George Sandby
18th-century English priest and academic
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George Sandby, D.D. (5 April 1716 – 24 March 1807) was an 18th-century English priest and academic.[1]
Sandby was educated at Merton College, Oxford, matriculating in 1734 and graduating B.A. in 1737.[2] He held livings at Denton and Skeyton. He was Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge[3] from 1760 until 1774; Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1760 until 1761;[4] and Chancellor of the Diocese of Norwich from 1768 until his death.[5]
