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William Webb (Master of Clare College, Cambridge)

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William Webb, D.D. (b Sutton Coldfield 1775 - d Litlington, Cambridgeshire 1856) was Master of Clare College from 1815 until his death.[1]

Webbwas educated at Clare College, Cambridge. He became Fellow in 1799. He was ordained a priest in the Church of England in 1801.[2] He held incumbencies at Litlington, Cambridgeshire and Fornham All Saints. Webb was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge between 1817 and 1818; and between 1832 and 1833.[3]

He died on 4 January 1856.[4]

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