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Stephen Whisson
Stephen Whisson (1710 – 3 November 1783) was a tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge, United Kingdom, and coached 72 students in the 1744–1754 period. Biography Wisson was from St Neots, Huntingdonshire and was the son of a publican. In 1735, he matriculated from Wakefield School, Yorkshire. On 29 November 1734, he was admitted as a sizar at Trinity College, Cambridge, becoming a scholar in 1738. Timeline * 1738/9 BA * 1742 MA * 1761 BD * 1741 Fellow of Trinity * 1744 Taxor * 1751-83 Cambridge University librarian * 1752-80 Senior bursar * 1757-58 Senior proctor * 1739 ordained deacon * 1741 priest * 1746 - c. 1766 Vicar of Babraham, Cambridgeshire. * 1753-71 Rector of Shimpling, Norfolk. * 1771-83 Rector of Orwell, Cambridgeshire. * 1783 Buried in Trinity Chapel Trinity Chapel at the east end of Canterbury Cathedral forms part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was built under the supervision of the master-masons William of Sens and William the Englishman as a shri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
St Neots
St NeotsPronunciation of the town name: Most commonly, but variations that ''saint'' is said as in most English non-georeferencing speech, the ''t'' is by a small minority of the British pronounced and higher traces of in the final syllable of the town's name are common. is a town in the Huntingdonshire district of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies about north of London and about west of Cambridge. The districts of Eynesbury, Cambridgeshire, Eynesbury, Eaton Ford and Eaton Socon were formerly independent but nowadays are considered merged into St Neots. The town is close to the intersection of the A1 road (Great Britain), A1 road (north-south) the A421 / A428 roads which link Cambridge to Bedford and Milton Keynes on an east to west axis. St Neots has a railway station on the East Coast Main Line with typically half-hourly services to Peterborough, Stevenage and London. The River Great Ouse runs through the town. St Neots is estimated to have a population of 36,110 (foreca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
