David Melville (priest)

David Melville, DD (5 February 1813 – 8 March 1904) was a Church of England priest and university administrator.

David Melville
Born	5 February 1813 Bloomsbury, London, England
Died	8 March 1904(1904-03-08) (aged 91) Worcester, Worcestershire, England
Nationality	English
Occupation(s)	University don Cleric

Educated initially at Shrewsbury School,^[1] he was subsequently awarded a scholarship to Brasenose College, Oxford, where after graduating he was ordained as a clergyman. He became a University don,^[2] and one of his scholars was William Ward, 1st Earl of Dudley.^[3] In 1846 he left Oxford and moved to Durham where he founded Bishop Hatfield's Hall.^[4] He was Canon of Worcester Cathedral until he resigned in late 1902.^[5]

He married Emma Hill at Kilcoo, County Down on 28 July 1848.^[6]

Works

• The probable course of legislation on popular education, and the position of the church in regard to it (1868)