Editing Frederick Apthorp Paley (section)

==Life==
Born at [[Easingwold]] in [[Yorkshire]], to Rev. Edmund Paley and Sarah (née Apthorp), he was the grandson of [[William Paley]], and brother of architect E.G. Paley, and was educated at [[Shrewsbury School]] and [[St John's College, Cambridge]] (BA 1838).<ref>{{Cite ODNB|title=The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|date=2004-09-23|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/21154|pages=ref:odnb/21154|editor-last=Matthew|editor-first=H. C. G.|place=Oxford|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/21154|access-date=2021-01-19|editor2-last=Harrison|editor2-first=B.}}</ref><ref name="ACAD" /> His conversion to [[Roman Catholicism]] forced him to leave [[Cambridge]] in 1846, but he returned in 1860 and resumed his work as "coach," until in 1874 he was appointed by [[Mgr Capel|Mgr Thomas Capel]] as professor of classical literature at the newly founded [[Catholic University College, Kensington|Roman Catholic University]] at [[Kensington]]. This institution was closed in 1877 for lack of funds, and Paley removed to [[Boscombe]], where he lived until his death.