Kenrick Prescot

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to navigation Jump to search

Kenrick Prescot, D.D.[1] (7 July 1703, Chester โ€“ 3 August 1779, Cambridge)[2] was a priest and academic in the second half of the 18th century.[3]

Prescot was educated at Charterhouse and St Catharine's College, Cambridge, graduating BA in 1724, M.A.in 1727 and B.D. in 1738.[4] He was Fellow of St Catharine's from 1727 to 1741 and its Master from 1741 to his death.[5] He was vice-chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1744 to 1745.[6] Yates was ordained on 24 September 1727. His first post was as curate at Stapleford, Cambridgeshire. He held livings at Hartland, Coton and Yarmouth; and was a prebendary of Norwich Cathedral.[7]

References

[edit | edit source]
  1. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  2. ^ "The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, Volume 49" Sylvanus Urban p470: London; D. Henry; 1779
  3. ^ "The Letters of Horace Walpole Volume 5" p454 London; Richard Bentley; 1840
  4. ^ Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. 1209โ€“1751 Vol. iii. Kaile โ€“ Ryves, (1924. p392
  5. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  6. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  7. ^ Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).

Lua error in mw.title.lua at line 392: bad argument #2 to 'title.new' (unrecognized namespace name 'Portal').

Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge