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William Hayward Roberts (baptised 1734 – 1791) was an English born schoolmaster, poet and biblical critic, cleric and Provost of Eton College. ==Life== He was born in Gloucester, the third son of Richard Roberts of Abergavenny and his wife Eleanor.〔 He was educated at Eton College, and elected to a scholarship at King's College, Cambridge. He was a Fellow of King's, from 1756 to 1761. He graduated B.A. in 1757, and became an assistant master at Eton in the same year. While William Hayley was at Eton his poetical aspirations were encouraged by Roberts, then an usher in the school. In 1760 Roberts commenced M.A., and in 1771 he was appointed to a fellowship at Eton College. He was created D.D. at Cambridge in 1773, was presented to the rectory of Everdon, Northamptonshire, in 1778, and was inducted to the rectory of Farnham Royal, Buckinghamshire, on 3 June 1779.〔 After the death of Edward Barnard, Roberts was appointed Provost of Eton College on 12 December 1781. For many years he was one of the king's chaplains. He died at Eton on 5 December 1791.〔 According to William Cole, Roberts held noisy card playing parties at Eton. Fanny Burney found him "good-humoured, loquacious, gay, civil, and parading". Both remarked on how fat he was.〔〔Frances d'Arblay, ''Diary and Letters'', 23 Nov. 1786, iii. 226, edit. 1842).〕 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「William Hayward Roberts」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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