Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Gifford, William

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Gifford, William, s. Edward, of Ashburton, Devon, pleb. Exeter Coll., matric. 16 Feb., 1779, aged 21; Bible clerk 1779, B.A. 1782, editor of the Quarterly Review 1809-24, and of 'Massinger,' 'Ben Jonson,' 'Ford,' etc., founded the Gifford Exhibition at Exeter College, died 31 Dec., 1826. See Coll. Reg., 146.