British priest and academic
Philip Douglas
Philip Douglas, D.D. (27 October 1758 – 2 January 1822) was a British priest and academic in the second half of the eighteenth century and the first decades of the 19th.[ 1]
Douglas was born at Witham, Essex , the son of Archibald Douglas of Kirkton and his wife Elizabeth Burchard, and went to Harrow School .[ 2] He was a student at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge , graduating B.A. in 1781; MA in 1784; and B.D. in 1793. He was appointed Fellow in 1782; Tutor in 1787 and Master in 1795. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1795 to 1796; and again from 1810 to 1811. He was ordained in 1783 and served his title at Whittlesford . He was vicar of Gedney from 1796 until his death.[ 3]
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