Edward Gee (1565–1618) was an English cleric, academic, and fellow of Chelsea College.

Life

The son of Ralph Gee of

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, he entered

Merton College, Oxford Merton College (in full: The House or College of Scholars of Merton in the University of Oxford) is a Colleges of the University of Oxford, constituent college of the University of Oxford in England. Its foundation can be traced back to the 126 ...

as servitor, on 22 February 1583. Later he was at Lincoln College and

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. He graduated B.A. in 1586, and then after two years was elected fellow of Brasenose. In 1590 he proceeded M.A., in 1598 was chosen proctor of the university, in 1600 took the degree of B.D., and in 1616 became D.D. On 19 September 1599 Gee was instituted rector of Tedburn St. Mary in Devon, on the presentation of the Queen. He was also chaplain in ordinary to James I and a fellow of Chelsea College, where he was appointed by

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, the founder. Lord Chancellor Egerton made him his chaplain, and presented him in 1616 to a prebend in

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. Gee died at Tedburn, in the winter of 1618.

Works

After Gee's death his brothers, John Gee the vicar of

Dunsford Dunsford is a village in Devon, England; it is located just inside the Dartmoor National Park. The hamlet of ''Butts'' is sited about one mile to the west; it generally considered to be part of the village, as is ''Reedy'', which is a similar ...

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, and George Gee who was a minister in

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, published his ''Two Sermons: One, The Curse and Crime of Meroz. Preached at the Asises at Exon. The Other, a Sermon of Patience, at St. Maries in Oxford'', London, 1620.

Family

Gee's wife Jane died at Tedburn in 1613, and a lengthy epitaph was on a brass removed in the 19th century (published in John Prince's ''Worthies of Devon'', and

Richard Polwhele Richard Polwhele (6 January 1760 – 12 March 1838) was a Cornish clergyman, poet and historian of Cornwall and Devon. Biography Richard Polwhele's ancestors long held the manor of Treworgan, 4 3/4 miles south-east of Truro in Cornwall, w ...

's ''History of Devonshire''). He married again, and left a widow named Mary.

Edward Gee of Eccleston Edward Gee (1613–1660) of Eccleston was an English Presbyterian minister, active against the government in the late 1640s. Life He was the son of George Gee, who was minister of Newton in the parish of Manchester, and nephew of Edward Gee, v ...

and

John Gee John Laurence Gee (born 1964) is an American Latter-day Saint scholar, apologist and an Egyptologist. He currently teaches at Brigham Young University (BYU) and serves in the Department of Near Eastern Languages. He is known for his writings in ...

were his nephews.

Notes

;Attribution {{DEFAULTSORT:Gee, Edward 1565 births 1618 deaths 17th-century English Anglican priests Fellows of Brasenose College, Oxford Alumni of Merton College, Oxford