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| William HIRST Adm. pens. (age 17) at PETERHOUSE, 02 Apr., 1747. S. of William (above), D.D. School, Hertford [ Hertfordshire ]. Matric. 1747 ; Scholar, 1747 ; B.A. 1750/1 ; M.A. 1754 . F.R.S., 1755 . Became a Navy chaplain. Present at the sieges of Pondicherry [ India ] and Vellore [ India ]. Distinguished as an astronomer. Chaplain to the factory at Calcutta [ India ], 1762-4 . Returned to England . Started again, in 1769, as chaplain to the Commission of the East India Company to Bengal [cu] India [/cu]. The ship was lost at sea; [Died]; c 1769:12 . Brother of Thomas (1748). ( D.N.B. ; H. B. Hyde, Annals of Bengal .) | William HIRST Approx. lifespan: 1730–1769 Adm. pens. (age 17) at Peterhouse 1747:04:02 s. of William HIRST (1718) D.D. School Hertford, [Hertfordshire], Matric. 1747 Scholar 1747 B.A. 1750/1 M.A. 1754 F.R.S. 1755 Became a Navy chaplain Present at the sieges of Pondicherry, [India], and Vellore, [India], Distinguished as an astronomer. Chaplain to the factory at Calcutta, [India], 1762-64 Returned to England , Started again, in 1769 as chaplain to the Commission of the East India Company to Bengal , India , . The ship was lost at sea d.]; c1769:12 brother of Thomas HIRST (1748) ( D.N.B. ; H. B. Hyde, Annals of Bengal .) |