of Sir Thomas Rawlinson, Kt, Lord Mayor of London, and his wife, Mary, daughter of Richard Taylor of Turnham Green, Middlesex, who kept the Devil Tavern by the Temple; brother of Thomas Rawlinson (FRS 1712); unmarried |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; St Paul's
References:
A Rupert Hall, review of Georgian R Tashjian, David R Tashjian and Brian J Enright, eds, Richard Rawlinson: A Tercentenary Memorial in NR 1992 vol 46 pp 190-191
Gentleman's Magazine 1755, p187, 1772, p275 (obituary)
London Magazine 1755, p88, 1755, p205 (Account of Dr Rawlinson's will) |
| Code | NA5769 |
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