FOR SHALL

Rev. Josiah ( eld. son of Samuel For shall of Witney, Oxon. ) b. Witney 29 March 1795; ed. at Ex. coll. Ox., fell. of his coll. 30 June 1819 to 13 July 1826, a istant tutor 1820, tutor 1822–24; B.A. 1818, M.A. 1821; a ist. keeper of MSS. in British Museum 1824, keeper 1827 to July 1837, secretary Feb. 1828–51; F.R.S. 12 June 1828; chaplain of Foundling Hospital 1829–59; edited Catalogue of Arundel and Burney manuscripts in British Museum 1834 and other catalogues; published Gospel of St. John arranged 1859, and other books; published with Sir F. Madden The Holy Bible... in the earliest English versions made by John Wycliffe 4 vols. 1850. d. 49 Woburn place, London 18 Dec. 1863. R. Cowtan’s Memories of the British Museum (1872) 364–76.