Samuel Blythe

Summary

Samuel Blythe, D.D. was Master of Clare College from 1678 until his death.[1]

Blythe was born in Doncaster and educated at Clare College, Cambridge. He became Fellow in 1658. He was ordained a deacon in the Church of England in 1667.[2] He held livings at Everton, Bedfordshire and Newton-in-the-Isle. Blythe was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge between 1684 and 1685.[3]

He died on 19 April 1713.[4]

References edit

  1. ^ 'Politics, Patronage and Newtonianism: The Cambridge Example' John Gascoigne The Historical Journal Vol. 27, No. 1 (Mar., 1984), pp. 1-24 Published by: Cambridge University Press
  2. ^ theclergydatabase
  3. ^ Full List of Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge
  4. ^ Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900, John Venn/John Archibald Venn Cambridge University Press > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. 1209-1751 Vol. i. Abbas – Cutts, (1922) p170