Edward Lany, FRS (1667 in Harrow – 1728 in

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) was Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge from 1707 until his death. Lany entered

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in 1709. He graduated B.A. in 1687, M.A. in 1690 and D.D. in 1707. He became a

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of Pembroke in 1688, and was

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in 1689. He held livings at Salle and Chrishall; and was a

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to William III. He was also Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1707 to 1708. Lany died on 9 August 1728."History of the Royal Society, from Its Institution to the End of the 18th Century" Thomson, T. p29: Robert Baldwin, 47, Paternoster-Row, 1812

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