John Newcome (academic)

John Newcome, D.D.[1] (10 September 1684 – 10 January 1765) was an eighteenth century academic and priest, most notably Master of St John's College, Cambridge from 1735, and Dean of Rochester from 1744, holding both positions until his death.[2] He was born in Grantham and died in Cambridge.

John Newcome

References
  1. Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates– and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. Earliest times to 1752 Vol. iii. Kaile – Ryves, (1924) p246
  2. British History Online – Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 – Deans of Rochester


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