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VINCE, SAMUEL.
Adm. sizar (age 21) at CAIUS, Feb. 9, 1771.
S. of John, plasterer, of Fressingfield, Suffolk . B. there [Apr. 6, 1749]. School, St Paul's. Worked with his father at bricklaying until he was 12, 'when the Rev. Mr Warnes noticed him sitting reading beside his hod of mortar.' Matric. Michs. 1772; B.A.
( Senior Wrangler and 1st Smith's prize) 1775.
Migrated to Sidney, Oct. 24, 1777; Samuel Taylor Lecturer (but not, as stated in D.N.B., a Fellow); M.A. 1778.
Plumian Professor of Astronomy, 1796-1821.
Ord. deacon (Norwich) Sept. 12, 1779; priest, Sept. 19, 1779.
R. of Kirby Bedon, Norfolk , 1784-1821.
V. of South Creake, 1786-1821.
Preb. of Lincoln, 1803.
C. of Milton, Cambridgeshire , 1789-1813.
Archdeacon of Bedford, 1809.
F.R.S., 1786; Copley medal. 'An accomplished mathematician and an amiable man.' Married, 1780, Mary, dau. of Thomas Paris.
Author, On Friction; On Resistance of Fluids; Treatise on Practical Astronomy; Complete System of Astronomy; The Credibility of Christianity Vindicated; Sermons ; etc.
Died at Ramsgate, Nov. 28, 1821.
Father of the next.
( Venn, II. 90; D.N.B. ; Gilbert Wakefield, Memoirs, 134-5; E. H. Kinder, Hist. of Kirby Bedon ; P. B. G. Binnall.)
Samuel VINCE
Approx. lifespan: 1749–1821
sizar aged 21 Gonville & Caius College adm1771:02:09
s. of John VINCE plasterer, of Fressingfield, Suffolk ,
b. there 1749:04:06
Sch: St Paul's School St Paul's, [London],
Worked with his father at bricklaying until he was 12, 'when Rev. Mr – WARNES noticed him sitting reading beside his hod of mortar.'
Matric 1772:10MT:
BA Senior Wrangler and 1st Smith's prize 1775
Migrated to Sidney Sussex College 1777:10:24
Samuel Taylor Lecturer: (but not, as stated in D.N.B. a Fellow: );
MA 1778
Plumian Professor of: Astronomy 1796-1821
Ord. deacon Norwich 1779:09:12
Ord. priest 1779:09:19
R.: Kirby Bedon, Norfolk , 1784-1821
V.: South Creake, [Norfolk], 1786-1821
Prebendary: Lincoln, [Lincolnshire], 1803
C.: Milton, Cambridgeshire , 1789-1813
Archdeacon of: Bedford, [Bedfordshire], 1809
FRS 1786
Copley Medal.
'An accomplished mathematician and an amiable man.'
m. 1780 Mary PARIS dau. of Thomas PARIS
Publ.: On Friction; On Resistance of Fluids; Treatise on Practical Astronomy; Complete System of Astronomy; The Credibility of Christianity Vindicated; Sermons ; etc.
d. Ramsgate, [Kent], 1821:11:28
father of Samuel Berney VINCE (1799)
( Venn II. 90; D.N.B. ; Gilbert Wakefield, Memoirs 134-5; E. H. Kinder, Hist. of Kirby Bedon ; P.B.G. Binnall.)

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