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- 1844 (Création/Production)
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Born in 1804, the 3rd son of the Revd Edmund Williamson, Rector of Campton, Bedfordshire
School - Westminster
Admitted as a pensioner at St John's College on 15 June 1820 but did not reside
Admitted as a pensioner at Clare on 2 Sept 1820
Matriculated Michaelmas 1821
Scholar, 1822
Bell Scholar, 1822
B.A. (2nd Wrangler, 2nd Smith's prize) 1825
M.A. 1828
B.D. 1843
Fellow, 1827-50
Tutor, 1839-50
Admitted ad eundem at Oxford, 1845
Admitted at Lincoln's Inn, 10 June 1825
Called to the Bar, 18 May 1830
Practised as an Equity Draftsman and Conveyancer until his return to Clare in 1839
Ordained deacon (Lichfield), 27 June 1841; priest (Ely), 5 June 1842
Rector of Datchworth, Hertfordshire, 1849-75
9 April 1850 married Jane Hutchinson, daughter of William Ferguson, M.D., Inspector-General of Military Hospitals
Died on 17 December 1875
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Correspondence between Revd William Williamson and James D. Forbes mainly concerning glaciology.
Also a reprint from the Journal of Glaciology vol.2 No.19 March 1956 pp,684-686 which publishes extracts from the letters.