Henry Charles Beeching | |
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| Dean of Norwich | |
 Henry Charles Beeching, 1900s–1910s | |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Diocese | Norwich |
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| Born | 15 May 1859 |
| Died | 25 February 1919 (aged 59) |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Alma mater | Balliol College, Oxford |
Henry Charles Beeching (15 May 1859 – 25 February 1919) [1] was a British clergyman, author and poet, who was Dean of Norwich from 1911 to 1919. [2]
Beeching was born on 15 May 1859 in Sussex, the son of J. P. G. Beeching of Bexhill. [3] He was educated at the City of London School and at Balliol College, Oxford. [4] [5] He took holy orders in 1882, and began work in a Liverpool parish at Mossley Hill. [6] He was Rector of Yattendon from 1885 to 1900; Clark Lecturer at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1900; professor of Pastoral Theology at King's College London from 1900 to 1903; Chaplain of Lincoln's Inn from 1900 to 1903; [7] Canon of Westminster Abbey from October 1902 until 1911 [8] [9] and Dean of Norwich from 1911 until his death. [10] He wrote a book on Francis Atterbury. [11] To him is attributed the popular epigram on Benjamin Jowett:
This is the first verse of The Masque of B-ll—l (1880), a scurrilous undergraduate production in 40 verses satirising Balliol figures. It was suppressed at the time. Later research has given Beeching credit for 19 of the verses.[ citation needed ]
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