James Gerard (warden)
James Gerard (c.1740 – 1789) was a Clergyman and Warden of Wadham College, Oxford.
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.jpg) Stained glass in the Grundy Library at Abingdon School containing the name of James Gerard | |
| Born | c. 1740 |
| Died | 14 February 1789 |
Education
He was educated at John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon, (now Abingdon School) from 1751-1757.[1]
He was Artium Magister (A.M) (13 July 1765), B.D (17 June 1777) and Doctor of Divinity (20 June 1777)[2]
Career
He was the Warden of Wadham College, Oxford from 5 May 1777 until 1783. The warden was the term used by Wadham for the head of the college.[3]
He gained an ecclesiastical preferment as rector of Monks Risborough in 1783.[4] He started his appointment at Monks Risborough on 9 July 1783 on his father's (Joseph Gerard) cession.[2]
Personal life
He married and had one child and his mother was Elizabeth Reynolds.[2]
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References
- Preston, Arthur Edwin (1929). St.Nicholas Abingdon and Other Papers, pre isbn. Oxford University Press. p. 363.
- Lipscomb, George (1847). The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham, Volume 2, pre isbn. J & W Robins. p. 420.
- "Famous Wadhamites". Wadham College.
- Multiple Contributors (1783). The New Christian's magazine Being an Universal Repository of Divine Knowledge, pre isbn. Alexander Hogg. p. 55.
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