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VENN: Adm. sizar at JESUS, Oct. 21, 1749. S. of Robert, apothecary, of Mansfield, Notts. School, Mansfield. ' Matric. 1750; Scholar; B.A. 1754; M.A. 1757; LL.D. from Trinity Hall, 1764; D.D. 1775 ( Lit. Reg.). Chancellor's medallist, 1754. Fellow of Jesus, 1756-60. Fellow of Trinity Hall, 1760-75. Professor of Arabic, and Lord Almoner's Reader, 1768-70. Regius Professor of Civil Law, 1770-82. Ord. deacon (Ely) Sept. 21, 1755; priest, Mar. 6, 1757. R. of Cheddington, Bucks., 1765. R. of Warsop, Notts., 1778. Chaplain to the King, 1774. Bishop of Gloucester, 1781-9. Bishop of St Asaph, 1789-90. F.S.A. Author, miscellaneous. Died Mar. 5, 1790. (D.N.B.)
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