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'''Thomas Turton''' (25 February 1780 – 7 January 1864) was an English academic and divine, the [[Bishop of Ely]] from 1845 to 1864.[1]

==Life==
Thomas Turton was son of Thomas and Ann Turton of [[Hatfield, West Riding]]. He was admitted to [[Queens' College, Cambridge]], in 1801 but migrated to [[St Catharine's College, Cambridge|St Catharine's College]] in 1804. In 1805 he graduated BA as [[senior wrangler]] and equal [[Smith's Prize]]man.[2] Elected a fellow of St Catharine's in 1806, he was [[Lucasian Professor of Mathematics]] from 1822 to 1826 and [[Regius Professor of Divinity]] from 1827 to 1842.[3]

After various other clerical appointments, Turton was [[Dean of Peterborough]] from 1830 to 1842, [[Dean of Westminster]] from 1842 to 1845 and [[Bishop of Ely]] from 1845 to 1864.

He is buried at [[Kensal Green Cemetery]].[4]

==References==
* 1. Lee, Sidney, ed. (1899). "Turton, Thomas" . Dictionary of National Biography. 57. London: Smith, Elder & Co. p. 377.
* 2. "Turton, Thomas (TRTN801T)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
* 3. A History of St Catharine's College, Cambridge: Once Catharine Hall, Cambridge, By [[William Henry Samuel Jones]] p 195
* 4. Paths of Glory. Friends of Kensal Green Cemetery. 1997. p. 100.

*Frost, Maurice ed. (1962). Historical Companion to Hymns Ancient & Modern. London: William Clowes & Sons Ltd.
*Robert Bruen (2008). "Lucasian Chair: Thomas Turton". Lucasian Chair.org. Retrieved 2 April 2008.

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