Gerrard Andrewes
Gerrard Andrewes (3 April 1750 โ 2 June 1825) was an English churchman, Dean of Canterbury from 1809.
Life
He was the son of Gerrard Andrewes, vicar of Syston and St. Nicholas, Leicester, and master of the Leicester Grammar School. The younger Gerrard was born at Leicester and educated at Westminster School. He was elected to a Westminster scholarship at Trinity College, Cambridge, took his B.A. degree in 1773, M.A. 1779, and D.D. 1807. From 1771 to 1784 he worked as an usher at Westminster School.[1]
He became occasional preacher at
In 1809, he gave up Mickleham on his appointment by
Family
On 1 December 1788, he married Elizabeth Maria, daughter of the Rev. Thomas Bale, by whom he had three daughters and a son, who married the daughter of William Heberden the Younger.
Notes
- ^ "Andrewes, Gerrard (ANDS769G)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
References
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Andrewes, Gerrard". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885โ1900.
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