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Authorised form of nameMorton; John (c 1670 - 1726)
Datesc 1670 - 1726
NationalityBritish
Place of deathGreat Oxendon, Northamptonshire
Date of death18 July 1726
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Great Oxendon, Northamptonshire
OccupationClergyman, Church of England
Research fieldNatural history
ActivityEducation:
Emmanuel College, Cambridge: BA (1691). Brasenose College, Oxford: BA (1694)
Career:
Vicar of Weston, Lincolnshire (1700); Curate (1701), then Rector (1707-death), Great Oxendon, Northamptonshire
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election30/11/1703
ProposerJohn Woodward
RelationshipsSon of James Morton of Billingborough, Lincolnshire
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB; DSB; Foster
Notes:
DNB gives birth date as between 18 July 1670 and 18 July 1671; Foster says matriculated 1690 aged 16.
CodeNA2644
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