Joseph Jowett
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Joseph Jowett (1752 – 13 November 1813) was an English Anglican cleric and jurist.[1] He was Fellow and Tutor of Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and Regius Professor of Civil Law at Cambridge University from 1782 to 1813. He was the uncle of William Jowett.[2]
Life[edit]
The son of Henry Jowett of Leeds, Joseph Jowett was educated in Leeds before being admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge in 1769. He moved to Trinity Hall in 1773, becoming a Fellow there that year and a Tutor in 1775. He was Rector of Wethersfield, Essex from 1795 until his death in 1813.[3] It is here at St. Mary Magdalene Church that he oversaw the vicarage to which Patrick Brontë had his first curacy.[4]
He was known as "Little Jowett." He originated the Cambridge Chimes of Great St Mary’s Church,[3] from which the chimes of Big Ben were adapted.
References[edit]
- ^ Clark, John Willis (1892). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 30. p. 215.
- ^ Goodwin, Gordon (1892). . Dictionary of National Biography. Vol. 30. pp. 215–216.
- ^ a b "Jowett, Joseph (JWT769J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "The Essex Connection | Bronte Parsonage Museum". www.bronte.org.uk. Retrieved 18 July 2020.
External links[edit]
- Joseph Jowett pedigree Archived 21 September 2021 at the Wayback Machine.
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