About Josias Priest
Lived 1640 – 1735 (aged 94–95). Josias Priest was a British dancer and choreographer.
Josias Priest (c. 1645 – April 1734 or 3 January 1735 in Chelsea, London) was an English dancer, dancing-master and choreographer.
Biography In 1668, Priest was a dancing-master in Holborn, and in 1669, he was arrested along with four others for dancing and making music without a license. In 1680, he started a similar school at Gorge's House in Chelsea, London which stood just behind what is now Lindsey Row, between Beaufort Street and Milman's Row.
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Who was Josias Priest?
English dancing-master and choreographer
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Josias Priest was born in 1640.
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Josias Priest died on 3 January 1735 in Chelsea.
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Josias Priest was a dancer and choreographer.
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Josias Priest was British.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Josias Priest. https://biography.guide/josias-priest/
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