Background
He was the son of Thomas Myers (1774–1834), mathematician and geographer, and his wife, Anna Maria, née Hale.
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Frederic Myers
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Clare College.
Career
In 1835 he became curate of Ancaster, Lincolnshire and in 1838 perpetual curate and first incumbent of the newly built Street John"s, Keswick, Cumbria. He founded Saint John"s school in 1840 and in 1849 Keswick"s first public library with the proceeds of a legacy from his mother-in-law, Mistress John Marshall. The school served for a Sunday School as well as an infant school during the week.
Their children included poet, classicist, philologist, and psychic researcher Frederic West. H. Myers (1843–1901), poet Ernest Myers (1844–1921) and Doctor Arthur Thomas Myers (1851–1894).
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Religion
Church of England