RODERICK, DAVID (1746 - 1830), cleric and schoolmaster
Date of birth: 1746
Date of death: 1830
Parent: Thomas Roderick
Gender: Male
Occupation: cleric and schoolmaster
Area of activity: Education; Religion
Author: Robert Thomas Jenkins
Born in 1746 at Llandeilo-fawr, Carmarthenshire, son of Thomas Roderick of Llangathen; a brother of his was, in 1794, prominent in the affairs of the collieries and the harbour at Llanelly (A History of Carmarthenshire, ii, 344-5, 390). David Roderick went up in 1764 to Queen's College, Oxford, graduating in 1767. He became an assistant master at Harrow School, and the only noteworthy fact about him is his loyalty to Samuel Parr; when Parr (then second master) left Harrow in 1771 in anger at not being appointed headmaster, the second mastership was offered to Roderick, who refused it on the score that Parr had been unjustly treated. He afterwards held a living in Gloucestershire, but from 1784 was vicar of Cholesbury, Berks., where he died 21 August 1830, aged 84.
Author
- Emeritus Professor Robert Thomas Jenkins, (1881 - 1969)
- FosterAlumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford
- Cambrian Quarterly Magazine (1829–33), iii, 122
Sources
- Wikidata: Q20748817
Additional Links
Published date: 1959
Article Copyright: http://rightsstatements.org/page/InC/1.0/
The Dictionary of Welsh Biography is provided by The National Library of Wales and the University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies. It is free to use and does not receive grant support. A donation would help us maintain and improve the site so that we can continue to acknowledge Welsh men and women who have made notable contributions to life in Wales and beyond.
Find out more on our sponsorship page.