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Person    | Male  Born 2/11/1739  Died 21/12/1815

William Vincent

Categories: Benefactor, Education, Religion

William Vincent

Schoolar and theologian. Born Limehouse. Educated at Westminster School. Headmaster of Westminster School 1788-1802. Dean of Westminster 1803-15. Responsible for enclosing what is now Vincent Square thus saving it from development and keeping it as playing fields for the school. Died Islip, Oxfordshire, where he had become rector in 1807.

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William Vincent

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William Vincent

The terracotta plaque and Nabresina stone tablet, were commissioned by the re...

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Jessica Turner

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Walter Smith

Walter Smith

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family of John J. Louis, Jr.

family of John J. Louis, Jr.

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Charles Dello Strologo

Charles Dello Strologo

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