Humphrey Sumner (bEton 15 September 1743; dCambridge 23 March 1814) was an English Anglican priest and educationalist.[1]
The son ofJohn Sumner, Headmaster of Eton[2] he was himself educated at thecollege. He enteredKing's College, Cambridge in 1762, graduatingB.A in 1767 andM.A in 1770. He was appointed aFellow of Kings in 1765; and on the staff of Eton from 1767 to 1790. He heldlivings atDunton Wayletts,Copdock andWashbrook. Sumner wasProvost of King's College, Cambridge from 1797 until his death; and twiceVice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge: from 1798 to 1799, and 1802 to 1803.[3]
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