John Sumner (priest)
John Sumner DD (d. 26 February 1772) was an English Anglican priest and educationalist.[1]
Career[]
Sumner was born in Windsor was educated at Eton College and King's College, Cambridge, grading BA in 1729, MA in 1732, and DD in 1744.
He was appointed:
- Fellow of Kings in 1727
- Assistant master of Eton College, 1734–1745
- Headmaster of Eton College, 1745–1754
- Rector of Barwick-in-Elmet, Yorkshire, 1750–1772
- Rector of Castleford, 1753–1772
- Rector of St Benet Finck, 1772
- Canon of Windsor from 1751 to 1772.[2]
- Provost of King's College, Cambridge 1756 -1772
- Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge 1756–1757, and 1770–1771.[3]
Notes[]
- ^ Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. 1209-1751 Vol. iv. Saal – Zuinglius, (1927) p184
- ^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S.L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
- ^ University of Cambridge web-site
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