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George Rooke (priest)

George Henry Rooke, D.D. (3 August 1702 – 7 February 1754) was an English priest and academic in the eighteenth century.[1]

Rooke was born in Carlisle. He was educated at Christ's College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1725 and MA in 1728. He became Fellow of Christ's in 1727; and was Master from 1745 until his death.[2] He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge from 1745 to 1746.[3] He held livings in Cambridge, Great Eversden, Little Abington, Foxton, Hadstock and Great Horkesley.

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