John Brewster (author)


John Brewster was an English author and clergyman.

Life

Brewster was the son of the Rev. Richard Brewster, M.A., vicar of Heighington in County Durham. He received his education at the grammar school of Newcastle upon Tyne under Hugh Moises, and at Lincoln College, Oxford, where he graduated B.A. in 1775, and M.A. in 1778. He was appointed curate of Stockton-on-Tees in 1776, and lecturer there in 1777. In 1791 he was presented to the vicarage of Greatham, benefice he held until 1799, when he became vicar of Stockton through the patronage of Bishop Shute Barrington. Barrington later preferred him to the rectories of Redmarshall in 1805, Boldon in 1809, and Egglescliffe in 1814.
He died at Egglescliffe 28 November 1842, aged 89.

Works

His chief work was his
Parochial History and Antiquities of Stockton-on-Tees published at Stockton in 1796. A second and enlarged edition was printed in 1829.
His other works were: