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A son of this Bishop, William Conybeare, of Christ Church, 

 Oxford, became M.A. in 1764, and D.D. in 1765. He mari-ied 

 Miss Oli-vicr, a sister of whom married Sir W. Congreve. 

 He was Rector of St. Botolph, in Bishopgate, and left behind 

 him two sons — the elder, John Josias, the subject of this memoir — 

 the younger, William Daniel, born in 1787. 



There is an obituary notice of this second son, the famous Dean 

 Conybeare, in Major-General Portlock's address to the Geological 

 Society in 1858, and in the "Gentleman's Magazine," 1857, vol. 

 2, p. 335. He died August 12th, 1857. 



His Life* — John Josias Conybeare was born June, 1779. " He 

 educated at Westminster school, and in the year 1793, having 

 throughout the examination which precedes such admission, 

 distinguished himself in a most eminent manner, so as to be 

 constantly at the head of those who stood out, was admitted, 

 at the head of his election, a scholar of the college. The 

 reputation for ability and scholarship which he thus established 

 had been anticipated in consequence of the distinguished talent 

 shown in his school exercises, and it was afterwards supported 

 whilst he attended at Westminster in such a manner as to vindicate 

 to him the character of possessing greater abilities, and of being a 

 better scholar than any boy then in the school. 



Early in 1797 he was elected to a studentship at Christ Church, 

 Oxford, and he maintained in that University a reputation as dis- 

 tinguished as that of his earlier years. Besides college prizes 

 which he obtained, taking always the first place, he gained, we 

 believe, in 1799, an University xmdergraduate's prize for a Latin 

 Poem, the subject of which was Religio Brahmce, which was 

 characterized, as his verses always were, by fine poetic taste, and a 

 peculiar facility of expression and harmony of numbers. "t 



In 1803 he, for a short time, occupied the post of usher at 

 Westminster school, while Dr. Carey was head master; but he 

 soon returned to Christ Church. 



* While tHs paper was in the press some pages of the MS. of this portion 

 were lost during the writer's absence from Bath. He is unable now, through 

 illness, to re- write them. 



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