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Rickards, son of Thomas Rickards of Leicester, was born in 1796.
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Rickards, son of Thomas Rickards of Leicester, was born in 1796.
Oriel College.
He matriculated from Oriel College, Oxford, on 28 January 1813, graduating Bachelor of Arts in 1817 and Master of Arts in 1820. He was a fellow there from 16 April 1819 to 6 October 1822, being contemporary with John Keble and other leaders of the ritualistic movement. He was Newdigate prizeman, 1815, writing on the "Temple of Theseus", and English essayist, 1819, writing on "Characteristic Differences of Greek and Latin Poetry".
From 1822 to 1832 he was the curate in charge of Ulcombe, Kent.
John Henry Newman, while on a visit to him in September 1826, wrote his well-known verses, "Nature and Art", and, during a second visit in October 1827, "Snapdragon, a Riddle". At an early period he parted company with the Oxford movement, and wrote expostulatory and warning letters to Keble and Newman.
He was nevertheless instrumental in the publication of Keble"s "The Christian Year", a duplicate manuscript copy of which was lent to him by Keble, and, when Keble"s own copy was lost in Wales, it was Rickards" copy that was printed. He died at Stowlangtoft rectory on 24 August 1865, leaving an only daughter, Lucy.
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