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JAMES PRINCE LEE (1804-1869)

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Originally appearing in Volume V16, Page 361 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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JAMES See also:PRINCE See also:LEE (1804-1869)  , See also:English divine, was See also:born in See also:London on the 28th of See also:July 1804, and was educated at St See also:Paul's school and at Trinity See also:College, See also:Cambridge, where he displayed exceptional ability as a classical See also:scholar . After taking orders in 1830 he served under See also:Thomas See also:Arnold at See also:Rugby school, and in 1838 was appointed See also:head-See also:master of See also:King See also:Edward's school, See also:Birmingham, where he had among his pupils E . W . See also:Benson, J . B . See also:Lightfoot and B . F . See also:Westcott . In 1848 See also:Lord See also:John See also:Russell nominated him as first See also:bishop of the newly-constituted see of See also:Manchester . His pedagogic manner See also:bore some-what irksomely on his See also:clergy . He is best remembered for his splendid See also:work in See also:church See also:extension; during his twenty-one years' See also:tenure of the see he consecrated 130 churches . He took a foremost See also:part in See also:founding the Manchester See also:free library, and bequeathed his own valuable collection of books to See also:Owens College .

He died on the 24th of See also:

December 1869 . A memorial See also:sermon was preached by See also:Archbishop E . W . Benson, and was published with See also:biographical details by J . F . Wickenden and others .

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