- Thomas Kerrich
Thomas Kerrich (1748–1828) was a clergyman, principal
Cambridge University librarian (Protobibliothecarius),antiquary , draughtsman and gifted amateur artist. He created one of the firstcatalogue raisonné s (for the works of artist Marten van Heemskerck).He was born at
Dersingham inNorfolk ,England where his father, Samuel was the vicar. After graduating from Magdalene College in 1771, he went on theGrand Tour where he encountered Thomas Coke. Thomas Kerrich was a Fellow of Magdalene and a Fellow of theRoyal Society and a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries.He collected ancient Roman coins and published papers on architecture, sepulchres and coffins.
In 1816, the Leper Chapel in Cambridge was bought and restored by Kerrich. Kerrich gave the chapel to the University, who in turn gave it the Cambridge Preservation Society in 1951. Many art galleries have works by Kerrich in their collections.
His younger daughter, Miss Francis M. Kerrich, was married on
9 December 1828 to Reverend Charles Henry Hartshorne (1802–1865); Thomas Kerrich had died earlier that year. His son was the Rev Richard Edward Kerrich (1801–1872).References
* [http://www.hermetic.com/browe-archive/achad/anatomy/anatomy1.htm "The Anatomy of the Body of God Being The Supreme Revelation of Cosmic Consciousness", Frater Achad (Charles Stansfield Jones), published circa 1923]
* [http://www.cpswandlebury.org/page5.html Description of Barnwell Leper Chapel, including a watercolor by Richard Relhan]
*"Observations upon some sepulchral monuments in Italy and France", T. Kerrich, Archaeologia 18 (1817) pp.186–196
*"Observations on the use of the mysterious figure, called Vesica Piscis, in the Architecture of the Middle Ages, and in Gothic Architecture", T. Kerrich, Archaeologia 19 (1821) pp.353–368
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