John Thayne or Thane was an English churchman, Archdeacon of Chester in 1707. [1]
Thane's father was a physician at Lynne, and his mother was a sister of John Pearson. [2] He was educated at Trinity College, Cambridge [3] and incorporated at Oxford in 1682. [4] He held livings at Kirby Underdale and Northenden. He was appointed a Canon of Chester Cathedral in 1686 and Archdeacon of Chester from 1707, holding both positions until his death on 30 June 1727. He is buried at the cathedral. [5]
On Pearson's death, the bulk of his books and papers went to Thane. Thane acted as editor for his works on chronography. [6] He wrote to Thomas Barlow in 1686, the year of Pearson's death, going over plans to publish Pearson's works. [7] He edited Pearson's Opera Postuma Chronologica. [8]
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