Bradley, REV. EDWARD ('Cuthbert Bede'), was born at Kidderminster in 1827, and educated at Durham University. He was successively rector of Denton, Huntingdonshire, of Shelton, near Oakham (1871-83), and of Lenton, near Grantham. His facetious description of Oxford life in Adventures of Verdant Green (1853-57) has been exceedingly popular, and was followed by the Book of Beauty (1856), Fairy Fables (1858), Glencraggan (1861), Tales of College Life (1862), Little Mr Bouncer and his Friend Verdant Green (1873), Fotheringhay (1885), &c. He died 11th December 1889.
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