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Adm. sizar (age 16) at PEMBROKE, Mar. 4, 1696-7. S. of Thomas, of Croxton, Norfolk, gent. B. there. School, Norwich. ' Matric. 1697; B.A. 1700-1; M.A. 1704; D.D. 1728. Fellow, 1703. Master, 1733-70. Vice-Chancellor, 1733-4. Lowndean Professor of Astronomy, 1750-70. Ord. deacon (Lincoln) Sept. 23; priest (Norwich) Dec. 23, 1716. R. of Orton Waterville, Hunts., 1716-51. V. of Cherry Hinton, Cambs. F.R.S., 1729. R. of Bradwell-near-the-Sea, Essex, 1751. Author, astronomical. Died Dec. 16, 1770. Will (P.C.C.) 1771. For his famous 'Music Speech' at the Commencement of 1714, see Wordsworth, Social Life, 261. (D.N.B.)