Edmund Venables
1819–95
Antiquary and divine. Curate at Bonchurch, Isle of Wight, 1853–5, remaining on the Isle of Wight until the mid-1860s. Compiled a guide to the island, published in 1860. Moved to Lincoln, and was appointed to a prebendal stall in the cathedral, 1865; precentor and canon-residentiary, 1867. Wrote several guides to Lincoln.
Source
DNB.
Bibliography
DNB: Dictionary of national biography. Edited by Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. and 2 supplements (6 vols.). London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1912. Dictionary of national biography 1912–90. Edited by H. W. C. Davis et al. 9 vols. London: Oxford University Press. 1927–96.
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