John Matthias Turner (1786–1831) was an eminent Anglican priestThe Times, Saturday, 3 Apr 1880; pg. 9; Issue 29846; col G The Late Bishop Milman in the first half of the 19th century.Anglican History
He was the son of Thomas Turner of Oxford, and matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1801, aged 15, graduating B.A, in 1804 and M.A. in 1807.s:Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886/Turner, John Matthias He became Vicar of AbingdonThe Morning Post(London, England), Monday, 14 April 1823; Issue 16249. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II then Rector of WilmslowThe Bury and Norwich Post: Or, Suffolk and Norfolk Telegraph, Essex, Cambridge, & Ely Intelligencer (Bury Saint Edmunds, England), Wednesday, 25 February 1829; Issue 2435. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II before being appointed to the episcopate as Bishop of Calcutta in 1829. He died in post in the summer of 1831 and was interred on 8 July;Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries . The Sheffield Independent, and Yorkshire and Derbyshire Advertiser (Sheffield, England), Saturday,1831; Issue 554. 19th Century British Library Newspapers: Part II he had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD)The Times, Monday, 23 Feb 1829; pg. 2; Issue 13845; col F Oxford University Intelligence
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