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English clergyman and writer (1859–1919) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Henry Charles Beeching (15 May 1859 – 25 February 1919)[1] was a British clergyman, writer and poet, who was Dean of Norwich from 1911 to 1919.[2]
Henry Charles Beeching | |
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Dean of Norwich | |
Province | Canterbury |
Diocese | Norwich |
Personal details | |
Born | 15 May 1859 |
Died | 25 February 1919 (aged 59) |
Denomination | Anglican |
Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
H. C. Beeching was born on 15 May 1859 in Sussex, the son of J. P. G. Beeching of Bexhill.[3] He was educated at the City of London School and at Balliol College, Oxford.[4][5] He took holy orders in 1882, and began work in a Liverpool parish at Mossley Hill.[6] He was Rector of Yattendon from 1885 to 1900; Clark Lecturer at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1900; professor of Pastoral Theology at King's College London from 1900 to 1903; Chaplain of Lincoln's Inn from 1900 to 1903;[7] Canon of Westminster Abbey from October 1902 until 1911[8][9] and Dean of Norwich from 1911 until his death.[10] He wrote a book on Francis Atterbury.[11] To him is attributed the popular epigram on Benjamin Jowett:
This is the first verse of The Masque of B-ll—l (1880), a scurrilous undergraduate production in 40 verses satirising Balliol figures. It was suppressed at the time. Later research has given Beeching credit for 19 of the verses.[citation needed]
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