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Authorised form of nameFarmer; Richard (1735 - 1797)
Dates1735 - 1797
NationalityBritish
Place of birthLeicester, Leicestershire, England
Date of birth28 August 1735
Place of deathThe lodge of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Date of death08 September 1797
DatesAndPlacesBurial:
Emmanuel College chapel, Cambridge
ActivityEducation:
Emmanuel College, Cambridge, BA (1757); BD (1767); DD (1775)
Career:
Curate of Swavesey, near Cambridge; Master of Emmanuel College, Cambridge (1775); Principal Librarian, University Library, Cambridge; Canon of Lichfield (1782); Residentiary Canon, St Paul's Cathedral, London
Memberships:
FSA 1763
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election17/02/1791
RelationshipsSon of Richard Farmer, Maltster
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB
CodeNA3365
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
IM/001369Farmer, Richardnd
EC/1790/12Farmer, Richard: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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