George Rye
George Rye was an English Anglican priest in the 18th century.[1]
Rye was born in Culworth and educated at Wadham College, Oxford.[2] He held livings at Adwell, Islip and Ickford. He was appointed Archdeacon of Oxford in 1724;[3] and Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford in 1737, holding both positions until his death on 4 July 1741. He was buried at Culworth.
References[]
- ^ "The Monthly chronicle, Volume 1" p19: London; Aaron Ward; 1728
- ^ Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Rabbetts-Rhodes
- ^ Horn, Joyce M. (1996), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, vol. 8, pp. 84–85
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