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http://venn.lib.cam.ac.uk/cgi-bin/search-2018.pl?sur=deans&suro=w&fir=joseph&firo=c&cit=&cito=c&c=all&z=all&tex=&sye=&eye=&col=all&maxcount=50 DNS823J

Deans, Joseph.
Adm. pens. at CHRIST'S, Apr. 25, 1823.
Matric. Michs. 1823; Scholar, 1824; B.A. 1827; M.A. 1830.
Ord. deacon (Lincoln) Sept. 1827; priest, June, 1829; C. of Paddington, 1830.
P.C. of Chellaston, Derbs., 1830-72.
V. of Melbourne, Derbs., 1831-88.
Rural Dean of Stanton-by-Bridge, 1870-9. 'A scholarly gentleman, but of indolent and retiring character.' Author, A History of Melbourne Church. Died Apr. 20, 1888, aged 84.
(Peile, II. 412; Scott, MSS.)