Stephen Whisson

Stephen Whisson (1710^[1] – 3 November 1783) was a tutor at Trinity College, Cambridge, United Kingdom, and coached 72 students in the 1744–1754 period.

Stephen Whisson
Born	1710 (1710) St Neots, Huntingdonshire, England
Died	3 November 1783(1783-11-03) (aged 72–73) Cambridge, England
Alma mater	Trinity College, Cambridge
Scientific career
Fields	Mathematician
Institutions	Trinity College, Cambridge
Academic advisors	Walter Taylor
Notable students	Thomas Postlethwaite

Biography

Wisson was from St Neots, Huntingdonshire and was the son of a publican. In 1735, he matriculated from Wakefield School, Yorkshire.

On 29 November 1734, he was admitted as a sizar at Trinity College, Cambridge, becoming a scholar in 1738.^[2]

Timeline

• 1738/9 BA
• 1742 MA
• 1761 BD
• 1741 Fellow of Trinity
• 1744 Taxor
• 1751-83 Cambridge University librarian
• 1752-80 Senior bursar
• 1757-58 Senior proctor^[3]
• 1739 ordained deacon
• 1741 priest
• 1746 - c. 1766 Vicar of Babraham, Cambridgeshire.
• 1753-71 Rector of Shimpling, Norfolk.
• 1771-83 Rector of Orwell, Cambridgeshire.
• 1783 Buried in Trinity Chapel.