Travis, George

Travis, George all English clergyman, was a native of Royton, Lancashire, and was educated at St. John's College, Oxford. He became vicar of Eastham and rector of Hendley, Cheshire; prebendary of Chester in 1783; and archdeacon of Chester in 1786. He died Feb. 24,1797. He published, Letters to Edward Gibbon, etc., in defense of 1Jo 5:7 (Chester, 1784, 4to; corrected and enlarged, 1794, 8vo). See Allibone, Dict. of Brit. and Amer. Authors, s.v.