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]
Belward was born in Long Stratton and educated at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge. After graduating BA 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]
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- ^ "The History and Antiquities of the County of Suffolk, Volume 1" Suckling, A.I p180: London; John Weale; 1846
- ^ 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.
- ^ NPG details
- ^ Art UK
- ^ Venn, John, Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College
- ^ "Biographical History of Gonville and Caius College" John Venn/John Archibald Venn p132: Cambridge; CUP; 1901
- ^ 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
- ^ University of Cambridge VC's Office
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