Stephen Whisson | |
Birth Date: | 1710 |
Birth Place: | St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England |
Death Date: | 3 November 1783 |
Death Place: | Cambridge, England |
Fields: | Mathematician |
Workplaces: | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Alma Mater: | Trinity College, Cambridge |
Academic Advisors: | Walter Taylor |
Notable Students: | Thomas Postlethwaite |
Stephen Whisson (1710[1] – 3 November 1783) was a tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge, United Kingdom, and coached 72 students in the 1744–1754 period.
Wisson was from St Neots, Huntingdonshire and was the son of a publican. In 1735, he matriculated from Wakefield School, Yorkshire.
On 29 November 1734, he was admitted as a sizar at Trinity College, Cambridge, becoming a scholar in 1738.