William John Conybeare

Background

William John Conybeare was born on the 1st of August, 1815 in the United Kingdom. He was the son of Dean WD Conybeare.

Education

William John Conybeare was educated at Westminster and at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he was elected fellow in 1837.

Career

From 1842 to 1848 William John Conybeare was principal of the Liverpool Collegiate Institution (later Liverpool College), which he left for the vicarage of Axminster. He published Essays, Ecclesiastical and Social, in 1856, and a novel, Perversion, or the Causes and Consequences of Infidelity, but is best known as the joint author (with JS Howson) of The Life and Epistles of Street Paul (1851).

Achievements

• William Conybeare published Essays, Ecclesiastical and Social, in 1856, and a novel, Perversion, or the Causes and Consequences of Infidelity, but is best known as the joint author (with J. S. Howson) of The Life and Epistles of St Paul (1851).

Works

• book

  • The Life and Epistles of St. Paul, By W.J. Conybeare and J.S. Howson

Connections

Father:

William Daniel Conybeare