Temple, William Johnston ___ 1739-1796 ___ British ___ priest

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
William Johnson (or Johnstone) was the son of William Temple, a mayor of Berwick-upon-Tweed, and Sarah Johnson. He studied at Edinburgh University, where he made friends with Boswell, and Cambridge. He was ordained a deacon in 1766, and was appointed rector of Mamhead near Exeter, where he stayed for 10 years. In 1767 he married Anne Stow. They had eight children. In 1776, Temple became Vicar at Gluvius, Cornwall. Some of his life long correspondence with Boswell was published in the 19th century. Temple's diaries were first published in the the 1920s by Clarendon Press.
A biography link
Wikipedia bio

DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1780-1796 ___ literary religious society people

WEB TEXT LINKS
one citation
a couple of quotes

ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
 

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
Diaries of Rev. William Johnston Temple
 

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