Richard Fisher Belward

Richard Fisher Belward was an English priest and academic. He was born Richard Fisher, adopting the name Belward in 1791.
Fisher was born in Long Stratton, Suffolk, the son of Richard Fisher, a surgeon. His schoolmaster at both Botesdale School and Thetford [Grammar School] was John Cole Gallaway. He was admitted to Gonville and [Caius College, Cambridge] in January 1765, aged 18, graduating BA 1769, MA 1772, DD 1796. He was ordained deacon in 1769 and priest in 1772.
He gained a fellowship at Caius in 1769, served as President of Fellows 1790–1795, Master of the college 1795–1803, and List of Vice-Chancellors of [the University of Cambridge|Vice-Chancellor of the University] in 1796.
He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1790.
He died on 16 May 1803 in Roydon, and was buried in Diss on 24 May 1803.