John Parsons, bishop of Peterborough

(1761-1819)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Parsons, John, 1761-1819 NRA: Parsons John (1761-1819) Bishop of Peterborough DNB: Parsons, John (1761–1819), bishop of Peterborough and college head LBT ID: JoParso1819 VIAF ID: 43366674 LOC ID: n87869398	B/BAP: 1761-07-06 DIED: 1819-03-12
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Educated at Wadham College, Oxford, he was the reforming master of Balliol (from 1793), dean of Bristol (1810) and bishop of Peterborough (1813).
REFERENCES TO John Parsons, bishop of Peterborough: John Gibson Lockhart to Jonathan Christie, 17 April 1816 in The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Found 1: ¶ 1 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 VI. 1811-1815 Found 1: ¶ 12 Lang, Andrew, 1844-1912, The Life and Letters of John Gibson Lockhart (London: John C. Nimmo, 1897) Chapter 2: 1808-13 Found 1: ¶ 9 Chapter 4: 1815-17