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Duport, James, 1606-1679
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1606-1679
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DUPORT, JAMES, fourth son of Rev. John Duport DD, Master of Jesus Coll. Cambridge, and Rachel, dau. of Right Rev. Richard Cox DD, Bishop of Ely; b. 1606; adm.; KS in 1619; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1622, adm. scholar 1623; 4th in “ordo” and BA Jan 1626/7; MA 1630; BD 1637; DD 1660; Fellow of Trin. Coll. 1627-c. 1666, Tutor 1635-64, a Senior Fellow 1654, Vice-Master 1655-65; Regius Professor of Greek, Cambridge Univ., 13 Jul 1639 - 54, ejected; ordained; Archdeacon of Stow 14 Aug 1641- res 12 Nov 1641; Prebendary of Lincoln from 14 Aug 1641 (ejected by Parliamentary Visitors 1643, reinstated at Restoration); Lady Margaret Preacher 1646; at Restoration appointed Chaplain to King Charles II and reinstated as Regius Professor of Greek, but soon afterwards resigned his Professorship to make way for his pupil Isaac Barrow; Dean of Peterborough from 27 Jul 1664; Master of Magdalene Coll., Cambridge, from 1668; Vice-Chancellor, Cambridge Univ. 1669; Rector of Boxworth, Cambs., 1668; Rector of Aston Flamville, Leics., Jan 1672/3-77; the most eminent Greek scholar of his day; author, Threnothriambos (Greek translation of Book of Job), 1637, Homeri Gnomologia duplici Parallelismo illustrata, 1660 (of which the preface contains an enthusiastic and grateful address to the School), and other works; d. 17 Jul 1679. DNB.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.