Dream of Gerontius

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Born in 1801, he was the son of a London banker, and was educated at a private school in Ealing, leaving there at the age of sixteen for Trinity College, Oxford. On 12 April, 1822, a day which he ever felt to be the turn ing point of his life, of all the most memorable, he became a Fellow of Oriel College, occupying rooms on No. 3 stair case, near the chapel.