Richard Laurence

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The Most Reverend

Richard Laurence

Stephen Creagh Sandes
Orders
Consecration21 July 1822
by Lord John Beresford
Personal details
Born(1760-05-13)13 May 1760
Died28 December 1838(1838-12-28) (aged 78)
Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland
BuriedChrist Church Cathedral, Dublin
NationalityEnglish
DenominationAnglican
ParentsRichard Laurence & Elizabeth French
SpouseMary Vaughan
Children1

Richard Laurence (13 May 1760 – 28 December 1838) was an English Hebraist and

Anglican churchman. He was made Regius Professor of Hebrew and canon of Christ Church, Oxford, in 1814, and Archbishop of Cashel
, Ireland, in 1822.

Laurence, younger brother of jurist

Masoretic text
.

He died in Dublin in 1838.

References

  •  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainSinger, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Laurence, Richard". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
  • Goodwin, Gordon (1892). "Laurence, Richard" . In Lee, Sidney (ed.). Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 32. London: Smith, Elder & Co.

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