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John Sumner (priest)
John
Sumner
DD was an
English
Anglican priest
and educationalist.
Career
Sumner was born in
Windsor
was
educated
at
Eton College
and
King’s College, Cambridge
, grading BA in 1729, MA in
1732
, and DD in 1744.
He was appointed:
Fellow of
Kings
in
1727
Assistant master of Eton College, 1734–1745
Headmaster of Eton College, 1745–1754
Rector of
Barwick-in-Elmet
,
Yorkshire
, 1750–1772
Rector of Castleford, 1753–1772
Rector of
St Benet
Finck
,
1772
Canon of Windsor from
1751
to 1772.
Provost of
King's College, Cambridge
1756
-1772
Vice-Chancellor of the
University of Cambridge
1756–1757, and 1770–1771.