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Academic advisors
  
Walter Taylor

Academic advisor
  
Walter Taylor

Fields
  
Mathematician

Name
  
Stephen Whisson


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Institutions
  
University of Cambridge

Alma mater
  
University of Cambridge

Died
  
November 3, 1783, Cambridge

Education
  
Trinity College, Cambridge, University of Cambridge

Notable students
  
Thomas Postlethwaite

Stephen Whisson (1710 – 3 November 1783) was a tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge, United Kingdom, and coached 72 students in the 1744–1754 period.

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Biography

Wisson was from St Neots, Huntingdonshire and was the son of a publican. In 1735, he matriculated from Wakefield School, Yorkshire.

On 29 November 1734, he was admitted as a sizar at Trinity College, Cambridge, becoming a scholar in 1738.

Timeline

  • 1738/9 BA
  • 1742 MA
  • 1761 BD
  • 1741 Fellow of Trinity
  • 1744 Taxor
  • 1751-83 Cambridge University librarian
  • 1752-80 Senior bursar
  • 1757-58 Senior proctor
  • 1739 ordained deacon
  • 1741 priest
  • 1746 - c. 1766 Vicar of Babraham, Cambridgeshire.
  • 1753-71 Rector of Shimpling, Norfolk.
  • 1771-83 Rector of Orwell, Cambridgeshire.
  • 1783 Buried in Trinity Chapel.
  • References

    Stephen Whisson Wikipedia