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a distinguished divine and mathematician was educated at Caius College, Cambridge, and became second wrangler in 1811. He soon after became fellow asnd tutor of Pembroke College, was made M.A. in 1814, master of Jesus College is 1820, and D.D. in 1821. He was successively aspointed vice-chancellor in 1821 and 1834, rector of Moor-Monktown, Yorkshire, in 1827, and canon of Ely in 1832. He died, in 1849. He published A new translation of the Book of Psalms from the original Hebrew (new ed. Land. 1842, 8mvo): — A new translation of the Proverbs of Solomon from the original Hebrew, with Notes by W. French and G. Skinner (Lond. 1831, 8vo)., — Darling, Cyclop. Bibliog. s.v.