Education
Street John"s College.
Street John"s College.
In 1830 he became curate at Saint George"s-in-the-East, where he remained until 1841. His philanthropic energy here attracted the attention of Charles Dickens, who based upon it his articles on "What a London Curate can do if he tries" (Household Words, 16 November 1850) and "Emigration" (ib 24 January 1852). In 1849 Quekett, with the co-operation of Sidney Herbert, founded the Female Emigration Society, in the work of which he took an active part.
In 1854 he was presented by the crown to the rectory of Warrington, where he restored the parish church, and died on 30 March 1888, soon after the publication of a gossiping autobiography, My Sayings and Doings.