Richard Fisher Belward

Richard Fisher Belward[1] D.D. FRS (5 September 1746 - 16 May 1803)[2] was an academic in England[3] in the second half of the 18th century and the early years of the 19th.[4]

Belward was born in Long Stratton and educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. After graduating B.A. in 1769 and MA in 1772 he was ordained that year.[5] He was a Fellow at Caius from 1769 to 1790 when he became their President of Fellows. In 1795 he became its Master;[6] and in 1796 Vice-Chancellor of the University.[7]

References

  1. "The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk, Volume 1" Suckling, A.I p180: London; John Weale; 1846
  2. The Bury and Norwich Post: Or, Suffolk, Norfolk, Essex, and Cambridge Advertiser (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Wednesday, May 18, 1803; Issue 1090. British Library Newspapers, Part II: 1800-1900.
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  4. Art UK
  5. "Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College" John Venn/John Archibald Venn p132: Cambridge; CUP; 1901
  6. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part II. 1752–1900 Vol. i Chalmers – Fytche (1944) p504
  7. University of Cambridge VC's Office
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