Thomas Sykes, DD (died 1705) was an English academic. He was born in

Bagworth Bagworth is a village and former civil parish, now in the parish of Bagworth and Thornton, in the Hinckley and Bosworth district, in Leicestershire, England, west of Leicester. In 1931 the parish had a population of 1568. History The village ...

and educated at Trinity College, Oxford. He was

Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at Oxford The Lady Margaret Professorship of Divinity is a senior professorship in Christ Church of the University of Oxford. The professorship was founded from the benefaction of Lady Margaret Beaufort (1443–1509), mother of Henry VII. Its holders were ...

from 1691 and President of Trinity from 1704, holding both posts until his death on 14 December 1705.

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