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Samuel Henley : ウィキペディア英語版 | Samuel Henley Samuel Henley D.D. (1740–1815) was an English clergyman, school teacher and college principal, antiquarian, and man of letters. ==Life== Born in England, he began his career when he was recruited as a professor of moral philosophy for William and Mary College, Williamsburg, Virginia. He arrived in 1770.〔J. David Hoeveler, ''Creating the American Mind: Intellect and Politics in the Colonial Colleges'' (2007), p. 286.〕 Well-connected there, he became a friend of Thomas Jefferson, who acquired some of his library.〔Kevin J. Hayes, ''The Road to Monticello: The Life and Mind of Thomas Jefferson'' (2008), p. 523.〕 He clashed though in public debate with Robert Carter Nicholas, Sr. and John Page, and failed to become rector of Bruton Parish Church.〔http://www.history.org/Almanack/people/bios/biohenly.cfm〕〔http://research.history.org/Historical_Research/Research_Themes/ThemeFamily/WomenEducation.cfm〕〔http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/VirginiaGazette/VGImagePopup.cfm?ID=4301&Res=HI&CFID=566059&CFTOKEN=61692011〕〔http://research.history.org/DigitalLibrary/VirginiaGazette/VGImagePopup.cfm?ID=4312&Res=HI&CFID=566059&CFTOKEN=61692011〕 In 1775 he went back to England, as a Loyalist taking leave from the College but never returning; he was a supporter of John Murray, 4th Earl of Dunmore, Virginia's governor, and with his colleague Thomas Gwatkin had been subject to intimidation by armed men.〔John E. Selby, Don Higginbotham, ''The Revolution in Virginia, 1775-1783'' (2007), p. 46.〕〔http://www.wm.edu/about/history/chronology/1750to1799/index.php〕〔http://research.history.org/Historical_Research/Research_Themes/ThemeRevolution/Loyalist.cfm〕 He obtained an assistant-mastership at Harrow School, and soon afterwards received a curacy at Northall in Middlesex. In 1778 he was elected a fellow of the Society of Antiquaries, and four years later he was presented to the living of Rendlesham in Suffolk. He continued to spend the greater part of his time at Harrow. Henley maintained an extensive correspondence on antiquarian and classical subjects with Michael Tyson, Richard Gough, Dawson Turner, Thomas Percy, and other scholars of the time. In 1805 he was appointed principal of the newly established East India Company College at Hertford. He resigned this post in January 1815, and died on 29 December of the same year. He married in 1780 a daughter of Thomas Figgins, esq., of Chippenham, Wiltshire.〔
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