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History And Biography.
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Memoir of Archbishop Nexocome By the Reti . JT . Morgan [ From the General Biography . 4 to , VoL VII . pp . 367— -370 . ] William Newcome , alearned
and excellent Irish prelate in the eighteenth century , was a native of England , and the second son of the Rev . Joseph Newcome , Vicar of St . Helens , at Abingdon , in Berkshire , and rector of
Bartofi le Clay in Bedfordshire . He w&s born at the former place , on ihe tenth of April , 1729 / O . S . He received his education in classical learning at Abingdon grammar school , where he distinguished
Mlhself by his proficiency in the Latin and Greek languages , and the superior excellence of his theines and other school exercises , as we have heard related by some of his contemporaries in that
seminary . In the year I 74 S , having laid a good foundation of ele * isientary teaming , be was elected to a scholarship of Pembroke college in the University of OxibrcL Here his very extraordinary
diligence and close application to the different departments of academical learning were elninently conspicuous , and he took his degree oJF ' I } , ' A . at the statuteabie period , and that ol : JM . A , in J 753 ,
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with great reputation . At the same time Mr . Newcome recommended himself to universal esteem , by the exemplarine&s of his moral character , and the amiable decorum of his manners . As by his early inclination he was
designed for the clerical profession , he paid a particular attention to the study of divinity , scriptural knowledge , sacred criticism , the oriental languages , and the collateral branches of learning by which lie might be qualified to sustain the character of a Christian
minister with respectability and usefulness . Afterwards he was elected fellow , and became tutor of Hertford college ; and among other pupils who were placed under his care , were Lord H . Sey mou r ,
and the late right honourable Charles James Fox , who reflected great credit on the instructions of their excellent tutor , and always cherished a warm respect for his person and memory . Jf we are not mistaken in 6 ur recollection
of the particulars which were several years since communicated to us concerning our author , ic was while he continued at Hertford college , that he . met with an accident which occasioned the loss of his left arm . By the sudden
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THE MONTHLY REPOSITORY OF Theology and General Literature .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1814, page unpag, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2440/page/1/
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