William Savage
English cleric, Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
About William Savage
Lived 1668 – 1736 (aged 67–68). William Savage was an English and British anglican priest and college head.
William Savage (died 1736) was an English academic.
He was born in Ickleford and entered Emmanuel College, Cambridge in 1686, graduating B.A in 1690, M.A. in 1693, and D.D. in 1717. He was Fellow of Emmanuel from 1692 to 1702; and Rector of St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe from 1703. He also held the livings of Gravesend and Stone, Kent. He was Master of Emmanuel from 1719 until his death in 1736. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1724 to 1725. He was probably a relation of the writer John Savage.
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English cleric, Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
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William Savage was born in 1668.
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William Savage died in 1736.
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William Savage was an anglican priest and college head.
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