Wrangham, Francis
Wrangham, Francis
Name ID: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q15457452
Born: 1769
Died: 1842
Faith: Anglican
Note: Francis Wrangham (1769–1842) was a classical scholar, book collector, and miscellaneous writer. Born on 11 June 1769, he was the only son of George Wrangham (1742–1791), who occupied the farm of Raysthorpe, near Malton in Yorkshire, and rented the moiety of another farm at Titchwell, near Wells, Norfolk. In October 1786 Wrangham matriculated from Magdalene College, Cambridge, and next year won Sir William Browne's medal for the best Greek and Latin epigrams. They were printed in July 1787 in a single octavo sheet. At the suggestion of Joseph Jowett [q. v.] he migrated to Trinity Hall on 16 Nov. 1787, and on 5 Dec. was elected ‘scholaris de minori formâ.’ He graduated B.A. in 1790, being third wrangler in the mathematical tripos, second Smith's prizeman, and senior chancellor's medallist. He proceeded M.A. on 22 March 1793; in the following June he obtained from the tutors of Trinity Hall letters testimonial to the archbishop of York of his good and satisfactory conduct, and in July he was ordained and became rector of Hunmanby in the East Riding. Wrangham eventually left Trinity Hall and became a member of Trinity College. He published many poems and prose works and was connected to Leigh Hunt, Wordsworth, Basil Montagu, and Mary Mitford. He was also a member of the prestigious Roxburghe Club for book collectors. He eventually became the Archdeacon of the East Riding.