Edward Lany, FRS (1667 in Harrow – 1728 in Cambridge) was Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge from 1707 until his death.[1]
Lany entered Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1709. He graduated B.A. in 1687, M.A. in 1690 and D.D. in 1707. He became a Fellow of Pembroke in 1688, and was ordained in 1689. He held livings at Salle and Chrishall;[2] and was a Chaplain to William III.[3] He was also Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1707 to 1708.[4]
Lany died on 9 August 1728.[5]
References
edit- ^ British History On-line
- ^ CCEd
- ^ 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 II. 1209-1751 Vol. ii. Dabbs – Juxton, (1922) p336 > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. 1209-1751 Vol. iii. Kaile – Ryves, (1924) p46]
- ^ University of Cambridge web-site
- ^ "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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