Joseph Williams Blakesley (6 March 1808 – 18 April 1885) was an English clergyman.

Life

Blakesley was born in London and was educated at St Paul's School, London, and at Corpus Christi and

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. At university he became a member of the " Apostles Club", along with

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and other literary names. In 1831 he was elected a fellow, and in 1839 a tutor of Trinity. In 1833 he took holy orders and from 1845 to 1872 held the college living of

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. Over the signature "Hertfordshire Incumbent" he contributed a large number of letters to ''

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'' on the leading social and political subjects of the day, and he also wrote many reviews of books for that paper. In 1863 he was made a canon of

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and in 1872

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. Blakesley was the author of the first English Life of

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(1839), an edition of

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(1852–1854) in the ''Bibliotheca Classica'', and ''Four Months in Algeria'' (1859).

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Blakesley, Joseph Williams 1808 births 1885 deaths People educated at St Paul's School, London Alumni of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge Canons of Canterbury Deans of Lincoln English classical scholars English male writers