William Cureton FRS (180817 June 1864) was an English Orientalist.
Life
He was born in Westbury, Shropshire, son of William Cureton and his wife. After being educated at the Adams' Grammar School in Newport, Shropshire and at Christ Church, Oxford, he took orders in 1832, initially serving as curate of St Andrew's, Oddington, Oxfordshire. became chaplain of Christ Church, sublibrarian of the Bodleian, and, in 1837, assistant keeper of manuscripts in the British Museum. He was afterwards appointed select preacher to the University of Oxford, chaplain in ordinary to the queen, rector of St Margaret's, Westminster, and canon of Westminster Abbey. He was elected a fellow of the Royal Society and a trustee of the British Museum, and was also honored by several continental societies. Cureton died at his home, Brook House in Westbury, on 17 July 1864 from an illness brought on by a railway accident the previous year, leaving his widow Harriet.