Hugh Pearson (Dean of Salisbury)

For other people named Hugh Pearson, see Hugh Pearson (disambiguation).

Hugh Nicholas Pearson (1776–1856) was Dean of Salisbury in southern England.

He studied at St John's College, Oxford and obtained his MA in 1803.^[1] He received his Doctor of Divinity in 1821.

Pearson was the Dean of Salisbury during 1823–46. He was author of biographies of the missionaries Claudius Buchanan and Christian Friedrich Schwartz.

His son was Hugh Pearson (1817–1882), vicar of Sonning and a Canon at Windsor, both in Berkshire.^[2]

References

↑ " Lee, Sidney, ed. (1895). "Pearson, Hugh Nicholas". Dictionary of National Biography 44. London: Smith, Elder & Co.
↑ "Pearson, Hugh". The Concise Dictionary of National Biography, Volume III: N–Z. Oxford University Press, 1992.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Charles Talbot	Dean of Salisbury 1823–1846	Succeeded by Francis Lear

Deans of Salisbury

High Medieval	Walter Osbert Robert Serlo Roger Azo Robert of Chichester Henry de Beaumont John of Oxford Jordan Eustace Richard Poore Adam William de Wanda Robert de Hertford Robert Wickhampton Walter Scammel Henry Brandeston Simon de Micham

Late Medieval	Peter of Savoy William Rufati Reymund de Fargis Bertrand de Fargis Reynold Orsini James Orsini Robert Braybrooke Thomas Montagu John Chandler Simon Sydenham Thomas Brunce Nicholas Bildeston Adam Moleyns Richard Leyot Gilbert Kymer James Goldwell John Davison Edward Cheyne

Early modern	Thomas Ruthall William Atwater John Longland Cuthbert Tunstall Richard Pace Peter Vannes William Bradbridge Thomas Cole Edmund Freke John Piers John Bridges John Gordon John Williams John Bowle Edmund Mason Richard Baylie Ralph Brideoake Thomas Pierce Robert Woodward Edward Young John Younger John Clarke Thomas Greene Rowney Noel John Ekins

Late modern	Charles Talbot Hugh Pearson Francis Lear Henry Hamilton J. C. Ryle George Boyle Allan Webb William Page Roberts Andrew Burn John Randolph Edward Henderson Henry Charles Robins Robert Moberly Kenneth Haworth Fenton Morley Sydney Evans Hon Hugh Dickinson Derek Watson June Osborne

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