Education
Bland was educated at Street John"s College, Cambridge, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1808, as second wrangler and Smith"s prizeman.
Bland was educated at Street John"s College, Cambridge, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1808, as second wrangler and Smith"s prizeman.
He was then elected fellow (5 April 1808) and tutor of his college, and acted as moderator (1814, 1815, 1816) and public examiner (1817–1818) in mathematics. Bland became rector of Lilley, Hertfordshire, in 1823, and a prebendary of Wells Cathedral in 1826, when he proceeded Doctor of Divinity He was a fellow of the Royal Society, of the Society of Antiquaries of London, and of the Astronomical Society. He died in 1868.
Royal Society.