Samuel George Phear (30 March 1829,

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– 26 November 1918,

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) was an academic in the second half of the 19th century. Phear matriculated at

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1848, gained a scholarship, and graduated

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( 4th wrangler) 1852,

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1855, B.D. 1862,

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1874. He was ordained deacon in 1853 and priest in 1854. Phear was a Fellow at Emmanuel College from 1853 to 1871, and

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from 1871 until his retirement in 1895. He served as Chaplain to

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, Bishop of Winchester from 1873 to 1881. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1874 to 1876.University web-site
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19th-century English Anglican priests Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge Fellows of Emmanuel College, Cambridge Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge Masters of Emmanuel College, Cambridge People from Mid Suffolk District 1829 births 1918 deaths {{UCambridge-stub