Edmund Outram (15 September 1765 – 7 February 1821) was
Archdeacon of Derby
The three Archdeacons in the Diocese of Derby are senior ecclesiastical officers in the Church of England Diocese of Derby. Each archdeacon has responsibility for church buildings and clergy discipline in her/his respective archdeaconry.
History ...
from 1809 until his death.
Outram was educated at
Manchester Grammar School
The Manchester Grammar School (MGS) is a highly Selective school, selective Private_schools_in_the_United_Kingdom, private day school for boys aged 7-18 in Manchester, England, which was founded in 1515 by Hugh Oldham (then Bishop of Exeter). ...
and
St John's College, Cambridge
St John's College, formally the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge, is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge, founded by the House of Tudor, Tudor matriarch L ...
. He received the degree of
Doctor of Divinity
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(DD). He held incumbencies at St Andrew,
Wootton Rivers
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, Wiltshire and
St Philip, Birmingham before becoming a
Canon Residentiary
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Originally, a canon was a cleric living with others in a clergy house or, later, in one of the houses within the precinct of ...
at
Lichfield Cathedral
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.
His grave in
Birmingham Cathedral is by
William Hollins
William Hollins (18 March 1763 – 12 January 1843) was an 18th/19th century English architect and sculptor. His work is largely in the Greek Revival and Gothic styles.
Life
He was born in Shifnal in Shropshire on 18 March 1763 the son of ...
.
[''Dictionary of British Sculptors'' 1660–1851, Rupert Gunnis]
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People educated at Manchester Grammar School
Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge
Archdeacons of Derby
1765 births
1821 deaths
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