William Van Mildert

(1765-1836)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Van Mildert, William, 1765-1836 NRA: Mildert William Van (1765-1836) Bishop of Durham DNB: Mildert, William Van (1765–1836), bishop of Durham LBT ID: WiMilde1836 VIAF ID: 13114259 LOC ID: n88648996	B/BAP: 1765-11-06 DIED: 1836-02-21
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Educated at Merchant Taylors' School and Queen's College, Oxford, he was a high churchman, editor of the British Critic, bishop of Llandaff (1819), dean of St. Paul's (1820), bishop of Durham (1826), and a founder of Durham University.