About Samuel George Phear
Lived 1829 – 1918 (aged 89). Samuel George Phear was a priest.
Samuel George Phear (30 March 1829, Earl Stonham – 26 November 1918, Cambridge) was an academic in the second half of the 19th century.
Phear matriculated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge at Michaelmas 1848, gained a scholarship, and graduated B.A. (4th wrangler) 1852, M.A. 1855, B.D. 1862, D.D. 1874. He was ordained deacon in 1853 and priest in 1854.
Phear was a Fellow at Emmanuel College from 1853 to 1871, and Master from 1871 until his retirement in 1895. He served as Chaplain to Harold Browne, Bishop of Winchester from 1873 to 1881. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1874 to 1876.
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Who was Samuel George Phear?
late 19th-century British academic
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Samuel George Phear was born on 30 March 1829.
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Samuel George Phear died on 26 November 1918.
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Samuel George Phear was a priest.
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