John Matthias Turner
Bishop of Calcutta; British Anglican colonial bishop
About John Matthias Turner
Lived 1786 – 1831 (aged 44–45). John Matthias Turner was a British anglican priest.
John Matthias Turner (1786–1831) was an eminent Anglican priest in the first half of the 19th century.
He was the son of Thomas Turner of Oxford, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1801, aged 15, graduating B.A, in 1804 and M.A. in 1807. He became Vicar of Abingdon then Rector of Wilmslow before being appointed to the episcopate as Bishop of Calcutta in 1829. He died in post in the summer of 1831 and was interred on 8 July; he had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD)
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Bishop of Calcutta; British Anglican colonial bishop
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John Matthias Turner was born in 1786.
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John Matthias Turner died in 1831.
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John Matthias Turner was an anglican priest.
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