| Activity | MA Oxford 1767. DCL 1772. FRS 1789. FLS 1788. Established a successful private school in Ealing, Middlesex, 1772-1798. Canon of St George's, Windsor, 1798-1802. Dean of Rochester, 1802-1808. Bishop of Carlisle, 1808-1827. Skill as a Latin and Greek scholar led him to teach the sons of George III and Duke of Portland. Founder member and first Treasurer of Linnean Society, 1788-1789, and vice-president. |