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John Davie

b. 1777

Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, born 1777

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About John Davie

Born 1777.

John Davie, D.D. (13 September 1777, in Debenham – 10 October 1813, in Bungay) was an academic in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries.

Davie was educated at Ipswich School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. He was a Fellow of Sidney Sussex from 1801, the year he was ordained a priest in the Church of England. He was Master of Sidney Sussex from 1811, and Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1812, holding both positions until his death.

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Important facts

Born
1777
Birth century
Education
Ipswich School, Sidney Sussex College
Positions held
Vice-chancellor

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Master of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge, born 1777

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John Davie was born in 1777.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: John Davie

· Wikidata: Q60765043

· DBpedia: John Davie (academic)

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