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Authorised form of namePearce; William (1744 - 1820)
Dates1744 - 1820
Place of birthSt Keverne, Cornwall, England
Date of birth03 December 1744
Date of death14 November 1820
ActivityEducation:
Cambridge University; DD
Career:
Public orator, Cambridge; Master of the Temple; Vice Chancellor, Cambridge University (1789 and 1806); Dean of Ely; Master of Jesus College; published sermons (1787)
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election01/05/1788
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
Notes:
Birth date (index to BR) originally given as 3 December 1747, but changed to 1744, with note referring to memorial in chapel of Jesus College, Cambridge.
CodeNA3676
Archives associated with this Fellow
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IM/003466Pearce, William1821
EC/1788/04Pearce, William: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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