Beal, Samuel, 1825-1889

1850 ordained deacon; 1851 ordained priest; c 1851-c 1852 curate, Brooke in Norfolk and Sopley in Hampshire; 1852-1877 naval chaplain; 1853 naval instructor; 1853-1857 appointed to HMS Sybille; 1857 acting naval interpreter; 1863-1867 chaplain to the marine artillery; 1867-1872 chaplain to the Pembroke dockyard; 1872-1873 chaplain of St George's, Portsea; 1873-1877 chaplain to the Devonport dockyard; 1877 professor of Chinese, University College London; 1877-c 1880 rector, Falstone in Northumberland; 1880-c 1888 rector, Wark-on-Tyne; 1885 DCL, Durham University; 1888-1889 rector, Greens Norton in Northamptonshire.

Epithet: clergyman and sinologist

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