Benjamin Morgan Cowie

Benjamin Morgan Cowie

The Very Rev Benjamin Morgan CowieDD was Dean of Manchester and then Exeter in the last quarter of the 19th Century. Born on 8 June 1816 [“Who was Who”1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X] , he was educated at St John's College, Cambridge and graduated Senior Wrangler in 1839 [“Mr Hopkins’ Men: Cambridge Reform and British Mathematics in the 19th Century” Craik,A.D.D: London, Springer, 2007 ISBN 9781846287903] . Ordained in 1841 he was successively Tutor, Lecturer and Fellow at his old college. Afterwards he was Vicar of St Lawrence Jewry followed by a 11 year spell in Manchester [ Victoria County History A History of the County of Lancaster: Volume 4 J. Brownbill;, William Farrer,W (ed) 1911] , followed by a further 17 at |Exeter. He died on 3 May 1900 [The Times, Friday, May 04, 1900; pg. 6; Issue 36133; col G "Obituary-The Dean Of Exeter"] .

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