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See also:JACKSON, See also:CYRIL (1746-1819) , See also:dean of See also:Christ See also:- CHURCH
- CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
- CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
- CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
- CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
- CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)
Church, See also:- OXFORD
- OXFORD, EARLS OF
- OXFORD, EDWARD DE VERE, 17TH EARL
- OXFORD, JOHN DE VERE, 13TH EARL OF (1443-1513)
- OXFORD, PROVISIONS OF
- OXFORD, ROBERT DE VERE, 9TH EARL OF (1362-1392)
- OXFORD, ROBERT HARLEY, 1ST
Oxford, was See also:born in See also:Yorkshire, and educated at See also:Westminster
and Oxford. In 1771 he was chosen to be sub-See also:preceptor to the His See also:chief See also:work was a See also:series of commentaries on the Apostles' two eldest sons of See also:George III., but in 1776 he was dismissed,
probably through some See also:household intrigues. He then took orders, and was appointed in 1779 to the preachership at See also:Lincoln's See also:Inn and to a canonry at Christ Church, Oxford. In 1783 he was elected dean of Christ Church. His devotion to the See also:college led him to decline the bishopric of Oxford in 1799 and the primacy of See also:Ireland in 'Soo. He took a leading See also:part in framing the See also:statute which, in 18o2, launched the See also:system of public See also:examinations at Oxford, but otherwise he was not prominent in university affairs. On his resignation in 1809 he settled at Felpham, in See also:Sussex, where he remained till his See also:death.
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