Benjamin Morgan Cowie was Dean of Manchester and then

Exeter Exeter () is a city in Devon, South West England. It is situated on the River Exe, approximately northeast of Plymouth and southwest of Bristol. In Roman Britain, Exeter was established as the base of Legio II Augusta under the personal comm ...

, both in England, in the last quarter of the 19th century. Born on 8 June 1816, he was educated at

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and graduated Senior Wrangler in 1839. Ordained in 1841 he was successively Tutor, Lecturer and Fellow at his old college. Afterwards he was Vicar of St Lawrence Jewry followed by an 11-year spell in Manchester, followed by a further 17 at

. He died on 3 May 1900. The Times, Friday, 4 May 1900; pg. 6; Issue 36133; col G ''Obituary-The Dean Of Exeter''

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cowie, Benjamin Morgan 1816 births Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Fellows of St John's College, Cambridge Deans of Manchester Deans of Exeter 1900 deaths Senior Wranglers