William Craven,

D.D. A Doctor of Divinity (D.D. or DDiv; la, Doctor Divinitatis) is the holder of an advanced academic degree in divinity. In the United Kingdom, it is considered an advanced doctoral degree. At the University of Oxford, doctors of divinity are ra ...

(3 July 1730 – 28 January 1815) was a priest and academic in the second half of the 18th and the first decades of the 19th centuries. Craven was born at

Gouthwaite Hall Gouthwaite Reservoir is a reservoir in Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, England. It is one of many in the area, others include Roundhill Reservoir and Angram Reservoir. Gouthwaite's sole purpose is a compensation reservoir for the River Nidd, ...

and educated at Sedbergh School. He graduated B.A. from

St John's College, Cambridge St John's College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge founded by the House of Tudor, Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort. In constitutional terms, the college is a charitable corpo ...

in 1753, and M.A. in 1756. He was ordained in 1759; and was a Fellow of St John's from 1759 to 1789; and its Master from then until his death. He was also Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1790 until 1791.List of Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge
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18th-century English Anglican priests 19th-century English Anglican priests Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Fellows of St John's College, Cambridge Masters of St John's College, Cambridge 1730 births 1815 deaths People educated at Sedbergh School People from Nidderdale Sir Thomas Adams's Professors of Arabic {{UCambridge-stub