Identity area
Reference code
SJCR/SJAR/1/1/Tuckney
Unique identifier
GB 1859 SJCR/SJAR/1/1/Tuckney
Title
Anthony Tuckney
Date(s)
- 1653-1661 (Creation)
Level of description
Subseries
Extent and medium
9 files and 1 item, paper
Context area
Name of creator
(1599-1670)
Biographical history
Anthony Tuckney was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, and a fellow there from 1619 to 1630. He was town preacher at Boston, Lincolnshire from 1629 and in 1633, succeeded John Cotton as vicar of St Botolph's Church, Boston. From 1645 to 1653 he was Master of Emmanuel and then from 1653 to 1661 Master of St John's College, Cambridge. In 1655, he became the Regius Professor of Divinity at Cambridge – then the seat of Puritan thought. After the English Restoration in 1660, he was removed from his positions and retired from professional life.
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Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letters and correspondence to and from Anthony Tuckney as Master.