There was a marble mural tablet in the old Parish Church :
Sacred to the memory of the
Rev. William Cochran, D. D. ,
Professor of Languages and of Moral Science,
and Vice-President of King's College, etc., etc.
This tablet was placed by his pupils.
The Rev. W. Cochran was appointed to take charge of King's College in May, 1790. In May, 1802, the Charter was granted, and the governors failing to induce a graduate of Oxford to take the office of President under the Charter, Cochran was appointed Vice-President in 1803. Under his management the university continued until the Rev. Thos. Cox, D. D., assumed the presidency in the autumn of 1804.
Dr. Cochran was not only Vice-President of King's College, but he was the S. P. G. missionary at Newport, and in 1809 he had also charge of Falmouth and Rawdon. Up to this period ho had to read his lectures in Latin in the College.
In 1814 he was appointed to Falmouth alone. This appointment he held in addition to his duties at the College. He resigned the vice-presidency in 1831, and died in 1833, at the age of 77, having been a missionary and professor for more than forty years.
Sacred to the memory of the
Rev. William Cochran, D. D. ,
Professor of Languages and of Moral Science,
and Vice-President of King's College, etc., etc.
This tablet was placed by his pupils.
The Rev. W. Cochran was appointed to take charge of King's College in May, 1790. In May, 1802, the Charter was granted, and the governors failing to induce a graduate of Oxford to take the office of President under the Charter, Cochran was appointed Vice-President in 1803. Under his management the university continued until the Rev. Thos. Cox, D. D., assumed the presidency in the autumn of 1804.
Dr. Cochran was not only Vice-President of King's College, but he was the S. P. G. missionary at Newport, and in 1809 he had also charge of Falmouth and Rawdon. Up to this period ho had to read his lectures in Latin in the College.
In 1814 he was appointed to Falmouth alone. This appointment he held in addition to his duties at the College. He resigned the vice-presidency in 1831, and died in 1833, at the age of 77, having been a missionary and professor for more than forty years.
There was a marble mural tablet in the old Parish Church :
Sacred to the memory of the
Rev. William Cochran, D. D. ,
Professor of Languages and of Moral Science,
and Vice-President of King's College, etc., etc.
This tablet was placed by his pupils.
The Rev. W. Cochran was appointed to take charge of King's College in May, 1790. In May, 1802, the Charter was granted, and the governors failing to induce a graduate of Oxford to take the office of President under the Charter, Cochran was appointed Vice-President in 1803. Under his management the university continued until the Rev. Thos. Cox, D. D., assumed the presidency in the autumn of 1804.
Dr. Cochran was not only Vice-President of King's College, but he was the S. P. G. missionary at Newport, and in 1809 he had also charge of Falmouth and Rawdon. Up to this period ho had to read his lectures in Latin in the College.
In 1814 he was appointed to Falmouth alone. This appointment he held in addition to his duties at the College. He resigned the vice-presidency in 1831, and died in 1833, at the age of 77, having been a missionary and professor for more than forty years.
Sacred to the memory of the
Rev. William Cochran, D. D. ,
Professor of Languages and of Moral Science,
and Vice-President of King's College, etc., etc.
This tablet was placed by his pupils.
The Rev. W. Cochran was appointed to take charge of King's College in May, 1790. In May, 1802, the Charter was granted, and the governors failing to induce a graduate of Oxford to take the office of President under the Charter, Cochran was appointed Vice-President in 1803. Under his management the university continued until the Rev. Thos. Cox, D. D., assumed the presidency in the autumn of 1804.
Dr. Cochran was not only Vice-President of King's College, but he was the S. P. G. missionary at Newport, and in 1809 he had also charge of Falmouth and Rawdon. Up to this period ho had to read his lectures in Latin in the College.
In 1814 he was appointed to Falmouth alone. This appointment he held in addition to his duties at the College. He resigned the vice-presidency in 1831, and died in 1833, at the age of 77, having been a missionary and professor for more than forty years.
Inscription
Center Panel:
In memory of the
REV. WM. COCHRAN, D.D.
A native of Omagh, Northern Ireland
and educated at Trinity
College, Dublin. He was
more than 40 years a Mis-
sionary of the Church of
England in this county
and for the same period
a Professor in King College,
Windsor. Beloved by his
pupils and highly useful
in his gener???.. His work
was finished on the 4 of
Aug. 1833 AEt. 77.
To me to live in Christ and to
Die is gain. Phil. I. 21.
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