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Stebbing Shaw (1762–1802) was an English cleric, local historian and topographer. ==Life== The son of Stebbing Shaw (died 1799), rector of Hartshorne, Derbyshire, he was born near Stone, Staffordshire; his mother's maiden name was Hyatt, and she owned a small Staffordshire estate, which passed to her son. He was educated at Repton School, and on 24 May 1780 was admitted as pensioner at Queens' College, Cambridge, where he made the acquaintance of Sir Egerton Brydges, who came up at the same time. He graduated B.A. 1784, M.A. 1787, and B.D. 1796, was elected scholar on 4 February 1784, fellow on 13 January 1786, and took orders in the Church of England. About 1785 Shaw went to live at the house of Sir Robert Burdett, 4th Baronet at Ealing, to superintend the education of his grandson Francis. Brydges and he spent the autumn of 1789 in visiting the counties of Derby and Leicester, and in the summer of 1790 Shaw was in Sussex. He retired to his father's rectory at Hartshorne in the summer of 1791.〔 Shaw was elected fellow of the Society of Antiquaries of London on 5 March 1795, and on 27 April 1799 he succeeded his father in the rectory of Hartshorne. At the end of his life he was examining the topographical and genealogical manuscripts in the British Museum. When he died in London on 28 October 1802 he is said to have been insane.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Stebbing Shaw」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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