William Herbert, Dean of Manchester

William Herbert (12 January1778â€"28 May1847) was a British botanist, poet, and clergyman. He served as a Member of Parliament from 1806.

He was an undergraduate at Exeter College, Oxford. He became Dean of Manchester in 1840.

He was the third son of Henry Herbert, 1st Earl of Carnarvon, and the father of Henry William Herbert.

Works

* Musae Etonensis (1795) editor
* Select Icelandic Poetry (1804-6)
* Attila, Or The Triumph of Christianity (1838)
* Collected Works (1842)