Joseph Proctor (academic)

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Joseph Proctor (died 1845) was an academic of the University of Cambridge in the 18th and 19th centuries.

Proctor was born in Stow, Lincolnshire,^[1] and educated at Leeds Grammar School.^[2] He was admitted St Catharine's Hall, Cambridge on 18 January 1779, graduating B.A. (3rd wrangler and 2nd Smith's Prize ^[3]) 1783, M.A. 1786, B.D. 1799, and D.D. ( per lit. reg. ) 1801.^[4]

Proctor served as a fellow of St Catharine's 1783–1799, and as master 1799–1845.^[5] He was Rector of Steeple Gidding 1807–34, Walgrave 1810–17 and Conington 1824–34,^[4] and a prebendary of Norwich Cathedral.^[1] He served as Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 1801,^[6] and was elected vice-chancellor again in 1826.^[7]

He died on 10 November 1845, at the age of 84.^[8]^[9]

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References

1 2 Peck, William R. (1813), A topographical history and description of Bawtry and Thorne, with the villages adjacent, p. 96.
↑ Allen, Thomas (1831), A New and Complete History of the County of York, Volume 4, I. T. Hinton, p. 435.
↑ Cave, Edward (1783), "Articles of Intelligence from the Country", The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, p. 172.
1 2 "Procter, Joseph (PRCR779J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
↑ Wright, Christopher, ed. (2006), British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections: An Index of British and Irish Oil Paintings by Artists Born Before 1870 in Public and Institutional Collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Yale University Press, p. 168, ISBN 9780300117301 .
↑ Combe, William; Shoberl, Frederic (1815), "The Vice-Chancellor", A History of the University of Cambridge: Its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings, Volume 2, pp. 303–304.
↑ "Proceedings of the University of Cambridge", The Quarterly Theological Review and Ecclesiastical Record, p. 273, 1826.
↑ "Deaths", The Economist, p. 1132, 15 November 1845.
↑ "Deaths", The Spectator, vol. 18, p. 1088, 1845.

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[bawtry-1] 1 2 Peck, William R. (1813), A topographical history and description of Bawtry and Thorne, with the villages adjacent, p. 96.

[2] Allen, Thomas (1831), A New and Complete History of the County of York, Volume 4, I. T. Hinton, p. 435.

[3] Cave, Edward (1783), "Articles of Intelligence from the Country", The Gentleman's Magazine, and Historical Chronicle, p. 172.

[alum-cantab-4] 1 2 "Procter, Joseph (PRCR779J)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.

[5] Wright, Christopher, ed. (2006), British and Irish Paintings in Public Collections: An Index of British and Irish Oil Paintings by Artists Born Before 1870 in Public and Institutional Collections in the United Kingdom and Ireland, Yale University Press, p. 168, ISBN 9780300117301 .

[6] Combe, William; Shoberl, Frederic (1815), "The Vice-Chancellor", A History of the University of Cambridge: Its Colleges, Halls, and Public Buildings, Volume 2, pp. 303–304.

[7] "Proceedings of the University of Cambridge", The Quarterly Theological Review and Ecclesiastical Record, p. 273, 1826.

[8] "Deaths", The Economist, p. 1132, 15 November 1845.

[9] "Deaths", The Spectator, vol. 18, p. 1088, 1845.

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