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Charles Morgan (Master of Clare College, Cambridge)

Charles Morgan (Master of Clare College, Cambridge)

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Charles Morgan, D.D. (24 September 1678 – 30 April 1736) was Master of Clare College from 1726 until his death.[1]

Morgan was born in Covent Garden, London, and was educated at Clare College, Cambridge. He became a Fellow of the college in 1700. He was ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1704.[2] He held livings at Thurston, Suffolk and Glemsford. Morgan was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge between 1732 and 1733.[3]

He died on 30 April 1736, in Cambridge.[4]

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    'Politics, Patronage and Newtonianism: The Cambridge Example' John Gascoigne The Historical Journal Vol. 27, No. 1 (Mar., 1984), pp. 1-24 Published by: Cambridge University Press
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    theclergydatabase
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    Full List of Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge
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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. iii. Kaile – Ryves, (1924) p210


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