Background
Falconer was the eldest son of the Review Thomas Falconer, by Frances, only child of Lieutenant-colonel Robert Raitt. He was born at Corston, Somersetshire, on 27 December 1801, and was baptised there on 21 July 1802.
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William Falconer
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On 10 December 1819 he matriculated at Oriel College, Oxford, and having taken a third class in classics and a first class in mathematics graduated Bachelor of Arts in 1823, and proceeded Master of Arts
Career
In 1827. He was elected a Petrean fellow of Exeter College, Oxford, on 30 June in that year, and was mathematical examiner in the university in 1832-1833, and again in 1836-1838. In 1839 he opened the Petrean fellowships at Exeter College to natives of Cheshire by conveying a small incorporeal hereditament to Lord Petre for that purpose. His college presented him, 26 January 1839, to the rectory of Bushey, Hertfordshire.
He died at Bushey rectory 9 February 1885.
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