John Sherren Brewer [SEP] occupation
John Sherren Brewer
John Sherren Brewer (1810 – February 1879) was an English clergyman, historian and scholar. He was a brother of E. Cobham Brewer, compiler of "Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase & Fable".
Birth and education.
Brewer was born in Norwich, the son of a Baptist schoolmaster. He was educated at Queen's College, Oxford, ordained in the Church of England in 1837, and became chaplain to a central London workhouse. In 1839 he was appointed lecturer in classical literature at
E. Cobham Brewer
Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (2 May 1810 in Norwich – 6 March 1897 in Edwinstowe, Nottinghamshire), was the author of "A Guide to the Scientific Knowledge of Things Familiar", "Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable", and "The Reader's Handbook", among other reference books.
Education and travels.
E. Cobham Brewer was the son of Elisabeth, née Kitton, and John Sherren Brewer, a Norwich schoolmaster associated with the Baptist congregation of St Mary's Chapel in Norwich