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John Wilcox (Master of Clare College, Cambridge)

John Wilcox (Master of Clare College, Cambridge)

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John Wilcox, D.D. (1692-1762) was Master of Clare College from 1736 until his death.[1]

Wilcox was educated at Clare College, Cambridge. He became Fellow in 1714. He was ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1716. He held livings at Madingley, Everton, Bedfordshire and Kensington.[2] Wilcox was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge between 1736 and 1737, and 1751 to 1752.[3]

He died on 16 September 1762.[4]

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    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. 1209-1751 Vol. iv. Saal – Zuinglius, (1927) p226
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    theclergydatabase
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    Full List of Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge
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    "An Inventory of the Historical Monuments in the City of Cambridge". pps 37-48: London Her Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1959


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