John Newcome (academic)

John Newcome, D.D.[1] (10 September 1684 – 10 January 1765) was an eighteenth-century academic and priest, most notably Master of St John's College, Cambridge from 1735, and Dean of Rochester from 1744, holding both positions until his death.[2] He was born in Grantham and died in Cambridge. Newcome's wife, Susanna Newcome, was an English philosopher and theologian.[3]

John Newcome

References
  1. 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. Earliest times to 1752 Vol. iii. Kaile – Ryves, (1924) p.246
  2. British History Online – Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857 – Deans of Rochester
  3. Connolly, Patrick. "Susanna Newcome". Utilitarianism.net. Retrieved 1 August 2022.


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