Lowther Yates
English priest and academic
About Lowther Yates
Lived 1728 – 1798 (aged 69–70).
Lowther Yates, D.D. was a priest and academic in the second half of the 18th century.
Yates was born in Whitehaven, and educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge, graduating BA in 1751, M.A in 1754 and B.D in 1774. He was Fellow of St Catharine's from 1757 to 1779 and its Master from 1779 to 1798. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1779 to 1780, and from 1794 to 1795. Yates was ordained on 22 December 1755. His first post was as curate to his father at Gargrave. He became Rector of Carrigaline in 1779.
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Who was Lowther Yates?
English priest and academic
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Lowther Yates was born in 1728.
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Lowther Yates died in 1798.
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