NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Vincent, William, 1739-1815 DNB: Vincent, William (1739-1815), dean of Westminster and classical scholar LBT ID: WiVince1815 VIAF ID: 88072523 LOC ID: n85067475 | B/BAP: 1739-11-02 DIED: 1815-12-21 |
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Educated at Westminster and Trinity College, he was headmaster of Westminster School
(1788); his A Defence of Public Education (1801) ran to three
editions. He was Dean of Westminster (1803-15). | |