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Purkis, William (1735-1792), Fellow of Magdalene College, Cambridge
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1735 - 25 February 1791
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Son of Samuel Purkis of Wisbech
School - Wisbech
Admitted sizar (age 17) at Magdalene on 3 July 1752
Matriculated Michaelmas 1753
B.A. (5th Wrangler) 1756; M.A. 1760; D.D. 1786
Fellow
Senior Proctor, 1772-73
Rector of Anderby with Cumberworth, Lincs., 1765-91
F.S.A. 'Bishop Watson complains in 1762 that the dinner-hour [in Cambridge] had changed from 12 to 3, and foolish dons, like William Purkis, of Magdalene, talked of combining the scholar and the gentleman.
Purkis got in consequence the name 'Mr Union'.
Author of Sermons, preached before the University, 1786 and 1789
Died 25 February 1791