Edmund Venables
Edmund Venables (5 July 1819 in Queenhithe, London – 5 March 1895 in Lincoln) was an English cleric and antiquarian.
Life
Born at 17 Queenhithe, London on 5 July 1819, he was third son of
Venables was ordained deacon by
Venables was appointed by Bishop John Jackson as his examining chaplain at Lincoln, and continued in that position when his diocesan was translated to London in 1869. In 1865 Jackson appointed him to the prebendal stall of Carlton with Thurlby in Lincoln Cathedral, and in 1867 precentor and canon-residentiary of the cathedral.[1]
Venables died at the Precentory, Lincoln, on 5 March 1895.[1]
Works
Venables translated in 1864
In 1845 Venables became a member of the
Four addresses on The Church of England delivered in Lincoln Cathedral in September 1886 were published by Venables that year. He was a major contributor to
Family
Venables married at St. Michael's Church, Highgate, on 8 September 1847, Caroline Mary, daughter of Henry Tebbs, proctor of Doctors' Commons. She died the day after his own death, and both were buried on 9 March in the same grave in the cloisters of Lincoln Cathedral. They had one son and six daughters.[1]
Notes
- ^ a b c d e f g h Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 58. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
- ^ "Venables, Edmund (VNBS838E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th and 10th editions (1875-89; 1902-03). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
- Encyclopaedia Britannica, 9th and 10th editions (1875-89; 1902-03). Retrieved 4 September 2022.
Attribution
- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). "Venables, Edmund". Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 58. London: Smith, Elder & Co.