Stephen Whisson

Stephen Whisson (1710 – 3 November 1783) was a tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge, United Kingdom, and coached 72 students in the 1744–1754 period.

Biography Wisson was from St Neots, Huntingdonshire and was the son of a publican. In 1735, he matriculated from Wakefield School, Yorkshire.

On 29 November 1734, he was admitted as a sizar at Trinity College, Cambridge, becoming a scholar in 1738.

Timeline 1738/9 BA 1742 MA 1761 BD 1741 Fellow of Trinity 1744 Taxor 1751–83 Cambridge University Librarian 1752–80 Senior bursar 1757–58 Senior proctor 1739 ordained deacon 1741 priest 1746 – Vicar of Babraham, Cambridgeshire. 1753–71 Rector of Shimpling, Norfolk. 1771–83 Rector of Orwell, Cambridgeshire. 1783 Buried in Trinity Chapel.