GEMMS Person ID
GEMMS-PERSON-
2262
(old series: GEMMS-PERSON-2443)
Name
John Murgatroyd
Title
Reverend
Gender
Male
Denomination
Church of England
Lived
b. ca. 1702-01-01 d. 1768-08-05 (new)
Associated Places
Source of Data (Contributor name)
Catherine Evans
Biographical Sources Consulted
ACAD (Venn) (ID: MRGT719J); CCEd (Person ID: 88895)
Other note
Date of birth unknown, but Murgatroyd was admitted to Peterhouse, Cambridge at age 17 in 1719. Before that, he attended school at Drighlington, which is near Bradford in the West Riding of Yorkshire. B.A. (1727/8) and M.A. (1733) from Peterhouse. Vicar of Headingley, West Riding of Yorkshire, 1730-1732, and of St John the Evangelist, Leeds, from 1731 until his death in 1768.
GEMMS record created
May 21, 2019
GEMMS record last edited
July 15, 2024