| Authorised form of name | Shippen; Robert (1675 - 1745) |
| Dates | 1675 - 1745 |
| Place of birth | Prestbury, Cheshire |
| Date of birth | 1675 |
| Place of death | St Andrew's, Holborn, London |
| Date of death | 1745 |
| DatesAndPlaces | Burial:
Brasenose College chapel, Oxford |
| Activity | Education:
Stockport Grammar School; Merton College, Oxford; BA (1696); Brasenose College, Oxford; MA (1699), BD (1710), DD (1710)
Career:
Fellow of Brasenose; Professor of Music at Gresham College, London (1705-1710); Rector of Great Billing, Northamptonshire (1710-1712); Master of Brasenose (1710-1745); Rector of Whitechapel, Middlesex (1716); Vice-Chancellor of Oxford (1718-1723); Rector of Amersham, Buckinghamshire (1744)
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| Membership category | Fellow |
| Date of election | 20/11/1706 |
| Proposer | Edward Lany |
| Relationships | Son of William Shippen, DD, Rector of Stockport, Cheshire, and Kirkheaton, Yorkshire; married Frances, widow of Sir Gilbert Clerke, Kt, of Chilcote, Derbyshire, and daughter of Richard Legh of Lyme, Cheshire; succeeded as Gresham Professor by his elder brother Edward Shippen, MD |
| Source | Sources:
Bulloch's Roll; DNB (Shippen, William); Foster; Ward
References:
Gentleman's Magazine 1748, p614 (obituary)
London Magazine 1748, p629 (obituary) |
| Code | NA314 |
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