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| NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Otter, William, 1768-1840 NRA: Otter William (1768-1840) Bishop of Chichester DNB: Otter, William (1768–1840), bishop of Chichester LBT ID: WiOtter1840 VIAF ID: 2810454 LOC ID: nr00006255 | B/BAP: 1768-10-23 DIED: 1840-08-20 |
| SOURCES: DNB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File | |
Educated at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he befriended Thomas Malthus, he was
appointed by Lord Melbourne to the bishopric of Chichester in 1836. Sydney Smith described
him as “a thoroughly good and amiable man, and as liberal as a bishop is permitted to
be.” | |
REFERENCES TO WORKS BY William Otter, bishop of Chichester:
The Life and Remains of Edward Daniel Clarke, Professor of Mineralogy in the
University of Cambridge. Found 0.
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