Thomas Turton (25 February 1780 – 7 January 1864) was an English academic and divine, the

Bishop of Ely The Bishop of Ely is the Ordinary (officer), ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Ely in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese roughly covers the county of Cambridgeshire (with the exception of the Soke of Peterborough), together with ...

from 1845 to 1864.

Life

Thomas Turton was son of Thomas and Ann Turton of

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. He was admitted to

Queens' College, Cambridge Queens' College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Queens' is one of the oldest colleges of the university, founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou. The college spans the River Cam, c ...

, in 1801 but migrated to St Catharine's College in 1804. In 1805 he graduated BA as

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and equal Smith's Prizeman. Elected a fellow of St Catharine's in 1806, he was Lucasian Professor of Mathematics from 1822 to 1826 and Regius Professor of Divinity from 1827 to 1842.A History of St Catharine's College, Cambridge: Once Catharine Hall, Cambridge, By

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p 195 After various other clerical appointments, Turton was Dean of Peterborough from 1830 to 1842, Dean of Westminster from 1842 to 1845 and

from 1845 to 1864. He is buried at

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Works

* 1834:
Thoughts on the Admission of Persons without Regard to their Religious Opinions to Certain Degrees in the Universities of England
', Cambridge: The Pitt Press *
The Text of the English Bible
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The Roman Catholic doctrine of the Eucharist considered
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* 1780 births 1864 deaths Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge Bishops of Ely 19th-century Church of England bishops Deans of Peterborough Lucasian Professors of Mathematics Regius Professors of Divinity (University of Cambridge) Senior Wranglers Deans of Westminster Burials at Kensal Green Cemetery Clergy from York {{UK-mathematician-stub