Son of Thomas Jez-Blake of Burnwell, England, Thomas was educated at Rugby, and at University College, Oxford (BA in first class 1855, DD 1873). He was some time Fellow of Queen’s College, Oxford; Assistant Master at Rugby (1858-1868); Principal of Cheltenham College (1868-1874); Head Master of Rugby (1874-1887); Rector of Avechurch, Redditch (1887); and Dean of Wells (1891).
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