George Sandby Explained

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. He held livings at Denton and Skeyton. He was Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge^[2] from 1760 until 1774; Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1760 until 1761;^[3] and Chancellor of the Diocese of Norwich from 1768 until his death.^[4]

Notes and References

1. https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/2146650797 UCL
2. Cunich, Hoyle, Duffy and Hyam (1994). A History of Magdalene College, Cambridge. Magdalene College Publications
3. [Alumni Cantabrigienses|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]
4. http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D314383 National Archives