Early Life
Crosse was the first son of Richard Crosse and Susannah Porter. In 1788 he accompanied them on a trip to France, where he went to school for a time in Orléans. From the age of 6 until he was eight he stayed with a tutor, the Reverend White, in Dorchester, where he learned Greek. On 1 February 1792 he was sent to boarding school in Bristol.
Around the age of 12 Crosse persuaded one of his teachers to let him attend a series of lectures on the natural sciences, the second of which was on the subject of electricity, which led to his lifelong interest in the subject. Crosse first started experimenting with electricity during his time in the sixth form when he built a home-made Leyden jar. After leaving school, Crosse studied at Brazen Nose College, Oxford.
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