John Davies (1743–1817) was the librarian (''bibliothecarius'') of the
University of Cambridge from 1783 to 1817.
He was educated at
Westminster School, and entered
Trinity College, Cambridge in May 1761. He graduated B.A. in 1765 and M.A. in 1768. He became a Fellow of Trinity in 1766 and was Junior Bursar from 1782 to 1790.
He was ordained as a deacon in 1766 and as a priest in 1772. He then served as perpetual curate of
Leominster (1767), curate of
St Mary the Great Cambridge (1783–84), vicar of
Shudy Camps (1784–86), vicar of
Flintham (1785-1804), perpetual curate of
Kneeton (1786-1804), and Rector of
Orwell
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(1804–17).
The Clergy Database: Person: Davies, John (1766-1817)
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Cambridge University Librarians
People educated at Westminster School, London
18th-century English Anglican priests
1743 births
1817 deaths
19th-century English Anglican priests
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