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Chester
Cheshire
North West England

St. Werburgh Street ☐
(Cathedral)

William Jacobson

Great Yarmouth 1803 - Deeside 1884
Bishop of Chester, 1865-1884
(Wikipedia)

Joseph Boehm
1887

Description

Epitaph with a marble relief medaillon.

Inscription(s)

GVILIELMVS JACOBSON.
hvjvsce ecclesiæ fidelis per annos xviii
episcopvs
sanctæ theologiæ apvd oxon olim prof^r reg
vir constans pietate gravis moribvs simplex
svmmvm svi desiderivm relinqvens
obdormibit in christo
anno domini mdccclxxxiv æt svæ lxxxi

WILLIAM JACOBSON
As bishop he was faithful to the church
for 18 years.
Once Regius Professor of Divinity at Oxford
A man of constant piety died a simple man,
leaving the highest desire of his heart.
He fell asleep in Christ
in the year of the Lord 1884 at the age of 81

Signature

Boehm Fecit

Sculptor

Sir Joseph Edgar Boehm, Bart., R.A. (Wien 1834 - London 1890), British sculptor (Victorianweb – Irish Architects).

Sources & Information

Liverpool Daily Post, 26 October 1887 (British Newspaper Archive).

Locatie (N 53°11'31" - W 2°53'24") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: gbnw132; Photograph: 25 June 2023
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