James Gerard (clergyman)

James Gerard (c.1740 – 1789) was a Clergyman and Warden of Wadham College, Oxford.

Dr James Gerard
Stained glass in the Grundy Library at Abingdon School containing the name of James Gerard
Bornc. 1740
Died14 February 1789

Education

He was educated at John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon, (now Abingdon School) from 1751-1757.[1]

He was Artium Magister (A.M) (13 July 1765), B.D (17 June 1777) and Doctor of Divinity (20 June 1777)[2]

Career

He was the Warden of Wadham College, Oxford from 5 May 1777 until 1783. The warden was the term used by Wadham for the head of the college.[3]

He gained an ecclesiastical preferment as rector of Monks Risborough in 1783.[4] He started his appointment at Monks Risborough on 9 July 1783 on his father's (Joseph Gerard) cession.[2]

Personal life

He married and had one child and his mother was Elizabeth Reynolds.[2]

See also

References
  1. Preston, Arthur Edwin (1929). St.Nicholas Abingdon and Other Papers, pre isbn. Oxford University Press. p. 363.
  2. Lipscomb, George (1847). The History and Antiquities of the County of Buckingham, Volume 2, pre isbn. J & W Robins. p. 420.
  3. "Famous Wadhamites". Wadham College. Archived from the original on 2016-06-01. Retrieved 2018-10-14.
  4. Multiple Contributors (1783). The New Christian's magazine Being an Universal Repository of Divine Knowledge, pre isbn. Alexander Hogg. p. 55. {{cite book}}: |last= has generic name (help)
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