Born in Exeter, he was educated at Emanuel College, Cambridge where he was fellow and tutor; he was rector of North Cadbury, Somerset (1812-42) and prebendary of Wells (1826).

REFERENCES TO Samuel Blackall:

William Godwin to Proctor Patrickson, 20 June 1811 in William Godwin: his Friends and Contemporaries (London: Henry S. King & Co., 1876)