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<h2>Thomas Turton</h2>
<h2>1780-1864</h2>
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<p><em>Pseudonym:</em> Crito Cantabrigiensis.</p>
<p class=just>Turton enrolled at Queens College, Cambridge, England, in 1801, moving to Catherine Hall in 1804. He earned a bachelor&#8217;s degree in theology in 1816, and his Doctor of Divinity in 1828. He was ordained as a deacon at Norwich in 1813, and a priest six months after. He served as dean at Peterborough (1830-1842), dean of Westminster (1842-1845), and bishop of Ely (1845). His works include:
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<li><em>A Vindication of the Literary Character of the late Professor Porson from the Animadversions of the Right Reverend Thomas Burgess, the Lord Bishop of Salisbury</em></li>
<li><em>The Text of the English Bible as Now Printed by the Universities</em></li>
<li><em>Natural Theology Considered with reference to Lord Brougham&#8217;s Discourse on that subject</em></li>
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<p><em>Music:</em></p>
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<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_o_j_ojlhgrac.html" >Ely</a></li>
<li><a href = "./hymns/hymns_html/htm_b_r_brightwa.html" >St. Ethelreda</a></li>
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