Brewer, born in 1810, in Norwich to a Baptist schoolmaster, was matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford in 1827, before being ordained in the Church of England in 1837.
John Sherren Brewer (1810  February 1879) was an English clergyman, historian and scholar. Brewer was born in Norwich, the son of a Baptist schoolmaster. He matriculated at Queen's College, Oxford in 1827, graduating B.A. in 1833, M.A. 1835. He was ordained in the Church of England in 1837, and became chaplain to a central London workhouse. 
