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] He was born Richard Fisher, adopting the name Belward in 1791.[5]

Richard Fisher Belward by John Opie

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.[6] He was a Fellow at Caius from 1769 to 1790 when he became their President ofFellows. In 1795 he became its Master;[7] and in 1796 Vice-Chancellor of the University.[8]

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. Venn, John, Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College
  6. "Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College" John Venn/John Archibald Venn p132: Cambridge; CUP; 1901
  7. 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
  8. University of Cambridge VC's Office


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