Rev w j conybeare biography
Very Rev. William James Conybeare (19 December – 13 May ) was an Anglican priest in the first half of the 20th century.
William John Conybeare (1 August – 23 July ) was an English vicar, essayist and novelist who was the first Principal of Liverpool College.!
William Conybeare (author)
English vicar, essayist and novelist
William John Conybeare (1 August 1815 – 23 July 1857) was an English vicar, essayist and novelist[1] who was the first Principal of Liverpool College.
Biography
William John Conybeare was the son of Dean William Daniel Conybeare.[1] He attended Westminster School, where he formed a life-long friendship with George Cotton, later Bishop of Calcutta.[2] He matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge in 1833, where he was elected fellow in 1837.[2][3]
From 1842 to 1848 Conybeare was principal of the Liverpool Collegiate Institution (later Liverpool College).[1] There, he worked with John Saul Howson, with whom he would later publish Perversion: or, the Causes and Consequences of Infidelity.
Whilst in Liverpool, he campaigned for the improvement of middle-class education in the city.[2]
With his health deteriorating, Conybeare resigned