Close, Francis, Dd (2)

Close, Francis, D.D.

an Anglican divine, was born near Alton, Hampshire, in 1797. He graduated from St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1820; became curate of the Lawford Church, near Rugby; in 1822 of Wellesden and Kingsbury, Middlesex; in 1824 at Cheltenham, in 1856 dean of Carlisle, and died December 18, 1882.