Samuel Horsley | |
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| Bishop of St Asaph | |
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| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of St Asaph |
| Elected | 1802 |
| Predecessor | Lewis Bagot |
| Successor | William Cleaver |
| Other post(s) | Bishop of Rochester 1793–1802 Dean of Westminster 1793–1802 Bishop of St David's 1788–1793 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 September 1733 London |
| Died | 4 October 1806 (aged 73) Brighton |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Profession | Scholar |
| Alma mater | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
Samuel Horsley (15 September 1733 – 4 October 1806) was a British churchman, bishop of Rochester from 1793. He was also well versed in physics and mathematics, on which he wrote a number of papers and thus was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1767; and secretary in 1773, but, in consequence of a difference with the president (Sir Joseph Banks) he withdrew in 1784.[1]
- ^ One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Horsley, Samuel". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 13 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 740.
