Charles Morgan,
D.D.
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(24 September 1678 – 30 April 1736) was
Master of
Clare College from 1726 until his death.
Morgan was born in
Covent Garden
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, London, and was educated at
Clare College, Cambridge. He became a
Fellow of the college in 1700. He was
ordained a
priest in the
Church of England in 1704. He held
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at
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. Morgan was
Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge between 1732 and 1733.
He died on 30 April 1736, in
Cambridge.
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Masters of Clare College, Cambridge
Fellows of Clare College, Cambridge
Alumni of Clare College, Cambridge
1736 deaths
1678 births
People from Covent Garden
18th-century English Anglican priests
Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge
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