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Born in [[place of birth::Cambridge]]. [[occupation::fellow of King's College, Cambridge|Fellow]] of [[education::King's College, Cambridge]] 1732, BA 1733, MA 1736, DD 1749. He was foe many years a [[occupation::schoolmaster]] and [[occupation::fellow]] of [[organisations::Eton College]] for many years; he also held various parochial livings, including being [[occupation::vicar]] of [[location::Burnham, Buckinghamshire]] 1759-74, and [[occupation::rector]] of [[location::Worplesdon, Surrey]] 1774-90. He was a half-brother of the antiquary [[associates::William Cole 1714-1782|William Cole]], with whom he travelled on the continent in the 1730s. | Born in [[place of birth::Cambridge]]. [[occupation::fellow of King's College, Cambridge|Fellow]] of [[education::King's College, Cambridge]] 1732, BA 1733, MA 1736, DD 1749. He was foe many years a [[occupation::schoolmaster]] and [[occupation::fellow]] of [[organisations::Eton College]] for many years; he also held various parochial livings, including being [[occupation::vicar]] of [[location::Burnham, Buckinghamshire]] 1759-74, and [[occupation::rector]] of [[location::Worplesdon, Surrey]] 1774-90. He was a half-brother of the antiquary [[associates::William Cole 1714-1782|William Cole]], with whom he travelled on the continent in the 1730s. | ||
Latest revision as of 07:09, 10 March 2022
Stephen APTHORP or APTHORPE 1710-1790
Biographical Note
Born in Cambridge. Fellow of King's College, Cambridge 1732, BA 1733, MA 1736, DD 1749. He was foe many years a schoolmaster and fellow of Eton College for many years; he also held various parochial livings, including being vicar of Burnham, Buckinghamshire 1759-74, and rector of Worplesdon, Surrey 1774-90. He was a half-brother of the antiquary William Cole, with whom he travelled on the continent in the 1730s.
Books
Apthorp used an engraved armorial bookplate, made when he was a fellow of King's College (Franks 642).The extent of his library is not known; his will has no mention of books (many of his goods and personal effects were left to his maidservant Hannah Lockwood.)
Sources
- Will of Stephen Apthorp, the National Archives PROB 11/1198/233.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903-4.
- Pickles, John D. "Cole, William (1714–1782), antiquary." Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.
- Venn, J. and J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge, 1922.