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{{Short description|English priest and academic (1730–1815)}}
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'''William Craven''', [[Doctor of Divinity|D.D.]] (3 July 1730 – 28 January 1815) was a priest and academic in the second half of the 18th and the first decades of the 19th centuries.<ref>Baker, Thomas, ''History of the College of St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge'', edited by John E.B. Mayor, 2 vols.; Cambridge University Press, 1869 (reissued by the publisher, 2009; {{ISBN|978-1-108-00375-9}})</ref>
Craven was born at [[Gouthwaite Reservoir|Gouthwaite Hall]] and educated at [[Sedbergh School]].<ref>[[Alumni Cantabrigienses|Alumni Cantabrigienses: A Biographical List of All Known Students, Graduates and Holders of Office at the University of Cambridge, from the Earliest Times to 1900]], [[John Venn]]/[[John Archibald Venn]] [[Cambridge University Press]]  [https://archive.org/stream/alumnicantabrigipt1vol1univiala#page/414 > (10 volumes 1922 to 1953) Part I. 1209–1751 Vol. i. Abbas – Cutts, (1922) p329 ]</ref> He graduated [[Bachelor of Arts|B.A.]] from [[St John's College, Cambridge]] in 1753, and [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|M.A.]] in 1756. He was [[ordained]] in 1759; and was a [[Fellow]] of St John's from 1759 to 1789; and its [[List of Masters of St John's College, Cambridge|Master]] from then until his death. He was also [[List of Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge|Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge]] from 1790 until 1791.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080221013506/http://www.admin.cam.ac.uk/offices/v-c/vicechancellors.html List of Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge]</ref>
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| title  = [[List of Masters of St John's College, Cambridge|Master of Magdalene College, Cambridge]]
| years  = 1789&ndash;1815
| before = [[John Chevallier]]
| after  = [[James Wood (mathematician)|James Wood]]}}
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| title  = [[List of Vice-Chancellors of the University of Cambridge|Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cambridge]]
| years  = 1790&ndash;1791
| before = [[William Pearce (dean)|William Pearce]]
| after  = [[Thomas Postlethwaite]]}}
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