Bewick Bridge (1767,

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– 15 May 1833,

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) was an English

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and mathematical author. In 1786, he was admitted as a

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to study mathematics at

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, where he graduated as

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and won the

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in 1790.. Repr.

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, 2009, . In October 1790, he was ordained a deacon at Ely, and became a priest in 1792; in the same year he became a

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at Peterhouse, during which he spent time as both as college moderator and as proctor. From 1806 until 1816, he was Professor of Mathematics at the

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, Haileybury. He wrote a number of mathematical texts: his ''Algebra'' achieved international circulation. He became a

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in 1812. From 1816 until 1833, he was vicar of

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, where in 1818 he built the vicarage, and he founded the village school in 1832 (now a

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PrimarySchool). He died on 15 May 1833, aged 66. In September 2011 the Cherry Hinton Community Junior School was named after Bewick, becoming Bewick Bridge Community Primary School.We're Changing
, Cherry Hinton Community Junior School, Retrieved 2011-06-28.

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