About Richard Hobson
Lived 1783 – 1851 (aged 67–68). Richard Hobson was a priest and clergyman.
Richard Jones Hobson (1783–1851) was an Irish Anglican priest in the 19th century.
Hobson was born in County Waterford and educated at Winchester College, then Trinity College, Dublin from 1803 to 1806. He was Archdeacon of Waterford from 1825 until his resignation in 1831, after which he was Treasurer.
Hobson should be distinguished from his cousin Richard Jones Hobson, born 1789 in Cork, who entered Trinity College Dublin in 1805 aged 16, gaining his B.A. there in 1809.
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Who was Richard Hobson?
clergyman in the Church of Ireland (c.1783-1851)
When was Richard Hobson born?
Richard Hobson was born in 1783.
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Richard Hobson died on 21 May 1851.
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Richard Hobson was a priest and clergyman.
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· DBpedia: Richard Hobson (priest)
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