Nathaniel Coga Explained

Nathaniel Coga, D.D.^[1] (b Veryan 1637 – d Cambridge 1693) was a 17th-century English academic:^[2] Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge^[3] from 1677 until his death.^[4]

Coga entered Pembroke College, Cambridge in 1653. He graduated B.A. in 1657 and M.A. in 1660.^[5] He became a Fellow of Pembroke in 1671; and was appointed Junior Proctor later that year.^[6] Coga held livings at Barton, Swaffham, Feltwell^[7] and Framlingham^[8] He was also Chaplain to Matthew Wren. He became Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge in 1680, holding the office (as was customary at that time) for a year.^[9]

Notes and References

1. ""Proceedings of the Cambridge Antiquarian Society, with communications made to the society" p125: London; George Bell; 1912
2. http://www.bibsoc.org.uk/sites/bibsoc.org.uk/files/English%20book%20owners%20in%20the%20seventeenth%20century_masterlist_2018_03.pdf English book owners in the 17th Century
3. "Pembroke College Cambridge: A Short History" Attwater, A. p80: Cambridge; CUP; 1936
4. https://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/cambs/vol3/pp346-355 British History On-line
5. [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]
6. https://www.proctors.cam.ac.uk/directory/past-proctors List of Cantabularian Proctors
7. http://feltwell.net/feltwell2/written/rectors_stnick.htm Parish web site
8. http://bigenealogy.com/suffolk/framlingham_parish.htm British Isle Genealogy Framlingham Parish
9. https://www.v-c.admin.cam.ac.uk/role-vice-chancellor/history-vice-chancellorship University of Cambridge web-site