Thomas Jenner (1 February 1689, in Standish – 12 January 1768, in

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) was an English academic.Alumni Oxon
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, of which college he was a

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from 1715 to 1745. He was Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at Oxford from 1728 and its President from 1745, holding both posts until his death.

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