| Intro | English cleric, topographer and writer on agriculture |
| Is |
Cleric Writer Topographer Antiquarian |
| From | United Kingdom |
| Type |
Literature Religion Science Social science |
| Gender | male |
| Death |
1825 |
Thomas Rudge (baptised 1753 – 1825) was an English churchman, topographer and antiquarian, Archdeacon of Gloucester from 1814, and chancellor of the diocese of Hereford from 1817.
Life
The son of Thomas Rudge of Gloucester, he matriculated at Merton College, Oxford, on 7 April 1770, aged 16. He graduated B.A. in 1780, and proceeded M.A. from Worcester College in 1783 and B.D. in 1784. He was appointed rector of St. Michael’s and St. Mary-de-Grace, Gloucester, and, on the presentation of the Earl of Hardwicke, vicar of Haresfield.
Rudge died in 1825.
Works
Rudge published:
- The History of the County of Gloucester, compressed and brought down to the year 1803, 2 vols., Gloucester, 1803.
- A General View of the Agriculture of the County of Gloucester, 1807.
- The history and antiquities of Gloucester, from the earliest period to the present time: &c., 1811.