John Fountayne

(1715-1802)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Fountayne, John, 1714-1802 NRA: Fountayne, John (1714-1802) Dean of York DNB: Fountayne, John (1715–1802), dean of York LBT ID: JoFount1802 VIAF ID: 34302756 LOC ID: nr89010967	B/BAP: 1715-01-12 DIED: 1802-02-14
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Educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge; he was dean of York (1747) and an acquaintance of Laurence Sterne.
REFERENCES TO John Fountayne: William Field, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Opinions of the Rev. Samuel Parr, LL.D.; with Biographical Notices of many of his Friends, Pupils, and Contemporaries. 2 vols (London: Henry Colburn, 1828) Ch XXII. Found 1: ¶ 32