Person: Craven, William (1756 - 1759)

• Comments

  VENN
  Adm. sizar (age 19) at ST JOHN'S, July 3, 1749. S. of Richard, husbandman, of Yorks. B. at Gouthwaite Hall, Nidderdale. School, Sedbergh. ' Matric. 1749; Scholar, 1752; B.A. 1753; M.A. 1756; B.D. 1763; D.D. 1789 ( Lit. Reg.). Fellow, 1758-89. Master, 1789-1815. Vice-Chancellor, 1790. Ord. priest (Lincoln) Sept. 28, 1759. For a time assistant Master at Harrow. Professor of Arabic, 1770-95. Lord Almoner's Reader in Arabic, 1770-1815. Benefactor to the College. Died Jan. 28, 1815. (Coll. Hist. of St John's.)

Education Events

• BA

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Ord	Craven, William	14/03/1756	BA		View

• MA : Cambridge / St John's

  Type	Name	Date	Qualification	University	Full Record
  Ord	Craven, William	23/09/1759	MA	Cambridge	View

Ordination Events

• deacon : 14/03/1756 (Keene, Edmund/Chester 1752-1771)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Craven, William	14/03/1756	deacon	ordination	View

• priest : 23/09/1759 (Thomas, John/Lincoln 1744-1761)

  Type	Name	Date	Status	Event	Full Record
  Ord	Craven, William	23/09/1759	priest	ordination	View