[Mr. Charles Lawson was educated at Corpus Christi College, Oxford, and
was presented by the president, Dr. Randolph, in 1749, to the place of
Second Master of Manchester Grammar School; upon the death of Mr.
Purnell, in 1764, he succeeded him as Head Master. The colleges of St.
John, in Cambridge, and of Brazenose, in Oxford, can bear witness to
the success with which he laboured for more than half a century in his
profession, having received from the Manchester school, whilst under
his direction, a very considerable number of well-grounded classical
scholars. He died at Manchester on April 19, 1807, aged seventy-nine.
Some further particulars respecting him may be found in the
_Gentleman's Magazine_, vol. lxxvii. part i. p. 583.]
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