John Cranke (; 1746–1816) was an
English scientific thinker and
clergyman. Cranke was admitted as a
sizar at the age of 21 into
Trinity College Trinity College may refer to:
Australia
* Trinity Anglican College, an Anglican coeducational primary and secondary school in , New South Wales
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,
Cambridge on 1 July 1767, after graduating from
Sedbergh School. His father was
James Cranke
James Cranke (; June 23, 1707 – October 28, 1780) was an English painter.
Biography
Born at Little Urswick, near Barrow-in-Furness, he lived there for most of his life. He was trained as a plasterer, but became a self-taught portrait painter ...
, a notable artist who has an entry in ''Redgrave's Century of English Painters.''
Biography
At the
University of Cambridge, John Cranke obtained a BA in 1771, an MA in 1774, and a BD (Bachelor of Divinity) in 1792. He became a Fellow of Trinity College in 1772. At Trinity he acted as a tutor in mathematics and is notable as the mentor of
Thomas Jones. In 1774, he became the curate of the
Chesterton parish, in Cambridgeshire, and the parish curate of
Great St Mary's
St Mary the Great is a Church of England parish and university church at the north end of King's Parade in central Cambridge, England. It is known locally as Great St Mary's or simply GSM to distinguish it from "Church of St Mary the Less, Cambri ...
,
Cambridge, 1784–1792. He was vicar of the
Shudy Camps
Shudy Camps is a village in the south-east corner of Cambridgeshire, England, near the border of Essex and Suffolk, and is part of the Hundreds of Cambridgeshire, Chilford Hundred. In 2001, according to the census, the population was 310, increa ...
parish, Cambridgeshire, 1792–1798, then Vicar of
Gainford, County Durham, during 1798–1816. He died on 6 September 1816.
References
* J. Venn and J. A. Venn, ''
Alumni Cantabrigienses'', Cambridge University Press, 1922–1954
"John Cranke"
External links
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1746 births
1816 deaths
Fellows of Trinity College, Cambridge
People from Chesterton, Cambridge
People from Gainford, County Durham