Renn Dickson Hampden, bishop of Hereford

(1793-1868)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Hampden, Renn Dickson, 1793-1868 NRA: Hampden Renn Dickson (1793-1868) Bishop of Hereford DNB: Hampden, Renn Dickson (1793–1868), bishop of Hereford and theologian LBT ID: ReHampd1868 VIAF ID: 42269279 LOC ID: no90015829	B/BAP: 1793-03-29 DIED: 1868-04-23
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Educated at Oriel College, Oxford, he was appointed regius professor of divinity in 1836, over the protests of evangelicals and high-churchmen, and bishop of Hereford in 1848.
REFERENCES TO Renn Dickson Hampden, bishop of Hereford: Robert Southey to Herbert Hill, jun., 2 April 1836 in The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Found 1: ¶ 1 Charles Cuthbert Southey, The Life and Correspondence of Robert Southey (London: 1849-1850) Ch. XXXVI. 1834-1836