Thomas Turton

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birth_place = York, Yorkshire, England
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Thomas Turton (5 February 1780 York – 7 January 1864 London) was the Lucasian Professor of Mathematics at the University of Cambridge. He was Dean of Peterborough, Bishop of Ely and composer of Anglican hymns.

References

*cite book | last=Frost | first=Mau­rice ed. | coauthors= | title=His­tor­ic­al Com­pan­ion to Hymns An­cient & Mo­dern | location=Lon­don | publisher=Wil­liam Clowes & Sons Ltd. | year=1962 | isbn=
*cite web | author=Robert Bruen | title=Lucasian Chair: Thomas Turton | url=http://www.lucasianchair.org/19/turton.html | publisher=Lucasian Chair.org | date=2008 | accessdate=2008-04-02