James Hampton (1721-1778)
Educated at Winchester and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, he was a classical scholar,
translator of Polybius, and rector of Moor Monkton, Yorkshire. He is remembered for
overturning William Collins' tea-table at Oxford.
Educated at Winchester and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, he was a classical scholar,
translator of Polybius, and rector of Moor Monkton, Yorkshire. He is remembered for
overturning William Collins' tea-table at Oxford.