page_title: William Craven (Master of St John's College, Cambridge)
hierarchical_section_title: William Craven (Master of St John's College, Cambridge)
caption_attribution_description: English: William Craven (1730–1815), Master of St John's College, Cambridge
context_page_description: William Craven, D.D. was a priest and academic in the second half of the 18th and the first decades of the 19th centuries.
  Craven was born at Gouthwaite Hall and educated at Sedbergh School. He graduated B.A. from St John's College, Cambridge in 1753, and M.A. in 1756. He was ordained in 1759; and was a Fellow of St John's from 1759 to 1789; and its Master from then until his death. He was also Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1790 until 1791.
context_section_description: William Craven, D.D. (3 July 1730 – 28 January 1815) was a priest and academic in the second half of the 18th and the first decades of the 19th centuries.
  Craven was born at Gouthwaite Hall and educated at Sedbergh School. He graduated B.A. from St John's College, Cambridge in 1753, and M.A. in 1756. He was ordained in 1759; and was a Fellow of St John's from 1759 to 1789; and its Master from then until his death. He was also Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1790 until 1791.
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