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| Blomfield, Edward Valentine. Adm. pens. (age 19) at CAIUS, Mar. 9, 1807. 2nd s. of Charles, schoolmaster, of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. B. there Feb. 14, 1788. School, Bury Grammar. Matric. Michs. 1807; Scholar, 1807-12; Prizeman; Chancellor's medal; Browne medals; B.A. (13th Wrangler) 1811. Migrated to Emmanuel, Mar. 19, 1812; M.A. (Emmanuel) 1814. Fellow and Tutor of Emmanuel, 1813-16. Travelling Bachelor, 1813-15. Proctor, 1816. Ord. priest (Bristol) Apr. 3, 1813. Preacher of St Mary's, Cambridge, 1816. A first-rate scholar; upon his premature death, a friend wrote to his brother, Charles, 'what a Marcellus in letters we have lost.' Author, Greek Grammar of Matthiae, translated from the German; had also projected a Greek-English Lexicon. Died Oct. 9, 1816, at Cambridge, of a fever contracted in Switzerland. Buried in Emmanuel Chapel. M.I. there, and a monument, executed by Chantrey, in St James's, Bury. Brother of Charles J. (1803), etc. (Venn, II. 148; G. Mag., 1816, II. 373; D.N.B.) | Edward Valentine BLOMFIELD Approx. lifespan: 1788–1816 Adm pens. aged 19 Gonville & Caius College 1807:03:09 2nd s. of Charles BLOMFIELD schoolmaster of Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk b. Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk 1788:02:14 Sch: Bury Grammar Matric 1807:10MT: Scholar 1807-12 Prizeman; Chancellor's medal; Browne Medal s; BA 13 th Wrangler 1811 Mig. to Emmanuel College 1812:03:19 MA Emmanuel College 1814 Fellow and Tutor of: : Emmanuel College 1813-16 Travelling Bachelor 1813-15 Proctor 1816 Ord. priest Bristol 1813:04:03 Preacher of St Mary's Cambridge, [ Cambridgeshire ] 1816 A first-rate scholar; upon his premature death, a friend wrote to his brother, Charles, 'what a Marcellus in letters we have lost.' Publ.: Greek Grammar of Matthiae, translated from the German; had also projected a Greek-English Lexicon. d. Cambridge, [ Cambridgeshire ] 1816:10:09, of a fever contracted in Switzerland bur. Emmanuel College Chapel MI Emmanuel College Chapel, and a monument, executed by Chantrey, in St James' Bury, [ Suffolk ] brother of Charles James BLOMFIELD (1803) etc. ( Venn, II. 148; G. Mag . 1816, II. 373; D.N.B .) |