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John Davies (1679–1732) was an English cleric and academic, known as a classical scholar, and President of Queens' College, Cambridge from 1717. ==Life== He was born in London on 22 April 1679. His father was a merchant or tradesman in that city, who died while he was young, and his mother a daughter of Sir John Turton, knight, justice of the court of king's bench. He was educated at Charterhouse School, and on 8 June 1695 was admitted to Queens' College, Cambridge. He graduated B.A. in 1698, was elected a fellow of the college 7 July 1701, and commenced M.A. in 1702. In 1709 Davies was junior proctor of the university. He was collated in 1711 by John Moore, the bishop of Ely, to the rectory of Fen Ditton, near Cambridge, and to a prebend in Ely Cathedral. In the same year he took the degree of LL.D. On the death of Dr. Henry James he was chosen to succeed him as president of Queens' College, 23 March 1717.〔 Davies was created D.D. in 1717, when George I visited Cambridge. In 1718 he resigned the rectory of Glemsford in Suffolk, a benefice in the bishop of Ely's patronage. A close friend of Richard Bentley, he nevertheless condemned Bentley's behaviour in his acrimonious dispute with the university.〔 In 1725 Davies was elected vice-chancellor of the university. He died at Fen Ditton on 7 March 1732, and was buried in Queens' College chapel.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「John Davies (Queens')」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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