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St Andrew, Sedbergh: memorials
locality type:-   church memorial
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 John Dawson, doctor and mathematician, is buried here. He died 19 September 1820. There is a bust of him, with an inscription:-

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BRG98.jpg  Memorial to John Dawson, mathematician, teacher etc, died 1820.
(taken 13.8.2009)  
"In memory of John Dawson of Sedbergh ... Distinguished by his profound knowledge of mathematics, beloved for his amiable simplicity of character, and revered for his exemplary discharge of every moral and religious duty."

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BXR36.jpg  Gravestone, John and Ann Dawson et al.
(taken 13.8.2009)  

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CBS36.jpg  Memorial, Brigadier John Almeric Spencer, d.1952
(taken 19.9.2014)  
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CBS37.jpg  Coat of arms, Brigadier John Almeric Spencer, d.1952
(taken 19.9.2014)  

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BNH71.jpg  Memorial to Sir John Ottway, died 1693.
(taken 2.3.2007)  




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