KEATE

JOHN (son of Wm. Keate, prebendary of Wells, d. 1795). b. Wells, Somerset 1773; ed. at Eton and King’s coll. Camb., carried off 4 of sir Wm. Browne’s medals 1793–5, B.A. 1796, M.A. 1799, D.D. 1810; a istant master Eton 1795–1802, lower master 1802–9, head master 1809 to 1834; on 30 June 1832 he flogged more than 80 boys, his succe as a teacher was considerable, although a severe disciplinarian he was popular, and on his resignation he left in the college 570 boys; canon of Windsor 14 March 1820 to death; V. of Nether Stowey, Somerset 1820–24; R. of Hartley Westpall, Hants. 1824–49; edited T. Lucretii Cari de rerum natura libri sex 1813, and in Fasciculus Carminum. Etonæ 1839 wrote Immortal it as Animæ pp. 17–21. d. Hartley Westpall rectory 5 March 1852. H. C. Maxwell Lyte’s History of Eton college (1875) 358–404, 2 portraits ; C. A. Wilkinson’s Reminiscences of Eton in Keate’s times (1887).