Peterhouse college chapel, University of Cambridge. Photo by Azeira, 2004 (detail). Courtesy Wikimedia Commons.
John Whalley or Whaley (died December 12, 1748)[1] was an English poet, cleric, and academic.
Life[]
Youth and education[]
Whalley was born at Barnwell, Cambridgeshire, the son of a Norfolk clergyman.[2]
He attended Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he became a fellow in 1721, and earned a B.A. in 1720 and an M.A. in 1723.[2]
Career[]
Whalley was ordained in 1725, and made rector of Hungry Hatley, Cambridgeshire (1728), vicar of Shepreth (1730), vicar of Hatley St. George (1731-1732), vicar of Tilney, Norfolk (1732-1748), rector of Glaston, Rutland (1734) and rector of Somersham, Huntingtonshire (1742-48).[2]
He married N.N. (Squire) (1707-1803); the couple had a child, Thomas Sedgwicke Whalley (1746-1828).[3]
In 1732 he received a B.D. from Cambridge, and in 1733 was made master of Peterhouse.[2]
He became Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge in 1742.[2]
Whalley died in 1748, and was buried in Peterhouse college chapel.[1]
Recognition[]
Cambridge awarded Whalley a Doctorate of Divinity in 1737.[2]
Publications[]
Non-fiction[]
- A Sermon Preached before the House of Commons. London: Fletcher Gyles, 1740.[4]
References[]
Notes[]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 John Nichols, Literary Anecdotes of the XVIII Century, 1812-1815, 9:600n. English Poetry, 1579-1830, Center for Applied Technologies in the Humanities, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. Web, Jan. 8, 2016.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 Rev. John Whalley (1700 ca.-1748), English Poetry, 1579-1830, Center for Applied Technologies in the Humanities, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University. Web, Jan. 8, 2016.
- ↑ John Whalley, Geneagraphie. Web, Jan. 8, 2017.
- ↑ Search results = au:John Whalley, WorldCat, OCLC Online Computer Library Center Inc. Web, Jan. 8, 2016.
See also[]
External links[]
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