Person Joseph Williams Blakesley

1808-1885 Joseph Williams Blakesley was born in London on 6 March 1808. He was educated at St Paul's School, London and entered Corpus Christi College Cambridge in 1827. He graduated BA in 1831, MA in 1834, and BD on 5 April 1849. He became a fellow of Trinity College in 2832, assistant tutor in 1834, and tutor from 1839-1845. He initial intended to go into law but due to ill health was ordained as deacon in 1833 and priest in 1835. In 1845 he took up the Trinity College living of Ware, Hertfordshire. From 1850 to 1863 he was classical examiner in the University of London. In 1860 he became the regius professor of history at Cambridge. In 1872 he became the Dean of Lincoln. He died on 18 Apr 1885. GB/366/605 Edmund Venables, ‘Blakesley, Joseph Williams (1808–1885)’, rev. Ellie Clewlow, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/2592, accessed 23 Sept 2008] Deposited/Corporate/GDS/Council/Blakesley 23/09/2008 Mkklibyz 08/04/2009 Mkklibyz Blakesley; Joseph Williams (1808-1885); Dean of Lincoln Blakesley Joseph Williams Male International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes e7c9fe92-0117-4219-a888-bfc8581a2956