Joseph Atwell,

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(12 April 1696, in Buckland Monachorum – 11 August 1768, in

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) was an

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in the 18th century. Atwell was educated at Exeter College, Oxford and became a

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in 1718. He was Rector from 1733 until 1737. An

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, he held the

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at Oddington and

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Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford Rectors of Exeter College, Oxford Fellows of Exeter College, Oxford 1696 births 1768 deaths 18th-century English Anglican priests Clergy from Devon {{England-academic-administrator-stub