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| Cowper, John. Adm. pens. at CORPUS CHRISTI, July 1, 1754. Of Herts. [7th s. of John (1711), D.D., R. of Gt Berkhamsted. B. there Nov. 7, 1737.] School, Felsted. Matric. Michs. 1755; Scholar, 1759; Prizeman; Chancellor's medal; B.A. 1759; M.A. 1762. Fellow, 1763. Bursar, 1767-70. Ord. deacon (Canterbury) 1761. C. and afterwards R. of Foxton, Cambs., 1765-70. A sound Classical scholar; 'skilled in the Latin, Greek and Syriac languages.' A friend of Richard Gough, the antiquary, and other distinguished contemporaries. Brother of the poet, William Cowper, who refers to him in The Task (Bk II. 227, 80-7) as 'a man of letters and of manners too,' and also published A sketch of the Character and an account of the last illness of the Rev. John Cowper, M.A., of Bene't College. Died Mar. 20, 1770, aged 33, in College. Buried at Foxton. M.I. (Lamb; H. P. Stokes, Cowper Memorials; Felsted Sch. Reg.; Clutterbuck, II. 195.) | John COWPER Approx. lifespan: 1737–1770 Tripos: Corp. Math. 1759star Adm pens. Corpus Christi College 1754:07:01 Of Hertfordshire , 7th s. of John COWPER (1711) DD R.: Gt Berkhamsted, [Hertfordshire], b. there ^ Gt Berkhamsted, [Hertfordshire], 1737:11:07 Sch: Felsted Matric 1755:10MT: Scholar 1759 Prizeman; Chancellor's medal; BA 1759 MA 1762 Fellow 1763 Bursar: 1767-70 Ord. deacon Canterbury 1761 C. and afterwards R.: Foxton, Cambridgeshire , 1765-70 A sound Classical scholar; "skilled in the Latin, Greek and Syriac languages." A friend of Richard Gough, the antiquary, and other distinguished contemporaries. brother of the poet, William Cowper, who refers to him in The Task (Bk II. 227, 80-7) as "a man of letters and of manners too," and also published A sketch of the Character and an account of the last illness of the Rev. John COWPER MA, of Sch: Bene't College d. aged 33 1770:03:20, in College bur. Foxton, [Cambridgeshire], MI ( Lamb ; H. P. Stokes, Cowper Memorials; Felsted Sch. Reg.; Clutterbuck, II. 195) |