Pearson, Edward, 1756-1811 (clergyman)
Dates
- Existence: 1756 - 1811
Biography
Edward Pearson (1756-1811), clergyman, was born at St George's Tombland, Norwich, on 25 October 1756. He was educated at home and then at Ipswich grammar school before matriculating from Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, as a sizar, on 7 May 1778. Pearson was ordained deacon by the bishop of Peterborough in 1781 and priest in 1782. He graduated BA after coming out sixth senior optime in the mathematical tripos in the University of Cambridge for 1782. He was awarded MA in 1782 and BD in 1792, and was elected fellow of Sidney Sussex and college tutor in 1788. In 1807 he was appointed Warburtonian lecturer at Lincoln's Inn, and in 1810 he was elected Christian advocate in the University of Cambridge on the Hulsean foundation. He died of an apoplectic fit at his parsonage at Rempstone on 17 August 1811.
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Edward Pearson: Letter to 2nd Earl of Mountnorris (as Viscount Valentia), 1809
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.
John Spencer Smith: Correspondence to Edward Pearson and E.D. Clarke, 1809
Artificial collection of single item or small collection accessions. Mainly correspondence but includes other papers.