William Vincent

Biography
1739 - 1815

About the artist

William Vincent (Londen, 2 November 1739 – Islip, 21 December 1815) was Dean of Westminster from 1803 to 1815. He was born in London, the fifth son of Giles Vincent and his wife Sarah. William studied at Westminster School and after university returned there as an usher, or tutor, and eventually became Head Master from 1788 to 1802. He had been ordained in 1762 and was made a prebendary of Westminster in 1801. He was also Rector of St John's Westminster and of Islip in Oxfordshire. Vincent was Dean of Westminster between 1802-1815. He petitioned Parliament for funds to restore the crumbling stonework of Henry VII's chapel and in 1810 he enclosed about ten acres of nearby Tothill Fields for the use of the scholars of Westminster School. Vincent died at Islip on 21 December 1815, and was buried in St. Benedict's Chapel, Westminster Abbey. His chief writings were on ancient geog-raphy, such as The Periplus of the Erythræan Sea (appearing in two parts in 1800 and 1805) and The Commerce and Navigation of the Ancients in the Indian Ocean (2 vols., issued in 1807).

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