Henry Eden

 

1677-1711

Henry Eden was baptized at St Oswald's Church, Durham, in September 1676.  The son of Henry Eden, he went to school in Durham before entering Trinity as a pensioner, aged 16, in 1693.  After becoming a scholar in 1695 he graduated BA in 1696-7, MA in 1700 and BD in 1708.

He was made a Fellow of Trinity in 1699 and University Taxor in 1702.  He was ordained deacon in Lincoln in 1701, and priested the following April.  He made a contribution of £30 towards Bentley's repairs of Trinity College Chapel in 1707.  Eden died on 9th June 1711 and was buried at St Oswald's, Durham.

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