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- 1936 (Creation)
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4to, 1 volume
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SMEDLEY, EDWARD, son of Edward Smedley (KS 1764, qv); b. 12 Sep 1788; adm. 1795; KS 1800; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1805, adm. pens. 27 May 1805, scholar 18 Apr 1806; BA 1809; MA 1812; First Members’ Prize for Lain Essay (Middle Bachelors) 1810, Second Members’ Prize for Latin Essay (Senior Bachelors) 1811; Fellow, Sidney Sussex Coll, . 1812-6; Seatonian Prize for English Sacred Poem 1813, 1814, 1827, 1828; ordained deacon 22 Sep 1811, priest 20 Sep 1812 (both Winchester); Curate, Meopham, Kent; Preacher at St. James’s Chapel, Tottenham Court Road, London; Clerk in Orders, St. James’s, Westminster 1815-9, afterwards Preacher there; Evening Lecturer, St. Giles’s, Camberwell; Prebendary of Lincoln from 21 Jul 1829; editor, Encyclopaedia Metropolitana, from 1822; frequent contributor to British Critic and Penny Encyclopaedia; his Poems, with a selection from his correspondence and a short memoir, were published in 1837; m. 8 Jan 1816 Mary, sister of John Deacon Hume (qv); d. 29 Jun 1836. DNB.
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Access to rare books is granted to bona-fide researchers, by prior appointment, in cases where the item in unavailable at another UK repository.
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A reprographics service is available to researchers subject to the access restrictions outlined above. Copying will not be undertaken if there is any risk of damage to the item. Copies are supplied in accordance with Westminster School's Policy on Archive and Heritage Collections, and under provisions of any relevant copyright legislation. Permission to reproduce images of items in the custody of Westminster School must be sought from its Governing Body.
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- English
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- Latin
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- English
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- Latin