William Thomas Bree
1786–1863
Clergyman and naturalist. BA, Oxford, 1808. Ordained deacon, 1810; priest, 1811. Rector of Allesley, Warwickshire, 1823. Author of articles on natural history and cited by CD in Variation.
Sources
Alum. Oxon.
Crockford’s clerical directory
England & Wales, national probate calendar (index of wills and administrations), 1858–1966 (Ancestry.com, accessed 17 March 2015)
Variation 2: 329
Warwickshire, England, baptisms, marriages, and burials, 1535–1812 (Ancestry.com, accessed 17 March 2015)
Bibliography
Alum. Oxon.: Alumni Oxonienses: the members of the University of Oxford, 1500–1886: … with a record of their degrees. Being the matriculation register of the university. Alphabetically arranged, revised, and annotated by Joseph Foster. 8 vols. London and Oxford: Parker & Co. 1887–91.
Crockford’s clerical directory: The clerical directory, a biographical and statistical book of reference for facts relating to the clergy and the church. Crockford’s clerical directory etc. London: John Crockford [and others]. 1858–1900.
Variation: The variation of animals and plants under domestication. By Charles Darwin. 2 vols. London: John Murray. 1868.
