Biographical Information:
(1820-1897); b. Cockerham; adm pens at St. John’s (52); BA, 27W (56); In Holy Orders; HM, Rivington GS, Lancs (57-75); [a laborer in Preston gasworks who had taught himself maths and been sent to Cambs by some gentlemen in Preston; Kearsley, Bolton (76-78); kept a pub in Farnworth, Bolton (78-97); A, maths: Elem Mensuration for the Use of Schools