(John) Peter Allix,

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(22 August 1679 – 11 January 1758) was an

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dean in the early 18th century. Allix was born in

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and graduated from

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in 1703. From 1705 to 1714, he was a Fellow of Jesus College, Cambridge. He held

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at Swaffham, Fordham and Dry Drayton. He was

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from 1729 until 1730; and Dean of Ely from then until his death in

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.Deans, pp. 10–12, Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 7, Ely, Norwich, Westminster and Worcester Dioceses. Institute of Historical Research, London, 1992
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