William John Beamont

William John Beamont (1828–1868) was an English clergyman, founder of the Cambridge School of Art, current Anglia Ruskin University, and author. Early life and education Beamont was born at Warrington, Lancashire, 16 January 1828, being the only son of William Beamont, solicitor and author of Annals of the Lords of Warrington, and other works. After attending the Warrington grammar school for five years he was, in 1842, removed to Eton College, where he remained till 1846, bearing off Prince Albert's prize for modern languages, and the Newcastle medal and other prizes. He entered Trinity College, Cambridge, in 1846, took high honours, gained the chancellor's medal, and was awarded a fellowship in 1852. He graduated B.A. in 1850, and M.A. in 1853. The Arab Tour After his election as fellow of Trinity he commenced a tour in Egypt and Palestine, and on being ordained in 1854 he spent some time at Jerusalem, where he engaged earnestly in the education of intending missionaries to Abyssinia, in Sunday school work, and in preaching not only to the English residents but to the Arabs in their own tongue. Crimean War He afterwards acted as chaplain in the camp hospitals of the British Army before Sevastopol, Russia next to the Black Sea during the Crimean War. The United Kingdom, France, and the Ottoman Empire fought against the Russian Empire from 1853 until 1856.