Charles Dunster
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Charles Dunster was a British writer, and translator.
He was admitted at Oriel College
, Oxford, as a commoner in 1767, took his B.A. degree at the end of 1770, migrated early in 1771 to Balliol, and again in 1773 to Trinity.
He was instituted to the Worcestershire rectories of Oddingley and Naunton Beauchamp
in 1776, and in 1789 (Arnold, Petworth) to that of Petworth
in Sussex.
He became rural dean of West Sussex
, and held the rectory of Petworth till his death in April 1816.
There is also a sonnet by Dunster on the death of George Monck Berkeley in the Gentleman's Magazine, for April 1795 (lxv. 328).
Life
He was the only son of the Rev. Charles Dunster, prebendary of Salisbury.He was admitted at Oriel College
Oriel College
Oriel College is a constituent college of the University of Oxford in Oxford, England. Located in Oriel Square, the college has the distinction of being the oldest royal foundation in Oxford...
, Oxford, as a commoner in 1767, took his B.A. degree at the end of 1770, migrated early in 1771 to Balliol, and again in 1773 to Trinity.
He was instituted to the Worcestershire rectories of Oddingley and Naunton Beauchamp
Naunton Beauchamp
Naunton Beachamp is a village and is also a civil parish within Wychavon district in Worcestershire, England. It is in the centre of the county, about four and a half miles from Pershore and nine miles from Worcester....
in 1776, and in 1789 (Arnold, Petworth) to that of Petworth
Petworth
Petworth is a small town and civil parish in the Chichester District of West Sussex, England. It is located at the junction of the A272 east-west road from Heathfield to Winchester and the A283 Milford to Shoreham-by-Sea road. Some twelve miles to the south west of Petworth along the A285 road...
in Sussex.
He became rural dean of West Sussex
West Sussex
West Sussex is a county in the south of England, bordering onto East Sussex , Hampshire and Surrey. The county of Sussex has been divided into East and West since the 12th century, and obtained separate county councils in 1888, but it remained a single ceremonial county until 1974 and the coming...
, and held the rectory of Petworth till his death in April 1816.
Publications
He published:- 'The Frogs of Aristophanes', 1785.
- "Cider, a poem by John Philips, with notes provincial and explanatory, including the present most approved method of making cyder in Herefordshire", 1791.
- "Paradise Regained, with notes of various authors", 1795.
- Considerations on Milton's early reading and the "prima stamina" of his Paradise Lost, 1800 (a work intended to show Milton's obligations to Joshua SylvesterJoshua SylvesterJoshua Sylvester was an English poet.-Biography:Sylvester was the son of a Kentish clothier. In his tenth year he was sent to school at King Edward VI School, Southampton, where he gained a knowledge of French...
). - A Letter on a Passage in St. Matthew, 1804.
- Discursory Considerations on St. Luke's Gospel, 1805.
- Discursory Observations on the evidence that St. Matthew's Gospel was the first written, 1806.
- A Letter on the two last petitions of the Lord's Prayer, 1807.
- A Letter on the incontrovertible Truth of Christianity, 2nd edition, 1808.
- Considerations on the hypothesis that St. Luke's Gospel was the first written, 1808.
- Points at issue between the Editor of Dr. Townson's Works and the Author of Considerations on the hypothesis, &c., 1811.
- Considerations on the Holy Sacrament, 1811.
- Tracts on St. Luke's Gospel, 1812. This is merely Nos. 6, 7, 10, and 11 bound up together with a general preface.
- A Synopsis of the three first Gospels, 1812.
- Psalms and Hymns adapted for the use of a Parochial Church, 1812.
There is also a sonnet by Dunster on the death of George Monck Berkeley in the Gentleman's Magazine, for April 1795 (lxv. 328).