Education
King"s College London.
King"s College London.
In 1856 he became Senior Classical Master at Bramham College, Tadcaster. And two years later he moved to the same position at Wesley College, Sheffield. While there he gained a Bachelor of Arts degree from King"s College London.
He also served as an Assistant Master at Leeds Grammar School.
In 1863 he was ordained deacon, taking his priest"s orders the following year. He held a number of curacies, including Street Barnabas, Holbeck, Wortley, Brightside near Sheffield and Edlington.
In 1878 he became Vicar of Melbecks, Swaledale. He died at the age of 83 years, on 8 July 1914, at his home, The Mount, Low Row, Swaledale.
A Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society and a member of the Yorkshire Archaeological and Topographical Association, he also published and contributed to publications on the history of Yorkshire.