George Rye

George Rye was an English Anglican priest in the 18th century.[1]

Rye was born in Culworth and educated at Wadham College, Oxford.[2] He held livings at Adwell, Islip and Ickford. He was appointed Archdeacon of Oxford in 1724;[3] and Regius Professor of Divinity at the University of Oxford in 1737, holding both positions until his death on 4 July 1741. He was buried at Culworth.

References

  1. "The Monthly chronicle, Volume 1" p19: London; Aaron Ward; 1728
  2. Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714, Rabbetts-Rhodes
  3. Horn, Joyce M. (1996), Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857, 8, pp. 84–85


This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.