About Jonathan Davies
Jonathan Davies was a priest.
Jonathan Davies ( – 1809) was an English schoolmaster and Anglican priest, a Canon of Windsor from 1782 to 1791.
Career
He was educated at King's College, Cambridge, receiving an MA in 1736.
He was appointed: Headmaster of Eton College, Berkshire 1773–1792 Rector of Scaldwell, Northamptonshire, 1774 Provost of Eton College, 1791–1809
He was appointed to the eighth stall in St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle in 1782 and held the canonry until 1791. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society in 1789.
He died in 1809 and was buried at Eton College chapel.
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