The Deanery, Canterbury, England. Courtesy Canterbury Historical & Archaeological Society.
Thomas Powys (1736-1809)[1] was an English poet and Anglican clergyman.[2]
Life[]
Youth and education[]
Powys was the son of Philip Powys, of Hardwick House, Oxfordshire.[3]
He matriculated at St John's College, Oxford in 1753, earning a B.A. in 1757, and an M.A. in 1760.[3]
Career[]
He was rector of Fawley, Buckinghamshire, and of Silchester, Hampshire. In 1769 he was made a prebendary of Hereford Cathedral, and in 1779 was promoted to the deanery of Bristol Cathedral.[3]
In 1795 he earned the degrees of B.D. and D.D., and in the following year was appointed canon of St. George's Chapel, Windsor Castle, which he resigned on his appointment as Dean of Canterbury in 1797.[3]
He died at Canterbury on 7 October 1809, and was buried in the Lady Chapel of the Cathedral on the same day, according to the Cathedral Register.[3]
Recognition[]
2 of his poems were included in Pearch's Collection of Poems in Four Volumes; by several hands.[1]
See also[]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Thomas Powys, Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive. Web, Feb. 9, 2021.
- ↑ Wikipedia gives Powys's birthdate as 1747, but also says that he entered Oxford in 1753 (when he would have been 6 years old).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 Meadows Cowper, Lives of the Deans of Canterbury, 1541-1900, (Canterbury: 1900) p.206-7.
External links[]
- Poems
- Thomas Powys at the Eighteenth-Century Poetry Archive (2 poems)
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