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VENN: Adm. pens. at TRINITY, May 23, 1655. S. of Christopher, of Scruton, Yorks. B. there, c. 1636. Scholar from Westminster, 1655. B.A. 1658-9; M.A. 1662; B.D. and D.D. 1675. Fellow, 1659. Taxor, 1670. Incorp. at Oxford, 1669. Regins Professor of Greek, Apr.-Oct. 1672. Signed for priest's orders (London) Sept. 22, 1666. V. of Barrington, Cambs., 1667. High Master of St Paul's, 1672-97. Preb. of St Paul's, 1676-1702. F.R.S. 1677; and first secretary to the Royal Society. Dean of York, 1697-1702. Married Barbara, dau. of Roger Pepys, of Impington, Cambs. Died Apr. 8, 1702. Buried in York Minster. 'Monumental inscription.'M.I. Father of Roger (1691 and Charles (1695). (Al. Oxon.; D.N.B.)
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