Augustus Jessopp, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Augustus Jessopp

British school headmaster

Date of Birth: 20-Dec-1823

Place of Birth: Cheshunt, England, United Kingdom

Date of Death: 12-Feb-1914

Profession: historian, Anglican priest

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Augustus Jessopp (20 December 1823 – 12 February 1914) was an English cleric and writer.
He spent periods of time as a schoolmaster and then later as a clergyman in Norfolk, England.
He wrote regular articles for The Nineteenth Century, variously on humorous, polemical and historical topics.
He published scholarly work on local Norfolk history and on aspects of English literature.
A good friend of M.
R.
James he is described by James' biographer R.
W.
Pfaff as "a fine specimen of the learned but somewhat eccentric country parson."