Researching James Bellamy
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The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Bellamy on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for James Bellamy and the Bellamy Genealogy
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James Bellamy (British academic)
James Bellamy (1819–1909) was a British academic and administrator at the University of Oxford.
Bellamy was educated at Merchant Taylors' School and St John's College, Oxford, where he attained a BA degree in 1841 and MA degree in 1845. He was ordained in 1843 and was awarded a Bachelor of Divinity in 1850 followed by a Doctor of Divinity in 1872. He was President of St John's College from 1871 to 1909.
At Oxford University, Bellamy was a member of the University Commission from 1877 to 1879 and Vice-Chancellor from 1886 to 1890. He was also a conservative and musician.
Source: James Bellamy (British academic), Wikipedia, The Free EncyclopediaJames William Bellamy
James William Bellamy, BD, FRS (15 November 1788 – 11 March 1874) was Headmaster of Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood for 26 years.
He belonged to an old Huguenot family settled in Norfolk and Lincolnshire and was educated at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he graduated BA in 1812 and MA in 1815.
He was ordinated as a deacon in 1813 and as a priest in 1814 and served as Rector of St Mary Abchurch from 1816 to 1822 and then vicar of Sellindge, Kent from 1822 to his death.
He was appointed headmaster of Merchant Taylors' School in 1819, holding the position until 1845. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1834 and President of Sion College for 1835. In 1843, he was made a Prebendary of St Paul's Cathedral, occupying the stall of Harleston.
He married Mary Cherry, daughter of Thomas Cherry, his predecessor as Headmaster of Merchant Taylors. They had 2 sons and 3 daughters.
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