About James Bird
Lived 1808 – 1876 (aged 67). James Bird was a British cricketer.
James Waller Bird (19 November 1808 – 20 February 1876) was an English cleric and cricketer with amateur status. He was born at Little Waltham near Chelmsford in Essex and was educated at Winchester College and Wadham College, Oxford, and played for Oxford University 1827–29. He became a Church of England priest and was rector of Foulsham, Norfolk, from 1855 until his death.
Bird married in 1850 Laura Beauchamp-Proctor, daughter of George Edward Beauchamp-Proctor, and they had ten children. He died at Paddington, London in 1876.
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Who was James Bird?
English cleric and cricketer (1808-1876)
When was James Bird born?
James Bird was born on 19 November 1808.
When did James Bird die?
James Bird died on 20 February 1876.
What was James Bird's occupation?
James Bird was a cricketer.
What nationality was James Bird?
James Bird was British.
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· DBpedia: James Bird (cricketer)
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