John Rustat Crowfoot (1817 - 1875)

Born 21 Feb 1817 in Beccles, Suffolk, England

Ancestors

Biography

John Crowfoot is Notable.

John Crowfoot was born in Suffolk, England.

John Rustat Crowfoot was born on 21 February 1817 son of William Henchman Crowfoot, surgeon and his wife, Mary Bowles ^{[1] [2]} and was baptised at Beccles on the 23rd. ^[3] He was educated at Eton , Trinity College and Caius College, Cambridge, graduating BA 12th Wrangler in 1839. ^[4][1]

He married Elizabeth Tufnell, daughter of the Reverend John Charles Fowell Tufnell on 27 August 1850. ^[2] Their only child, Charles Rustat Crowfoot died in 1870 aged 18. ^[4][2]

In 1854 he accepted the living at Southwold in Suffolk.^[4]

A Hebrew scholar of some distinction in 1873 he made an expedition to Egypt in search of Syraic manuscripts of the Gospels. ^[4][5]

John died 17 March 1875 ^[2] and was buried at Reydon. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Venn Cambridge Alumni: John Rustat Crowfoot
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3} Burke's Family Record, indexed: Crowfoot
3. ↑ Baptismal record Beccles, Suffolk 23 Feb 1817 John Rustat Crowfoot son of William Henchman Crowfoot and Mary Bowles) Viewed at Ancestry. Text only
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Dictionary of National Biography, 1885-1900, Volume 13 Crowfoot, John Rustat by Edmund Venables
5. ↑ Oxford Dictionary of National Biography: John Rustat Crowfoot