Background
Robert Bickersteth was born into an ecclesiastical family and educated at Queens" College, Cambridge.
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Robert Bickersteth
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Career
Ordained in 1845, his first post was as a Curate to his father. After a further curacy in Reading he became Rector of Street John's, Clapham and then of Street Giles in the Fields. Between 1854 and 1857 he was a Canon at Salisbury Cathedral when he was elevated to the Episcopate as the Bishop of Ripon, a post he held until his death.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1858.
Membership
Royal Society.
