John Smyth
Master of Pembroke College, Oxford
About John Smyth
Lived 1744 – 1809 (aged 64–65).
John Smyth or Smith (1744–1809) was a clergyman and Master of Pembroke College, Oxford.
Education He was educated at John Roysse's Free School in Abingdon, (now Abingdon School) from 1756 to 1761.
He earned a B.A (1765) and M.A (1769) at Pembroke. B.D. and Doctor of Divinity (D.D.) 1796.
Career John Smyth became Master of Pembroke in 1796.
The close relationship between Abingdon School and Pembroke College resulted in seven Old Abingdonians being appointed as consecutive masters at Pembroke between 1710 and 1843. They were Colwell Brickenden 1709–1714; Matthew Panting, 1714–1738; John Ratcliffe, 1738–1775; William Adams, 1775–1789; William Sergrove 1789–1796; John Smyth 1796–1809; and George William Hall, 1809–1843.
He was rector of Coln Rogers (1799), curate of Eastleach-Turville, rector of Rudford (1801), vicar of Fairford (1804) and canon of Gloucester (1796–1809). He was also a Steward of the OA Club in 1805.
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Who was John Smyth?
master of Pembroke College, Oxford (1744 – 1809)
When was John Smyth born?
John Smyth was born in 1744.
When did John Smyth die?
John Smyth died on 19 October 1809.
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