Joseph Turner (priest)

Joseph Turner (1746 or 1747 – 3 August 1828) was a British academic and clergyman.

He entered Pembroke College, Cambridge University in 1763 at age 17 and was senior wrangler in 1767. He received an M.A. in 1770.

He was Master of Pembroke College from 1784 to 1828, and Dean of Norwich from 1790 to 1828.

His only son was William Hamilton Turner, who became vicar of Banwell, Somerset.^[1]

References

Academic offices
Preceded by James Brown	Master of Pembroke College, Cambridge 1784–1828	Succeeded by Gilbert Ainslie

v t e Deans of Norwich
Early modern	William Castleton John Salisbury John Christopherson John Boxall John Harpsfield John Salisbury George Gardiner Thomas Dove John Jegon George Montgomery Edmund Suckling John Hassal John Crofts Herbert Astley John Sharp Henry Fairfax Humphrey Prideaux Thomas Cole Robert Butts John Baron Thomas Bullock Edward Townshend Philip Lloyd
Late modern	Joseph Turner George Pellew Meyrick Goulburn William Lefroy Henry Wakefield Henry Beeching John Willink David Cranage Herbert St Barbe Holland Norman Hook Alan Webster David Edwards Paul Burbridge Stephen Platten Graham Smith Jane Hedges Andrew Braddock (designate)