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 Hatfield, West Riding. 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 16 "old colleges" of the university, and was founded in 1448 by Margaret of Anjou. Its buildings span the R ...

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

senior wrangler The Senior Wrangler is the top mathematics undergraduate at the University of Cambridge in England, a position which has been described as "the greatest intellectual achievement attainable in Britain". Specifically, it is the person who achiev ...

and equal

Smith's Prize Smith's Prize was the name of each of two prizes awarded annually to two research students in mathematics and theoretical physics at the University of Cambridge from 1769. Following the reorganization in 1998, they are now awarded under the names ...

man. Elected a fellow of St Catharine's in 1806, he was

Lucasian Professor of Mathematics The Lucasian Chair of Mathematics () is a mathematics professorship in the University of Cambridge, England; its holder is known as the Lucasian Professor. The post was founded in 1663 by Henry Lucas (politician), Henry Lucas, who was Cambridge U ...

from 1822 to 1826 and Regius Professor of Divinity from 1827 to 1842. 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 wrote the tune "Ely" to the office hymn 'O God, thy loving care for man' (New English Hymnal 221). He is buried at

Kensal Green Cemetery Kensal Green Cemetery is a cemetery in the Kensal Green area of North Kensington in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea and the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in London, England. Inspired by Père Lachaise Cemetery in P ...

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 Presidents of the Cambridge Philosophical Society {{UK-mathematician-stub 18th-century Anglican theologians 19th-century Anglican theologians